Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => Product Reviews => Topic started by: TentHunteR on June 19, 2012, 03:11:34 PM
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I've gotten several questions about my Stoven Pellet Grill, so I thought it'd be easier to answer all the basic questions here in a more detailed review of the Specs, Pros/Cons & personal observations.
Disclaimer: This is a review ONLY. I am in no way affiliated with American Sundancer. the manufacturer of the Stoven.
For more info on how to purchase one visit: American Sundancer - Stoven® Barbecues Home Page (http://www.americansundancer.com/)
Thanks!
Cliff
What is it? The Stoven® is an attachment that converts a 22.5" kettle grill into a true pellet-fired smoker/cooker.
Reference pics:
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Stoven Attached to my Weber Performer
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Hopper Assembly / Pellet & Air shoots, Fire Pot
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Diffuser Plate / Controls
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Pellets being lit
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Grill - Cooking Surface
Specs/Features:
• Materials/Finish: Heavy gauge steel with high temp powder coat.
• Pellet Hopper Capacity: 3.5 pounds.
• Temp range: 185° - 450° F
• Cooking Surface Area: 380 Sq. Inches (Weber cooking grid specs).
• Power Hookups: includes two power adapters: a 110-120 volt adapter & a 12 volt cigarette lighter adapter (for tailgating). Optional 12 volt battery attachment is available.
• Pellet Ignition: pellets are lit manually (I use a small propane torch rather than lighter fluid).
• Fan: Single speed fan controlled by a power switch.
• Pellet Feed system/control: pellets are fed by an auger controlled by a variable rheostat setting from 1 to 9 to adjust the pellet feed rate & pit temp.
• Removable Fire Pot for easy cleaning.
• Optional side shelf & Leg stabilizer included for three legged kettle grills.
• Warranty: 30 days.
Pros/Cons/Observations:
I've smoked/cooked all types of foods on this thing with some great results. Overall, it's a nice cross between old-school and new school. Old-school in that you it doesn't maintain a set temp; You do have to do some grill tending. New School in that it's a lot easier adding pellets than charcoal and you don't have the charcoal or ashes to deal with after cooking. It's also much easier controlling the temp.
• Made in the USA! The only part made oversees is the fan assembly.
• Very Portable. Disassembly is quick from the kettle grill and it fit's easily in the back of my vehicle.
• Pellet consumption seems to be efficient: 1 lb or less/hour for Smoking/BBQ temps - 1.5 - 2+ lbs/hour for Grilling temps.
• Small Hopper size: Longer cooks will require refilling the hopper about every 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours, depending on cooking temp. Not geared towards unattended overnight cooks.
• Quick Cool-Down - Turn the dial off (to stop pellet feed), leave the fan on and it's cool and ready to go before you're done eating!
• Cleaning/Maintainence: Fairly standard. Remove & clean the grate, diffuser plate & fire pot, clean grease & ash from kettle, put back together. As with any grill the Powder coat may need occasional touch-up from bumps/scratches and the mild steel parts need to be kept seasoned.
• Customer Service - So far, my experience with customer service has been outstanding!
Recommendations/Accessories:
• If you don't already have a kettle grill, then stick with either a Weber One-Touch Silver, or a Weber Performer. The One-Touch Gold works fine, but has extra features that are not used with the Stoven and the One-Touch Platinum is not suitable due to it's lid design.
• For better portability get a 12 volt Lawn & Garden Tractor Battery & Adapter kit (see post below) .
• A good Analog or Digital Thermometer should be added to accurately monitor pit and food temps.
• GrillGrates - If you like better sear marks - http://www.grillgrate.com/
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WwYdiNYJKlc/TnVyZOa0r_I/AAAAAAAABgo/ZumXXTe87Rs/s128/STAS05.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b4u0vFNpoAL0GSUMk6xsCNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink)
• Hasty Bake Small Grill Extender - inexpensively add a second tier cooking rack in the center for more cooking room. Hasty Bake Small Grill Extender - Big Poppa Smokers (https://www.bigpoppasmokers.com/store/bbq-accessories/hasty-bake-small-grill-extender)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NshwJIQQi8g/TiQj_fztRXI/AAAAAAAABQE/1HQ5bT8KvnM/s128/CUBESTK3.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dSDbTErTVt7qdI-Wc0oBIdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink)
More Info:
American Sundancer - Stoven® Barbecues Home Page (http://www.americansundancer.com/)
BBQ Central Radio Show - Stoven Interview - Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/bbqcentral/videos?query=stoven)
If you have other questions or if there's something I forgot, let me know.
