You're so blessed to have a family to enjoy that meal with.

The family is lucky to have a great cook!

I have been putting all wood chunks in mine and it works great

I love it. I have a M/B 560 on the way but I've had a Traeger nearly 6 years now and love that thing. With my briskets now I like a glistening black bark and what gets me there especially with a pellet cooker is a lot of Garlic Powder in my SPG and I go heavy. The powder gives the smoke something to stick to and the bark comes out soft and black. One of my favorite cooks and yes I sleep while they cook at night like you say.

Very informative. I definitely was able to tell who won based off your edits.

Can't wait to assemble my 1050 tomorrow. I wanted the 800, but couldn't find one in stock.

I have 2 charcoal grills and the MB 1050 gravity smoker, cleaning is pretty detailed but simple, everything lifts out or slides out. The 1050..the only issue I had was , I dropped a wood lump in the ash bucket to add smoke and the lump caught fire and shot my temp higher than I wanted so I now use wood chips instead.. other than that 1st thing after set up, close the lid, go around to the hinge loosen them a bit and make sure the lid sits flat and retighten hinges, mine had a slight gap until I did this. It holds heat very well, I smoked a large briskit overnight and it took a almost the whole chute..I've found the 2nd shelf is best for smoking. Searing temp(700°) is achieved fairly quick.

Wow, those I could taste through my phone. Very nice cooking.

My MB 800 is being delivered tmw!!! Wife got it for me, as a Christmas present, but it will be put to use before then!!!!

Wow!! Tough call... they both look good!! Witch one had more smoke flavor? .... edit: I saw you already answered my question. Good video 🔥

Great video, i just got the MB GS 800. I was concerned about the drip pan possibly blocking smoke to the brisket but it looks like it did great, maybe even slightly better than the Traeger.

Thank You,!

BBQ guy, are you using the Masterbuilt coal lumps? Are you using wood chucks? If only char coal is it giving the smoke flavor?

man my mouth is watering

So in the end, which tasted better?

How long from 10 pm until you took it off the grill did it take you? I’m cooking my first brisket on an MB1050 as a trial run before hosting people and trying to get a sense of when to have people over. If I put on at 10 pm, does it cook on the grill for 14-16 hours and then rest for 2-3 hours?

I am torn between 2 Smokers, The Masterbuilt 1050 and the 36" Campchef Woodwind, I really like the Masterbuilt, but I think my only real concern is how well it holds it's temperature over a 12-14 hour cook and the Warranty being only 1 year compared to 3 years for the pellet units.. Great video, appreciate the info sir.

great video! which temperature probe do you use? can you provide a link please

Darn good eats!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I have been using an offset smoker and use mostly wood logs. When using wood in the MB, what size wood and where do you place the wood?

Also, if you wrap it in foil, you may as well finish it in the oven because it's just baking at that point with virtually no smoke.

Wouaw 💓

So you smoke at 225 for how long before you wrap in butcher paper. Then how long do you leave it in the smoker with buthcer paper.. before wrapping it with foil and putting it the cooler.

Where do you keep/store yours, on the deck/patio or garage?

which one would be cheaper to run, please? There is a deal on MB not far from where I live

I am looking at selling my traeger for a master built so this was reassuring. So did u stay at 225 the whole way thru the wrap? Cheers!

Nice video Kenny and you are correct about the pellet grills giving a nice smoke ring. One thing though - we weren't at your house, so what did you all think about the flavor of each? Differences, etc.... Also, you can rest your briskets for 10 hours, in fact I don't rest them anything under 5 but usually 8..... The longer rest the better!! Nice work

Which had more smoke flavor? Which did your guest prefer?

I'm torn between getting a Traeger and a Masterbuilt 800. I am leaning towards the Masterbuilt though because of a few things. I hear charcoal has the better taste and also the fact it can sear and get up to much higher temps for steaks, hotdogs, and burgers. Since you own both, how have they been holding up a year later?

Can you use any kind of charcoal or just briquettes? I only use natural lump

hello, great video, thanks! So one year on, what do you think of MB? Is it reliable? How's their customer service? I see one of your comment about electronics problems..... Everything sounds great about this smoker, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle if it's going to break easily. I'm all the way in Australia, I'd imagine it be even harder to try get some realtime support, not to mention replacement parts......

Where do you add the wood? On top of the coals or in a tray?

Traeger bark looks better on video. Maybe I'm mistaking. However, everyone tells me they prefer their masterbuilt since the switch. So IDK.

Did the master built have as good of bark?

Great video, thanks. One question about the comparison of a gravity feed charcoal gill like this versus a pellet grill. I have both a big Rec Tec at our main home and a smaller Traeger at a vacation cabin. After 5+ years of use both are doing fantastic for me. But we all know the flavor of charcoal is what it is and it has me intrigued about one of these Masterbuilt grills. I've seen a few videos from others about cleaning the Masterbuilt, particularly if you wanted to do a hot cook (500º) steak sear after long, slow and more greasy cooks like briskets or pork butts. I use the foil on the pellet grills' drip trays approach with great success. Remove the grates, roll up the greasy foil and add more, and you are done as far as grease is concerned. All the videos I've seen on cleaning the Masterbuilt seem to be far more involved, and time consuming, mostly because of the extra pieces, diffuser box and metal trays inside the barrel that collect and trap grease and burned on crust. In practical use how much more time consuming is it for you to clean out and degrease the Masterbuilt compared to your Traeger? Thanks!

Did you use the Smoke option on the Traeger?

You briskets are looking amazing!!!! Please, can you let me know where you got this rack? Mine came with a one that’s different. Another question, every brisket I did I started at 225 and it reached the stall within 4 or 5 hours. I always used the bottom rack. Do you think that’s why it went so fast? Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Flavor test????

You tell us, which one had better flavor? I know which I like better between my Masterbuilt 1050 Gravity Series or my Pit Boss Austin XL Pellet Grill, hands down my Masterbuilt kicks my Pit Boss's ass !!!

Damn!

you're family won for sure. hands down.

Charcoal/ wood v pellet is an easy decision. Charcoal/ wood wins Everytime.

Hey boss enjoyed your video. Question, I’ve been trying to find a video I saw a few months ago. It was someone using granulated honey to season a piece of meat. Was that you?

I keep hearing about the heating element dying in the Masterbuilt. Have you had any problems with it? I hear the Trager is reliable but I think the smoke ring looked better on the Materbuilt.

Looks like your family won this round haha

A vs. video but no opinion of the winner… I’m so confused.

You wouldn't cheat and use pickling salt to get that "smoke ring" off the trager right???

Hi Kenny, just wanted to comment about your video. First I thought your video had a lot of good information, the fact that you compared the two grills was a fantastic idea. You had great information well presented. The one thing that was distracting was your transitions. You had flames popping up when you went from one shot to another, a knife slicing from one shot to another. All of those transitions were distracting to the information you were imparting. My suggestion is cut back on those transition images and use them sparingly instead of for every transition. It makes those transitions stand out like a sore thumb. Good work though I found your video very informative and I gave you a like.

No bark

I really hope you didn’t actually rinse it off.

Video would have been awesome without the stupid annoying background music.