Pit Boss Charcoal Flavored Pellets. Are they any Good?
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- Today we are testing out the brand new Pit Boss Charcoal Flavored Pellets. Pit Boss was kind enough to send us a bag a few days before they hit the shelves and we are going to tell you what we think.
We have used several different brands of pellets and different flavored pellets these past couple months and without question, the Pit Boss Charcoal Flavored Pellets produce the best smoke flavor of any pellet we have tried.
We smoked these ribs for just short of 3 hours and we got a really nice smoke ring and the smoke flavor on the ribs was delicious!
If you have been looking for a better smoke flavor on your food from pellets, we think this Pit Boss may have answered the call on this one.
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My favorite part, "let me have another taste just to make sure" thanks for share 👍
I've been missing my old charcoal flavor. Brilliant! I'm going to buy some right now.
Good luck finding any !
Awesome I’m gonna have to get some of those pellets! Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome! They went on sale today... If my Lowes or Walmart has them I'm gonna stock up on them.
High quality video man. Subscribed to the channel for sure
Thank you, Ronnie! I appreciate it 😎
Love mine and these videos have helped with me learning new stuff
Thanks, Scott!
Good to see somebody using the vertical pellet smoker just got thise pellets as well
Holy crap Mike! Thanks for introducing me to this new product. I’ve been wanting something on the market like this for years. I’m going to try these palettes in my tube smoker!
You're welcome, Hobie! I think you'll like the results. The charcoal pellets really enhanced the smoke flavor.
The Culinary Cookhouse Not kidding. I looked for that product near me and found it available in Walmart and just pick me up a 20 pound bag. I am geeked.
@@HobiesGarageBBQ Very cool! I cant wait to hear your thoughts on those pellets! Enjoy :)
Lumber Jack also makes are charcoal pellet. I've used them for about a year.
MrJNash3 Good to know thanks!
I use a half and half mix of these and the competition blend. Works pretty good
I tried the lumber jack and did notice any flavor and I love lumber jack's hickory. I found a bag of pit boss at wal-mart near me today and will try it after a finish up my current pellets. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, Kris. I’m going to grab a bag of the lumberjack brand if I can find them
Cool. Ive been crunching up a few pieces of charcoal and adding em to my wood chips. Works pretty good
Need to try these, THANKS
i just woke up watched your video ....dammm heading to the store to get sum ribs lol
Just bought the last 3 20# bags from my Walmart. Stocked up before the springtime rush.
Thanks for the video. I had no idea these pellets even existed. I’m intrigued.
Dave, I have only had a pellet smoker for a few months and I’ve tried a couple different brands. Of the brands I’ve tried, this one gives the smokiest flavor.
The Culinary Cookhouse same here. So far all I’ve used is Pit Boss Competition blend. Going to branch out this fall.
BBQr's Delight came out with charcoal pellets a few years ago. I still have half a 20 lb. bag sitting in my garage. Been using them in my A-MAZE-N smoke tray.
I was on their website yesterday and was impressed with their selection. I'll have to try them out.
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck. Hey Mike I had to order my pellets online, totally sold out in the stores. Looking forward to trying the charcoal pellets. Have a great weekend .
Thanks for posting this! Just bought 2 bags today! Keep up the vidz!
Dude you nailed that brother 👍🏾👍🏾🙏🏾
Mark Deville.com thank you, Mark!
Great review brother! Did one myself too! Flavor is phenomenal!
Thank you, Hank. I'll check it out. Glad to hear someone else like them as much as I did!
The Culinary Cookhouse yes sir, I’ve got accustomed to my Weber - but these pellets may win me back!!
That is a great smoke ring!
I’ll have to give these a try. I’ve tried the Jack Daniels barrel charcoal pellets. Wasn’t impressed. Mixed them with hickory half and half, nice flavor.
Good to know. This is the first time I’ve tried any kind of charcoal pellet. I’m interested to know what you think
Love my smoker , just smoked 20 lbs of my homemade boudain , the pro series kicks butt like a boss !
BOUDAIN!!!! Hank, that sounds amazing!
I just picked up a brand new pro series 820 from lowes for $150!! I am so excited to get into the pellet grill game!
You got a heck of a deal on that. Wow! Welcome to the team.😁
They work great in a smoke tube
Saw you video this morning and I had to buy 3 bags from Walmart. Great video, where can I get a tee shirt like yours?
You are a lucky man! They have been sold out around here since I posted this video lol. I found the shirt on Amazon
I always wonder what “charcoal” flavor/smell is like. Whether I use lump or charcoal of multiple brands, once it’s burning clean I can’t really smell much of anything.
