REC TEC for it all. Grilling and Smoking
I'm not sure. I guess its like anything there is a right and wrong way to use and some of the meat I've eaten off off of one has had weird texture and flavor. Could have been temperature related and trying to get fancy with the pellets
Oh, ok. That makes sense then. To me the two most important decisions in BBQ, grilling and smoking is choice of equipment and fuel. There are tons of cheaply made grills out there, and tons of crappy fuels. When I used charcoal, the first thing I learned was to never use lighter fluid (I absolutely hate the taste on my food) so I quickly switched to using a chimney starter and paper. Even the charcoal with lighter fluid in it tastes bad on food. The last couple years of using charcoal, I only bought lump. Far superior to standard coal to me. Gas doesn’t give you that problem, but it doesn’t give you smoke flavor either, so you have to use a smoke box which can be easily underwhelming. With pellets, you usually have to experiment and read reviews. Traeger for example has good flavored pellets, but I’ve found them to leave an inordinate amount of dust in my smoker, which, of course, can end up on your food. I like PitBoss competition blend in my Recteq grill. Honestly, the only reason I don’t use Recteq pellets is cost. I’ve never heard a complaint about my food using PitBoss, and it’s convenient to find and significantly cheaper.
