HOW TO CLEAN THE PIT BOSS AUSTIN XL PROPERLY | CLEANING AND MAINTAINING YOUR PIT BOSS PELLET SMOKER 

Thanks bro i appreciate it i m just taking a page out of your book. Your grills/smokers always look sharp and clean on your videos. You’re a inspiration to me as i stated before. Thanks for watching brotha. Have a blessed weekend. Cheers and keepbbqing

Thank you very much and congrats brotha!!! Treat her right and she’ll reward you with some delicious bbq!!! I am so happy for you my brotha! If you ever have any questions please feel free to ask! Thanks for watching and for your support! Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

Thanks for understanding the madness method behind it brotha Bob. Many folks dont understand it and I have to explain it all the time lol. Congrats on your new toy. If you ever have any questions please feel free to ask. Thanks for watching and for your support. Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

@@SmokinJazzBbq Have cooked on the Pit Boss Pellet Grill twice now. Does a better job then our old grill. The slider to flame meats. I was wondering if it is right to cook your steak for a bit and then finish it with the slider over so the flame hit the steaks or should I do that during the whole cooking?

Bob Askey i would recommend to do a reverse sear on your steaks. In other words smoke it at 200-225 til you hit internal temp of 110-115 then crank your temps gauge to high follow by searing it on both sides for 2 minutes per side (depending on the size of your steaks). Use your meat probe to see what internal temp you have at the end of searing it both sides. 130 is the perfect medium rare consistency internal temp for me. If you like more well done then sear it 3 to 5 minutes per side also (depending on the size of your steaks) This guide helps every time i use the Austin xl or any grill/smoker to get perfect steaks! Hope this helps my friend! If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

@@SmokinJazzBbq Great thanks. I'm trying to use all the options on this Pit Boss 820 Pro Series. So far it has been doing a good job. I also looked at the Camp Chef pellet grills. Problem was the Camp Chef Pellet Grill only has a 22" wide grate. The Pit Boss has a 29" grate. I wanted more space and they were both the same price. The Camp Chef to get the next size was $400 plus more. Camp Chef had some great options and features. One feature was a knob to pull the cover over the flame over. I'm thinking of trying to do that with my Pit Boss if I can figure it out without making a mess.

Thanks Tanner. I appreciate your kind words. Congrats on your new toy. If you ever have any questions please feel free to ask. Thanks for watching. Cheers and Keepbbqing.

Pretty much. I m assuming your camp chef operates the same way. So same concept for cleaning and maintaining for more years of bbqing. Thanks for watching brotha! Cheers and keepbbqing

O ok gotcha. Yea i take it that the cleaning and maintenance concept would be the same. Maybe slightly different with your pellet smoker. Thanks for watching brotha Gary! Cheers and keepbbqing

It’s a pretty heavy piece of steel though...

O wow might have to look into that app. Thanks sharing. I appreciate it. Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

In general yes you can use the pellets until they run out, however you want to be careful if you are mixing different flavors. You will find that certain flavors of pellets go better with different types of meat. For example I often use apple, pear, cherry for chicken and for beef I often use a heavier profile that gives a more pronounced flavor such as mesquite or hickory.

Thanks brotha Charles I appreciate your kinds words. If you get this smoker/grill or already have it and if you ever have any questions please feel free to ask. Thanks for watching and for your support. Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

Yes brotha Mike!!! A clean grill is a happy grill 😂😂😂. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Yes sir best heavy duty aluminum foil hands down! I love the thickness of it. Cheers.

Lol this is a awesome smoker/grill and the concept is the same with all the grills. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Thanks for commenting i appreciate it. In my video i cover the sear zone and don’t use it at all. If i want to sear steaks i ll use my Weber kettle with the bbq vortex. (It gives a better sear) I have used foil for a year now and cooked plenty of fatty meats from briskets to pork bellies which contains a lot of fat that renders down to the grease trap and never ever had a grease fire. Not sure why your gutters got grease accumulating in them but every pit boss is different from each other. Sometimes as i stated in my video every 3 to 6 months i ll do a deep cleaning and get rid of any extra debris or grease gunk just so this grill can perform to its fullest potential. However to each it’s own. Thanks for watching bud. Cheers and keepbbqing

Hey cassireak thanks for asking your question. The simple answer is no lol. I dont use the sear zone at all. Its too small to use for searing steaks. When I did use it I had sear a steak at a time. If I have to use the sear zone I would take the foil off and if its salvageable then I ll re-use it if not then I ll use a new sheet. Hope this helps. If you have any further questions please feel free tp ask. Thanks for watching. Cheers and keepbbqing.

