Beavercrick
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Brand new to the RT-700 game so apologies if this is just a newbie question. Got everything assembled and set up with no issues and a did a break in smoke with an empty chamber for a couple hours at 400 degrees. Everything works great as far as I can tell.
First real smoke I tried were chicken tacos using the recipe/directions on the recteq app. It preheated quickly and I got some chicken thighs on there and left them for 20 minutes at 350 degrees per instructions. Internal temp was about 110 after that. I cranked the temp up to 450 and gave them another ten minutes and just barely got to 165.
Next smoke I just heated a frozen pizza, more as a cheap test than anything. This thing was in there for thirty minutes at 400 degrees (the box said 21-24 minutes at 400) and it still wasn’t done. I ended up finishing it off in the oven.
I’m sure I’m doing something wrong or have a setting that isn’t quite right, but the grill preheats fine, my thermometer confirms the temp, and it clearly “works”. Has anyone else experienced slower than expected cook times? I want to try a longer smoke at a lower temp but want a sanity check first.
First real smoke I tried were chicken tacos using the recipe/directions on the recteq app. It preheated quickly and I got some chicken thighs on there and left them for 20 minutes at 350 degrees per instructions. Internal temp was about 110 after that. I cranked the temp up to 450 and gave them another ten minutes and just barely got to 165.
Next smoke I just heated a frozen pizza, more as a cheap test than anything. This thing was in there for thirty minutes at 400 degrees (the box said 21-24 minutes at 400) and it still wasn’t done. I ended up finishing it off in the oven.
I’m sure I’m doing something wrong or have a setting that isn’t quite right, but the grill preheats fine, my thermometer confirms the temp, and it clearly “works”. Has anyone else experienced slower than expected cook times? I want to try a longer smoke at a lower temp but want a sanity check first.