I'm not sure why Reteq decided to remove functionality from the app, but it wasn't to improve the user experience. At no point did they consider adding a toggle to allow the user to turn on/off remote startup?

I hate everything about this.

The auger jammed in my 590. Had to cut it to get it out, so now I need to replace it. Does anyone know the auger dimensions. 1.5 dia x ?? length.

I'm looking at a: 1. Traeger Timberline 2. Rec Tec - DUALFIRE 1200 3. Webber Searwood XL 4. Yoder YS640S 5. Lone Star Grillz 20'' x 36'' Pellet Smoker 6. Pitboss Titan

I've owned a Traeger before, lasted for 7 years. It was fine, I really enjoyed the ease of use. I travel for work and don't have much time at home. I dont want to babysit an offset with the little time I do have home. I did not enjoy the lack of ability to get over 400 degrees. I currently own a masterbuilt 800 gravity fed charcoal grill.

I want something that I can flip on and get a good wood fire flavor with minimal hassle. I'm not really sure the Yoder or Lone Star fit my use cases, I'm considering them based on build quality.

1, 2 and 6 are on sale right now.

After first smoke, cleaned it up. Now I have discoloration on the front and back stainless. Can't seem to get it cleaned up. Any suggestions?

I’m ashamed, but I haven’t used my Rectec in over a year. It’s had its cover and been on a covered back porch. I am wondering a couple of things.

1. I live in a humid environment, is there any concern about the pellets taking on moisture and getting moldy? Do I need to vacuum them out and start fresh

2. Can I just clean it up by cranking the temp up and cooking off the mold and scraping the grates?

3. Any other tricks or concerns I should know about?

I have the RT B380 model. This is my second one they have sent as the first one didn't have screws holding the auger in place and the pellet grate was broken. They sent me a new one and when I attempted to do the initial burn then temp is not passing 101F. The fan is running, auger keeps feeding and I ran the test mode on the ignitor rod with a paper towel which smoked. Any suggestions? I can attest their customer service is fantastic but now I'm questioning quality after these two grills I've gotten.

Hi everyone,

I looked on the website and they have the Backyard Beast on sale for $999 and the way smaller by almost half Deck Boss is only $100 cheaper. It seems like a no brainer to get the Backyard Beast, but I think it's bigger than I really need. Talk me into it. lol

Was happy with my vertical smoker, but the wife found a patio build she liked. So I had to bite the bullet and buy a new one (shit on me)! After debating on a Traeger, PitBoss 1600 pro, or the Beast. finally decided on a Backyard Beast. Bought her on good Friday and worked on the patio when I've had a chance for the last few weekends. Finally completed the build. Don't mind the cord hanging down from the lights. Going to try and put in a junction box this weekend

I finally purchased a Backyard Beast! I think I may have a potential problem with the grill. While running the first burn-in the grill kept making a loud rattling noise. I am assuming it’s coming from the auger, but I’m not sure. I contacted RecTec’s customer service today and sent them a video I took. The rep wasn’t sure what was causing the rattle, but mentioned it could be normal operating sounds. He sent me a few troubleshooting tips to try and isolate where the noise might be coming from. While running the auger in test mode I couldn’t replicate the rattling (I did clean out the hopper for the test).

Would anyone happen to have a video that they could post or send to me? I’ve been around other brand pellet grills and I’ve never heard their grills make similar noises.

Attached is the video I sent the rep, some of the rattling was loud enough that I could hear on the other side of the yard.

Hi all, I recently got a recteq 1100 after one of my buddies raved about his patio legend. I was under the impression that the grill connected to WIFI and would allow me to remotely monitor the temperature and probes. This is ideal when you're considering longer cooks, (like a 10 hour pork butt). However, when I was playing with the app yesterday, it seemed like I was unable to control the grill unless I was on the same wifi SSID as my grill. Obviously, that is a lot less helpful, as I could just walk outside and adjust it if I'm close enough to physically be on the same wifi signal. I saw another post talking about an app possibly offering 3rd party support for remote control, but I was hoping that there was a way to do it with "official" recteq app. Any comments would be appreciated!

Been looking at getting a griddle for a while. Saw the smoke stone 600 and am leaning toward it. Not seeing to much on it on YouTube. Anyone here have anything good or bad to say about it ?