I have a electric smoker box for my rational oven could I use the charcoal pellets in it ?
Hey Mike, love your videos but I have a question.. can you mix a couple handfuls of the charcoal pellets with say competition blend and get good results? Thanks again for all your hard work and posting these videos.
Thank you, Rob! I appreciate that. Yes, I think mixing them is a great idea and I’ll definitely be doing that on future cooks. I’m not sure what a good ratio will be yet but maybe 25% charcoal pellets and 75% competition blend is a good starting point.
I was curious of this as soon as I started watching. I picked up my first pit boss this evening to finally do some of my own smoking and look forward to trying this mix
I've been ordering charcoal pellets from smoke daddy for a while now. I've been using a 2 to 1 ratio. 2 parts of pit boss competition pellets and 1 part smoke daddy charcoal pellets. Sometimes a bit more on the coal. Tastes awesome!
I love yalls thought process! 2:1 sound great!
Bruce Hirsch ditto on the smoke daddy charcoal pellets. Would like to try these. I’m sure they’re cheaper
I’m glad he put the pellets side-by-side or else I wouldn’t of been able to tell them apart
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Nice review. I might have to pick up a bag to try out. I prefer Pecan and fruit wood pellets.
Thanks, Louis. I really enjoyed the flavor these brought to the food. You might like them.
Just had BBQ chicken cooked with the charcoal blend , by far my favorite since I’ve been using the pellet grill , little tip when you cover your grill plate with tin foil , don’t wrap the foil over the side grooves when your grilling chicken , you will have a grease mess in the bottom of the grill pot
You nailed it! I had this problem a couple times and couldn't think of why until I payed attention and it didn't flow smoothly down.
I wonder if you could get a better flavour with a mix?
Dang Mike more awesome Ribs brother.
Yochum, Thank you very much! Hope you are doing well my YT friend 😁
Mike, this is cool to see ! This might be the pellet that allows pellet cookers to compete with the offsets on a level playing field! The knock was always not enough true charcoal/ smoke flavor . I applaud Pit Boss for going for this ! If they need another guy .....just saying! Have a Rumple to celebrate a good video!
Thanks, Kent! I agree with you. After having tried these pellets, I cant imagine not using them. They give the food that more familiar smoky flavor that regular pellets are missing.
great review! CampChef has a charcoal as well. will try..
I bought mine at Walmart
What do you think about combining the charcoal with another pellet flavor?
I think I’d like this mixed in with another pellet. I need these.
Have you ever had an “erl” error? I have the Pro Series from Lowes and will sometimes get an “erl” error in middle of a cook. It’s associated with the not enough or too much pellet in the burn unit. Also, are you planning on doing a mix of charcoal and hard wood pellet? It would mimic smoking with charcoal and wood chunks, interested in seeing results for that.
Hi, Mark. I havent had that error code but I looked in my manual real quick and the ER1 code for the 3 series is a loose temperature probe wire. Yeah, I was thinking about mixing the charcoal pellets with some hickory... I'll bet it turns out amazing!
The Culinary Cookhouse, “er1” is different than “erl” which is not in the manual. Trying to save you the time and frustration if you ever run into it. An “erl” error occurs when dust gets into the burn pot instead of pellets. I did a test run without the flame tamer and doors open and noticed that sometimes not enough pellets get in the burn pot. Also, when there are enough pellets it is a clean burn, when there are dust mixed then lots of white smoke.
Google “erl” error for more info. It seems I don’t get the error when I cook at 225 or 250, but can get it at 275. It may also have something to do with going from 225 to 275, the system may be trying to get to 275 and putting too much pellet to get there and throws the temp off. So it’s confusing, I see the error as both not enough or too much pellet in the burn pot.
I hope you don’t encounter this error, but just in case you know now. Fix is to unplug and re-start and monitor with gradual increases in temp.
huh... thanks for the heads up.
Cant wait to try those just a good ol' charcoal.
Awesome can't wait to try these out! Might be hard to find them since they are new. When are they coming out? I haven't even seen them on sale online
Walmart has them :)
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ I found 'em! Thanks, grabbed a bag last night. Should've gotten 2 but I already have 3 unopened bags of other pellets. Also went to Sam's and noticed they have 40 lb bags of hardwood pellets (apple, cherry, maple I think) that were cheap... Wonder if they are any good? They were Member's Mark brand but I suspect Pit Boss may have made them.
Just got into smoking and having a Pit Boss. Where do you store extra pellets so they don't pick up moisture between smokings??
