This warranty does not cover corrosion or discoloration after the grill is used, or lack of maintenance, hostile environments, accidents, alterations, abuse or neglect. This limited warranty will not reimburse you for the cost of any inconvenience, food, personal injury or property damage. Never defrost meat at room temperature or on a counter top.
The 575 delivers pleasing, consistent results and can smoke at lower temperatures than many others. One of the advantages of pellet grills is how they regulate and maintain temperature. More expensive models do this with a digital proportional integral derivative controller. Less expensive cgwm-081 grills use a standard controller, with pre-set auger and fan speeds and intervals based on your target temperature. Models with these will deviate more from the set temperature. Pellet grills and smokers are basically wood-burning cookers, fueled by pellets made from compressed sawdust.
The in-built lighting will provide much-needed light when cooking or smoking food at night. The sausage hooks are handy for smoking, and the side plate slides away for flame broiling. There are side knobs that allow the smoke and heat to be adjusted in the top cabinet. The 22-pound hopper gives you at least 10 hours of high temp cooking or 20+ hours of slow temp smoking. I began writing about Barbecue & Grilling in 1997 with one mission, to help the backyard chef have the best experience possible. Whether it is deciding which grill or smoker to buy or how to get that perfect steak, this is why this site exists.
This grill can handle almost everything you want to throw at it. The cooking chamber is accessed by two large ‘french’ doors with built-in windows. You can monitor cooking and meat temperatures, watch the process, and never open the cooking chamber. Back in 2007 when I first become aware of pellet grills and smokers the only brand I was really aware of was Traeger. Traeger is really where this whole concept of cooking with pellets started in the 1980s. It was a ‘slow burner’ but since the 2010s is really when pellet grills and smokers started to get mainstream awareness, discussed alongside gas and charcoal grills.
As I’ll discuss below the Clermont does have some advantages over the Woodcreek, however, its also currently priced quite a bit higher. I also think the Clermont has some missed opportunities in terms of features. Our goal is to provide consumers with a premium pellet grill that offers a unique commercial design, with extensive capacity and top of the line technology and functionality. I was browsing the big box store websites as I do to find new pellet grill/smoker models and on Lowes.com I came across a couple of new Oklahoma Joe’s pellet grills.
At that price, as an overall package, the Pit Boss Lockhart offers pretty much the same package and more for under $750. Once the Clermont is on sale for below the price of the Lockhart, that could make it more appealing as direct competition. However, in the case of the Cuisinart Clermont 1-2 lbs per hour is more realistic. cuisinart clermont pellet grill & smoker cover So let’s presume the worst-case scenario and say it will consume 2lbs per hour when smoking. Cuisinart has recently released a new pellet grill/smoker into their range, the Clermont. As with their previous offerings the Woodcreek & Twin Oaks, Cuisinart are selling this pellet grill/smoker exclusively through Walmart.
Use protective gloves or long, sturdy cooking tools to remove food. Step 5 Preheat the grill for 10 to 15 minutes with the lid closed before placing food back in the grill. If this procedure is not successful, see Trouble Shooting section in your owner’s manual. Step 3 Restart the grill and check that the ignitor is working. The ignitor should turn red after 2 minutes and pellets should be falling into the fi re pot from the auger tube.
I’ve previously done a Pit Boss vs Cuisinart comparison article where I reference that Pit Boss also doesn’t state the main grate size on the Lockhart. From the look of the two grills, I actually think the main cooking grate on both products is probably very similar in size. cuisinart clermont pellet grill & smoker cover However, the Cuisinart Clermont is not the first pellet grill/smoker to follow this design, as you can see from the image below the Pit Boss Lockhart has a very similar design. My general thoughts on the Clermont match the phase ‘two steps forward, one step back’.