Just as with their 3-in-1 Gas Grill, Cuisinart has once again won us over with their bounty of useful extras. Ceramic briquets aside, the griddle and charcoal tray make Woodcreek an appealing package deal. The charcoal insert provides sear power most pellet smokers lack, and if you haven’t used a griddle outdoors, you will after trying it. Both items expand Woodcreek’s versatility and tip our ratings scale into Gold Medal territory. This pellet grill features include an extra-large backlit LCD controller with cooking read outs and Wi-Fi remote monitoring via the Cuisinart® Easy ConnectÔ mobile app.
The inside of the grill includes a 16″ x 30″ cooking grate and two oven-style racks that can be adjusted to five different levels in 2.5″ increments . This is really nice when you need more room for cooking larger meats like briskets or turkeys. You can also buy more racks, if you really want to load the grill up. Protect your Clermont Smoker from the elements with the Cuisinart Clermont Pellet Grill & Smoker Cover! This cover is specially designed to fit the Clermont pellet grill. When it’s time to grill, the dual-sided grip handles allow for easy removal of the cover.
When too much ash is allowed to build up in the fire pot, controllers will shut down. Woodcreek’s fire pot has a trapdoor on the bottom that slides away via a pull out handle on the right side, letting the ash drop into a removable tray below. This system of automatically replenished wood pellets makes pellet grills very cuisinart pots and pans set easy to use. Just close the lid and walk away while your meat is cooked to smokey perfection. For the price, we were impressed with this pellet grill. It didn’t feature the precise temperature control we found with more expensive grills, but the knob on the digital control panel sets the temperature in 20°F increments.
Right now, if you open the pellet dump, you have to hold the bucket up or they disperse everywhere. After a bit, pounds of pellets can get heavy fast. It’ll take about 10 minutes to go through the proper shutdown. If you like to monitor your grill or meat temps cuisinart pots and pans set from your phone, just download the Cuisinart Easy Connect™ BBQ App on the App Store or Google Play. Instead of a lid that opens up, the dual doors pull open like a cabinet. They are 17″ tall and 15.25″ wide with 13.5″ x 10″ windows and long sturdy handles.
That process means pellet grills have set-it-and-forget-it functionality. There’s no need to fiddle around with dials or vents to reach the desired temperature like with other smoker grills. Simply ensure the hopper is full of pellets, select the temperature from the control panel, and let the grill do all the work. Woodcreek is first and foremost a pellet smoker, and like other pellet smokers, it functions much like an indoor kitchen oven. Woodcreek’s appliance grade viewing window, interior lights, and insulated lid complete the picture.
Also, the customer service line is not available on the weekend. Now, for a BBQ grill outfit to not have customer service on the weekend seems odd. Many are standing up our equipment for the test run on the weekend – peak “call day” would be the weekend. All other Cuisinart products have weekend customer service. What I learned was that Cuisinart does not make these grills.
I found Walmart marking down a bunch of smokers and grills and decided to buy the Cuisinart Clermont Pellet Grill & Smoker. I’ve been using it a lot and might have figured out why it was on sale. I’ve done a couple pork butts, ribs, chickens, even tried the “grilling” function and did some burgers. Cuisinart has really taken a step forward in the pellet smoker industry with the Clermont.
●Receive visual and audible notifications when grilling temperature has been reached. I wish there was an easier way to access the ash drawer. Because it’s behind the grill, you have to pull it out to get to them. And since I installed the locking wheels on the back of the cart, it’s hard to unlock them, so you can pull the grill out.