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Pit Talk -- Comments and Questions Regarding These Pellet Pits => All Other Pellet Manufactures. => Topic started by: Th3Batman86 on November 26, 2018, 02:57:47 PM
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Looks like Myron Mixon has entered the pellet cooker game. Miron Mixon Barq Pellet Smokers. I cannot find much information about them online. SamsNWBBQ over here in Oregon has them priced on his website and some photos on his Facebook page. I am unsure about the rules for links. I am going to place the links here and if Bent removes them then you all just can just use Google. If anyone who is better at google than me can find any actual info on these. From the photos it looks like a solid build but with a simple controller. No up close shots of the controller.
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They have been in it for several years. Bent did a performance evaluation on one for PH.
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They have been in it for several years. Bent did a performance evaluation on one for PH.
I believe this is a brand new product, not the older pitmaster Q models that had his name on them.
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Found a video on Facebook on the BBQ Beat Podcast back in Sept where they are talking about it. Interview with Mat Griner- Southern Q, who appears to know about it. Listening to it now.... Looks like it is made in USA. 14g steel with double walled, fully welded cook chamber, (just typing as I listen to video, sorry for run-on sentence) made in Connecticut, didn't catch if they said by whom, has pellet clean out (dump), 20lb hopper, burn pot in the center, no grease bucket, slide out grease tray .... did not talk about controller at all... that's all I got out of the video.
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I took a BBQ Cook class a few months back taught by Myron. He stated that he was coming out with a new home version pellet smoker that could fit full size pans. I believe he said he was going to have 3 sizes. I was impressed by the build quality of his Water and Gravity Feed smokers.
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Myron did mention the units would be built at the same factory as his Water and Gravity feed unit. I can't remember the name of the company.
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I have seen the water and gravity machines in person and agree with you that I was impressed with the quality of the units. The website does indeed list three different sizes. Sadly not a lot of other information.
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How things change..A few years back, Myron was badmouthing pellet pits saying there was no way could they come close to stick burners. That was on a T V show during a completion...
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How things change..A few years back, Myron was badmouthing pellet pits saying there was no way could they come close to stick burners. That was on a T V show during a completion...
I saw that show. Yeah, amazing how making money off of something gives you a whole different perspective. :pig:
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How things change..A few years back, Myron was badmouthing pellet pits saying there was no way could they come close to stick burners. That was on a T V show during a completion...
I saw that show. Yeah, amazing how making money off of something gives you a whole different perspective. :pig:
While I completely agree with the sentiment, I can’t get to upset with him choosing to have his products made in America. Would have been easy to do another Chinese Traeger clone and put his name on it like the old ones that had his name on them. These “look†(from photographs) like solid units that had some thought out into them. The kid design kind of reminds me of a Pitts and Spitts. Hopefully we can get some more info on them soon.
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I don't care where he has them made. What irritated me was him bad-mouthing pellet pits when he did not know what they were or how they cooked. But, presto, someone offers you money to use your name and now you are a pellet pit maker -- right, I really believe that. He still has probably never coked on one.
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It also looks like he sells pellets as well?
I agree with the $ comments, awfully funny how quickly ones perspective can change when that becomes part of the equation.
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I don't care where he has them made. What irritated me was him bad-mouthing pellet pits when he did not know what they were or how they cooked. But, presto, someone offers you money to use your name and now you are a pellet pit maker -- right, I really believe that. He still has probably never coked on one.
Oh don’t misunderstand me. I am not a Myron fan. I find him to be completely off putting and just meh. Besides the pellet bashing (which I haven’t seen but can believe) he also preaches that cooking with a water pan is the best and only way to make good bbq. I’ve never really played with them but I feel like steaming your meat wouldn’t real get the same bark.
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Oh don’t misunderstand me. I am not a Myron fan. I find him to be completely off putting and just meh. Besides the pellet bashing (which I haven’t seen but can believe) he also preaches that cooking with a water pan is the best and only way to make good bbq. I’ve never really played with them but I feel like steaming your meat wouldn’t real get the same bark.
I have cooked with a water pan and you can get excellent bark. For me cooking with a water pan keeps moisture in the pit but it doesn't steam the meat.
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I am a Myron fan. He's mellowed out quite a bit from the initial tv persona as a loud mouthed jerk. There's no taking away his accomplishments nor contributions to the BBQ industry. And yes he seems to be a capitalist. I've got no problem with that, and I've got no problem with the people who don't like his mouth.
Seems to me he's a family guy having a good time making money on BBQ. Maybe some are jealous. I know I am.
DK
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Guess I am just too cynical. It seems the majority of change in attitude from celebs comes when dollars are attached. ;)
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It seems the majority of change in attitude from celebs comes when dollars are attached.
I agree it is like when all these entertainers come out with their cookbooks. I often wonder how much time they actually spend cooking :(
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It seems the majority of change in attitude from celebs comes when dollars are attached.
I agree it is like when all these entertainers come out with their cookbooks. I often wonder how much time they actually spend cooking :(
Is that better or worse than the YouTube personality cookbooks. Or the YouTube personalities in general. My wife was telling about a YouTube "star" named "JoJo". This is a child, maybe 10-12 who has a line of stuff at Target. She has no other claim to fame other than YouTube videos. According to Google she has a net worth of about 8million. I don't understand the world we are living in sometimes.
