what's up you guys it's Susie from HeyGrillHey.com today we are at the Camp Chef woodwind
Pro launch event and we are going to be doing our first ever video product review but I'm
not going to be doing it we have a very special guest this is Brandon he's been
working at Hey Grill Hey for years give him a little bit of an intro well as Susie said my
name is Brandon I've been doing product reviews for the last year or so for Hey Grill Hey and
today I'm going to show you everything you need to know about this Grill I've had it
in my backyard for a few weeks now got to know all the ins and outs let's get to it
so this is actually my first time cooking on the woodwind Pro we've got some brisket some
beef ribs rolling it smells fantastic but since it's my first time cooking on the grill I don't
know too much about it Brandon like he said he's had this girl for a couple of weeks so
he's gonna give us a rundown on the features of the woodwind Pro so the woodwind Pro is a
redesigned version of Camp Chef's woodwind that they've had out for years basically it runs the
same controller the same control system you've got a full stainless steel body here the side
kick fits on the side of it just like the other ones there's some notable differences though the
legs have been redesigned and that's one of my favorite Parts this is much more stable than
the old system used to be if you look down here it's kind of hard to see but Camp Chef has gone
ahead and put all four feet on casters this time a much needed upgrade over the old woodwind models
um the main features of this Grille that make it different than the standard woodwind this is
this is most excited about right here up front is the Firebox now this guy
um allows you to put wood chunks right in here come in here Todd so not only does this Grill
run on pellets for heat and flavor you can also add whatever your heart desires to this Firebox
lump charcoal charcoal briquettes those new flavored briquettes you're seeing everywhere
wood chunks whatever you want this damper here controls the ignition so over in this position
it ignites whatever you put in the box as soon as that's going you just close it down here and
it just smokes the whole time so Todd tonight we actually had a chance to try the Prototype of this
model two years ago when they were first coming out with the idea and I know you guys have seen
the same complaints on social media that we have seen maybe you even have the same complaints you
know I love the convenience and ease of my pellet smoker but I'm not getting enough smoke flavor I
miss the charcoal flavor I missed the heavier bark that you get on an offset this was Camp
Chef's attempt to answer those pain points in the pellet grill world and the pellet grill community
so you get the Heat and convenience of pellets but it is it's that added flavor that added
punch that extra layer of smoke that you get from adding things directly to the Firebox that I'm
personally the most excited about now Camp Chef they are really interested in your feedback and
this Grill is a direct product of thousands and thousands of comments online saying that pellet
grills don't put out enough flavor I'm here to tell you this box right here full of wood chunks
it's it's unbelievable for a pellet grill now other than that the new features on this Grill
include this right here it has a double walled insulated lid which helps hold heat in better
oh yeah and the gasket here on the edge I see a lot of people adding adding aftermarket gaskets to
prevent that smoke coming out they just put it on so one thing that I noticed design wise about this
Grill is we do have the stainless the thicker lid the bigger legs but there's no smoke stack on the
back and from the engineering team that we talked to at Camp Chef the reason for that is the way
that this circulates the airflow and the smoke in the chamber is a little bit different than
Woodwinds that we've seen in the past there's actually two vents on the back that allow you
to control the smoke release a little bit more and the way that it draws the smoke supposedly
circulates it around the food better so as Susie was saying just a second ago there's no stack on
this Grill these vents you can see here are fully adjustable and the key thing about that
is the controller actually has a fan only mode so you're able to ignite what's in that Firebox we
showed you before four chunks charcoal protection exactly the benefit there is it makes cold smoking
a breeze in this thing you can ignite that fuel choke these vents down a little bit and it helps
hold a little bit of heat or get rid of a bit of a little bit of heat whatever you need it to do hold
in that smoke it makes it really easy for cheeses and fish yeah salmon anything you need to cold
smoke pork belly for bacon whatever you want now I'm hungry all right take us through there are a
couple other features that I think the woodwind pro has had on previous models but it's always
good to know about especially if this is your first time looking at a Camp Chef woodwind product
what have we got on the back side so just like every other Camp Chef would win you've got the
nice pellet clean out here it makes changing out flavors really simple and really easy down lower
you've got the same fire pot cup that you can dump the fire pot into for easy cleanup well that's
