Recently bought the new Searwood XL

[BBQ Nath]

Hey thanks for accepting me to your community. I have been charcoal grilling on a weber original kettle for 30 odd year and have recently bought the new Searwood XL pellet grill. I'm pretty new to smoking and wanted to take what seems to be a slightly easier route with pellet smoker that will help.me maintain teps over long cooks. I really look forward to sharing my results with you all and will probably ask plenty of novice pellet smoker questions.

 

[BrettJA]

Hey thanks for accepting me to your community. I have been charcoal grilling on a weber original kettle for 30 odd year and have recently bought the new Searwood XL pellet grill. I'm pretty new to smoking and wanted to take what seems to be a slightly easier route with pellet smoker that will help.me maintain teps over long cooks. I really look forward to sharing my results with you all and will probably ask plenty of novice pellet smoker questions.

Welcome, went from a traeger to the smoke fire to now the Searwood xl as well, it's amazing, highly recommend the rotisserie

 

[primeone]

Congrats on the new Searwood and welcome to the forum!

 

[MJ_SFEX6GEN2]

Hey thanks for accepting me to your community. I have been charcoal grilling on a weber original kettle for 30 odd year and have recently bought the new Searwood XL pellet grill. I'm pretty new to smoking and wanted to take what seems to be a slightly easier route with pellet smoker that will help.me maintain teps over long cooks. I really look forward to sharing my results with you all and will probably ask plenty of novice pellet smoker questions.

Here are a couple recommendations through my trial & errors.

1. Smokin Pecan Shell Pellets! Order some on their website. By far the best pellets out there for low & slow cooks. A bit pricey, but they burn longer, moisture resistant, and produce way more smoke than wood pellets due to their higher lignin content.

2. Royal Oak Charcoal Pellets for grilling, not low & slow. These charcoal pellets are great for grilling, and actually produce more smoke at higher temperatures the wood pellets, burn longer than wood pellets, moisture resistant, and are inexpensive (find them at Walmart).

3. Blend the pellets for regular cooks. Get the best of both pellets, and offset the price of the Smokin Pecan Shell Pellets. Here is a guide:

180 - 285 degrees Smokin Pecan Shell Pellets
300 - 450 degrees Blend (50/50)
450 - 600 degrees Charcoal Pellets

4. Use a water pan on bottom rack, put meat on top rack. Especially Brisket, Pork Shoulder, larger meats. The water pan serves 3 main functions for all pellet grills.

1. Catches the drippings, easy clean up
2. Adds humidity back due to the fan blowing
3. Acts as a heat sync, helping to stabilize the cook chamber’s temperature

Other than that, I would keep the unit clean. Clean out the fire pot more than you think.

Good luck!