Camp Chef Sidekick Sear 14-Inch Propane Searing Station - PG14BB

Was an awesome cooker. In less than 3 years it has rusted away. Replacement parts are not worth the repairs. For a grill that cost 300. USD.

First 10 seconds of operation the auger broke. Customer service said they will send the parts and I can fix it myself. Not what I expected from a supposedly top of the line product. And definitely not what I expected from top of the line customer service. When I took the cover off the bottom, the auger motor literally fell to the ground.

After a controller issue and a long wait I got the part I needed. The grill has served me well ever since,

I bought my CampChef pellet grill cover less two years ago and it already broke. It won't heat up and it keeps giving me am error message. I'm not at all happy with this product.

This has no grease tray, the grease from burgers, does not evaporate, it drains through the diffuser plate, onto the burner & metal tray below, also all over my concrete patio, I don't recommend this at all, get the sear burner, had one & it works, now I have to by the griddle just for burgers, i purchased 2 weeks ago from bbq guys for my birthday on 9/5, I've emailed camp chef, guess they don't care. The diffuser plate is attached to the whole sidekick grille assembly, you have to take it off & hose off or put in the kitchen sink to clean like i did. truly disappointed in camp chef i've had another CC smoker for last 6 years.

Love the results! Brisket, ribs, pork butts perfect. However, the griddle was rusted before I even had a chance to use it. The lid, handle and hinges are loaded with rust. The Wi-Fi app (one big reason for buying this) is impossible to use. Wishing I had gone another direction.

We have had this grill for about two years. It's a great smoker, but it does not have the capacity to reach high temperatures for grilling and it gets worse over time even if you clean it. You're better off buying a smoker and a real grill separately.

This grill is horrible. Only smokes on start up and shutdown. Can set it at 250 and see as low as 125 and high as 375 with the basic smoke setting of 1. Gets even crazier when you set smoke number higher. Still no steady smoke even at smoke setting of 10. Gives huge smoke like at startup once every half hr to an hr.

I've been using this for a few months now, and love it. It is folded into my cooking routines as much as using my regular stove is, in other words it is not a novelty but now an essential element. The larger surface area and higher heat allows for quick searing of way more food than would be manageable on a traditional 8-12" skillet, not to mention how much bringing the cooking process outdoors keeps your kitchen free of excess steam, smoke, oil splatter, etc. I also routinely remove the griddle top to cook with my flat bottomed wok and the high heat allows for rapid wok style cooking. It's not at the level of a true wok burner but it's most of the way there, and far better than most indoor home ranges. We just bought the 14" pizza oven attachment and that rules, too! It opens up the possibility for great flat breads, pizzas, and I'm going to experiment with tandoori style cooking. And again, I love that it's all outdoors. No sacrifice in kitchen space, keeps the heat, gas, smells, smoke, oil, etc. all outside. It's such a simple yet versatile solution: a single big powerful burner, and it's outside.

I purchased this unit with the 24" Pro. The Pro is what we've been needing in the pellet stove market for years. The smoke box is IT! Now the sidekick... I have tried no less then 5 different aluminum grease catch inserts. They fit, however the hole in the griddle isn't lined up and the grease falls behind the insert. Additionally, the unit arrived with a none working ignitor. I use my propane torch. An electric battery style ignitor is only a few more dimes. My Pro arrived to two major dents in the side. It appears the the pellet burner grease catch was unsecured and struck the unit from the inside. It sucks to get such a nice unit and you need to hammer dent's out. I may just return it.