Great review. I have had mine about 3.5 years and agree 100% with what you said. It is an absolute tank. I have only replaced one hot rod. Even in my climate (Detroit, MI area) in the winter and without a blanket, I can do overnight cooks and only use 20-ish lbs of pellets. It truly is a well-engineered and designed machine. The money was spent in R&D and it shows. No gimmicks, no bullshit, no bottle openers. It has everything you need and nothing you don’t.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And completely agree! The Maverick is a tank!

I've had mine about 3 years. Love it. It gets garage space with my motorcycle in one bay so 2 cars have to sit out in the driveway. I use the 1250 way more than my motorcycle! Also, my burn pot is always clean every time I check it. It's expensive but I love mine! It brings me joy so that's what it's all about. I think it's plenty big! I swear I could cook for my whole street because I think the bottom rack holds a crap-ton! This is one device that I will keep with me till I can't walk anymore. Also, I have watched a lot of your videos and it was very helpful. At first we want to dial everything in perfectly... but that perfection desire subsided with me and this grill has made me nothing but happy! Thanks again for your content. I watched all of your 1250 stuff 🙂

Congrats on 3 years! That is an awesome Pellet Grill!

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yes it is!

1st damn review I have ever watched all the way thru. No bs n to the point.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks man I appreciate that!

Good review man

Im currently using an Pit Boss 850 navigator while im saving up to this one. The Maverick 1250 cost 4000$ in Norway.... im half way there! haha

Had my Maverick 850 for 6 years. Replaced one hot rod. Excellent investment for my needs.

I'm the opposite, have the wifi on my traeger, love it! Can take the dog out for a walk or go fourwheelin for a while and still keep an eye on my cook. I used it like 2 days ago when my kids wanted to go skating and i adjusted the temp from the rink. Its awesome.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Well there ya go. Different folks different strokes. Thanks for watching sir!

I have an 850, absolutely love it, I use it 5 out of 7 days. I had a kamado joe and just gave it to my contractor

Absolute BEST pellet grill period. Love my 1250 with smoke box! You definitely get what you pay for

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Ya I’d agree 100%!

Really great review on this Pitts N Spitts pellet grill Brian! It’s definitely a beast. Well built and USA made. I was on the fence between this and the Memphis Pro. Yeah I know it’s pricey but it holds temps better than my stove even in zero weather. It’s all 304 SS and like Tom, looks brand new and I use aluminum foil. I’m with you…should have gone bigger. Cheers brother!

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay! And ya she’s a beast! And one can never go wrong with bigger lol

Can't say enough good stuff about my 1250. I have had mine since early 2020. If you move it around at all, I would suggest the wheel upgrades. To save money on the thermal cover, I use a welding blanket and I have had good success with it. $20 vs $199 is a hard pill to swallow for something that amounts to a "blanket". Thanks for the great review/update Brian!

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cam! And the off-road wheels would’ve been nice!

Wow, just like listening to a young Tom Horseman! I like the format, nice review.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s the best compliment one can receive! Thanks for watching!

I have the same grill you have the 1250 had it for about two years. The only problem I have is the thermal couple seems to read wrong that grill will say 250 in it actually be running 200 according to my ThermoWorks and the higher, the temperature you go, the more than disparity is.

Great review. Everything is wonderful out of the box, so this was awesome. I’d like to upgrade but my 2011 Daniel Boone just keeps on plugging away.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And can’t blame ya one bit!

I’m in the market for either one of these or a Yoder YS640…can’t decide! All of these new smokers are so good!

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think you’d go wrong either way!

Same here. Have the WiFi and never use it. I monitor with fireboard and almost never need to adjust temp remotely. Don’t waste the money. Good vid. Your vids back in the day helped me decide on buying this. Also bought the smoke daddy hybrid deflector it will give you a bit more smoke I’m team foil heh but your drip pan looks good i might move to no foil. Gotta pick up the cold weather cover.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome and happy to hear that! I gotta get that deflector! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!

@gm3353

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ oh yeah your thermal probe.. i found one issue I hit was crazy temp control issues. I had them send me a new probe and that fixed it. for a while I was wondering if i just let it get too dirty but yours never cleaned in so many cooks makes me think mine just went bad. I do have some paint coming off/rust on the sides gotta get around to sanding and painting it.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@gm3353 ya they sent me a new one too but it’s still sitting in the drawer lol. And no rust on mine but I store mine in the garage.

Nice review, thank you! Anyone that owns this model, would this be a "good" smoker/grill or just a smoker? I was thinking about purchasing separates but for obvious $$$ reasons was thinking a one and done. I had heard this model can get to 600'F and is good for searing. Thanks!

