ht01us
New member
When I was making my purchase decision between the 1 Star and 2 Star, I made a list of features rating them as "have-to-have" and "like-to-have". The pellet dump door was on the "like-to-have".
Now that I own the 2 Star and have used it a few times, I'm realizing just how valuable the pellet dump door is. I have a cook with apple pellets; next cook, oak: no problem. dump and load. I live on the wet side of Oregon and dump the pellets after every cook. I had thought I could live with hand unloading the pellet hopper on the 1 Star. But in reality, using the door is a HUGE help.
Long story short: if you are on the fence between the 2 grills and you haven't appreciated how useful the pellet dump door is, think again. I strongly encourage you to weight in heavily in your rating.
Now that I own the 2 Star and have used it a few times, I'm realizing just how valuable the pellet dump door is. I have a cook with apple pellets; next cook, oak: no problem. dump and load. I live on the wet side of Oregon and dump the pellets after every cook. I had thought I could live with hand unloading the pellet hopper on the 1 Star. But in reality, using the door is a HUGE help.
Long story short: if you are on the fence between the 2 grills and you haven't appreciated how useful the pellet dump door is, think again. I strongly encourage you to weight in heavily in your rating.