Originally Posted By michael_d
Well the Mak performed admirably. Way too easy. Fill up the hopper, hit the start button, set the grill temp, insert meat probe and set meat temp - drink favorite beverages..... When the meat reaches temp, an obnoxious alarm starts beeping, and the grill temp lowers. Very cool. I smoked an elk rib (very lean), and it came out fantastic. Nice smoke ring and tender. Cooked it till it reached 130. Then we smoked a Wagyu tri tip. 160 deg this time. Perfect. This thing keeps the grill temp within 5 deg, always. Amazing. Looking forward to trying to different things with it.

It does go through the pellets though. Close to 1 pound per hour if you crank the temp up. The taste of the food is well worth it to me though.

Sounds like a fairly positive review.
I'm anxious to settle on a temp control as well. I like the idea of having a wireless unit that i can monitor at a distance and even change the temp on the road if you wanted to ramp it up while away from the unit.

That was one thing i read about smokers, is how much in pellet pounds they use. 1lb per hour is about what i recall reading.
What is the cost vs. charcoal i wonder?

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