An Honest Review.

ryantt

So today was the first time I’ve cooked at an event with the smoke Staxx pans, and overall I’d say they are a killer product.   What I liked is very simple I was able to cook a ton of food on a large egg.   I Know this isn’t earth shattering as there are many ways to skin a cat, but these things just made sense to me.  

 Fist, I cooked  the  Mac & cheese below my meatloaf but I had even distribution of smoke and heat even with the other pan stacked on top.

Secondly, I liked the fact my meatloaf and bacon dripping were contained well below my meatloaf.  The pans can hold a  liter of liquid before it comes in contact wth the meat.

Thirdly because they are  heavy cast aluminum they held and radiated the heat for manny hours after I pulled them off of the egg.  This was nice for serving the  Mac & cheese because it truly stayed hot for hours.   

Now for the things I wish were a little different 
first you have to set them directly on the platesetter so I had to improvise an air gap with AF.  So if you want to stack them in a large you need to remember you need a spacer.  

Secondly the groves in the in the bottom of the pan while nice for keeping your meat out of it juices, could be a pain to serve sides out of.   

Overall, I like the product and feel that it is worth the spend for me.   I have no affiliation with the company other than I met the guys who’ve designed it.  Is this product a must have, well I honestly can’t answer that for you, but for me I’m glad I have 2 of them coming my direction.  

Feel free to PM if you have any questions.  


 

ryantt

Ozzie_Isaac

Those are cool! I'm going to need a shed just for my accessories.

ryantt

@Ozzie_Isaac me too.  

ryantt

Check out Norah’s new hat!!!!!!!  

lousubcap

@ryantt - thanks for the detailed review.  But the above pic is a classic.  Have a great remainder of the weekend.  

Sweet100s

All great pics, especially Miss Norah! 

I clicked on a video of these recently, and was wondering if food in one that is on the lowest level would get enough smokey taste.  Looks like your macaroni did.

I guessthe top one would because of all the air flow towards the top of the egg. 

they fit in the Large ?

ryantt

@Sweet100s that’s what I cooked on today 

bluebird66

I like those pans.

SmokeyPitt

These look nice but at $75 a piece...just sayin...$.22 each and ypu can stack them

ryantt

@SmokeyPitt I get it the price is a little more than some guys will want to spend, and that’s ok.   The things that I liked are the volume of food that I could get in them, they are made in my backyard, and they do work as advertised.  

Also a 13-15 inch round Dutch  oven is going to run you in the neighborhood of $100.   

I hope the pans are a hit, as I’d like to see to local guys do well with a cool product that was born out of a desire to make their bbq life a little better.   I know that they have some other ideas and products that they are working on, I wish them all the best and hope one day they are a success story just like @tjv or or @stlcharcoal

BugFreak72

Nice write-up. I just see the cleaning process killing the idea for me. I can only imagine the mess that would be crusted in the bottom after a long cook.

NPHuskerFL

Nice non biased and fair review.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Those are cool! I'm going to need a shed just for my accessories.

You don’t have one yet?