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Offline RG

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The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #-1 on: February 11, 2020, 07:11:03 PM »
Today was the day, nothing fancy, just a quick test to take her for a test drive. My wife wanted to make a meatloaf, I didn't really want that but she's the boss ;)

We took a pound of lean ground beef, added some fresh diced jalapenos, tomatoes, onion and green peppers, garlic. Some egg action with a little bread crumb to firm it all up. Mixed in some Peppered Cow and took it down to the new kid to let it do its thing.

I put the grill on smoke mode and put the meatloaf in there for about 20 minutes with one of the probes stuck inside to monitor the meatloaf temp. I closed the lid and took myself upstairs where I opened the app on my phone to monitor the goings on. After about 20 minutes, I used the app to set the grill to 400 and watched the temp rise in the grill as well as the meat. The app shows me every time the auger feeds pellets and shows me when the fan comes on, that's pretty nifty I think.

Once toward the end, I went and glazed the meatloaf with ketchup on her side and my homemade chipotle bbq sauce on my side.

My honest review of it was just meh. I wanted more smoke and the meatloaf wasn't FULLY done despite the probe's reading. It was tasty but didn't get crispy. I attribute this to me "sweating" the meat on smoke mode and not having it hot enough to create the maillard reaction we all know and love :)

What I like to do actually, with meatloaf, is make it ahead of time and let it set in the fridge and THEN smoke it for a bit while cold. It takes on smoke but doesn't cook too quickly, allowing time to then raise the temp and get that browning it needs. Oh well, cooked last minute it was to be expected. We came THIS close to just going out and grabbing a quick bite but ultimately she made the executive decision to make the damn meatloaf, lol. She oven raosted some veggies and cooked up some potatoes in the air fryer. Overall it was a tasty meal but I can do better and so can the grill.

She gets a pass this round (the wife and the grill).

I am impressed with the features of it and can't wait to smoke some stuff on it, I plan on doing some ribs and chicken soon, that may be a better barometer.

Here's the meatloaf in all of it greasy glory :P







I dig the ash cleanout tray!



Even though I am a "seasoned" pellet grill user, every cooker has its nuances and I'll get her figured out soon enough.

That's all for now!

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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« on: February 11, 2020, 07:41:54 PM »
Rg I don't like meat loaf but that looks good to me...send me a plate please
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2020, 08:48:06 PM »
Love meatloaf sandwiches the next day.
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2020, 08:59:03 AM »
RG - I wonder how the cook would have done if you had pre-heated the lower chamber to 350-375*, but put the meatloaf in the upper smoke cabinet for 30-60 minutes?  Not sure what the temp would be in the upper, but I thought the design allowed a much lower smoking temp in the cabinet.  Curious minds and all that...
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2020, 09:30:37 AM »
Looks very good
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2020, 11:59:55 AM »
Quote from: sschorr on February 12, 2020, 08:59:03 AM
RG - I wonder how the cook would have done if you had pre-heated the lower chamber to 350-375*, but put the meatloaf in the upper smoke cabinet for 30-60 minutes?  Not sure what the temp would be in the upper, but I thought the design allowed a much lower smoking temp in the cabinet.  Curious minds and all that...

That's a fair question and I see where you're going with it. Maybe that's the way! The good news is that I have time and am willing to find the answer :)
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2020, 12:01:56 PM »
Looks good and a very interesting grill/smoker
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2020, 05:31:27 PM »
I'm watching this.   I want to see how it cooks ribs and chickens and maybe a butt.
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2020, 05:33:45 PM »
Boy, there's nothing wrong with THAT "nothing fancy"!!!  :thumbup:
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Re: The "Christening" of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2020, 07:21:29 PM »
Quote from: sschorr on February 12, 2020, 08:59:03 AM
RG - I wonder how the cook would have done if you had pre-heated the lower chamber to 350-375*, but put the meatloaf in the upper smoke cabinet for 30-60 minutes?  Not sure what the temp would be in the upper, but I thought the design allowed a much lower smoking temp in the cabinet.  Curious minds and all that...

Just to clarify, yes the upper cabinet is lower in temp than the "grill" but I did have it on "S" which is smoke mode which was running 180ish, up top would've even lower though, so I'll play with that in due time.
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Re: The &quot;Christening&quot; of the Pit Boss Lockhart
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2020, 07:01:16 PM »
Love me some meatloaf


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