Masterbuilt gravity 800, I love this smoker!  

LOL 10:37 watch the puppy's in the background. Yes I love my Masterbuilt 800. Thanks for your content.

Outstanding video. Your descriptions are so detailed & informative.

I thought of the same thing for wood. I already have splits for my offset, and today I cut some up for chunks for the new smoker... 🙂

Great video. I actually own this and out of the seven different BBQ's & smokers I have, this Masterbuilt Gravity Series is the quickest and easiest one of them all. Plus, the charcoal & wood makes for some delicious food. Thanks for the video.

Andrew, Another great review you make me hungry just talking about it. I’ll catch you later in the live.

Hi Andrew that was a fantastic review. That is something I am looking for. I have the information written down and will keep my eyes open for a good sale. Take care. 🌞🇨🇦

I love your reviews you show the ups and downs of the item and you explain why you chose the item you did over a comparable item. Love it, that really helps in making my decisions because most of the time there is at least one thing I didn’t know about the item. Thanks for all the work you put into reviews and videos.

I have the 560. I've smoked and grilled all kinds of meat with it. It's a great smoker/grill. There are aftermarket stainless steel inserts that will help it last longer.

That smoker will come in really handy for cooking at parties' you guys have.

Thank you sooo much for this demo video ….i was researching this smoker for a couple hrs and your video was by far the most informative and str8 to the point….i have subscribed to your channel and 👍🏻 liked this vid ….cant wait to see some of your cooking videos…btw, Masterbuilt can thank you, I just bought this Masterbuilt 800 at Homedepot…keep up the great vids 👍🏻

Welcome to the MB fold brother! I bought my 1050 eighteen months or so ago when they first came out. for anyone that reads my message he is spot on! I have smoked briskets to pork butts to salmon. Obviously, you have plenty of cherry wood for smoking, but if you want to try some other flavors then check out Kingsford smoking chunks. They carry a bunch of species. I don’t know if Masterbuilt fixed this on your grill, but I strongly recommend that you get a couple of interlock switches for the cook door. Because of the grease and the smoke in this area, that switch tends to gum up. I have replaced that switch twice. it’s easy to replace and the switch is only about eight bucks, but it is a slight inconvenience. Other than that The inner wall in the hopper where the hottest part of the charcoal sit has bulged a little. This has not affected the performance in any way, but it is a little bit of an eyesore when looking INSIDE the hopper. If I had to do it all over again with everything I have experienced I would do it without hesitation. In my opinion, this is the best grill under $1000.

Excited for the cooking videos! This seems like a good option for me to consider. I've been thinking of getting a new grill for a couple years now; dreaming of an expensive kamado type grill with the hybrid gas option. This one seems great for convenience and price point. And like you, I dig the charcoal and wood combo. Might have to get both grills someday.

I have a Trigger Smoker and they are awesome I cook 20 lbs of chicken at a time all the smokers are awesome

Poor Bullet is takin' a dump at 10:42 and Ruger spoils his moment! Or should I say, his movement.

Dang man! Thank you for sharing, I wasn’t familiar with those at all, now I gotta have one. Lol. Love when you said you had some people over in the field. Lol hope the you all limited out! Don’t forget your power line with poles, man dove love to land on something before eating.

No doubt it's a great smoker. I have a pit boss pellet grill/smoker and absolutely love it! Can't see me ever having anything else but always enjoy learning about different ways to smoke meat! Keep up the good work.

Great video. helped me a lot I just got mine (800) off of marketplace. I have no instructions nothing on how it all works no probes came with the smoker so I had to order 4 off of amazon (half the price than from Masterbuilt) but it did come with 2 large bags of lump and wood chips. Hope to smoke some ribs this weekend.

I agree. Out of my 4 different grills, the Masterbuilt makes the best smoked meats, hands down.

Clark & Deborah : Great 👍 review 👏, gotta check in to getting one. Awesome channel, been a fan for awhile. Happy Holidays to You & Ms Tiffany

Thank you great info.

Just grabbed one of these today. This bad boy is going to fired up tonight.

Glad you are enjoying it! The gravity smokers are very interesting. I however have a 20X42 Lone Star Grillz offset for my big cooks(will hold 4-5 briskets, 10-12 pork shoulders. I also have my tried and true Weber Kettle. It has a slow and sear insert and a Spider Grills Venom controller. Can run for 8-10 hours at a steady 225-250. I too am not sold on pellet smokers. Looking forward to seeing all the great food you cook on it!

Hi, Andrew! This smoker is the real deal!

