Pit Boss Grills & Smokers

The Pit Boss Pro Series 1150 is a value-focused WiFi pellet grill sold through Lowe's, featuring a sliding Flame Broiler plate for direct-flame searing and a digital PID controller. Pit Boss is owned by Dansons. Note: this model is no longer sold new as of 2026. Its current equivalent is the Pit Boss Pro Series V3 1150. (Original Pro Series 1150 replaced by V2 (10576) then V3 (10980/PB1150PS3) at Lowe's; V3 sells ~$699)

Pit Boss is a pellet company that keeps exactly one real gas grill, and this is it: a three-burner portable with a cast aluminum lid and body, 25,000 BTU, and 380 sq in of cast-iron grid — more grate than a Weber Traveler in a unit meant to be carried. Folding side shelves with tool hooks, a built-in lid thermometer, and a battery-free SureFire push-and-turn ignition. The cart shown in Pit Boss's photography is not included.

Pit Boss's answer to the two things people dislike about griddles. First, the cooktop is coated in a non-stick armored ceramic that ships ready to cook and resists rust, so there is no seasoning ritual. Second, the 89 lb top lifts off the cart entirely and becomes a tabletop griddle for a campsite. 647 sq in and 46,000 BTU across four burners.

The FB2 line is the no-WiFi tier Pit Boss built when it retired the Pro Series, and the 700 is its middle size. The chamber runs 180–500°F on a digital board with 5°F steps, but the feature that defines every Pit Boss is the Flame Broiler lever — slide it and the heat deflector opens, exposing the firepot for direct-flame searing the company rates to 1,000°F. Two porcelain racks, 21 lb hopper, one probe included and a second port.

Sportsman is the hunting-and-outdoors trim of the Pit Boss line, and the 850 is its core size — 849 sq in, 21 lb hopper, WiFi and Bluetooth, one probe included. It adds connectivity and a hammertone finish over the FB2 700 below it while keeping the same 180–500°F range and the Flame Broiler lever for direct-flame searing. Against the Navigator 850 at $50 more, the difference is styling and prep space rather than capability.

Navigator is the premium end of the current Pit Boss line — tapered legs, a fold-down prep shelf, a gravity hopper cleanout and a removable undermount burn pot for ash removal. The 1300 carries 1,329 sq in on a 30 lb hopper with two probes included. Everything mechanical below it in the line is the same: 180–500°F, 5°F increments, Flame Broiler lever for direct-flame searing.

The largest grill Pit Boss currently sells and the direct replacement for the Pro Series 1600. It is the Navigator 1300 stretched to 1,593 sq in on the same 30 lb hopper, same controller, same 180–500°F range and same Flame Broiler lever. The hopper not growing with the chamber is the one spec worth noticing — more grate on the same fuel supply means shorter unattended runs when the grill is full.

A vertical pellet cabinet, not a pellet grill with a lid — five racks stacked in an insulated cabinet with an auger-fed burn pot at the base and a chimney above, so heat and smoke rise past every rack in sequence. That is the opposite of a horizontal pellet grill, where a diffuser plate spreads heat sideways. This is Pit Boss's replacement for the Copperhead 3-Series name and carries a 50 lb hopper and WiFi.

The largest vertical pellet cabinet Pit Boss sells direct: six adjustable racks totalling 2,015 sq in over a 60 lb hopper, in the Sportsman trim that replaced the Copperhead 5-Series. The cooking mechanism is identical to the Navigator 3-Series — auger-fed burn pot at the base, convection chimney above — but the extra rack and 900 more square inches move it into the range where it competes with a whole-hog cooker on volume alone.

Pit Boss's largest electric cabinet and the direct competitor to Masterbuilt's 40-inch. A 1,650-watt element heats the cabinet and a chip tray beside it makes the smoke; there is no auger and no burn pot, so the smoke is the thin, controllable kind an element produces rather than the heavier output of a pellet cabinet. It undercuts the Masterbuilt 710 WiFi by adding 610 sq in at a lower price, and the 300°F ceiling is 25°F above Masterbuilt's.

The budget end of the propane cabinet category: a dual-burner 12,500 BTU gas vertical with four porcelain-coated racks and a manual needle valve rather than a thermostat. That is the key distinction from Masterbuilt's ThermoTemp — you set the flame and the cabinet drifts with the weather, which is why it costs $100 less. A door-mounted dial is the only temperature feedback.

Pit Boss's take on the drum smoker: a 24-inch barrel that cooks the Pit Barrel way, with meat hung on rods over a charcoal basket rather than laid on grates, plus three porcelain-coated grates for when you want to cook flat. The triple row of hanging rods takes twelve racks of ribs, which is more than double what a Pit Barrel Classic holds, and it is the largest drum in the mainstream market.