New pellet smoker Using Englander pg100
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Ducaticraig
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I'm interested in hearing your thoughts of the Englander pg100. Have you owned any other pellet grills? How does it compare, low and slow smoking and grilling characteristics to the fast eddie pg500? How's the electronics, easy to adjust? How about temp settings, any swing in temp up or down from the set point? How about overall impression of the pellet grill and the charbroil function? Thanks for sharing your grill experience with us.
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My 1st pellet grill. Live in KC so got a personal review from Fast Eddy who holds the patent. So far slow smoking is just great. Still figuring out the 4 zones and controller but set at 270 and it held 225 steady in zone 4 for 26 hours. Easy to adjust in 5 degree increments and obvious I will need to monitor whatever zone I am cooking for a while. I picked the grill because of ability to sear meat (when doors are open the zone 1 grill temperature seems to go over 500 in a few minutes), create char marks on my steaks and burgers. Fast Eddy showed me the other grills he has patented, the Englander is cheaper, very similar design, and I do not really want the stainless on the 500. This pellet grill has heavier metal than the Chinese stuff. I guess my favorite part is I only need one grill for both smoking and grilling - - although what I really want to do is smoke.
Ducaticraig
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Excellent, enjoy and take some pictures of the grill in action. Love to see some steaks or burgers on the charbroiler side. Thanks
TentHunter
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Welcome to the forum. Stick around and you'll get the hang of using the forum quickly.
First Heats
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Above should be a picture of the right door on my new Englander. As you can see it is out of alignment. Actually it is formed poorly and does not fit well. Support suggested I stick a large screw driver above the hinge and force it closed to twist it over some. Does not really work and just opens up other areas on the hinge edge. I asked them if they would stick a screw driver in the hinge of any other $1300 appliance they had just purchased? Have not heard back. But shouldn't I expect better craftsmanship then this?
I have the first two temperature runs recorded and not too impressed. The temps of their thermocouple are way off compared to my new Wireless Redi-Chek and no where near what I set it at. Feed back please. Timan
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Above should be a picture of the right door on my new Englander. As you can see it is out of alignment. Actually it is formed poorly and does not fit well. Support suggested I stick a large screw driver above the hinge and force it closed to twist it over some. Does not really work and just opens up other areas on the hinge edge. I asked them if they would stick a screw driver in the hinge of any other $1300 appliance they had just purchased? Have not heard back. But shouldn't I expect better craftsmanship then this?
I have the first two temperature runs recorded and not too impressed. The temps of their thermocouple are way off compared to my new Wireless Redi-Chek and no where near what I set it at. Feed back please. Timan
Salmonsmoker
New member
Welcome to the forum timan. Quality control doesn't seem up to par and the customer service response would have pi**ed me off big time. Hopefully that's not business as usual for that company. If you decide to return your grill there are other American made cookers that have high quality standards and platinum(or should I say titanium
)customer service, and posters on this forum are more than willing to advise.
)customer service, and posters on this forum are more than willing to advise.Thanks for the thoughts. /Trying a whole chicken tonight… can't figure out which temperature read to go with. The wireless has one temp, the internal has another and the door temp is something else. Its crazy, they aren't even close. like 30° part. I don't think my chicken will done for hours. And like no smoke! Oh, there will be a little puff for a minute then almost nothing for the rest of the time. I just don't know what to expect.This is vey frustrating. The computer beeps now and then and what that means is not covered in the instructions? Crazy! Ooops it just beeped 3 times. Got go…..
TentHunter
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That door does not look right to me.
The differences in temp are not abnormal for one area of a grill to read one thing and another area, say closer to the grate, to read slightly higher. Each grill is different and it's one of the things you get used to with a particular grill.
Now having said that, If the door is not closing properly, that could very well be adversely affecting temps inside.
For your chicken, don't obsess too much about the exact pit temp. Just get it close to the cooking temp you want an go by the chicken's Internal Temp reading to know when it's done. When the thickest part of the Breast hits a minimum 165° it's done and safe.
Hopefully Englander will do the right thing and stand behind their product. If not, like SalmonSmoker said, there are other American companies that will. If you don't get it resolved and end up sending the grill back, give Big Poppa Smokers (the sponsor of this forum) a call. Ask lots of questions. You will get honest answers from a company that puts customers first and I guarantee you'll be happy and taken care of.
Hope it all works out for you!
Cliff
The differences in temp are not abnormal for one area of a grill to read one thing and another area, say closer to the grate, to read slightly higher. Each grill is different and it's one of the things you get used to with a particular grill.
Now having said that, If the door is not closing properly, that could very well be adversely affecting temps inside.
For your chicken, don't obsess too much about the exact pit temp. Just get it close to the cooking temp you want an go by the chicken's Internal Temp reading to know when it's done. When the thickest part of the Breast hits a minimum 165° it's done and safe.
Hopefully Englander will do the right thing and stand behind their product. If not, like SalmonSmoker said, there are other American companies that will. If you don't get it resolved and end up sending the grill back, give Big Poppa Smokers (the sponsor of this forum) a call. Ask lots of questions. You will get honest answers from a company that puts customers first and I guarantee you'll be happy and taken care of.
Hope it all works out for you!
Cliff