I have the full stainless 850, badass

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Heck ya that’s awesome!

Thats a pretty sweet grill there!

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yea it is!

My Traeger Timberline has WiFi. I use it, but I guess if it quit working tomorrow, I wouldn't miss it. I seriously dread the day I have to change the glow rod. I, like you, use my pellet grill for chicken and low and slow cooks. One thing is for certain, the metal parts on the Pitts and Spitts are way more robust than my Traeger. I'd consider Pitts and Spitts if I had to replace my Traeger. I'd also consider the Lonestar Grillz pellet smoker.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Ya hopefully your timberline lasts for a long time! And the glow rod on that shouldn’t be all that difficult. And ya I don’t think you’d go wrong with either of those 2 to replace it.

Good video. I'm getting a Pitts & Spitts to replace my MADE IN CHINA Traeger.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And nice!

Great Video Brian! What you making for Easter, I'm stuck between Ham or Brisket or maybe something else that Sam's has. And you can call me Jim

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim! And I’m not sure yet! But ham sounds good

Amazing videos ! I'm having problems with my maverick 1250 when I comes to grease leaking down to the bottom of the barrel from the shelf. Any recommendations to fix this problem. The grease is starting to eat away at the coating

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I’ve had that happen on bigger cooks. I just wipe it off when I’m done. As far as trying to prevent it maybe a different gasket on the lid would work? Not sure. Thanks for watching!

Have you used the Traeger Ironwood 885? I ask because I would like to know if this pellet grill can match the smoke flavor I am getting from my Traeger. Another question I have, On my Traeger the louver on the back move to help control temps and smoke out put. I am wondering if it would be better on the Maverick to have the smoke stack adjustable?

Is that igniter rod ceramic? If not how often does it fail and need replaced?

Thanks for the review. I am considering of getting a pellet grill and the Pitts and Spitts is recommended by a lot of folks. Can you give some advice on the pros and cons of the different sizes of smokers? I have a small family and don't cook for big events, so am pretty sure spending the money for the really big model would be a waste for me, but are there reasons to get the 1250 over the 850?

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

You bet. And I’ll just say this. If you’re on the fence of what size to get then get the bigger one. I wish I would’ve gotten the 2000 but the 1250 has treated me well.

Great video, brother! How do you get your logo on the bottom right of the screen like that!?! Cool shit!!

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And I do that on KZread before I upload.

I got one recently. I wonder why they went to a 7 hole firepot instead of the 9 like yours. I don’t know if yours has one of those typical exposed coil fans with the little arms to mount it but mine came with a fully cased fan similar to a computer fan. Maybe it had higher airflow that caused too much swing and the wanted the temps rock steady so they covered up that two on the bottom by the auger. Don’t get me wrong I’ve verified with 3rd party probes that it holds working 3-5 degrees either way (regardless of what the pit says) that’s great but it makes no smoke unless you are at below 200. Does not matter if I used Lumberjack, bear mountain, knotty wood, etc pellets. Customer services states they may be releasing some new programming to address this and allow for more swing similar to what I saw on my Traeger (even with super smoke off). We’ll see if they come up with something.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmn that’s seems strange. How new is your pit? Mine produces visible smoke up to 300. It might not be thick white smoke but I don’t want that anyways. And I’m a huge fan of how consistent the pitts runs so if they come out with that update I won’t run it. Temp swings drive me crazy though.

@txfieros

Жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ I confirmed with them that they are all using a 7 hole firepot. I just got it a couple months back. My guess is the something changed with the fan and the firepot was modified. I don’t know if they touched the programming when they made these changes. I was used to my Traeger which produced thin blue smoke and actually flavored the food as high as 275. I don’t mind using a smoke tube but I had gotten used to not needing one.

They are built good i had one...ran good but made no smoke

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Ok

No issues with my reqtec 700 that I paid $1200 for!! Flawless performance and amazing customer service.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Ya I had a few issues with mine but that’s about the norm with pellet grills imo.

@BeamerTime354

Жыл бұрын

Have had mine for 3 years now and no issues at all. The ceramic igniter has performed flawlessly and no issues with the auger. Have a friend who has one and a tornado damaged his and reqtec sent every part that was damaged to repair it. That is why I picked the reqtec over the yoder and pitts.

@BeamerTime354

Жыл бұрын

And the bull horn handles are just cool 😆

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

@@BeamerTime354 nice man happy to hear it. I had the rt680 and had a few rods go out and they always replaced them asap. Loved it but at the time I wanted something that not a lot of people had. When it comes down to it and RT and Pitts both run very similar with minimal temp swings but imo the pitts is built like a tank and RT isn’t. But that’s where you get the price difference.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

@@BeamerTime354 Lolol indeed

I'm vacuumed mine out after every cook. Had it for just under a year and noticing rust happening on the inside of the barrel. Did you notice your rusting that quickly? And do you do anything to prevent rust? I tried spraying it with avocado oil but it seems to gunk up the inside when ash sticks to it. Thanks!

