The Huntsman®

Just do it…I’m so happy I did!

Been using an offset stick burner for over 10 years and it was getting tired / long in tooth. I had added some modifications that made it a true workhorse (blower fan and controller). In replacing my old unit, I wanted something that would provide a similar closed-loop set-up for those long cooks. After much research and deliberation I pulled the trigger on the Huntsman. After receiving my new unit via FedEx (no backorder here as it arrived super quick), I have to say that I am completely blown away with this cooker!!! Build quality is by far better than anything I have ever seen - it is a beast! Well packaged (yes - it is heavy so plan accordingly), assembly was straight forward (the included tools are a very nice touch) and absolutely zero issues with any of the components - including the side tables, lift kit and next level cooking system (all of which I highly recommend if you can swing it). So far I’ve done wings, baby back’s and beer can chicken - and never had a better result with such little effort. The Venom controller just gives confidence in cooking low and slow, but the flexibility of this thing is where it really shines in my opinion. It can do it all! If you are in the market and love charcoal cooking, do yourself a favor and consider the Huntsman - I sure am glad I did! 10 stars indeed!

I love it

I’ve been a Weber guy for nearly thirty years. I bought the huntsman. Now I have the practicality the Weber provides along with the efficiency that I’ve discovered the Huntsman provides. I’m glad I purchased it.

Amazing grill with a couple nitpicks

I've been using this grill for a couple weeks with fantastic results. It heats up well and keeps the temperature very stable whether low and slow or at high heat. The build quality is impressive and I expect this grill to last much longer than the others I've had. The front door for coal and wood chunk management mid cook is great, the Spider Venom works very well and with the battery pack I've done 14 hour cooks with plenty of juice left in the pack. The grates are super nice, and the next level add ons are great for indirect cooking and searing closer to the coals. The side tables are nice and solid, although the hooks for hanging tools are a little wide for a lot of my grill tools. My only gripes at this point are that grease drips down from my chimney during long smokes, and the lid only opening to 45 degrees in combination with the height of the grill means the smoke likes to go right in your face when you open it up. I will be adding the height extenders to try and mitigate this somewhat. The app is also a little unreliable, with token exception errors happening occasionally when you leave the app and go back to it. You can fix this by force closing the app and reopening it and logging in again. I've mitigated this by making my own dashboard for it in Home Assistant using the AWS IOT token from my spider account and it stays connected and enables me to have dashboards on my PC, smarthome hub, and phone. This isn't something most people will be able or willing to do so hopefully they work on making the app maintain connections more reliably. Overall extremely pleased with the grill's performance and build quality. I was able to resolve most of my little nitpicks with some extra work. Hoping and fully expecting this grill to perform for a long time. Cheers!