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Title: Smokin in Charlotte
Post by: Smoke Pappy on July 22, 2014, 03:37:15 PM: Hey all ... New to the forum and looking forward to chatting about Q. Also, I'm kicking my offset smoker to the curb and looking into Pellet Smokers ... Leaning toward a REC TEC ... Anyone out this way have a REC TEC or a MAK??
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Post by: Pam Gould on July 22, 2014, 03:40:19 PM: Hello and welcome form NW Ohio. Lots of rec-tecs and Maks here. Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Smokin in Charlotte
Post by: Pappymn on July 22, 2014, 03:43:24 PM: Welcome from Minnesota and a Mak driver.

Not sure any forum can handle two Pappy's. ;D
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Post by: Hub on July 22, 2014, 03:55:11 PM: Welcome from just up the road in Lincolnton. I drive a Memphis Advantage but there are lots of MAK, RecTec, and other pellet cooker users hanging out here. Please read my articles about pellet cookery (Burn it in the Back Yard -- Hub's Section) to give yourself some good background so you can enjoy it more. PM me if I may be of assistance.

http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?board=59.0

Hub
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Post by: sliding_billy on July 22, 2014, 04:10:00 PM: Greetings from North Texas Pappy #2.
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Post by: ACW3 on July 22, 2014, 04:20:25 PM: Welcome from Morganton. Several of us from this area get together every couple of months to eat BBQ and talk about what we have all been up to. Maybe you can join us one of these days. Our group is getting bigger and bigger.

Art

Teesquare has a MAK and a Rec-Tec. He would be a good source. I have a MAK 2 Star. I have cooked on the Rec-Tec at the Fall Gathering. If you joined everyone in Augusta, GA toward the end of September at the Fall Gathering you would not only get to meet some really great forum members but you would probably get to cook on a Rec-Tec. We have had the Rec-Tec trailer there the past couple of years. Hope you can join us.
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Post by: smokeasaurus on July 22, 2014, 04:34:03 PM: Welcome from So-Cal.
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Post by: catinatree on July 22, 2014, 05:57:49 PM: Welcome from Boulder, Colorado !!!
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Post by: IR2dum on July 22, 2014, 06:11:28 PM: Welcome from Houston.
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Post by: N. Ontario Smoker on July 22, 2014, 06:26:43 PM: Welcome from Canada
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Post by: muebe on July 22, 2014, 07:14:18 PM: Like Hub I also have a Memphis pellet grill.

Welcome from Southern California
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on July 22, 2014, 07:44:46 PM: Welcome from SE Georgia! I too have a pellet cooker. It is a Blaz'n Grill Works Grid Iron. There are a lot of
very knowledgeable pellet people on this board. As Art stated try to make it to the Fall Gathering. Not only will you
meet a lot of the forum members you will be able to test drive the Rec Tec and any other cookers that may appear.
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Post by: Saber 4 on July 22, 2014, 09:52:56 PM: Welcome from Texas
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Post by: fishingbouchman on July 23, 2014, 12:54:27 AM: Welcome from Southwest Washington
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Post by: Scallywag on July 23, 2014, 08:22:47 AM: Welcome from Ontario, Canada!
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Post by: TMB on July 23, 2014, 08:28:02 AM: Welcome from Alabama.... I have a homemade pellet pooper and I have used a Rec-Tec and a Mak.

Both very fine grills, but for me $$$ is an issue right now I'd go with a Rec-Tec
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Post by: drholly on July 23, 2014, 12:20:44 PM: Another welcome from the great state of Pappy - Minnesota.... ;) ;D ;D ;D I am thinking (have been for awhile) about a pellet grill as well. I'll be interested in hearing what you learn - RecTec is my current leaning.
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Post by: Smokerjunky on July 23, 2014, 04:07:49 PM: Welcome from Washington State - both seem to be good choices. I would like to throw Blazin Grill Works into your mix if you have not already considered it. I got mine in April and have been completely happy (My opinion Just Sayin' :D)
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Post by: tlg4942 on July 23, 2014, 07:21:05 PM: Welcome from lower Alabama . I hoping to own a Rec Tec soon myself. I've seen them in action at the gathering and really liked them...
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Post by: spuds on July 24, 2014, 03:41:55 AM: Welcome from SoCal
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Post by: Wingman on July 24, 2014, 04:42:42 AM: Hello, and welcome from Maine.
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Post by: Curtislowe on July 26, 2014, 09:56:43 AM: Welcome from South Arkansas.
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Post by: TentHunteR on July 26, 2014, 12:45:07 PM: Welcome to the forum.

If it's purely a financial decision, then go with the Rec Tec. They're a great cooker and you'll be happy.

If you want the best, and can swing a few hundred more $$, then the MAK 1 Star is even better. It's made in the USA, has more features, better quality metal, the best controller on the market (programmable & accepts 3 food probes), the choice of accessories is incredible; Griddle, Searing Grates, FlameZone (for direct grilling), & WiFi capable.

When comparing them, don't be fooled by the Rec Tec's apparent bigger size; The MAK 1 Star actually holds more food because it has enough head room for a full sized, fully useable, upper rack which doubles it's capacity (Rec Tec - no upper rack).

Both Grills offer great warranties, BTW.
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Post by: TwoPockets on July 26, 2014, 01:10:02 PM: Welcome from mid Alabama.
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Post by: Big Dawg on July 27, 2014, 04:45:39 PM: Welcome from here in the Queen City!!

I cook on Webers, but as you've already seen, there's a lot of pellet cookers here with a lot of good advice.

BD
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Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on August 05, 2014, 12:41:52 AM: Greetings from Las Vegas. ;)

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