Thanks!
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Adapting the Stoven to a 12 volt Battery.
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The Stoven comes with a 12 volt Cigarette Lighter Adapter so you can plug it into an auto cigarette lighter for tailgating. This makes it easy to adapt to a 12 volt battery.
This simple mod makes the Stoven/Weber combo even more portable. The battery is lightweight enough to be easily taken wherever you want to go, and it will power the Stoven for many hours between charges. Long 12+ hour cooks are no problem.
What you will need:
All of these parts can be obtained at your local auto parts store.
- 12 volt Lawn & Garden Tractor Battery - $30 or less. The exact size & model aren't important; it just needs to be 12 volts. Inexpensive is fine.
- 12 volt Clip-on Cigarette Lighter Adapter - $10 or less
- 2 - Battery Bolts with matching nuts - $3
- 2 - 12-10 Guage Ring Terminals (Holes need to fit the bolts) - $6
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FOul-MWUUeQ/T-FLSvN18HI/AAAAAAAAC_A/I6Aizp2QJSc/s128/STVNREP2.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zu2UDt4SNgDiMV0Wr8qB9dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink) (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H9wbiqzK3UM/TjvvBKikcBI/AAAAAAAABXs/ThD8p7ydEx0/s128/TERMINAL.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ENBgaXFccYA8wAnxszGH59MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink)
Last but certainly not least:
WARNING: ...and praise for excellent customer service.
At this point you may be wondering, "Why not just use the clip-on terminals and clip it onto the battery?"
Trust me, DON'T DO IT! It's way too easy to accidentally hook them up backwards, reverse polarity & damage the Stoven's circuit board. ::)
To Stoven's credit, when this happened to us, I was able to remove the circuit board and send it back, which they repaired at their cost!
It costs less than $10 to replace the clip-on terminals with the ring terminals. When you do this be careful to note which wire is positive and which is negative so they are attached to the battery properly.
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Now we just connect the Cigarette Adapter plugs together and we're good to go. No chance of hooking it up backwards! :)
Any questions, just ask away!
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THis will be made into a sticky - so you and others can find it easily. It will be at the top of this section of threads
T
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Thanks T! :)
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Nice write up. Makes me wish I didn't give away my webber. :(
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Thanks T! :)
Thank YOU Cliff!
This is some really good content. Very helpful and informative. I want to encourage everyone to consider doing this for the forum if they have a product that they want to tell others about.
T
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I've always been curious about how well these things work and your review is excellent. Thanks for the time and effort, TentHunteR.
Hub
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Excellent review and write up. Thanks Cliff for your time and expertise.
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it looks interesting were do yo fined it?
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Ahron - not sure where Cliff bought his...but here is the manufacturer's site:
http://americansundancer.com/
T
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TYVM Cliff
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Appreciate the pro's and con's along with a great review. Thank you.
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Just tripped over this thread again. TentHunteR, are you still liking this conversion? I'm giving it some serious thought for the spring. I have a Webber Performer and with the addition of my 500X, PBC, and live fire, the Webber doesn't get the use it used to. This sounds like a way to get started with pellets for a reasonable investment. I'd appreciate your current thoughts having used it for a while now.
Thanks!
David
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I am thinking you might have to order a leg kit for the kettle and remove it from the performer housing..........just thinking.......
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Just tripped over this thread again. TentHunteR, are you still liking this conversion?
Yes, I love both of my pellet grills. The Stoven/Weber combo is a great setup and very efficient on fuel. You can smoke or grill on it. The A-Maze-N tube works very well with it for cold smoking too. One of my favorite things about it is its portability. It fits right in the back on my mini-van and is very easy to get in & out.
I am thinking you might have to order a leg kit for the kettle and remove it from the performer housing..........just thinking.......
