gadawg31
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Hello everyone,
First post on here and I figured I would start with my new grill/smoker addition, the Masterbuilt 560. The assembly was really very simple and instructions were easy to understand. I had a small glitch in the beginning; I was constantly receiving the "OPEN" error and could not troubleshoot down to which sensor was the problem. Turns out it was the control board. Home Depot was outstanding and allowed me to return the board and they replaced with one from a new unit, and now it works perfect. My first cook was a small boston butt just to test out the temp control. I cooked it fast and hot; 325ish for about 4hrs and let it rest for a couple hrs in a cooler wrapped up. Turned out pretty good, so I moved onto some steaks. I had a couple of 1 1/2" rib-eyes that I cooked at 700 for 1min15secs each rotation(twice on one side) for grill marks, then flipped and did the same time for the other side. So basically, I cooked them for 2mins30secs each side and they turned out a good med/med rare. Nice sear and the grill ramped up to 700degrees in only minutes. I used hickory flavored lump charcoal, so it had a nice flavor. Going to try some ribs this weekend, but so far I really love this grill/smoker. I know some have talked about losing fuel when shutting down, but I can live with a little vs a lot on a traditional grill/smoker. So far so good. Thanks for the add and Happy Grilling/Smoking. /rJD
First post on here and I figured I would start with my new grill/smoker addition, the Masterbuilt 560. The assembly was really very simple and instructions were easy to understand. I had a small glitch in the beginning; I was constantly receiving the "OPEN" error and could not troubleshoot down to which sensor was the problem. Turns out it was the control board. Home Depot was outstanding and allowed me to return the board and they replaced with one from a new unit, and now it works perfect. My first cook was a small boston butt just to test out the temp control. I cooked it fast and hot; 325ish for about 4hrs and let it rest for a couple hrs in a cooler wrapped up. Turned out pretty good, so I moved onto some steaks. I had a couple of 1 1/2" rib-eyes that I cooked at 700 for 1min15secs each rotation(twice on one side) for grill marks, then flipped and did the same time for the other side. So basically, I cooked them for 2mins30secs each side and they turned out a good med/med rare. Nice sear and the grill ramped up to 700degrees in only minutes. I used hickory flavored lump charcoal, so it had a nice flavor. Going to try some ribs this weekend, but so far I really love this grill/smoker. I know some have talked about losing fuel when shutting down, but I can live with a little vs a lot on a traditional grill/smoker. So far so good. Thanks for the add and Happy Grilling/Smoking. /rJD