Great stuff. Thanks!

Just picked one up at Walmart for $150. It was on clearance. Also picked up a Expert Grill pizza oven for $40

Currently April 2023 Costco’s in the Cleveland, OH area have a model 900 for 649.99. No griddle but it does come with the pizza oven.

I have had mine for 10 months. I have used it probably a dozen times and only high temp cooking with the flat top griddle twice. I now have a hole the size of a quarter in the fire box on the opposite side from the exit port into the grill. I’m going to contact master-built and will see what they do. I suggest looking down inside from the top charcoal fill door and checking to see if anyone else is having the same issue.

i own 2 MB 560s. love them. i do not like lump in mine, way to many bridge problems . other then that i love it. also they wont work in sub zero temps.

In between this and chargriller Akorn Auto Kamado, I like the griddle but don’t know if the price jump is worth it

Rotisserie turkeys are the bomb. We do several every holiday season. Won’t eat one cooked any other way.

My Walmart has this on clearance for $350. I want to say it's the version with the griddle, though I'm not sure that matters to me. Thinking of going back and picking it up now. 🤔

I picked up a 560 for a $100 second hand and did one cook on it before flipping. I ended up soldering and bypassing all the switches. I can see how it could be a fun little smoker. My suggestion is to line the top of the chute with tin foil and sandwich it between the top of the chute and door. The gas from the charcoal rises and will try to escape out the top chute. The gas will eat away at the paint at the top of the chute. If you sandwich in some tin foil between the top of the chute and door it will help the paint from peeling. I do the same with my commercial gravity feed smoker. It helps protect the paint. I had to repaint the top chute of the 560 as the previous owner neglected to place tin foil between the two. Just a quick tip for you.

I believe you have it backwards when you mention that the chunks in the ash basket will smolder. The wood chunks in the ash basket will fully ignite and create a clean smoke profile. (Similar to an offset smoker) When you place the chunks in the chute with the charcoal the wood chunks will sit and smolder and create a heavier dirty smoke. There is no wrong way but there is a difference in smoke profiles. I add wood chunks in the ash basket for the first couple hours to get a nice clean smoke profile. Anything more than a couple hours (Scientifically proven) the meat doesn't really absorb any more smoke. So I'd hold off on wood chunks in the ash basket or in the chute to save yourself some wood after the first few hours. Just a few tips I've learned throughout the years. A great video and thanks for sharing.

Now you need to make your own lump charcoal. Although it does burn faster. I light my smoker with lump but switch to just wood after that. ( Mine is a cheap off set fire box that takes a lot to heat... Crap steel construction)

I set my controller while the firestarter is doing its thing, and it won’t take off until the doors are closed then.

Dang now I’m hungry for smoked brisket Andrew 😆

Do you load just enough charcoal for the current grill/smoke and it all burns or is it like a pellet grill that you can shut it down and the unused pellets (charcoal) just remain in the hopper? Thanks for the video that re-enforced my Costco buy (with the pizza oven accessory).

How is it with the charcoal dust that happens to be inside every natural lump charcoal.

i have a question. I thought meat only accepted smoke up to about 140 internal...so how do you figure when to stop using any wood chunks in the loading process. I have previously only used a masterbuilt electric smoker..so after so much time using the chips, I've just let it run on the heat.

Great video brother ... I have a 560 and 1050 and love them both with all of Lukes mods on both, but went with 'Joe's Grill Grates' for my racks ... did your 800 come with the rubber wheels or did you add them, if so, where did you get them

What are the times to start the smoker if you use one square versus two squares? Or what’s the reason you recommend two squares to start?

Thanks for the info! I just purchased the 560 at a steal of a price. Now you have me wishing I had purchased up a model. I have not fired mine up yet, so let me ask is there a shut down process?

I bought mine back in July 2021. Best smoker ever! I think I'm the only one that paid 'full price' for it. LOL I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY SMOKER!

Been watching your videos, great information. Where or how dod you get the grip on the lid handle? Cant seem to find it unless its on this video, havent finished yet. thanks

Excellent video. Yes, late to the party but am now in a position to get a new grill and want a smoker too. Question is, are you still using this and enjoying it? And will you be looking at getting the new XT when released?

I have the 800, and I do like it. I have the SS firebox mod as well. However, the switches are troublesome, and the app is glitchy. I would try the Chargriller or something else next time.

I use pellets only

Hmmm...🤔 It's a heck of a grill but needing electricity 🔌 IDK 🤷🏽‍♂️..... But I am intrigued by it.....