Nope, not at all! :)
Mine is on a Performer and the Stoven works perfectly on it (take a look at the pics above). Just don't mount the side table that comes with the Stoven (because your performer already has a bigger one).
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Like drholly I was just cruisin' around and stumbled across this again and got to thinking . . . (I don't do it often, just ask my wife) . . . how easy is it to remove the Stoven and go back to charcoal if one chooses to? Also would like your opinion on the overal temperature accuracy/stability of the Stoven/Performer combo.
Hub
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Sorry Hub, I didn't see your question until just a little bit ago. Next time throw a rock at my head or type it louder, so I can hear it! ::) :P
how easy is it to remove the Stoven and go back to charcoal if one chooses to?
It couldn't be easier. To switch back to charcoal, you lift the Stoven off and set it aside. That's it.
Also would like your opinion on the overal temperature accuracy/stability of the Stoven/Performer combo.
I can use the lid's thermometer as a guide for most cooks. Where more accuracy is needed I use my Maverick ET732 and place the pit probe at grate level.
As far as stability, the stoven takes advangtage of Weber's already a tried and true kettle design giving great heat distribution. It's not automatic, so you do have to adjust the temp manually. However, instead of adjusting the vents, you leave them closed and adjust the pellet feed rate.
It has a distinct advadntage over charcoal in adding fuel. Adding fuel is so much easier, and unlike charcoal, you can add pellets to the hopper without having to remove the weber's lid and lose heat, making it much more stable in that regard.
Cleanup is so much easier. Provided you use a good quality pellet, the Stoven produces a minute amount of ash. I do NOT miss cleaning out all the charcoal ash after a cook. ;)
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I sort of forgot about this thread. Glad to see it back up. I'm going to have to give this some serious thought. Are you still liking it. Cliff?
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Are you still liking it. Cliff?
David, Yes I am! :) Granted, I don't use it as often as I use the MAK, but It's get's it's share of use.
It made the trip from Ohio down to Georgia for the Fall Gathering. It's what we used to bake Pam's famous biscuits.
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I completely missed this thread the first time around. Not sure how that happened because I was thinking of something along the lines of a Stoven for my WSM 18.5. That was a first class review, Cliff. Great info there.
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I some questions and I hope is OK to revive this old thread.
Back in the day before Charcoal taste became unpleasant to Sweetie and I we always thought the Weber Kettle made the best chicken and turkey. I contributed, right or wrong, to the kettle IE dome design.
The question is how does the Stoven Weber conversion work for roasting????
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Art, like you I love the design of the kettle. The dome shape works so well, and the Stoven conversion takes advantage of that design and still provides very good roasting ability.
The Stoven's firepot is positioned down in the bottom, center of the grill, and a heat diffuser sits over top that, so the heat is very even. Venting is built into the design, so the vents of the kettle itself stay totally closed. Once the heat builds up the domed lid reflects the heat very well giving very good, even roasting ability. So the trick is to NOT keep taking the lid off and let the dome design do it's work, which is no different than using the kettle with charcoal. For longer cooks, with a 4 lb hopper, you do need to check & add pellets every couple of hours, but it's still a whole lot easier than adding charcoal, and can be done without removing the lid.
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Here are a few pics:
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On a separate note...
I recently had issues with the controller (it would not feed pellets), so I called John. He told me another customer had the same issue, so he had me open the hopper assembly to see if the controller was coated with pellet dust from the past 5 years of use. Sure enough it was, and after blowing & vacuuming the dust out... VOILA! Everything was fine.
On a sad note, however, while talking with him, I learned that, due to health reasons, he is looking to sell the company and is currently not manufacturing any more units. He still has some in stock for sale.
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Sorry to hear John the owner has health problems and hoping for a fast recovery.
That being said what I am looking for is a wood fired chicken cooker and this one sounds like a fit.
Only thing is I was hoping for something to modify my old original 18" Weber and not buy a new 22"
Thanks for passing on your knowledge on this. :)
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I know this thread is old, but somehow I have been overlooking the "product reviews" page. I had no idea that a product like this was even on the market. Could you imagine the possibilities if this could be modified to fit Weber's Ranch Kettle?
