Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Before the Masterbuilt 560, I had been using a pellet smoker for about 4 years. Prior to my pellet smoker, I was using an offset. I went to a pellet smoker due to the ease of set and forget. One thing about using the pellet smoker for the past 4 years is that it was always lacking in smoke flavor. I did all the mods and add ons to get a stronger smoke flavor but could never get that familiar smoke flavor from the offset. Now for the MB560. When I saw this announced I immediately knew I needed this grill. The fact that I could cook with charcoal and throw in large chunks of wood in the hopper and ash pan, I knew I would get a better smoke flavor off of this grill. I got this grill delivered the day before Christmas. Put the grill together immediately and did the burn off. Tri-Tip steaks were the first thing I cooked on this. I reverse seared the steaks. Smoked them for about 45 minutes at 200 then bumped up the grill to 700 to sear the steaks. This is where the awesomeness of this grill comes in. With the grill already running at 200, for me to get to 700 took less than 5 minutes. I have to take the steaks off during this time so I can get that good sear on them. I mention this because with my pellet grill, the time to get to 500 (this is the hottest it gets) from 200 would take 20 minutes. The fact that I was at 700 in 5 minutes was amazing. The amount of smoke flavor that was on these steaks was awesome. I had thrown in some hickory chunks in the ash pan during the smoking process. The mixture of the charcoal flavor from the Oak Lump charcoal and Hickory tasted great on the steaks. I have done ribs and pork butt as well and they have come out with better flavor than anything that ever came off my pellet grill. The versatility of this grill is awesome. To have a true smoker and a true grill all in one is amazing. I have had this for about a month now and haven't touched any of my other grills since I got the MB560. I would definitely recommend this grill!