It's a great design for the money but the charcoal tray rusts out after a year or so. I replaced my last one with a Dynaglo which is much more durable.

Good video - I have a Masterbuilt 800 gravity and use a good mix of wood and charcoal with a hunk of wood in the ash pan and get outstanding smoke ring and flavor. Also since no more smoke gets added after wrapping I usually just wrap at 165° and put on my gas grill in summer or oven in winter saving fuel and for convenience. Stick burner is way too much baby sitting for me.

It’s criminal that this channel doesn’t have more subscribers. Thanks for the video.

Bit of a germaphobe are we?

Thank you for posting this video. I am currently conducting research trying to select a new smoker. My current smoker is a stainless steel drum and I also use a Weber Summit Kettle (Kamado) for all my grilling duties. Previously owned a pellet smoker and parted company with it because the food, to my wife and me, tasted similar to what we could have cooked in an oven. I have eliminated stick burners from consideration as the attention required and learning curve both seem to be quite high. So, I am left considering a gravity fed smoker or one of the new highly touted pellet grills (Yoder, Lone Star and Camp Chef). I am a fisherman and smokers appear to be like boats in that there is not one perfect smoker (LOL)! Sorry for being long winded but am trying to avoid a buying mistake. Based on these comments do you believe a gravity fed cooker will provide more smoke favor than I achieve on the drum smoker? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for sharing and doing the hard work! A lot of my family are always amazed when I bring food out from the Expert Grill because of the time and effort it takes to make sure everything is going well within the box, whereas my extended family has a gas grill and Traeger. I got this as a gift from my mom and so I have to show her that yes, I am indeed using it, and I intend to learn more about cooking with it.

cheap brisket is $60 nowadays

Remember hot air raises, Cold air falls! The thermometer in the lid will read hotter than at grill lever..The temps can be adjusted up and down to what you need.

You're skeptical because you don't know what you don't know. Heat rises, the top of the grill will always be hotter than the bottom as the cold intake air goes over the coals and gets trapped in the dome. The grill is just fine, the thermometer is just reading differently because the hot air is racing past your probe.

You got yours on sale, I got mine for free from the curb. The guy said the fire bowl was cracked, and it was, and I told him I wasn't worried about it. $15 at Lowes for some furnace cement and it has been fine. I already had and Oklahoma Joes offset smoker and a Pit Boss Austin XL, this has been a great addition to my "coolection".

If there can be only one, it must be named Connor MacLeod.

Hahaha damn was not ready for a few of those comments cracked me up in the car line , thanks boss😎

When I want to freak out guests, I'll put on an Air Force firefighter helmet when turning meat....you know, the big silver hood with a thick clear visor completely covers your head! It does really work too! I found out one day😂

This is tripping me out on many, many levels. Joy Division T-Shirt. My fav band. The EXACT same patio umbrella I use to shade myself when smoking. I mean THE EXACT same one with solar lighting along the ribs and the EXACT same color. Old country Brazos Delux in the background. The EXACT offset I have. Old Country gravity fed. The exact smoker I have been researching for best of both worlds of pellet “set it and forget it” and flavor of offset. Killing me bro.

I just bought this

great video and info. what was the total cook time please?

i am in a quandary about buying an offset to go with my 3 other smokers. i feel your pain

Hey, I plan on using a Weber Kettle in a public park for a BBQ and I want to know what is your advice for removing the coal and safely packing the grill back into my car (sedan) ?

I purchased this same grill for $ 97. and have smoked ribs, grilled chicken thighs and cooked some burgers. So far, no complaints.

Great Vid/Great Cook!...No drip pan or water pan? My OCGC top rack definitely runs hotter. It makes great brisket. I layer B&B briquettes and wood chunks. Thanks for posting.

How come mine doesn’t stay up by itself

I only use lump in my ocgf. Never had it bridge or had a problem with wood chunks burning. Once it gets fully saturated with heat the chunks catch more from that than the embers. Smoke flavor is always good. Just break up the large pieces of lump.

Why you didn’t put the vents over the meat instead of over the charcoal

Great video bud. I appreciated this. Do small splits that are sitting in the ash pan stay lit? Is there enough airflow for that? I would love to be able to get more wood burning. Been cooking on Weber WSM and Backwoods smokers and I want more live fire!!!

Have you figured out how to add some kind of rotisserie to it? I imagine its big enough to smoke a turkey in it as well? Just came across it on walmart today and really want to get it. Its $198 cad at the moment.

the ash pan is only a problem if you don't dump every cook.. but why wouldn't you do that

buy a replacement charcoal pan on day 1 and it can be 10 years of use easy. this was my first grill and it went 5 years until the charcoal pan disintegrated... but some of that was probably negligence on my part. i absolutely love this grill. the warming rack is why i keep not getting a kettle grill... i just did 18 drumsticks on my new grillmaster this week and probably could have squeezed 6 more... only had space for that because of the rack gave more space off heat the charcoal pan was shot one the side i usually put heat on after 4 years but I switched sides on the last year until it also succumbed to time

What are the grill grate measurements

Kamado Kamado....

Hey, I’m finally first in something. BTW, nice video.

i loved mine and just replaced mine becauze i was a newbie when i got the first one and wasn't cleaning the charcoal shelf well enough and it rusted out

Nice video and nice Alex Meixner hat

As far as the expert grills, I only have one, the steel egg shaped smoker. I swear by that after I added some extra gaskets. Smiled everything on that. I want to try this one now. I was on the fence with the Weber premium at 299 bit when I saw this in Walmart yesterday at 96, and saw you video, I think it may work well for me. Thanks for the videos, please keep it up. Thank you

You’ve taught me so much! Please don’t ever stop making videos! You inspire my inner pit master

Glad I watched. I have been learning grilling and a majority of the success seems controlling the temp using vents. Now it’s practice, practice time on my Weber portable charcoal.

Do a Maryland pit beef and/or wings on this little grill

I’m binge watching for the sweet 80s B movie soundtrack

One of the most fun bbq videos I’ve seen.

Dude u so extra on this video omg your video suckeddddddddddd

Sorry I might have missed this, but how long have you had the grill for? Also what was the full cook time?

"You'r gonna have a good time" Golden

Nice work on that pork butt!!! I was gonna get that grill and still havent. I see it has a definite advantage over the kettle grills by the fact that you can add charcoal alot easer (with out taking the meat off the grill) glad to see your videos!!!

I thought you had quit! Glad to see you didn't! I agree with y'all on the no wrap method! Thats how i do it, dont like all the extra steps or having the ribs so fall apart.

Good job, great video -- my only question is; I saw how much wood you used on the offset (as in all wood, for many hours), but not how much wood you used on the gravity fed. The smoke ring on the offset turned out beautiful, where there was almost none on the gravity fed. I believe you could have achieved the same smoke ring on the gravity fed if you would have used the same amount of wood you used on the offset, or at least quite a bit more than you used.

Preciate the review! Thanks for taking the time on it!

I have the 32 inch version. I love mine. I’ve had Weber kettles and this expert grill is easier to grill and smoke. Keep it out of the rain and snow and it should last a long while. Cheers!

Very entertaining video.

I'm going to get one👍

Really great primer on charcoal cooking! Wish I had seen this ages ago.

Great video. During my RV Full Time Living days I had The Suitcase Grill. Square with folding legs. It had top vent and side vent with four holes on the side opposite the side vent. I used metal tape to seal the four holes. When smoking, I used the Snake Method. I did a lot of Pork Butt's & Chuck Roasts. Snake method provides 8 hours of low and slow temps. With minimal lifting the lid.