Hi Roy. I really haven’t had any issues with the pellets. I use my smoker at least once a week so I am going through them regularly. I do sift my pellets though and I have a video explaining why I do it
Picked this up today at Walmart for $8.88. It was the last one so I thought it was either going to be really popular or really bad but for $9 why not
Interesting. Im got a 8.5 lb packer on my vertical 4 series with competition blend.
Charcoal pellets or not, that brisket is gonna be delicious! :)
How long do you smoke the ribs for
Where do you get pellets from?
where do you get your T shirts from they are very cool brother
im completely unfamiliar with this product. would the charcoal blend be ok to use in OONI 3 pizza oven?
where can you buy the charcoal pellets. The website isn't valid
Just now looking to get into smoking. Really want to crank out some ribs, brisket and sausage. Wife bought be a gas vertical smoker but I'm thinking about returning it for a Pit Boss Pro Series 820 Pellet Grill. Good choice? Or is the Vertical Smoker better?
Hi, Chris! I had a gas vertical smoker a long time ago and I really didnt like it. Those pro series grills are really nice because you can smoke and grill. I've never used one but from what I've heard, people who own them love them.
Get an offset smoker
Why were you always mean to Sheldon on Big Bang theory, Will ?
Unrelated to the pellets, I’m used to doing 3-2-1 ribs. How does this straight 3 hour cook compare to the usual 6?
Great question. The straight 3 hour cook gives it the same level of smokiness as 3-2-1 but they are not going to be fall off the bone tender. Instead they will be juicy with a little more effort to bite it clean off the bone. I’ve cooked ribs both ways and everyone seems to like them no matter how they are cooked.
3-2-1 all day.. And with more of a pepper based rub you'll be in bark heaven. Just don't sauce when wrapping.. Little liquid to help, but the bark will set nice in that last hr
I sometimes I only use charcoal on my WSM with no wood for no added smoke flavor. Cooking indirect with no added flavor. Will these pellets achieve this?
Craig Magnani I think these pellets added a little bit more of a smokey flavor than just plain charcoal. But I think it is very close to smoking with just charcoal... we would be splitting hairs debating the subtle differences if that makes sense.
can i use pellets as a dirrect replacement for chips? i have an older vertical smoker.
I dont see why not but I think you would need to use a pellet smoker tube so they dont burn too fast.
I'm going to mix my next batch of pellets. Hickory and charcoal.
That will be a good mix. Nice strong smoke flavor
Blended with what hardwood???
I've noticed a lot of your videos show that you are cooking at 275, but I have the pro series and there is no 275. It jumps from 250 to 300..what are your suggestions?
Go with 250
HEY MIKE, man that was a awesome video my friend, I love the idea of the charcoal pellets, and those ribs looked amazing, and yes that was a great smoke ring on them, you had my mouth watering the whole time. That little Pit Boss does you mighty fine, you have had some fantastic cooks on it so keep pumping out the awesome videos. AWESOME JOB MIKE GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND.!!!
Thank you, Joe!
Have you mixed the charcoal and mesquite or hickory? Trying to get as close to that open wood fire and smoke taste. Would the charcoal pellets over power the others? Is it even worth it?
I like to mix cherry and charcoal. I have also mixed charcoal and hickory but that one didn’t seem worth the effort
Weekend Warrior BBQ thanks for the reply. Love the content
What were you spraying? I picked up one of pit bosses 1100 pro recently after returning a traeger. Excited to go get a bag of these and finally do some ribs
That’s awesome! You’re gonna love that 1100 Pro! I just used a bottle of water with a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
Don't know if anyone mentioned this (I searched the comments and didn't see anything), but blend the charcoal with other pellets - hickory, mesquite, fruit blend - and you have the best of both worlds: the charcoal along with wood smoke.
Just a wild idea Buckeye. Move your top shelf all the way up and get some rib hooks from Lava Loc or Gateway Pit Barrel and hang the ribs. Are the pellets at Wally yet or have to get them on line? I have three little pork roasts going right now. Have a happy Labor Day.
They are at Walmart for sure. Not sure about Lowes though yet. I should hang some ribs in there I would like to see if there is any difference.
The Culinary Cookhouse was out late this afternoon and stopped in at Wally. They are in.$8.88 for a 20 pound bag. Plus tax of course.
No real difference in taste in my opinion. Just old school and you wouldn’t have to trim them down to fit is all. I’ve done them both ways. Hanging they’re easier to spritz on both sides.
John Manthey I really like the idea of hanging the ribs... I’m gonna try it soon. let me know what you think about the pellets too
The Pit Barrel is the drum with the hanging racks and it is awesome. If Pit Boss designed something similar it would a game changer. We hung chicken and ribs so far
Thanks for posting! Hope to buy these soon. You only used the charcoal pellets and not the other wood blend right? I’m wondering how the cook would be if I combined those charcoal with pecan?
