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So I actually picked up a Gravity 800 for free today from FB Marketplace, guy said the fan isn't working and he just doesn't want to mess with figuring out if that's the only issue or not. Also sounds like his wife isn't a huge fan of him smoking, so maybe he's making sure he has a long happy life. He turned it on for me, so it powers up just fine, gave me all the accessories, it's definitely had good use but still in good shape. I already bought a replacement fan through one of the recommended links in this group, so that'll be here tomorrow. But, other than looking for corroded wires, what else might I check if I replace the fan and it still doesn't turn on? Thanks in advance!

Hello all. I have a dilemma and no amount of searching and reading through posts can make my decision so I'm hoping to get some feedback.

I currently have a Camp Chef Woodwind pellet grill and a classic PK that I use in a 2 zone setup. I really enjoy heavy smoke flavor and my Camp Chef doesn't really seem able to get there even with a smoke tube running throughout the whole cook. I love the set it and forget it nature of the pellet grill though. I can get excellent flavor on the PK, but there's quite a bit of fire management involved.

I'm looking at a Masterbuilt 1050 as it seems like it might be the best of both worlds.

Does anyone have any experience with these grills? Those of you with a similar MB, is it common for them to have QA issues or parts failing? I'm trying to decide if it's worth getting the MB grill and selling my Camp Chef or just sticking with my current setup. The MB is in pretty good shape but the fan isn't coming on, which after reading about it seems to be a pretty common issue and one that is probably fixable. I can get it for 350.

Hey guys, I have yet to smoke a turkey was thinking about doing one this weekend. Please give any advice/recipes you have. I'm using a Masterbuilt Gravity for the smoker.

I need help! I’m replacing the controller on my Masterbuilt and I want to know if I can just not plug in the plungers and just connect the fan and still have it work. Only reason for not connecting the plungers, is the one on the top broke and then one for the hood is in a tight spot. Can I just run the damn fan connector and be good

I got the pizza oven for my 800. Set the temp to 700 but can’t get much over 500. The fan is running but will slow down significantly or stop running when it gets around 500. Hopper is full of new charcoal. Any ideas?

I was smoking a pork butt today at 275. About 5 and a half hours in I added more charcoal. About an hour later it was struggling to stay at 245.

Smoke was pouring out of the charcoal box. I think it was clogged up with ash. I shook the ash filter and a bunch fell out, it got right back up to temp. I'm thinking adding the new charcoal compressed the ash.

I have had a Gravity 800 for a while, but eventually rust and a lot of use made it ready for retirement, but since I loved it so much, I replaced it with another Gravity 800, this time with some LSS mods (firebox and manifold cover).

Put the whole thing together on Saturday and went to fire it up, and it had an Error 1. Some digging, trying, testing, and nothing cleared it, so eventually I connected the temperature probe from my old unit, and boom, it worked. So irritated as I was, I ordered a new probe from Amazon and figured I'd be good to go.

Come today, put the new probe in, fires up no errors, but fan won't turn on. I remember when assembling thinking that some wires didn't look right, so I checked out the wiring for the door switches, and two of the wires in the wiring harness just pulled straight out, so clearly the harness had issues too.

Got the Harness out of my old unit, put it into the new one, and now everything is happy - but wtf? How can this pass quality control?

I put in a warranty claim to Masterbuilt, we'll see what comes back.

Made an ESPHome component for Masterbuilt smokers that use the classic Masterbuilt app. Pulls chamber temp, set temp, cook time, and the meat probes into HA over bluetooth. This does not work with Gravity smokers. A separate repo, created by another developer, is available for those models.

I received notification from Masterbuilt that the XT is back in stock. I went to their webpage and checked it out. Unfortunately, I don’t see any thing stating the controller had been changed or that there was a new design of the mechanism to open / close the airflow to the fire pot. I see there is also an issue with the accuracy of temperatures reported to the control board, due to the design of the temp probe mounting bracket.

This is very unfortunate. I, like many I am sure,was hoping for release of the XT Series Gen 2 to address known issues. Apparently, Masterbuilt decided to go with the original.

I am not a Masterbuilt hater. I have a 1050 and really like it. I would love to get a better built smoker / grill such as the XT. I just think they should be able to produce a system without such problems as the one we are being offered with the XT

Hello. I’m new to the Masterbuilt family of products. Are any of the griddles compatible with the 560? I reached out to customer service several days ago but never heard back.