Anyone have experience installing the firebox after a few years of use? Is there a point of no return? I’ve used mine for 3 years and the walls are mostly gone with the firebrick exposed. I’d like to extend use another few years if it’s not too late to install the firebox.
First time use after the initial 3 hour burn on my Masterbuilt electric smoker. Was doing a 17.6lb brisket overnight and the next day I wake up to what looks like tar ALL OVER the inside. Dripped all over the brisket and seems everything us ruined. What the heck is going on here??
I've been doing some small-ish volume catering and have a few pellet smokers / grills I've been using. I've been cooking 1-2 packer briskets and 2-4 pork butts once a week. This last weekend was nothing but issues. Night 1, my backup smoker (Pit Boss Elite Series 6 my sister passed on to me) died taking down 6 pork butts due to backburn into the hopper. Night 2, my main vertical (Grilla Mammoth) somehow just quit feeding pellets in the middle of of the night and I had to swap everything over to my Traeger. I'm getting to the point that I'm over pellets.
Could I fit a couple full packers (~14-16lb) and 2-4 pork butts (6 seems like a stretch) on the XT? I'm very interested in eliminating moving parts and backburn issues. I obviously know it's not a silver bullet, you can still get grease fires or other issues, but I'm tired of having issues with auger motors, moisture in pellets etc.
Recently ran into problem where I finished the cook and inserted the damper plates as usual. Came out next day and ALL the charcoal had burned up. Noticed the seal on top of the hopper was half gone. Can't seem to find a replacement. Anyone know of source(s)??
Apparently Fireboard has released a new controller specifically for the Gravity. Not the 1150/XT though, but soon according to them.
Like the Weber pellet and Tragers?
Hey everyone, I saved up for a few years and spent a small fortune on the Masterbuilt 560. I had to get a replacement immediately because it didn’t work. This was after five hours of installation. The second one arrived, and that didn’t work either. After doing a lot of research, it turns out this was common, and I had to bypass everything. It then turns out that to make it somewhat decent, you need to spend thousands on modifications. Genuinely, there is a guy selling modifications online, and if you bought it all, I think last time I checked, it was around a grand and a half, maybe more.
I really love the idea behind the Masterbuilt, but it is anything but “master” built. It’s embarrassingly poorly made.
I’m very fortunate to have some really nice equipment in my garden, and this one stands out like a sore thumb in terms of build quality.
I was thinking I might need to switch over to pellet grills, unfortunately, to get a really nice Weber or Traeger. But then I saw the XT.
So my question is, do I put my trust in a brand that produced a terrible product and invest in the XT, hoping for that premium quality?
I've seen a lot of posts talking about filling the hopper before going to bed, and checking in the morning, but non describing how they load the hopper. Do you use lump or briquettes? Do you layer wood chunks and charcoal, or still use splits in the hopper? Or, just use charcoal?
I want to do an overnight brisket next weekend, and am trying to figure out the best option to fill the XT hopper before bed to both get it to last 8+ hours, but also get a decent amount of wood smoke.
Smokecraft now supports Masterbuilt Gravity Series - 560, 800, and 1050 - via Bluetooth read-only monitoring. Pit temp feeds into phase coaching, overnight alerts via APNS if you drift while you sleep.
Gravity Series owners are exactly who I built this for; long overnight cooks where you genuinely need something watching the pit while you sleep.
TestFlight build is live now. Looking for Gravity 800 and 1050 testers specifically before App Store submission. Comment or DM.
Was wondering if anyone has any idea where I can get a Masterbuilt gravity series in Japan. I previously had a Gravity from Costco but didn't bring it to Japan. I found one online but it's $3k.
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction!
I purchased this last August, but I didn't get a chance to even get it going, so it sat all over the fall and winter. About a month and a half ago, I decided I was gonna start ramping it up and getting it ready for grill season, and it didn't work. It did not work. My other Gravity Series didn't work either, and I was really feeling bummed about it, but after reading some of the fixes, I decided to give it one more chance.
I finally got in touch with the Master Built Customer Service. It took me a while to get it, but they sent me the wires for the magnet. Today I got it installed (the magnets I'm talking about), but there was an extra wire that was connected to the control panel that was squeezed underneath the hoppers. That's what we found. Plus, the magnets were wrong. The magnets were wrong from whoever put it together. Probably Home Depot.
Right now I am seasoning it, and tomorrow I will be grilling on it. I think I'll do some chicken first, but you know the ribs are coming, and you know that brisket is coming. For God darn, everything's coming. Pray for me because I am about to get in this.
My first cook was a pork butt. I noticed some drippings on the bottom of the grill that seemed to leak from the grill where it shouldn't.
Is this an issue others here have experienced? What's the solution?
Is this from manufacturing? I didn't notice it after seasoning but I may have missed it.
Hello everyone,
I have purchased a Woodfire pro connect XL grill which is getting delivered on monday but I have some concerns.
I live in germany and using a grill is a little complicated.
We have an open balcony into the courtyard shared with other apartments ( it's quite big, maybe 15m x 15m or more ) and we live on the 2nd floor, there's two more floors up.
Can someone give feedback on how much smoke/smell it produces on both non-smoke function and on smoke function for 30-60min session?
I saw some videos and it looks to be quite a bit and I was wondering if it was so much that I could inform my neighbours that there will be a bit of smoke/smell and people should be fine with it or will it cause ous problems?
Hey guys,
I just picked up a Masterbuilt XT and did my first cook with some wings and ribs.
Not long after starting, I noticed grease dripping down, which I wasn’t really expecting.
Is that normal with this smoker?
Anyone else run into this? Any tips on how to manage it?
Appreciate the help!
Just bought one and I’m completely new to charcoal type cooking.
I’ve not even built it as yet which I expect to be fun. Any advices to do or not do.
Also, my old barbecue was a Weber gas and I just used it on the plastic composite decking that we have. I would expect that the Masterbuilt is not suitable for this type of decking because of the potential for stray bits of coal/ embers?
I’m a complete newbie so any advice would be appreciated.
Starting to get some corrosion on my 5yo 1050 around the manifold connection. How long you think o got before my boy is toast?
Had mt 1150 for over a year I think, I am ashamed to say how many times I have cursed it for failing to get going only to realize I failed to removed the dampeners.
Like I said I bought a used 1150 (he used it twice) and I think it is missing something that makes the shelf more rigid. Any idea what's missing?
How long does your MB800 with the lid closed take to get from 250-550?
I am estimating it was taking me 10min per 100 degrees farenheit? I feel like thats a waste of charcoal