Works and fits great in my Pitboss 1100. Did not have to modify anything. The center is usually at least 50 degrees hotter than the sides at 250. I have the end gap mod done near the temp probe and with this it’s probably just as good as my old traeger. Not afraid to smoke stuff in the middle now.Here’s pictures of a bread test I did with just a few hamburger buns I had and at 250 for 30 minutes these are the results. Temps on screen and lid are almost the exact same tooUpdate ended up doing it with a full bag of bread and it’s perfect. One small hot spot in the middle but I’m more than happy with these results

I have a Pit Boss pellet grill, one which is expressly designed to both smoke and grill meats. WHile the slotted vaporization shield does work very well in high heat to sear burgers and steaks, it results in a noticeable hot spot when smoking at low temperatures, and it is enough of a variance to seriously downgrade your results.This shield fixes that problem by adding another layer of thick metal to deflect the heat and flame off to the sides of the smoker, resulting in more even heating.It comes at a cost, though. With it installed, you lose the sear capability of the grill. Fortunnately, it's simple to install and remove, taking me less than a minute.It seems spendy for a hunk of metal, but the improvement in smoker performance made it well worth the price to me.

very well made and heavy baffle. It has fixed my hotspot issue in the center of my Pitboss XL. Only potential downside i have found is that firebox has more ash in it after a cook than without the baffle.

Works great, balances out the heat in cooking chamber reducing hot spot in center of my Pitboss 850PS

Installed on PitBoss Austin 1000 xl, fit perfect, fired up smoker and did bread test. NO hotspots! Did exactly what I wanted. Quality product, worth the money.

Do NOT use this on your pellet grill. Used it one time and it burned right through the fire pot.

I was able to test this out this afternoon on a new Pit Boss 850 DX. First impression...it's big and thick and very well made, no sharp edges. After placing this in my smoker, I was initially unsure if it was going to be effective with such a small amount of space between it and the burn box. For reference, I ordered the 4"/12ga...I don't think the 5.5" would work with the PB850DX as the top clearance was also small. I was also unsure exactly where to place it. My assumption was that it should be centered over the burn box, so that's what I did. I was initially unimpressed with the result. With probes on the left, center, and right, I was seeing significant temperature differences between them. I recalled reading one review that stated they had to move it around to find the best spot, so I tried that. After testing a number of different positions, I determined that moving the baffle to the left so that the right edge lines up with the right edge of the burn box (maybe even a little further left, like 1/4') resulted in the most even heat distribution. When it was centered, it eliminated the hot spot in the middle, but the left side was still getting much hotter than the right. Moving it to the left allowed more heat to push to the right side and that created a more even distribution. It stayed within 5-10 degrees after that.Edit: One thing I forgot to mention is that my smoker (PB 850 DX) has the curved side walls (on both sides) that the main plate rests on, so there is not a gap there like some older models. Just wanted to note that here because I thought I would have to buy a deflector plate to prevent the heat from creating a false reading on the display.

Fixed my Pit Boss Austin XL. Was about ready to get rid of it because of the horrible hot spot. Everything in the middle would burn. After the installing this the entire surface is even temp. I can put meat right in the middle and it cooks exactly like the other areas.

Works on my new pitboss 850 pro series 2 perfect. I had to play around with it a bit to get temperatures even across the grates, but once I you know where to put it, it's easy.

Works great !!!!

Part not for a Pit Boss 1100 xl.