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I think they’re trying to balance quality, service, and efficiency. If you look at the Kamado updates and the SmokeFire, they’ve made some mistakes, but they have also made fixes and updates. I don’t remember who posted it, maybe Bruno, but the deteriorating interior SmokeFire parts have been...

I think I saw it in the ‘Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling’ FB group. I previously shared it here: https://tvwbb.com/threads/summit-kamado-grate-height.86954/post-991709

I’ve had a lot of grills over the past decade. Many I’ve really liked including my Silver A that served me well for close to two decades and many pellet grills. If tomorrow I was told I could have only one grill, it would be the WSCG/Kamado. With a SnS, Vortex, and modded big Joetisserie there’s...

Looking at your chart, it looks like the the Fireboard did control the temps very well for 14 hours like you mentioned. Without being there, it's really hard to say what happened after that. Maybe you triggered too many lid open events refueling and/or playing with the fire, maybe the pause time...

Sorry, I wasn't inferring anything about you abilities, it's just hard to know where people are in the BBQ journey so was trying to level set expectations. There are some people that think an ATC makes a charcoal smoker into in a pellet grill for ease of use :) Maybe you've already done this...

I believe fan speed is limited on battery power. I have the Fireboard 2 Drive and had an original from the Kickstarter before that. I always plug in when using the fan and have never had a single issue keeping temps as long as there was fuel to burn. ATC’s on charcoal grills are assistants, you...

Yeah, it isn’t going to cook like a SmokeFire, but they’re definitely trying to confuse people stealing the design.

My SmokeFire was pretty great when it worked right. I have to believe that the biggest issues for me in the software and firmware have been improved a lot by now as the number of complaints here, other forums, FB groups, etc. has dropped off to a trickle. The SmokeFire must also be gaining...

Wow!

Well Done! When mine worked right, the food from it was hard to beat. Not surprised someone with your obviously great skills could do very well with it. How do you get the chicken off the grill keeping the sauce so perfect?

I run a FireBoard 2 Drive with a BBQ Guru Pit Viper fan. I had an original Fireboard with drive adapter before that. They have worked great for me and the logging features and ability to add notes and pictures are hard to beat. How long does a 5lb pork loin take to cook at 275? I can’t remember...

I will say I’m impressed with the Traveler. We took it on vacation and I cooked 5 meals for 5 people on one 1lb can of LP. It’s enough of a grill that it can serve as a home BBQ. However, it’s definitely pricier than a Q1000/1200 and takes up a good chunk of cargo space as it travels better...

Yeah, those blue Genesis are pretty. As well, the black frames on the new smart grill look better than gray too. I was debating buying the EX-335 or SX-335 just for the black frame and eyed the blue ones pretty hard too.

Joan, that's pretty funny. I actually spent my first 7-8 years living in the countryside just outside of Newton and started school there. I still have family that lives in Newton. I remember visiting the Maytag Dairy Farms on a field trip and them talking about their 'famous' blue cheese. They...

You’re gonna love it, and you’re right it is well engineered. One thing is silly visually but genius production wise and that’s putting the kettle leg mounts on it just to use the same ash system as all the kettles.

Besides your typical meat, potato, and vegetable dinner, I can’t think of a lot of food Iowa is known for. The two things that come to mind are breaded pork tenderloins and Steak DeBurgo.

I haven’t had one in years and don’t remember liking them at all, but I’m about due for a retest.

I kinda babbled around a bit above in my responses. More directly, a Genesis will get hotter and faster, the fold down warming rack is nice, and it moves around a lot easier with bigger casters and not having that goofy base plate on the cart the cabinet Spirits have. Those are the main things...

Jon, I'm not overly worried. My Genesis is on a covered patio and under cover when not in use. I'm not sure I understand the rust out failures in the firebox though as it's cast aluminum, or are you talking about issues with hoods? The stainless parts are better quality than I expected as it's...

This looks really nice and I think Franklin is meticulous about anything he puts his name on, but man your getting kinda close to the Weber Kamado price which is a lot more versatile.