recteq Flagship XL 1400 Wood Pellet Grill - RT-1400

After using multiple pellet grills from different manufactures like GMG and Traeger the Flagship XL is hands down my favorite. While the GMG does operate at a slightly lower heat I find that the 20 degree difference hasn't been a big deal. (I do have the smoke box). The wifi on the recteq has worked great for me where I couldn't get of the wifi features or app to function on the GMG. Cooked a brisket overnight for 14 hours with no issues. I received temperature warnings when it reached the temperatures I had set. Not having a pellet dump for the hopper is a bit of a bummer, but I didn't often change the flavor of pellets on the others between cooks either. I found there was one blend I used most of the time and used that one nearly every time. But if I do choose to switch the pellets out I will just use a dedicated wet dry vacum to get the remaining pellets out of the hopper that I can't scoop out. Price wise it's less expensive than some and more than others. I have had great experience with recteq support. My smoke box didn't have the grease bucket in it. They were quick to get it shipped out to me. I asked questions regarding assembly and they were very helpful.

Coming from pit boss ( wack ) to the Flagship 1400 is night and day difference. I own about 4 smokers and 2 regular grills and this one out did them all. Mine came a bit damaged from shipping but CS took really good care of me. This grill hold temp right on the money. Def worth the money !!

I have a Weber Smokefire 2 that I've had for a couple of years but I haven't been really happy with it. They even had to replace it once due to continuous issues with the first one. I am an Asst. Manager at Landscapers Supply/ ACE Hardware and we started carrying the Recteq RT 1000 and the Bullseye. So I started using the Demo RT 1000 a lot at the store and the flavors that grill produces are phenomenal! It got to where I would even use it to make our pork butts, turkeys and ham for home on the Recteq at work so I could get that flavor! We had our Grand Opening on November 23rd from where we merged Landscapers Supply with ACE Hardware and a couple of your guys came for this event. My wife was there and heard all the talk about how I wanted an XL 1400 along with me constantly showing her the grill online. We'll, she surprised me for Christmas with one and I'm super stoked and it didn't take long for me to cook some amazing food on it!!! I have to say that one cook in particular, I was planning on cooking 2 pork butts early one morning it was going to be really cold! As a matter of fact, it was suppose to be around 7° to 9° when we were to wake up. Knowing this, I looked up Recteq videos about cooking in cold weather. One video in particular that I watcged was Jody talking about cold weather cooking and he went arount the office asking different people's opinions and the responses are what I wanted to hear. So early the next morning I woke up early to get the grill out and started, thinking it might take a while to get up to temperature which I had set at 275°. To my surprise, the grill was at temperature within 15 minutes! I have to say that I was impressed with how quickly the XL 1400 heated up being as cold as it was outside! I never put any type of blanket or insulation on the grill to help retain heat, just the grill by itself! The grill did an amazing job keeping the temperature all day long and produced some amazing BBQ! Fast forward a few days, our CEO for all of our stores happened to be at our store and I let her try some of the pork I cooked. She went on and on about the amazing flavor of the pork and that we needed to do a cookoff between all of our stores. We ate some lunch back in the breakroom and talked. She finished her lunch and went out on the floor and within 5 minutes or so, she came back in the breakroom and said that there were 2 guys on the floor looking at an RT 1000 Backyard Beast and that I should take them a sample of the pork I had smoked. I'm sure she was kidding but I grabbed my Rubbermade container and 2 plastic forks and out to the floor I headed. After letting them try the pork and speaking with them for a few minutes, they ended up purchasing the RT 1000, some pellets and a couple of bottles of seasoning! Easiest sale I've ever had and no doubt in my mind that the sampled helped with their decision! I love watching you guys on Facebook and the creations you cook as it helps me to be a better cook and also helps me sell more grills! Thanks to all of you for the amazing products you continue to produce!!!

2 months since I bought it, 76 hours already. Love this thing and not a thing I could think to change. Get what you pay for!

Listen I am the guy that reads the reviews. I'm the guy that asks the questions and sits and ponders. Should I or shouldn't I. I came from stick smoking and swore by it. I said pellet guys cheat. Well guess what. I'm cheating. This has been a game changer for being able to set it and forget it. I set my brisket or pork butts on a forget it. If you're on the fence. Buy it you won't regret the decision. Rec teqs quality and customer service sets them apart from any other pellet company regardless of what you may of heard.

Listen I am the guy that reads the reviews. I'm the guy that asks the questions and sits and ponders. Should I or shouldn't I. I came from stick smoking and swore by it. I said pellet guys cheat. Well guess what. I'm cheating. This has been a game changer for being able to set it and forget it. I set my brisket or pork butts on a forget it. If you're on the fence. Buy it you won't regret the decision. Rec teqs quality and customer service sets them apart from any other pellet company regardless of what you may of heard.

Listen I am the guy that reads the reviews. I'm the guy that asks the questions and sits and ponders. Should I or shouldn't I. I came from stick smoking and swore by it. I said pellet guys cheat. Well guess what. I'm cheating. This has been a game changer for being able to set it and forget it. I set my brisket or pork butts on a forget it. If you're on the fence. Buy it you won't regret the decision. Rec teqs quality and customer service sets them apart from any other pellet company regardless of what you may of heard.

Finally arrived while I was out of town. . A week later we finally got around to looking into our delivery. Smoker was intact but we were missing the cover and Smokebox that was on the original order. . A quick call to customer service and missing items were shipped out. We were going to return the smoker since we bought a Pitboss due to the delay in shipping. But he really like the look, features grilling space and love the Facebook group I added him too.

Finally arrived while I was out of town. . A week later we finally got around to looking into our delivery. Smoker was intact but we were missing the cover and Smokebox that was on the original order. . A quick call to customer service and missing items were shipped out. We were going to return the smoker since we bought a Pitboss due to the delay in shipping. But he really like the look, features grilling space and love the Facebook group I added him too.

Finally arrived while I was out of town. . A week later we finally got around to looking into our delivery. Smoker was intact but we were missing the cover and Smokebox that was on the original order. . A quick call to customer service and missing items were shipped out. We were going to return the smoker since we bought a Pitboss due to the delay in shipping. But he really like the look, features grilling space and love the Facebook group I added him too.