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First of all, good call on keeping your kettle. If power goes out and you need to cook your meat before it goes bad, a pellet grill isn't going to help. I probably would keep my WSM as well for some versatility. Secondly, I wouldn't get a SmokeFire. I have been waiting on Weber to send me a new...

That's a beast right there. Congrats.

I prefer the people on YouTube that aren't that polished. It comes off as a bit more authentic to me. But I can see how some would like higher production value.

I am with you. The SF has taught me a lot about pellet cooking and I have had some great cooks on it. But this auger motor thing opened my eyes to how cheap it is to replace parts from other companies. $180 part from Weber vs $30 same part from another company. Plus, my situation has changed a...

I do remember when everyone was getting free replacement parts shortly after launch. I should have jumped on that bandwagon at the time. Now I pretty much have all original parts, except for the pellet "ramp". I am out of warranty and initially they told me where to buy the part, but then they...

Remember my auger motor failing and Weber wanted me to buy the part? Well, this week they completely changed their mind and are sending me the motor and auger free of charge, not even charging shipping! Really weird because they contracted me out of the blue saying since I had never gotten any...

I'll still post here. Not sure why he was so upset, but life is too short to worry about it. Just add him to the ignore list and keep on trucking. To my point, I worked in the computer industry for a long time and most PCs have generic parts that can be replaced easily. Hard drives, memory...

So you are just going to leave snarky comments after everything I post? Not sure exactly what about my posts have rubbed you the wrong way, but I hope you get over it soon. Didn't think I would have to ignore anyone on this board of all places, but here we are.

Nice. I had to replace the regulator in my Traveler a couple of weeks ago. It was a pretty painless process and the grill heats up faster than it did previously. It's a great product. Weber knocked it out of the park with this one.

I am leaning towards that. Buying a new grill but also getting the smokefire fixed and take it to my parents house so I can cook for them when I go over there. But the entire situation has opened my eyes to grills with generic parts that can be upgraded or replaced all together. I didn't even...

I don't like a lot of things about it, tbh. It was my first pellet grill and I like the pellet concept, but some design decisions never really set well with me. I would like a hopper that is more traditional so I am not paranoid about pellets not falling on long cooks. Agreed. When I saw how...

The contacted me back and told me that while this is a common failure on the device, I am out of warranty and will sell the motor to me for $140 instead of $180. I am leaning towards just getting a new pellet grill with parts that can be replaced for cheaper. Given the Smokefire is out of...

That is my major concern. If I pay for the motor, and the something else breaks and then I am screwed when I could have just bought something that is still being supported. But if they send me a motor for free, I'll keep trucking until it breaks for good. Kind of annoys me that the Traegar...

Yesterday as I was about to make 3 slabs of ribs for my mom on Mother's Day, I got the dreaded E7 error. Luckily I had my trusty kettle to get the ribs done and it was good to fire up charcoal again. I checked all the connections, cleaned out the auger, but still got the same error. I reached...

Today we got chicken, beef ribs, pork shoulder, AND a brisket flat on the Smokefire. Along with 2 slabs of St. Louis ribs on the kettle.

I kind of miss my Smokey Mountain.

Today we got chicken, beef ribs, pork shoulder, AND a brisket flat on the Smokefire. Along with 2 slabs of St. Louis ribs on the kettle.

Made Pizzas and wings. Did them both on my Smokefire. I will be making more pizzas in the future, for sure.

How haven't they fixed the hopper yet?

When an equity firm buys a company, it's usually not good for the consumer. Means more cost -cutting measures and quality drops. I hate to see what Weber will be in 5 years.