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Right on! And I haven’t noticed any rust on mine however mine gets stored in my garage.

@AnonymousGameWarden

Жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ I store mine in the garage as well. In addition to vacuuming out the barrel and hopper after each cook. Any suggestions to prevent rust? Or do you think this is a manufacturing issue? It's odd to me that there would be this much rust after less than a year.

The Pitts & Spitts WIFI was a waste of $... It just doesn't work. I simply use my fireboard and that's all I need. Re"a different subject, I had a malfunction today. The pellet shoot dump door doesn't seem to be engineered too well. The sliding "door" opened (a lot) at the bottom of the pellet dump and moisture crept its way up the shoot and swelled the pellets above the auger opening. This stopped pellets from feeding into the auger. I couldn't dump the pellets out of the hopper because of the clog. I scooped out the wet/hardened pellets and cleared the jam. I noticed when the pellet dump door was re-inserted, I could see light from the door (not good) and when I added new pellets, they were falling out of the pellet dump shoot. I turned the dump shoot sliding "door" around 180 degrees and it seems to seal a lot better.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Ya my wifi has a always worked but I don’t ever use it. And sorry to hear that about your door. The few times I’ve dumped mine it’s worked and I haven’t had that issue.

Any rust issues? Do you keep it outside? The stainless is nice but the price is crazy.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

I store mine in the garage so no rust issues for me.

How does the preform for a good rich smoked flavor? Great review brother !

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

About as good as any other pellet grill. Minimal smoke flavor but that only my opinion.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

And thanks!

@kimura2366

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know. I am really looking for that smoke flavor !

@kimura2366

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still get the nice smile ring if you cool low and slow ?

Looks a lot like my RecTeq 1250 from the inside

all pellet grills cook better on the upper rack. Try it you will get more smoke flavor too.

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm not sure about that.

On the fence about buying one. How hot will it get?

@viper_pitt_bbq53

2 жыл бұрын

i'm not the original poster, but they will get as hot as you want. I've had mine up to 400-500+ degrees

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

With the trap door drip pan it’ll get 500. I don’t think I’ve ever ran mine over 400 though with the regular drip pan. And if you buy it I’m confident you won’t be disappointed!

@BarmanBean

Жыл бұрын

@@viper_pitt_bbq53 Not a knock really against this specific smoker or any pellet smoker really, but 400-500 degrees is absolute cheeks against "as hot as you want." Just simply lump in a cheap kettle gives you 1000+ and a fantastic sear.

@viper_pitt_bbq53

Жыл бұрын

@@BarmanBean But this is a smoker, so there's that. Just saying, some people want one cooker to do multiple things, and this can do that. Was just providing information

I skipped over some of your videos. Your latest Green Mountain Grill didn't turn out for you?

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Ok. And no it didn’t.

@gosman949

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ did a search and didn't see a video on why the GMG didn't turn out for you recently. The one that you won.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@gosman949 well it’s on my channel.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@gosman949 here ya go kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZWiq5OrZdeXm9I.html

@gosman949

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ what, you got rid of your GMG because of this one cook? You need to keep on the GMG for those of us just starting with a pellet and don't want to go the Pitts and Spitts route just yet!

Good review...same on the wifi, just don't use it.

@MadHorseBBQ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Judge! And agreed!

Have you ever heard of anybody having that problem with them on the thermal couples not reading, right

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Ya I have. Usually a connection issue in the plug or pt wiring.

@69tf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply I appreciate it

@69tf

Жыл бұрын

By the way, I think I’m going to replace the thermocouple wire. I will let you know what happens.

Boooooom🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥point harder Skol……………green mountain customer service sucks 4 sure!!!!!!! I won’t buy another ☝️

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

Haha SKOL. I actually think gmg customer service is really good. I just have crap luck with there grills.

@IzzyEatz

Жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ I broke mine when I moved 6 states away from Mn… are you gonna get a offset soon???! Seen work Horse?? Only $2800

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

@@IzzyEatz that’s a bummer! And no plans of getting an offset as of yet.

These things are disgustingly expensive!

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

“Buy once, cry once”

@Crumpman

Жыл бұрын

@@MadHorseBBQ my wife may cry several times lol 🤣

@MadHorseBBQ

Жыл бұрын

@@Crumpman hahaha “Better to ask forgiveness than permission” I won’t quit my day job 🤣