Man , I know this is weird but it’s scary how much me an you look alike. My wife was amazed 😂. I guess we are doppelgängers.

was this suppose to come with probes? The part list looks like there should be 2, but I did not get any

Does it have a rotisserie accessory available?

What brand charcoal do you like best?

We just bought our series 800 and used the charcoal from Costco but we noticed it creates a lot of ash on the grates and food. Why is that?

I’ve been considering this exact model. I do like the pellet grills but the problem is I change the way I eat and at this point most of what I’m grilling I’m going to be cooking pretty fast and not doing long term smoking and oh my God the pellet grills don’t get as hot as this for searing and You can get decent smoke out of them but it takes time so for a brisket or ribs or some thing you’re going to have in there for hours you can get good smoke flavor but with charcoal you get that Al Carbone flavor in that smoke flavor and stuff that’s not gonna be on there for hours. Another issue was the cost of beef. I don’t eat very much pork on the things I really wanna grill we’re going to be the beef ribs and the brisket and at this point that’s become so ridiculously expensive that I just wouldn’t do it very often and it just seemed a lot to spend for something I wouldn’t use very much. Absolutely love the Wi-Fi settings, it’s so nice to just be able to control everything from an app and set your timers and not have to deal with stuff. Lol. I know that’s lazy but I still like it and you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. Lol. That’s the sad part about changing my diet. I study nutrition intensely and learned exactly how to eat and in doing that I’ve kind of narrowed down what I eat and really most of what I’m grilling now is going to be steak or salmon and I can do that in a $40 charcoal grill so I just kept putting it off. I love it but I don’t really need it and the money I put aside I decided just to put into an AR. 😂 I might get one eventually but at this point with moving and being stuck here for a few months because of flipping houses I just don’t wanna deal with it but this is exactly what I was looking at after tons of research and because I love the flavor of the charcoal and there are some things I like better about the wood pellet smokers but I would still do most of my grilling on a traditional charcoal grill so this was just the best all-around solution and really some of the best bang for the buck as well. You would spend at least that much on a decent charcoal grill and you get an actually good one he probably need to spend closer to 1000 or more and when I was looking these were I believe 799 at Walmart and Lowe’s and they have a great reviews and the customer seemed very satisfied and you just can’t get that searing heat from The affordable pellet grills and I think this is makes how much better steak or salmon or some thing quick it’s not gonna be in there for hours. I spent months in many many hours researching all the options and this was the best thing I could find for under about $1400 which has probably gone up now. People that have these love them and they seem to last a long time, I think you made a great choice

Always have ran a Traeger. I like this idea of this but concerned about craftsmanship/reliability/CS. Traeger If a part fails a new one is on my door step 1-3 days later. Easy to stock up on parts! Do you still find the need for a propane grill?

I hope the smoke flavour is close to wood only smoking, if so I will be verry, verry happy. I think it will be close enough not to care, fingers crossed... :-)

How does this perform is windier conditions?

Missing griddle griddle heat diverter and upgraded racks and internal hardware

Looking forward to some more BBQ videos soon!

how long will it cook with a load of briquettes at 200 degrees?

Ruger likes it

Do you think it needs the mods that are being sold separately or I shouldn't bother getting those?

Did you see the HP? And the memory?

Help! I want one of these but I am torn, I seen the huge savings at Costco and was ready to buy (no big deal about the griddle) BUT some of the reviews I read said that they had called Masterbuilt with some of the issues they had and customer service admitted that the Costco versions were built a little cheaper (material) and that's why they can pass the savings along. Is this true? any input.

Hi, Andrew! I think you should make a shirt of you with your feet crossed as you stand leaning against something preferably your tractor.

I won one of these in a raffle :) I don't like the idea of using charcoal, it is toxic with chemicals in and on it. Is it possible you use all natural wood? no toxic charcoal.

Good morning from Kauai.

It looks great, but please don't smoke the food too often, check up the relation of smoked, charred meat and bad, very bad health issues. Especially since you don't eat enough fresh veggies, LOL p.s. skipped a couple videos lately, our apartment is getting renovated snd had to move out, but will catch up😀

The smoke flavor this puts on ribs, brisket, pork butts are superior to pellet grills.

Mine will not reach or keep Temp... 25 minutes before it hits 500.. Customer Service is horrible

One guy just used wood chunks and no charcoal

Does it have Wi-Fi? I so want to buy a chinese device and plug it into my wifi network so I (and them and anyone else) can have a point of entry into my home network.

Sorry, a review of this and you don't cook something on it, come on man!

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