Pit Boss
Pit Boss Sportsman 7-Series Wood Pellet Vertical Smoker
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.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓2,015 sq in is more cooking area than a 1,000 sq in horizontal pellet grill at roughly half the floor space
- ✓60 lb hopper is the largest in the vertical pellet class and runs unattended for well over a day at smoking temperature
- ✓$750 for six racks and WiFi is aggressive pricing against pellet cabinets from Camp Chef and Recteq
- ✓5-year limited warranty, the longest of the vertical cabinets in this comparison
- ✓XL viewing window and four locking casters make a cabinet this large practical to load and move
- ✓Rapid 250-watt igniter and 5-degree temperature increments are features usually reserved for pricier PID pellet grills
Cons
- ✗Pit Boss does not publish a temperature range for this model — expect the line's usual roughly 150–420°F, but confirm before buying for high-heat work
- ✗No sear zone: like every vertical pellet cabinet it is a smoker, not a grill
- ✗Rack-to-rack temperature variation grows with cabinet height; six racks means real hot and cool zones
- ✗Dimensions and weight are not published and this is a large, heavy unit — measure your space first
- ✗Most buyers will never fill 2,015 sq in, and the 3-Series smokes identically for $100 less
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