Z GRILLS 600D Wood Pellet BBQ Grill, 572 Sq In, PID 3.0

I bought this grill in 2023, but I was not inspired until I had to replace a part this past week. I googled the error code, contacted the manufacturer, and I had a replacement part within a few days. With less than an hour of work, it was replaced, and I was back up and running. I have made amazing steaks, brisket, chicken, and veggies with this smoker. It’s so easy to use, and it does a great job. The one tip I would give anyone is to get the cover for it to keep it dry when it rains, because rain can break down the pellets and cause them to burn, instead of smoking, but I absolutely would recommend this grill to anyone who wants something they can just “fuel and forget” with great results!

Love the grill but expensive. This brand tends to trip circuits however.. It has happened at three different homes.

Well ladies and gents, if you are anything like me, love to grill and smoke food, been wanting to get ahold of that Traeger but hate the price point, been told the best in the world is a pellet grill to get that mid ground of smoking and grilling, well I am going to disappoint you with this. First I would never buy it again. For so many reasons, and just to let you know, I gave it away for free to someone who wanted a grill.To start with they say it will sear, it does NOT get hot enough to sear. Even when pulling the sear shield deal out the way, it simply does not get hot enough. As a matter of fact there is a temperature it will reach and turn itself off.Was extremely thrilled with the design awaiting the light colored smoke to come plowing out of the chimney. Yeah that smoke came out of everywhere, this thing does not seal at all. It is literally a flat on flat surface where it closes. So smoke just plows out of everywhere.Quirky as all get out with error codes, which had me restarting the thing to get it going.Nothing is flush, as in the construction is absolutely terrible down to the doors. Literally one side is half inch higher than the other side.Packaging, I would almost bet they pride theirselves on because how compacted it is and nothing moves. Have fun with unpacking it as many parts do not want to come out and are shoved into eachother.I literally do not have 1 good thing to say about this grill. Everything was dry, even low temps and a water pan, why? Because the whole thing is aired, as in not sealed. Do yourself a favor and stay away. I don't do pictures on here but I sure do wish I took one of these before giving it away, cause it would literally be one of those meme pictures of a smoker with smoke pouring out of every inch of the grill.

Not terrible, but my next smoker will not be this brand. Took about 45 minutes to put together, so not horrible (some parts so over oiled that it was dripping everywhere, but better than rusted I guess). Temperature is all over the place with this model/brand though, and that's my only real problem with this purchase. For what I paid for it, I would expect a little more stability in temperature. I smoke mostly at about 225 degrees and use a high end digital thermometer for the meats. Once properly set and going, I'll get temp warning frequently that it's up to 265, 270 even 280 sometimes. Afterward it'll drop and I'll get 185 degree or even 175-ish sometimes for a little while. I don't know why it has so much trouble stabilizing internally, and I've tried everything from placing weight on the lid to try and keep it sealed better around the edges to adjust the smoke stack off of user review videos online. In the end and with a bit of patience I'll get decent smoked meat out of using it, but apparently that's just the problem with several of the Z-Grills brand of smokers. If you're investing in a pellet smoker, take it for what it's worth from an owner of this brand/model, for $360 just put another couple of hundred into your investment and get a brand that's got better temperature control and doesn't have to be babysat, you'll be less frustrated and able to better plan the cooking times for your meat.

I bought this a bit before my wedding; so we could save on buying food. This grill worked great smoking and grilling though my brother in law cought it on fire. Its still working had to replace the auger seal and its going strong still. Big enough for 4 racks of ribs delivering smokey good meat to my family for quite a while at this point. My only gripes are the hopper box is smaller than i would like and no remote temperature monitoring ie. I got to get up and check it.

Works great . Assembly was fairly easy, tools were included, parts were numbered. Very sturdy product. Cooked some delicious smoked kabobs, sausage and burgers Very pleased, would recommend. Thank you.

Likes:1) Cost. Very cost effective first step into smoking.2) Durability. It is built well. Very sturdy. Decently thick metal. It does not feel flimsy or cheap.3) Cooking grates clean easily and are durable.4) Nearly no left over ash after cooking. Very efficient use of wood pellets.5) Looks very nice. I like having it out on the patio.Dislikes:1) No temperature control whatsoever. It will dump pellets in and have a soar of temperature, smoke, then dip 20-40 degrees below set temp before dumping more in. I verified with my own temp probes in multiple spots in the grill that the grills own temp control is way off.2) Very little smoke produced. I had to eventually go get a smoke tube that I use for long cooks because the amount of smoke is just too little and very little smoke flavor comes out. I tried multiple brands of pellets and multiple types of wood. All had the same effect, great cook, but not much smoke flavor.3) I received my grill with multiple bent panels for the lower cabinet. Contacted the company. They wanted me to jump through so many hoops sending pictures and serial numbers and filling out paperwork. The proper response would have been to credit me money on their website. Check the reviews here, most of them come with bent panels. These panels are packaged inside the actual grill so these panels are bent before shipping. They have no way of being bent in shipping because the packaging and the panels above them had no damage.Overall: If you need a very cheap, reliable, starting smoker it is not a bad choice. I have seen them dip even cheaper than the price here. I would go with one without the lower cabinet. I don't store anything down there in fear of having a flare up catch fire. You can save yourself money by not getting the model with the lower cabinet. It will also make clean up easier. You will not get much smoke flavor and you will not have reliable temps on this grill but if you want an easy start to smoking, its hard to beat.

Did the trick for a great price.