Hey man did you notice like I did on the back of your bag they also have another new one “whiskey barrel “ I can’t wait to find those I do not think they are even released yet?
Yeah I noticed that but I've never seen them in the stores. I'll have to ask them about it because I would love to try them as well.
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ They Stock Pit Boss Whiskey Barrel at Menards if you have one local.
Anyone try blending the charcoal with another wood example cherry or apple.
I do a 1:1 ratio of Competition Blend and Charcoal pellets for the majority of my cooks
Do these vertical pellet smokers cook better than a normal pellet grill?
Cody Cackler I only have a vertical right now but in theory they cook better because they are more efficient. The smoke and heat come from below instead of the side. I’ve seen people get great results on both
Great Video! When you say 275 you mean F or C? I'm new to smoking and i noticed my pit boss has both settings and i accidentally didn't realize it it in time last time lol. I appreciate your feedback!
Hi, Christopher. 275 F. I had that same thing happen to me... I was cleaning the controller and inadvertently pressed the Celsius button. The next time I used the smoker I thought it was broken because the temp was about 1/2 of what it should be lol.
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ i appreciate the reply! Yes same for me, i ended up having to improvise after but still made it work. I subbed and look forward to more of your videos!
What about mixing them with hardwood pellets?
Yes. I have begun experimenting with this and it works well.
I have a REC-TEC Pellet grill. Best i have seen. All stainless inside.
Nice
I’ve used Jack Daniels charcoal whiskey blend and they are the best in my opinion
I mix them with whatever pellet I’m using
Just a little concerned on what these pellets will do to the mechanics of the machine. I’m interested in seeing the cleanup after the cook. Charcoal always leaves dirty residue. Don’t want any of that messing up my burn rod or pot. I k ow pit boss would have tested it long term, at least I hope.
You bring up an excellent point. Maybe I'll do a follow-up to this one but for now the only difference I can tell is there is more ash to clean up than normal.
I have 2 amuzin tubes I bought off amazon for my camp chef dlx model pellet grill, I may fill the tubes up and put on meat rack and try it were it doesn't go through my machine, those amazin tubes add so much more smoke flavor, charcoal in 1 tube, cherry in other tibe and in machine mesquite or competition blend
@@lyleswavel320 Thats a good idea! I need to get one of those tubes and try it out.
Well my mouth is watering
They good I got a bag of the charcoal pellets that are good
Where can you buy it? I've looked locally and haven't found it. I didnt see it on ebay either.😔
Hey Jeffery! My local Walmart didn’t have them in stock so I ordered them online and had them delivered to the store
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ thank you
Can you use those on any pellet smokers or only on pit boss pellet smokers?
They'll work in any pellet smoker.
Could I do the same on my PitBoss 820 ? 275 for 3 hrs
Yes you can
Do you think that 275 will work with a Masterbuilt 40" and the charcoal smoking with an Amazen pellet smoker tube?
Absolutely! I think 275 is the sweet spot for ribs. I got the idea from watching those drum smoker videos. Those things run at about 275 and everyone says they cook the best ribs. It’s more of a hot and fast style of bbq. Let me know how they turn out
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ I'm headed to Walmart later to get some of those pellets. I'm going to try ribs this weekend. Thanks for the video!! I'm trying to save now for a pellet smoker!!
I just picked up some charcoal pellets!
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ Question sir. I used my Masterbuilt 40" smoker, used the exact same charcoal pellets in this video with a smoking tube, smoked the same ribs for the same amount of time, and...NO SMOKE RING!! Why is that? Help!! Don't get me wrong, they were tasty but I wanted that smoke ring!!
Ryan Miller the “smoke ring” actually doesn’t have anything to do with smoke. There are some interesting articles out there on the topic but from my experience I get the best smoke rings when I spritz the the ribs/keep them moist. So the water pan evaporation helps and the spritz helps. Check out this article and keep experimenting:
smokedbbqsource.com/how-to-get-a-good-smoke-ring/
I don't really find much difference between the charcoal-flavored pellets and the hickory pellets I usually use.
Where can one find these pellets. That looks really good thanks for sharing
Hi Deborah. I think Walmart is the only place to get them right now.
When I hurd your voice at first I thought you where the "you betcha" guy lol
A good combo would be charcoal mixed with hickory
Where can I order these from . I’m having trouble finding them
Walmart is the only place I have ever found them.
can you take these charcoal pellets and add a little hickory or apple to them?
