Can you add heat without the smoke, on a long cook you may have your color and smoke now you just need your heat to get to your temp.

To be honest we have never done a long slow smoke with it. I would still prefer a pellet smoker for that. The reason we like it so well is it's very fast. Get home late from work and still have time to cook steaks, burgers, chicken ect. Seriously I can get it fired up close the lid. Go in the house get your burgers out and seasoned, head back out and it's 500 degrees. I still plan on buying one of the new REC-TEC Smokers for the weekend long cooks. We have run about 80 pounds of REC-TEC pellets through it with no issues what so ever. Some posts i've seen people were concerned about grease build up because of no drip pan. For what it's worth we cooked 17 1/2 pound burgers on it last weekend all at once. I figured I would have a lot of grease to deal with so i let it run at 600 degrees for about 15 minutes. When it cooled down I checked the bottom and there was no grease at all. This thing is worth the money as I said. I will have to try a long smoke with it, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Get the smoke ring you want then wrap in foil. Good luck sir,

yea....looks shallow too like you cant do a Turkey.

I reviewed the new one on my channel back when it was released 😉

@@StokedOnSmoke ok cool. I’m new to your channel so I’ll have to search i

Thanks brother! So far grease has been a non-issue...but yeah, a disposable pan isn't a bad idea if you wanna keep it cleaner.

James U ...call Rec Tec, because literally in the time it takes to type this comment, they'd probably figure out the issue and have a replacement part, if necessary, on the way. Smoke on!

brblum thank u I took the advice , and it seems to be a faulty igniter .

Yes, they were full of it....did you see it has a real PID now, and "magically" the price didn't change....

You can reach out the REC TEC guys and they'll be glad to talk to you about it...but as for me...I have not had a single issue with drippings yet. Like I mentioned in the video it's very easy to do a quick burn to get rid of any excess.

junk! mini was the best! i dont need a monster smoker no mini guess its treager

Could you set a "foil" or other drip pan below?

No, the flames that come up on the sides are b/c they hit the heat deflector plate then push out to the sides. It was designed that way. No grease can fall into the fire pot b/c of the size of the heat deflector plate. But to your point about saving $$$...if you're gonna do that, go with one of REC TEC's other higher end models over a Traeger.

Yea! Ive had my mini rt 300 for a few years now. Its the best! I think rectec messed up by dropping it. This one is not the RT 300.

Guys...this isn't the replacement for the Rec Tec mini. Rec Tec is coming out with another, presumably even better, portable grill. I believe February or March at the latest. This grill, the Bullseye, is really geared towards primarily hot grilling...steaks, burgers, dogs etc. You certainly can do low and slow, but that is what my Rec Tec 680 is used for.

Have you ever looked at Grilla Grills for small form factor?

Check out their website again.. they have the replacement for the mini & 680, along with a new tweener size between the 2

right on this round grill is crap compared to the mini

i'm still happy with it and honestly cook on it more than any of my other rec tecs b/c of how fast it is to fire up and get to temp. during the work week, for quick cooks, it's my go-to grill. you'll hear a lot chatter about it not having a drip pan and people not liking that...but i've never had an issue. for the affordable price point, it's a no-brainer IMO. We'll see how long it holds up though. I keep mine covered when not in use and try to take care of it...

Have fun! You'll love it!

Have you called and chatted w/ REC TEC about this? Mine has only done it one time so far.

I finally spoke with them regarding several issues. Turns out the smoke coming from the hopper was the result of the grill lid being too tight and not allowing any air to escape - which caused a vacuum of air to pull back through the hopper. Rec Tec sent me a "spacer" (just a bent metal bracket that mounts behind the lid screw) to gap the lid. Works great now, but I wish they had just made the vents on the back of the grill work properly.

A lot better to put pellets in a smoking tube for extra smoke.

Yeah the thing with those tubes is it still uses pellets for its flavor. I don't think pellets have the same flavor as chips/chunks of wood.

Fernbark Frist my thoughts as well. Doesn't look like you could fit a pork butt or anything of the like in it. Just going off the vid and online pics/vids though

There's enough room to do butts or briskets...but prob not beer can chicken /turkeys. I'll be posting some videos showing larger cooks in the coming weeks.

lost me here.....that's why I was looking at it....took make beer can chicken/turkey

Apples and oranges. this is a pellet grill. this is the cheapest I've seen

Ditto to what Joe H said....you can't compare this to a PBC or WSM. We're talking about a pellet grill here...

Rec Tec has done some videos of pork butts on this Bullseye.

This grill can do butts, ribs, brisket, steaks, chicken, just about anything you want. 22.5" WSM is $400. Pit Barrel is only 18" grates, only really cooks at a certain higher temp. Rec Tec knocked it out of the park with this. Perfect size, can cook anything on it, price includes shipping, top notch customer service. I have owned 2 Rec Tecs personally and about to purchase another one when new models come out with wifi.

harborx310xarea obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.

Steve Harvey Ray Lewis let me know how a steak comes out in the pbc

I've had a few problems w/ mine here or there...but not many...and I cook on my all the time. I think they pulled it from their lineup to address some of the issues and I wouldn't be surprised if something similar (but improved) is released at some point...but could be wrong. I wouldn't give up on the company though. Their other grills are beast and their customer service is unmatched. You can call and either talk directly w/ the owners and/or the general manager. They will take care of you.

Yeah I'm curious to see how the Smokefire does. I haven't seen one in action yet...