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Unfortunately, this is common... but it's worth the wait! Hang in there.

You can always call Karen at Cookshack, they can sometimes give you an estimated date.

Nordy

DDB: Continue to exercise patience. It's tough. I remember waiting several weeks in the Fall of 2010. The anxiety keeps building. Trust me, it's worth the wait. When I was using lump charcoal in a smoker grill, it was so much work that I only used it a couple of times a month. Now, with the Fast Eddy PG, sometimes I do BBQ 3 or 4 times a week. You will love it. Remember, a great virtue is patience.

Thanks for the encouragement Nordy and Fred. By the way, Fred, are you the CEO of Cookshack?

Nope, Stuart is the CEO.

He's just a FEPC fan and a pretty loyal one at that.

Did you call them? What usually happens is they make a "run" of just grills and will do them in one big batch. I don't know when that was, but calling them, Karen is the one to ask for.

Russ

Hi again DDB: I'm not the CEO of Cookshack. I live in the Kansas City area. I'm a 74 year old geyser who keeps getting compliments from friends and relatives for cooking some of the best BBQ I've ever done. A friend gave me a very popular expensive smoker 10 years ago. Did a lot of great briskets & ribs on it. But, it became too much work with all the heavy cast iron, lump charcoal, etc etc. I gave it to my son. He's strong. Let him do all the heavy work. I'll just load the pellets and keep on smokin'! Now, with the FEPG, I feel like I'm cheating. You'll see. Trust me, you'll see.

I was just kiddin', Fred, about the CEO thing. You're such a good salesman for the FEPG, I couldn't resist. It seems that both of us have something besides good grilled and smoked food in common: eliminating the burden of charcoal. I only cook with charcoal now because I like the high heat and flavor, but with advancing years and a tricky back, pellets make better sense. But it's the wood flavor that I anticipate most.

I have spoken to Karen a couple of times, SmokinOkie. Handles, I'm told, from another supplier, are the holdup.

I appreciate everyone's replies and advice that the unit is worth the wait. But seven weeks and counting seems a long time for a grill...

Hi again DDB: I agree. 7 weeks is a long time to wait. My wait was about 6 weeks. Seems to me the Cookshack people could get 'em done quicker. I don't know how the system works with them. But, I do know it is worth the wait. You said you only cook now with charcoal because you like the high heat and flavor.

Look: when you get your FEPG, the direct side is awesome. Run the temp up to 500 or so and the HHT to about 100, and you can grill steaks like a champ.

Honestly,if you get on the learning curve, your steaks will come out as good as some of the best steak houses. I live in the Kansas City area. We have some pretty good steak restaurants here.
I've been in radio/tv/advertising all my life, and, if I weren't so damned old, I'd get involved in the promotion of this grill. I know there are other pellet smokers out there. Have never used them and know nothing about them, but, I truly think they'd have a tough time competing with this product.

This FEPG is built like a tank and really performs. I really like the idea that you can start smokin', and keep smokin' and keep smokin' 24 hours a day. I cook a lot of ribs to give away. This smoker allows me to do a new batch every few hours.

By the way, I've never met any of the Cookshack people and have no involvement in the promotion of this grill. But, I must admit that I've met Eddy who lives in this area.

Just keep waiting! It's worth it.

Thanks for the encouragement and advice, FredB. I'm glad to hear that I can turn out a great steak with the unit because that ranks very high in importance. I'll do plenty of smoking, too, but day in and day out, the grill side will be used most often.

Lest any readers of this thread leave without learning its resolution, I received word today that my FEPG shipped and should arrive this Thursday. Amen to that!

I have done a bunch of playing with mine and have yet to find anything that I couldn't cook on it. Learn your temperature zones and let your imagination run wild

I've seen many of your video's, NN, and learned enough from them to help me make the purchase decision. Thanks for the encouragement.

Fed-Ex decided to delay the delivery until tomorrow (Friday), so the anticipation continues to build...