To start, the Silverbac 2.0 XL cooking chamber is much larger, featuring a total of 1644 square inches of space spread across three layers of grates. The standard size Silverbac cooking space is 692 square inches, almost 1000 square inches smaller. The Silverbac 2.0 XL features a completely new grease management system that’s been moved inside the body of the grill. It will keep pesky wildlife out of your grease bucket and help maintain a cleaner cooking area. We’ve also redesigned the grill racks to function like sliding oven racks. Now you’ll have better access to the food in the back of the smoker without getting messy. We’ve even added built-in rack jacks to hold the main grate in place while you clean the burn pot and barrel. Finally, we’ve even created a special version of the outdoor kitchen built-in that specifically houses the Silverbac 2.0 XL. It integrates the grill and hopper directly into the built-in unit as opposed to sitting on top of the cabinet like the standard version.

Definitely, it has our new Alpha Connect 2.0 Controller which includes all the features you’ve come to love on our previous versions, and a bunch of new improvements. View your set temp, live temp, probe temp, timers and cooking mode all at the same time, on the same screen.

Click this link and watch our video all about the new features that come with the Alpha Connect 2.0 upgrade. The grill featured in the video is a Mammoth, but the controllers have the exact same feature set!

Click this link and watch our video that explains exactly what it does. Long story short, it makes opening your grill have less of an impact on your temperature throughout your smoke session.

Yes! Simply crank your heat above 450°. For those extremely defined grill marks, we also offer custom Grill Grates customized specifically for the Silverbac.

You bet, all our pellet grills come standard with a Double Wall Internal Steel Thermal Jacket. This heavy-duty design is more efficient when the temperature drops below 55°F: up to 33% more than single wall pellet smokers. That means you're going to burn less fuel in cold weather, and you have a full range of operating temperatures in any climate.

Heck no, did you read the last question?! Our double wall thermal jacket provides all the protection from the cold you could possibly need. No more messy, smokey blanket storage because you've got the all-season performance of a grill that costs twice as much.

Replacement parts can be purchased online, contact our customer service for assistance.

Before you get to smoking, it's important to season your smoker. This process will remove any manufacturing oils left on the grill. Run your grill for 45 minutes at 450°, then you are ready to either shut it off or start smoking. Refer to the manual or this video for additional instructions.

Nope! Any food grade wood pellet will work in these units. That said, we do recommend using quality hardwood pellet fuel as opposed to alder wood. We provide plenty of information on how to find and use wood pellets—just search our blog for articles about what to look for.

At an average cooking temperature of 250°, pellets burn at about a pound an hour. The Silverbac 2.0 XL hopper holds 33 lbs of pellets and will cook for around 30 hours at that temp.

This is a deeper question than it might appear at first, but on one level choosing to cook food on a wood pellet grill will generally provide a lower calorie, lower fat option than pan frying or deep frying that same food.

Pellet grills work off of electricity, so they need an outlet to supply their power. That electricity allows the grill to move pellets into the hopper and funnel them down to a firepot using a rotating auger and motor. Once the pellets hit the firepot an igniter rod sparks a flame and smoke is produced. The electricity powers a fan that blows that smoke and heat upwards which then provides smoky, convection cooking throughout the grill. All of this is taken care of by your Alpha Connect 2.0 controller, so you don't have to worry about anything but eating!