All that cooking space in a round compact footprint. The closest possibility would be a Grilla Grill, which is only around 350 sq inches of main cooking space. This would be over 1100 sq inches. Capacity would be encroaching in 2000" :o with an elevated rack. Because the enormity of the rack, an elevated rack with a hole in the middle would be a great idea so you can still reach the bottom in the middle. Just spit balling ideas over here.
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If I ever get a Weber grill I will get a Stoven unit. Tenthunter brought his to the cookout we use to have in Georgia snf reslly liked the way it worked + you run it of a battery so if power goes out you still have a pellet pooper!!! :thumbup:
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If I ever get a Weber grill I will get a Stoven unit. Tenthunter brought his to the cookout we use to have in Georgia snf reslly liked the way it worked + you run it of a battery so if power goes out you still have a pellet pooper!!! :thumbup:
I can see that battery setup opening up some camping possibilities. I would be leery having it exposed around kids though. Maybe build a box hiding the terminals. And if it runs out, you still have a charcoal grill with you.
Seeing this device makes me wonder why Weber has not attempted to monetize on the pellet crazy in the last 3 years. They are the number 1 outdoor cooker company by far. More than double number 2. Almost $250M annual revenue. That's plenty of money for some serious R&D to come up with a quality unit. They already have the charcoal and gas game on lock. Surprised they don't have a unit to compete with Camp Chef and Traeger.
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If I ever get a Weber grill I will get a Stoven unit. Tenthunter brought his to the cookout we use to have in Georgia snf reslly liked the way it worked + you run it of a battery so if power goes out you still have a pellet pooper!!! :thumbup:
I can see that battery setup opening up some camping possibilities. I would be leery having it exposed around kids though. Maybe build a box hiding the terminals. And if it runs out, you still have a charcoal grill with you.
Seeing this device makes me wonder why Weber has not attempted to monetize on the pellet crazy in the last 3 years. They are the number 1 outdoor cooker company by far. More than double number 2. Almost $250M annual revenue. That's plenty of money for some serious R&D to come up with a quality unit. They already have the charcoal and gas game on lock. Surprised they don't have a unit to compete with Camp Chef and Traeger.
That I don't understand either. CharBroil is another company that has not entered the pellet grill market and that I really don't get since they pride themselves on being a company that loves cooking outdoors like Weber
I did make a pellet SRG that I sent pictures, drawings and full report to CharBroil and all I got back was NOTHING not a word other than That's interesting from CB Martin who use to run the old Charbroil forum.
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If I ever get a Weber grill I will get a Stoven unit. Tenthunter brought his to the cookout we use to have in Georgia snf reslly liked the way it worked + you run it of a battery so if power goes out you still have a pellet pooper!!! :thumbup:
I can see that battery setup opening up some camping possibilities. I would be leery having it exposed around kids though. Maybe build a box hiding the terminals. And if it runs out, you still have a charcoal grill with you.
Seeing this device makes me wonder why Weber has not attempted to monetize on the pellet crazy in the last 3 years. They are the number 1 outdoor cooker company by far. More than double number 2. Almost $250M annual revenue. That's plenty of money for some serious R&D to come up with a quality unit. They already have the charcoal and gas game on lock. Surprised they don't have a unit to compete with Camp Chef and Traeger.
That I don't understand either. CharBroil is another company that has not entered the pellet grill market and that I really don't get since they pride themselves on being a company that loves cooking outdoors like Weber
I did make a pellet SRG that I sent pictures, drawings and full report to CharBroil and all I got back was NOTHING not a word other than That's interesting from CB Martin who use to run the old Charbroil forum.
I hope to enjoy 10 to 20 years with my MAK. Rec Tec has boot strapped their way to around $10 mil gross. With their size, bulk purchasing ability, and research department; they should be able to manufacture MAK quality units in that 800-1200 range, maybe lower.
I wonder if they have considered it but came to the thought that it would hurt their other products. Take sales away from the gasers due to pellet ease of use. Take away sales from the WSM since it can smoke more precisely. Take away sales from the kettle since pellets can reach grilling temps and add a better wood smoke flavor. That is the only logical thing I can see stopping them from making one.