Thanks brotha Brandon. I appreciate it. Just a quick and simple way to clean our austin xl. Thanks for watching. Cheers and keepbbqing

Hey brotha John. Yes sir you are absolutely correct!!! To be honest i have never use that feature. I mainly use this grill for smoking only. I rather use a Weber kettle to sear meats like steak or burgers. I m gonna eventually use it for a video cook but i do mainly use the pit boss for smoking only. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Thanks brotha. Lol that video clip part was sped up that’s why it looks like i scrub real good fast. I wish i was that fast 😂😂😂. I can get a lot of things done in no time lol. Also that’s awesome bro. Practice makes perfect as the old saying goes. I actually prefer Pepsi over coke lol. This was a shirt that my wife.bought me. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Thanks Lasse this is a simple way clean and maintain this grill for more years of bbqing. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Thanks Lee. A clean grill is a happy grill 😂😂😂. Thanks for watching bud. Cheers and keepbbqing

Hey Tracy...to be honest I dont use the sear zone at all. I really dont like it lol. When it comes down to searing I just use my weber kettle. However one time I did sear some ribeye steaks and just remove the foil and the sear zone cover to sear them but didn't like it because I had to do it one at a time due to the size of the steaks. Hope this answers your question. Thanks commenting and for watching. Cheers and keepbbqing.

Thanks brotha Tavis. I m sending your gift tomorrow so i m hoping you get it soon. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Hey brotha Luis. No dumb question at all bro. I dont personally do it but you can definitely do it. The only difference is there will be more fragments of foil down the bottom of the barrel to clean out. If you dont need to use the sear zone it wouldn't be a bad idea. It doesn't affect the temps interiorly anyway. The only thing I can think of that will affect the use of aluminum foil on the grates will be that it can tear up easily when removing, rotating or flipping the meats that might get stuck on it. Hope this helps brotha. Thanks for watching and for your support. Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

Hey brotha Jared. You have a beast in your hands (PB 1100). The heat shied deflector wrapped in foil doesn't affect the smoke flavor circulation because it travels around the sides of the heat shield deflector to the top then drops down to the grate area. The foil is just a option to help the clean up job easier. If you decided not to add the foil the smoke will travel the same way. Hope this helps and if you have any further questions please feel free to ask. Thanks for watching and for your support. Cheers and keepbbqing!!

Smokin’ Jazz Bbq thank you! Just now realizing that I’ve had to broiler open all along ha.. time to make some brisket for real this time

Sorry for the late reply I have been extremely busy at work. Hey brotha Matt unfortunately no. That is part of the start up procedure and that is your flavored wood pellets going through a combustion cycle that is giving you the smoke flavor for your meats or anything that you are smoking. Also this process will repeat it self constantly until you are finish cooking. Have you try to place your austin xl in a different area of your home? Sorry i couldnt be more of any help. Unfortunately sometimes we have sh_tty neighbors. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and for your support. Cheers and good luck.

@@SmokinJazzBbq thank you so much for your response. And I'll try relocating the smoker to a more ventilated area, but just that initial start up pours out so much smoke. I'll try to figure something out, but thanks man!

Matt Clark No problem brotha and if you have any further questions please feel free to ask! Cheers and keepbbqing!!!

Thanks for the comment. However why would you want too? Just use foil to clean the grate and cover the heat shield with foil for easy clean up. You don’t want to remove the seasoning layer that has formed. As for the smoke stack, no need, leave it alone, it’s fine. Thanks for the support and watching. Cheers and keepbbqing

You are welcome brotha Scott. I appreciate your time to watch the video. Cheers and keepbbqing.

💯💯💯 I couldn’t find a reason to disagree with you! Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Hey brotha Landon, for my grill mines get hotter on the right side. For example if you watch my chicken wings video you can see that mines get hotter on the right side. I have heard that a lot of the pit boss grills gets hotter either side of the grill. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching brotha. Cheers and keepbbqing

Mine gets hotter on the right side like yours. Keep up the great videos and all the info you share.

😂😂😂 you are too funny mi Hermano. I appreciate your love my dude! Cheers and keepbbqing