nice too because in the Firebox where you add the wood add the briquettes those ashes also dump into
the same fire pot that the pellet Ash goes to so it's one clean out for the whole system this Grill
also features the side kick add-on that you've been able to put on any Camp Chef would win for
the past forever it fits any of the 14-inch Camp Chef accessories so the grill box the pizza oven
The Griddle that we've got on top of it now it really use it as like a wicked powerful burner if
you're frying doing corn 30 000 whole BTUs we need was this oh we make Tallow outside all the time
all the time it really helps make this just an all-in-one unit we've covered a lot of the
features that the woodwind pro has to offer Brandon's going to give us his kind of Pros
and reviews so we wanted to bring it to our video reviews as well
so the pros of this Grill if you're an expert griller or intermediate griller
this is perfect for you you can get more flavor out of it it's a well-built unit just
like all Camp chefs are stainless steel like I mentioned before the nice casters all Pros
the stainless steel would go on my personal console everybody else likes stainless steel
well it's harder for me to keep clean but it is rest resistant and it's great for the elements
in the outdoors so I guess if it's a pro for you then it's a pro it would be a con on my list sorry
carry on the cons are essentially the pros at the same time like I said this is an advanced Grille
or an intermediate Grill it still will perform all of the basic functions that a woodwind would
the ease of use with the pellets but combining that with this Firebox for some extra flavor
uh so if you're a beginner this Grill may not be exactly what you want um and so that's one
of the cons another con that we found with this unit specifically and we've discussed
this with the cat with the Camp Chef Engineers is when you're running this Grille if you need
to reload this Firebox if you reach in here a little bit too fast you'll burn your knuckles
the engineers said that they're working on a larger extended handle which will be a fix for
it but in the moment just be careful grabbing it out and I want to add one note I think this is a
grill that you could grow into if you were getting into the pellet grill game for the first time it
operates just like a pellet grill but with the added feature of the Firebox it takes a little
bit more of an understanding about how Fire Works how wood burns how charcoal Burns how to regulate
the venting system and you know the control on the baffle um I think you could grow into it so
if you're really into barbecue and this would be your first pellet grill it might be a little
Advanced but I think you could get there does that make sense 100 agree our Advanced more but
you want the ease and convenience of the pellet grill I don't think there's another pellet roll
that gives you this level of control over your end product over your flavor profiles and over your
temperatures I'm personally pretty stoked about it all right we've run through our personal pros
and cons they're not all the same and it won't be the same name for you at home as well this is why
we don't want to tell you what to buy we want to present a product to you give you the information
that you need to make the decision that you want to make for your family and the type of food that
you want to cook and the way that you want to cook it with that said we're going to give you
guys some information on pricing and where you can find the Woodland Pro now pricing on this unit
this is the 24 inch model Camp Chef is producing a 24 inch and a 36 inch that we'll show you here in
a little bit the 24 inch model is going to start at 11.99 and that bigger 36 inch model is 14.99
now the 24 inch model like this one right here it has the Dual shelves you can see we've got a
whole brisket two racks of beef ribs I think this works great for an everyday family of
four to six people and I think you could feed up to 20 to 30 if you're having bigger events
if you're somebody that likes to smoke a lot all at once 36 is it's a beast and I like it
as for where you can find the Camp Chef woodwind Pro we're going to give you guys our affiliate
Link in the video description if you want to click that you can check out online because
they are brand new and recently available and we would love for you to be able to get your hands on
one and we want to hear your feedback your pros and cons what you think about a grill like this
are you excited about having the Firebox where you can add wood chunks the wood control features that
you know you can't get on a standard pellet grill let us know we'd be eager to hear it not only do
we want to hear your feedback on this Grill we'd also like to hear your feedback on these review
videos we'd like to know what you'd like to see more of what you wouldn't want to see in a review
video so just let us know in the comments below what you think this is our first one but we have
many more planned I'm going to work with Brandon on the first couple because we want you guys to
get to know him and his authority level and then he's going to take off on his own and we're going
to run an entire separate series on the Hey Grill Hey channel of Brandon's product reviews we can't
wait for you guys to see him thanks so much for watching this one we'll catch you guys next time