Hey Winland, I have the exact same model. Make sure to freeze your metal parts before grinding. This is super important. Also I cube or cut into stripes. Always double grind beef. Keep sausage grinds coarse.
You can see my first grinds here (pics on second page)
Keep the blades and...
Its an honest to goodness lifetime investment. Its a tank. Just take care of it, replace the seals and it will last a very long time.
I upgraded mine with a homemade Permatex Copper Gasket and it worked like a champ.
Figured Id add my latest BGE cook here as well:]
16lb brisket, 22 hour cook time, pecan and hickory wood, rubbed generously with aji amarillo pow-pow, salt, cracked pepper, lots of brown sugar and other secret stuff
Allrighty im off for a while, gonna go to this bowling tournament. Ill post up pics from the cutting when i get home and the party starts. Thanks for listening to me babel about my meat!
And she is off! 22 hour total cook time. pulled at 195, should get to 200 during the rest/cool
she is jiggly which means we are spot on for doneness. Cant wait to cut it
Goodnight my sweet darling, see you in 5 1/2 hours
Nah, since I have to hold them temp in a cooler for so long, I am going to leave it as one chunk. Oh well. Such is life for planning to much shit this weekend, by I have a regional PBA event to compete at heh.
17 hours in just hit 185. Thinks we pushed past the full stall. Will start testing for doneness ~195. Gonna be hard as hell to not eat this thing, but it needs to wait until 5:30 tonight to cut lol. Going into a preheated cooler, triple foil wrapped and stuffed with towels.