Pitboss 1150 Return or Not Return

[Dspills]

I’ve had zero issues with mine also... although I’ve only made some filets, a 15lb brisket, a bacon wrapped loin and some salmon.... I’m curious what everyone’s issues are even being in the low twenties it’s been holding solid temps for me...

 

[MOB916]

I’ve had zero issues with mine also... although I’ve only made some filets, a 15lb brisket, a bacon wrapped loin and some salmon.... I’m curious what everyone’s issues are even being in the low twenties it’s been holding solid temps for me...

PB1150? 15lb brisket is a serious slab. What temp did you smoke it at, for how long, & placed where on the grates? Did you use an added smoke tube?

 

[MKinHB]

I saw these at Lowe's last night for anyone who has the PB1150PS2 model. Kinda pricey.
it does say it fits the 1100 also so I don.t know if it's tailored to the 1150 or just new packaging to include the 1150 model.
They did tell me that they were going to re-label the 820 cover packaging to include the 850. They sent me one for my 850 and it does not fit well and the draw strings do not work.

 

[MOB916]

I saw these at Lowe's last night for anyone who has the PB1150PS2 model. Kinda pricey.
it does say it fits the 1100 also so I don.t know if it's tailored to the 1150 or just new packaging to include the 1150 model.
They did tell me that they were going to re-label the 820 cover packaging to include the 850. They sent me one for my 850 and it does not fit well and the draw strings do not work.

I bought one the other day for my 1150. Fits great....drawstring is kinda worthless tho.

 

[dcbeltran]

My Lowe’s also told me 30 days then I called Pitboss and they said 90 and if they had issues at customer service to speak to the store manager as PB and Lowe’s has a 90 no questions asked exchange policy

Lowes manager told me 90 days.

 

[dcbeltran]

I’ve had zero issues with mine also... although I’ve only made some filets, a 15lb brisket, a bacon wrapped loin and some salmon.... I’m curious what everyone’s issues are even being in the low twenties it’s been holding solid temps for me...

Wont hold any temps from 200-275. Will settle under 200. Higher temps above 300 work fine.

 

[dcbeltran]

I’ve had zero issues with mine also... although I’ve only made some filets, a 15lb brisket, a bacon wrapped loin and some salmon.... I’m curious what everyone’s issues are even being in the low twenties it’s been holding solid temps for me...

What temps did you cook in? You're one of the few that has it working correctly if you can set temps in the 200 range.

 

[dcbeltran]

FWIW...just got a PB1150PS2 last Thursday at Lowes & got a 15% discount off the $599. Went through the burnoff per instructions Friday morning with zero issues. Smoked a 1.75lb pork tenderloin that night with no issues. Smoked a 3.5lb tri-tip Saturday with no issues. Smoked a 5.5lb butt for 8hrs on Sunday with no issues. So far so good. The APP does kinda suck & hoping for an update with more intuitive features, but all-in-all, very stoked on this beast so far. What I do, is at turn-on....give it 10-15mins from button push & don't touch the temp until pot is hot & smoke dissipates, l then adjust to my desired cooking temp. Been holding my desired temps very well....but I do wish there were smaller increments to select. Hoping no issues in front of me, but ZERO complaints at this point.

You were able to set temps in the 200's?

 

[MOB916]

You were able to set temps in the 200's?

Ya, no issues so far.

 

[dcbeltran]

Ya, no issues so far.

Wow, good for you! I believe you're the only one that has been able to do that.

 

[Dspills]

What temps did you cook in? You're one of the few that has it working correctly if you can set temps in the 200 range.

I ran it at 225 for the first half of the Cook... wrapped it and finished temp set at 300... no smoke tube

 

[Dspills]

PB1150? 15lb brisket is a serious slab. What temp did you smoke it at, for how long, & placed where on the grates? Did you use an added smoke tube?

No mine is the 850.... first half I smoked at 225, finished at 300 wrapped.... no smoke tube

 

[tomdav]

How long had you had yours? Lowe’s is telling me there is only a 30 day return option.

Well, I had it for 70 days and Lowe'site showed up 90 days at Lowes to return while they also have the other section which showed up 30 days to return that mentions the holiday season.

 

[Krazy]

I went through 3 controllers before giving up on my Austin XL and bought a Savannah Stoker Controller. Plugged it in and it performs perfectly. A bit pricy at $250,00 but it beat starting from scratch as it took 3 years for me to finally get around to it,