SPORTSMAN 5SERIES VERTICAL PELLET SMOKER PBV5P2

Well packaged, strongly built, easy to put together. First use was for a couple pork butts for pulled pork. Turned out absolutely wonderful. Second use was for a dozen fresh hamburgers. Simplest was to do burgers, no worries about grease fires or having to watch them constantly. My previous smokers were wood, charcoal, and propane fired. Once I am a little more comfortable with the pellets and the settings my time will free up. I just kinda watched the first couple times and the smoke came in at the appropriate intervals and also on time with the “prime” function. Overall, really cool, and I can see through the door as a bonus!

Awesome smoker, consistant temps and nice smoke flavors without being so overpowering

This is my second pit boss,first one was the pro series and I have had it for about 10 years and have loved it had to replace a couple of things on it but loved it. Today I bought the 5 series sportsmen vertical smoker just done the burn off next the smoke will roll. I pray this one is as good as my first one we will see.

After my first cook, I can see this smoker is going to work out nicely. The only thing I forsee being an issue is the leaky door seal, but I can fix that. I like being able to look at the meat without opening the door, because now the saying of "If you're looking, you're not cooking" doesn't apply.

I purchased my first pit boss smoker a pit boss five vertical December 2019. I have used it almost every weekend since it has given me quite reliable service and I was 100% satisfied after inspecting it last week I seen it needed a few upgrades and chose to just buy another one. I have received the pit boss five sportsman just finished putting it together and I'm doing the burnout now what I've found is although I was 100% satisfied with my pit boss five I can see that pit boss didn't rest on its laurels and has significantly revised and improved. Can't wait to throw some beef back ribs on it tomorrow thank you pit boss I'm your number one fan.

I'm not used to having a water pan empty so fast but that's doable. The grill works great when the pellets don't bridge at the auger. We figured out that if the water spills into the bottom any, it goes straight for the crack between the back wall and the floor where it gets into the bottom of the pellet box and causes a great big problem. Not sure if there's a missing part there or misassembly? It was highly annoying for the first 4 hours in the middle of the night. Otherwise we've enjoyed it so far. I like being able to control from my phone and check temp without having to go out in the cold so frequently.

I am excited to learn the best ways to use my new Sportsman 5 Vertical Smoker. There are many great features including door window, pellet hopper window and wheeled frame. I was disappointed when the black cap on the main control know popped off when I was simply trying to remove the plastic film that prevents scratching during shipping/setup. Also, I am still trying connect the grill to my phone via Bluetooth but am wondering if I must first connect Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, my house Wi-Fi does not reach to the unattached garage where I keep it stored during the winter. If these issues are resolved, then I could easily change my review to five stars.

Bought a pitboss sportsman 7 series. Had issues so returned it. Got this 5 series instead and since day 1 the temperature has not been accurate. Would have to set it to 300 for it to reach 200 inside. Now after using it 4 times since I bought it you have to set temperature to 350 for it to reach 225 inside... using 2 different oven thermometers inside compared to the digital readout on the display. Temperature is NOT even close to accurate. Even my last one had issues with temperature, till the computer failed and stuck on and would not let me turn it off or adjust anything. Very low quality flimsy metal used, poorly made products. Now I have to wait for this junk to get fixed again.

My vertical smoker caught fire at the beginning of the 3rd use. Smoke was billowing from the hopper. The auger either froze or malfunctioned and the fire from the pit worked it's way up thru the auger to the hopper. I'm dang lucky my whole house didn't catch on fire! This all happened at the beginning of the the smoking process.

I bought this a week ago and the first time I turned it on to start the burn off it gave an error code for the igniter. Followed the trouble shooting guide. Got it to work for the burn off. Tried to use it the next day to cook and got an error code before it reached temp. Igniter again. Cleaned it out tried it again and got it to preheat to 260. Added 15 pounds meat. Cooked for an hour and got an error code. I will be returning it to the store today. Not to mention the black silicone that was all over the unit out of the box and scratched faceplate