Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Weber SmokeFire Pellet Grill steaks (New York strips). Also, after filming this I made a decision that I'm returning it. These probably should have been 2 videos, but I don't want to look like I'm dragging this out for views...

If you are new here, this probably won't make much sense and it's probably not worth reading further. (If you want to catch up, check out the Weber SmokeFire playlist for a play-by-play.)

For those who have been following along I just want you to know I loved the idea of this grill so much I was genuinely shocked to see all the issues at launch. Couldn't process it. Wanted to get to the bottom of the problem and make it right...even paying over $1300 of my own money (when Weber offered me a free one) to jump in and "do my part" of experimenting and diagnosing issues...maybe even use my platform to set the record straight. It seems silly when I write it out like that, because obviously it's just a grill and I was WAY too invested and excited about it.

However today while talking to a friend I realized no matter how fond I am of Weber, it's a business and not an old friend...It's not my place to fix this, and nobody at Weber asked me to help them.

I wish I had done some things differently on this channel since the November SmokeFire launch party, but I can honestly say my heart was in the right place the entire time, I never said anything to my audience I didn't genuinely believe at the time, and I've learned a valuable lesson about how to do this job in the future.

Thanks for the support, my friends. Time to turn the page...