I do that all the time. I like mixing them 50/50 with the fruit-wood blend. It produces excellent smoke flavor
Where can I buy this their site only has a link to Walmart which says not available
Hi, Brandon. Pit Boss said that the pellets haven’t arrived yet at all of the Walmarts so if they don’t have them yet, they should soon.
The Culinary Cookhouse cool thanks I know Walmart doesn’t have em put pit boss website is not even selling them or giving me the option to buy it online
Charcoal pellets what a great idea. The ribs looked to have a good smoke ring. I wonder about mixing the hardwood and charcoal pellets? Were the charcoal pellets about the same price?. I know this was about testing the charcoal pellets. Nicely Done. Thanks for sharing. 😎.
It looks like the charcoal pellets are $8.88 for a 20 pound bag at Walmart. I have started mixing them with regular pellets and I like it... Im doing a 50/50 mix right now.
Even with all the technology and better cookers over the last 70 years, charcoal is still the best ! Thanks Mike !
Now it looks like we can mix technology WITH charcoal. Best of both worlds for a busy family man who loves to BBQ :)
The dirty bbq secret is competitive smokers love pit grills.
What was the internal temp of this rack. Like a little bite to my ribs versus fall off the bone mush.
Same here. Mushy, fall off the bone ribs taste weird to me. I'm actually not sure what the temp was but I know that 3 hours at 275 degrees Fahrenheit get them right where they need to be.
For sure
@Allyn Howell you are making me hungry for some ribs right about now. What is you "go to" sauce that you like to use?
@Allyn Howell I think I'm gonna do the same. My Cleveland Browns dont play until 4pm my time so I'll probably get the ribs going around 3pm and they'll be ready by halftime.
@Allyn Howell Yup. Just started smoking. Seemed to over cook the first ribs I did. Not so with the second and third cooks. Some do like the meat falling out of the bone. Not for me personally. I do like some bite to my ribs. Now grilling I'm good at. Smoking still learning.
Nice video on the charcoal pellets.
My brother recently purchased the same smoker. He is having a real tough time producing smoke and smoke flavor. He tried a turkey breast and some sausage. Both cooked to temp fine but neither have any smoke flavor at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Hi, Brent. Couple things he can try:
Put the meat in as cold as you can... like right out of the refrigerator. Smoke at a lower temperature. When I first got mine I always smoked at 225 which helped season it in faster. The more seasoned it becomes it seems like the smoke has a deeper flavor. Also, make sure the water pan is full. He should also try the charcoal pellets... that made all the difference in the world for me.
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ Thank you for the suggestions! I will pass them along and let you know what he figures out.
I've been looking for these for weeks now! Pit Boss has made the available only at Walmart and they can't keep them in stock. The warehouse is out. Pit Boss needs to do something! Pit Boss needs to give the customer the choice to buy where the want. Espically if Walmart is sold out!
Look for the Lumberjack Char-Hickory Pellets. Here is a link to their dealer locator lumberjackretailers.com/
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ OMG THANK YOU!!!
It's only 10% charcoal, is that enough?
Yeah it’s pretty good. You will like it
Can u mix the charcoal with another flavor pellet
Hi, Terry. Yes you can. Check this out: th-cam.com/video/UhAs9J8J4fA/w-d-xo.html
3hrs doesn’t seem long enough for ribs, I see guys always wrap them in tinfoil with butter/brown sugar etc after the rub sets. I’m very new to smoking so the 3hrs seemed very short.
I’ve never seen the Charcoal pellets in stores
Walmart . Com $8.88 a bag!
Walmart here at Ft Bragg NC has em.
I have to get my self a pit boss
Do yourself a favor and look at rec tec.
My phone hasn't gone off for a taste test
With those shades on, you look like wrestler the big boss man.
😎
Mine only goes from 250 to 300. How do you get 275 ?
Different models have different settings. Stick with 250. It will take longer but you’ll get more smoke flavor
I can’t find these pellets online. How can I get some?
They are only available at Walmart from what I can tell and they haven’t arrived at all of the stores yet. Maybe give it a week or so...
I only found them at Walmart and you can’t order them from Walmart online
I'm going to mix 10 lbs, of charcoal and 10 lbs of a wood flavor and loading it into the hopper.
I like to mix them as well.
Cant wait to try these out. I always cook with hardwood lump charcoal and that flavor is what I been missing on my pit boss. Maybe this will get me using my pit boss more often than my Weber grill.
Hank, I think this might be the answer. Let me know what you think.
@@WeekendWarriorBBQ I will, I havent seen it in stores here in north Alabama yet.
Two suggestions. fill it and freeze it! If you're going to smoke, fill that baby and freeze for later!