Outdoor resilience if covered - PBV4PS2

[jaison]

I'm in Cali and have pretty nice weather. I've got a Copperhead 7 and the best thing I did was by the damn rainproof cover. I've had the cover for 3 years and needed to repair one tear where the bracket for the pellet feeder wore through. All in all no issues storing it outside.

 

[Edchad]

Does anyone keep their smokers with fancy electric controllers outside and covered? I keep my grills on the patio with decent covers, but they aren't electric. This thing is big enough that I wouldn't be able to easily move it back and forth for use. I would bring it inside for winter, but primary home would be out in spring summer and fall. . ..

I keep my PBV4PS2 inside our garage with a cover on it. Just roll it a few feet outside the bay door when I cook. Personally I keep covers on all our cookers regardless. We have an old cabin out back with power and I keep my PB Hammertone and a Masterbuilt electric on the porch. Covered but open to the elements. Have a Weber Spirit E-310 under an extended roof at our wellhouse. And an offset stick burner under a big car shed. All of these things have covers. I almost put it out on the cabin porch but was a little paranoid after reading so much about damp pellets etc.
actually it worked out good. Not really in the way and awful handy.
Even now I think I’d have a hard time keeping it outdoors even under a cover. But that’s just me.

 

[meBuck76]

I keep my PBV4PS2 on my back deck with the PBV4PS cover (I guess it fits both the 1 and the 2) here in Ohio. I'm guessing if I can keep rain off it, eveything might last a bit longer. Works great so far.

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[DanStealth]

Well we had a crazy amount of rain in the north east. I’ve probably had the same pellets in the hopper for over 2 months. This morning went to use it and noticed that the pellets on the top by the controller side had swelled up. Wasn’t a lot, maybe some water got in there some how but the rest of the pellets were fine. Just vacuumed out the swelled ones and kept the rest, I did flush them out and then sifted them. Seem to be working fine.