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This thing is huge and solid and it is not even put together yet!

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It took about 70 minutes to get to this stage.

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Interesting diffuser!  Very heavy.  I have been told the section highlighted by the green arrow is a heat shield, keeping heat and embers from the grease and ash tray below.

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Again, some assumptions.  I hope Keith will weigh in on and correct me if I am wrong or simply do not know the function of certain items.

I believe the U shaped big piece is both ash collection and grease catch and channel.

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I will do a separate post on grilling area.  3 different size grills.  And the upper grill come out very easy and has what I believe is a very innovative storing system behind the unit.

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Realize I have not done a Performance Test in almost 6 years.  Maybe there have been many advancements in controllers and apps, but this one is pretty sophisticated.  It is going to take several post on each, this is just a tease.

That is the amount of pellets in the Hopper, as you can see by the digital indicator on the far left of controller, it says it is 75% full.

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In my 14 years of Performance Testing pellet units I have never seen a unit get to grilling temperature so fast.  Will get the correct info and not subjective comments as we go, but it was fast.  It was gas grill fast!  I started it, set at 550°.  Went in, mix seasoning in meat, formed patties, put mayo and onion on bun.  Went out to Searwood, expecting to sit down and wait for it to reach temperature.  It was already at the temp you see in the photo.  It appears it will be an impressive high heat grill!

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Pretty darn accurate and very little fluctuation.  Probe 1 is right, probe 2 center and 3 on left.  Temps were 180. 200. 300 & 400°.  It puts out good smoke at 180°.


The smoke output of the unit when set to 180°.

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I feel this test was some what unfair to the unit in regards to its high end Temp.  My probes won't go that high, so I had no other way to show it.  I think you get the idea, this unit gets very hot and will have no issue grilling.

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So much on this grill, some very technical.  I am not the right guy at times to highlight such features.  This is a screenshot of the Weber App for the Searwood.  This unit is Wi-Fi enabled.  We are cooking the meatloaf for 30 minutes using the SmokeBoost (180°) and will then turn to 350° using the phone, from my chair to finish.  This unit has 2 temperature probes, you can see the loaf was 45° when we started!  Also, right on the phone app, a log graph of both pit and food temps.  Will have to figure out how to show that at the end of this cook.

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About 1 hour in to cook!

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Hey, it is a mean meatloaf cooker!  What can I say. you sit in your chair, your look at meat temperature, you see the temperature of the pit.  This is not ground breaking, but it is a very easy app to set up and use!  This was the graph that it does with each cook, for those of you that are into that!

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Their heat & unit probes and seem to be accurate. The top number is the chamber temperature, the bottom the food probe.  Just an FYI, the ambient air temperature right now is 73°.

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No need for me to make any comments.  Not sure how hot it would have gotten.  All I know is 550° was plenty hot for those burger patties.  And I will cook the Filet Mignon at that same temperature in a day or so.  And you can make your own judgment on its steak grilling ability.