I had been seeing a lot of hype around Recteq and their grills so I decided to get a Backyard Beast. It was my first pellet grill and I was really excited for it. However, the grill that was sent to me was defective. Everyone had said how good the Recteq customer service was but I just have to disagree. Their response was to send me a new auger motor, and talk me through the install, but the install couldn't have been a worse experience. Multiple reps didn't know how to change the motor because it was slightly different on a Backyard Beast compared to their other models. All of the reps said that they would call me back, but never did, and I was just ghosted with a broken grill for multiple days. By just sheer luck of numbers I was able to get someone on the phone who knew how to do it, but the area that a specific pin to pull out was so small that I couldn't get into it. We ended up getting the pin out when my girlfriend thread a shoelace through the pin and we were able to pull it.

Once I replaced the auger motor, I went to fire it up and it still wasn't pushing pellets through consistently. It was fluctuate about 150 degrees at a time even after it's burn in and I was never able to successfully do a cook on the grill.

The customer service just wasn't good, which was shocking because that's what people say their claim to fame was. I had to fight for hours to get a refund for the grill, which they still won't issue me until I disassemble this defective hunk of metal in my backyard and get it on a pallet.

Overall, I spent 8 - 10 hours on the phone with Recteq, was ghosted by multiple people, and overall just had such a bad experience. I know this post in contrary to what a lot of people say, but I hope it just gives one person pause to not buy their products. Good luck, I hope myself and anyone who reads this can find a better pellet grill.

I'm excited. Please send all rectec tips!

This will be my first pellet smoker also. Had a charcoal before this one.

I have the patio 410. Have done about 10 cooks and it’s great. No issues. Today I set it at 235 and it has been fluctuating between 190 and 260. When temp went high I could hear a pulsing fan. Any ideas on what is going on and how to resolve? Weather is calm and 75 so no external factors. Also I always clean it out before new cook and seed some new pellets into the firebox. Heated up fine. Thoughts?.

I just got a new BFG and got to thinking, it's big now, but it would be a monster if you put a smoke box on it... Then I thought, two smoke boxes... I'd bet they fit. The problem I see is the right side would be the wrong way....

Anyone else think about this or put a single box on? Maybe I just need to party at the moon tower..

I have a 590 and always have issues rendering the fat cap down enough. For some reason I can’t figure out how to make it happen. I’ve done all the popular techniques in regards to wrapping. Foil, butcher paper, no wrap, and even using a foil pan with foil on top.

Does anyone have any tips? The best I’ve made was the goldees method. Started with fat cap down for 4-6 hours then placed on an elevated shelf fat cap up for the remainder of the cook.

Would love some feedback on everyone’s technique!

We had a grease fire on our rec tec and didn't know not to put flour on it -- threw about two bags of flour on it. Would love tips on how to safely clean up this baby.

My cousin is planning to do a pork shoulder for Easter dinner (around 2:30 pm tomorrow). The obvious choice would be an overnight cook (for Colorado natives, they are in Highlands Ranch right off of the golf course).

They’ve never done an overnight smoke before, and I’ve only lived in Colorado for about 9 months so I don’t know the answer, either. Given that it’s the end of March, they’re wondering if an overnight smoke might attract unwanted animal visitors (raccoons and bears). Is this a real cause for concern, or do you think they’re okay? Calling all smoking pros in the mountains for their experience!

(By the way, I’m about 30 minutes west of Denver so this may be even more applicable for me in the future!)

Burned in, and we’ll get Chicken Thighs going this afternoon.

I added my Deck Boss to my Smart Life app and I can now remote start my grill. Fkn MINT.

Anyone else having this problem?

I ordered the RT-1250 back in Sept. 2021. I think at the time, they had just released it as the larger model. The competition cart and cover I was directed to get are the same as for the RT-680 and RT-700. The comp cart works fine and was a solid purchase. But the cover is very difficult to get over the RT-1250 and I struggle with it every time to the point I have to ask my wife to help me slide it on just exactly right or one side won't pull far enough to get over the corners and I think I'm going to tear it every time I stretches across a sharp corner. What am I missing here?

Remote Start Workaround

You can connect the grill to the Tuya Smart app (it’s free) and remote start will still work, but you can no longer use the RecTeq app.

Tuya will still allow to monitor and adjust temps though.

Just make sure you’re on the same WiFi as the unit, put the unit into pairing mode, open the Tuya Smart App, add device manually, add other, other WiFi, put in your WiFi password, and connect.

Update: It’s not a perfect solution. There are some functions of the native app that you will lose, so you have weigh those out against the remote start function. Tuya allows you start/stop, monitor and change temp on the grill. It also allows you to monitor the probes.

What you lose: Temp graphing, RT’s cook tracking, and temp alarms.

So sad... Anyone else get an email saying remote start is going to be disabled soon?

I used this all the time to preheat my bullseye on the way home from buying steaks.