Just a note, my wife works in child welfare so she knows about these things from there, she doesn't watch child star YouTube videos.
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I emailed the dealer that has them to ask about the controller and igniter, below is his response. Not much of an answer. I did think from the pictures it looked like a Traeger dial controller. I imagine he means it is an Ortech TR-100 variant.
The controller is made from a company in the USA, I believe out of Seattle. I believe they made the controller for Traeger way back when they were still made in the USA and before they moved to China.
The controller has two probe ports for temp monitoring (comes with both probes) and 4 cooking grates (my order came with only two per grill but those who've purchased so far will be able to come back in next month to pick up the extra 2 grates). I have no idea regarding the igniter. I do know it's fired up my grill here quickly every time I done so since they arrived last week.
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I emailed the dealer that has them to ask about the controller and igniter, below is his response. Not much of an answer. I did think from the pictures it looked like a Traeger dial controller. I imagine he means it is an Ortech TR-100 variant.
The controller is made from a company in the USA, I believe out of Seattle. I believe they made the controller for Traeger way back when they were still made in the USA and before they moved to China.
The controller has two probe ports for temp monitoring (comes with both probes) and 4 cooking grates (my order came with only two per grill but those who've purchased so far will be able to come back in next month to pick up the extra 2 grates). I have no idea regarding the igniter. I do know it's fired up my grill here quickly every time I done so since they arrived last week.
Man, that is a poor response..Just doesn't know the product he is selling trying to sell.
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named "JoJo".
Heck I am 74 and I know JoJo. I bet I can even sing some of the lyrics to her songs. Oh did I say i have a five year old granddaughter who drives Alexa crazy playing her songs :clap: :)
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I emailed the dealer that has them to ask about the controller and igniter, below is his response. Not much of an answer. I did think from the pictures it looked like a Traeger dial controller. I imagine he means it is an Ortech TR-100 variant.
The controller is made from a company in the USA, I believe out of Seattle. I believe they made the controller for Traeger way back when they were still made in the USA and before they moved to China.
The controller has two probe ports for temp monitoring (comes with both probes) and 4 cooking grates (my order came with only two per grill but those who've purchased so far will be able to come back in next month to pick up the extra 2 grates). I have no idea regarding the igniter. I do know it's fired up my grill here quickly every time I done so since they arrived last week.
Man, that is a poor response..Just doesn't know the product he is selling trying to sell.
Ortech built the original Traeger control, until Traeger started having the chinese make it for them. I replaced my old Traeger Lil,Tex control with the Ortech and found it to be superior over all, even tho it did not have the shut down program in it. Just a FYI
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Ortech built the original Traeger control, until Traeger started having the chinese make it for them. I replaced my old Traeger Lil,Tex control with the Ortech and found it to be superior over all, even tho it did not have the shut down program in it. Just a FYI
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That is good to know. I had a Chinese Traeger before my RecTec. I much prefer the PID on the RecTec but the one of the Traeger worked. I imagine an even superior one like you are describing would be better. Is it still interval controlled? I imagine it is since it has "p" settings.
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Guess I am just too cynical. It seems the majority of change in attitude from celebs comes when dollars are attached. ;)
I'm not that cynical, I just don't like that guy! Any info out there that says he has ever been close to, or even touched one of those pits?
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Guess I am just too cynical. It seems the majority of change in attitude from celebs comes when dollars are attached. ;)
I'm not that cynical, I just don't like that guy! Any info out there that says he has ever been close to, or even touched one of those pits?
Some Facebook /instagram posts of him cooking on them. No video yet.
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How things change..A few years back, Myron was badmouthing pellet pits saying there was no way could they come close to stick burners. That was on a T V show during a completion...
Smoking Guns won the Jack Daniels World Championship using a Fast Eddy FEC100 pellet smoker.
Plowboys won the American Royal Invitational World Championship using FEC100 pellet smoker.
Lots of old timers think fire management is a skill and look down on Pellet smokers because they're easy to use. Then came the gravity feed smokers like Stumps which are more or less light it and forget it smokers. Myron is a trash talker. I'm considering buying one of his pellet smokers if I can ever see one. No dealers or distributors in my neck of the woods.
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Howdy, and welcome to the forum.
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Howdy, and welcome to the forum.
Thanks! :bbq:
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The current information on their web site says -
- American Made PID/Wifi controller
- Integral meat probe
- Double wall stainless steel construction
They're getting rather good comments on other outdoor cooking forums. But the comments are generally from people who are first-time pellet pit users; although one comment is from a satisfied guy who says that the BARQ is the seventh brand he's owned.
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Those of you who are basing your idea of Myron from his TV appearances don't have a clue about Myron. He's a nice guy who put on an act for his "reality" TV appearances to make the producers happy.
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Will have to see some reviews and service reports before judging. I like the square body and large space and it should appeal to those who make larger cooks. Also, nice lid seal. Not much tech info on their web site.