I’m in the market for a pellet grill. I’ve been smoking with a smaller kamado charcoal but want something with easier temp management for long cooks.

Traeger reviews seem to be hit or miss, with many complaints of faulty control units or temp regulation issues. I’m not looking to pay a grand and was considering the Traeger Pro 22. I’m a single guy and don’t cook for a lot of people, but enjoy doing it.

Can anyone speak to the reliability of the Traeger 22 or have recommendations for similar smokers? Do any in particular produce better smoke?

Hey everyone,

I'm completely new to smoking, and this will be my first pellet grill.

I'm leaning heavily to the Camp Chef WW 24.

I have a Weber natural gas grill already, that I plan to keep.

My question is, if I'm not a huge fan of really intense smoke flavour is the Pro worth it?

A friend is a huge smoker and really pushed the Pro as worth the extra money.... But it's $800 more here in Canada.

He emphasizes the smoke box being worth the extra... But I don't know if I'd want that much smokiness.

Any experience would be really helpful. Thanks friends!

Think it's time for an upgrade! Currently been using the pitboss vertical 5 and thinking about getting the the grill mammoth or the camp chef woodwind pro 36". Any thoughts or suggestions?

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I'm looking to buy my first pellet grill and looking at the ZGrill 7004DE. I think it would be a great fit for me and my girlfriend. However, the GF wants a BlackStone and, although I don't plan to do a lot of smoking, I'd like to do some plus use it for some baking, mainly things that I don't want to stink up the house (think lots of garlic, onions.

To give the GF want she wants (because I don't want both on my patio), I was thinking of getting the ZGrill and then getting an extra large griddle to use on it for when we want to griddle (pancakes, bacon, eggs, etc). Would this plan work? If so, what is the largest dimensions of the griddle I should put on this Grill and are there any griddles you would recommend putting on it? Are there other pellet grills that would be a better choice?

Hey guys!

I just got a Pit Boss electric pellet smoker grill and, of course, the first time I actually get to use it, a popup thunderstorm starts pouring on me and the grill. The documentation I’ve read online is somewhat vague on what conditions are “too much” to be safe for the electronics, I’m curious if any of you have any experience with it, and how much rain I should be concerned about, or perhaps the level of intensity that I should be concerned about?

I’m hoping to not lose a investment 3 days after the purchase 😅

If you have any advice on usage and other tips I’d love to hear them as well, I’m a first time pellet grill owner!

Thanks!

Admittedly froze and reheated in the oven, this pic is when they were frozen. They were all hovered down before I could take a thawed out picture. Pit Boss Pro Series 4 v2. Kirkland Signature (Costco) Oak, Maple, Hickory, Cherry Pellets, 2 x 12 inch smoke tubes. Smoked at 250F, unwrapped the whole cook. Smoked until probe tender around 200F internal. Rub I believe was either Franklin S&P + Franklin Lawry's or it was Goldees AP rub. I remember that it WASN'T their specific brisket rub.

Wondering if anyone else has this issue or ideas for improvement. The bucket hangs on the drip pipe with a hook directly below where the bucket handle connects to the drip pipe. In my case, grease drips down the side of the handle and is deposited on the side of the bucket and then the ground. Any ideas for getting the grease to go in the bucket?

I have a Traeger tailgater pellet smoker.

I put this together this morning in a quick pinch for smoking some salmon 🐠

Hey all,

First time poster, long time lurker.

A local grocery store has pork picnic shoulders on for $1.58/lb. Usually the sale price is like $3.99/lb (Canada, eh?) However, these are fully cooked pieces of meat. I've bought the uncooked meat before and made pulled pork that was in my opinion, phenomenal. But, can you buy an already cooked chunk of ham, then throw it on the pellet grill until it gets to that ~203/probe tender state, and will it yield up pretty good pulled pork?

I guess I don't see why it wouldn't, but I'd like to hear from others before I pick up a couple of these shoulders with the intention of re-smoking them (they're already hickory smoked, which is what I'd be smoking them with again).

Thanks all.

Oh my pellet grill, smoking breakfast sausage patties then grilling them to finish is fucking amazing.

Also using some tuffy stone the big umami seasoning and meat church's honey hog on it, fuck me it's like heaven on earth.

Those are my two primary choices. Is one better quality than the other? I've always had fairly decent meat from Sam's, just never tried their MM brisket before.

I keep getting flareups when I cook burgers on my pitboss 1150. Cleaned it out. Still got some flames. Tips? Fresh burgers versus Bubba/frozen?

Pitt boss 1150 pro. Erl code. Had a pork butt over night and ran out of pellets. Filled the hopper, auger is working, igniter is working. Got up to 90. Was working totally fine until it ran out of pellets.

I just got a traeger tailgater for $500 on amazon. I put a 19lb brisket in it for my first cook which I'm learning will not take 3-5 hours, but more like 20-25 hours lol

Can I do fast cook burgers or steaks? or what else can I do on a pellet smoker? I don't like pork much. Was going to try beef ribs next.

But there’s no smoke and the meat is not really cooking. I see flame under the grease pan. Is this normal? It’s Traeger tailgate

After having SHIT experiences with Pitboss, I’m getting rid of them and looking to buy something different. Wanting to stay around 1000 bucks. I’ve looked into GMG and am kind of leaning that way. Which ones do yall recommend and why?

As the title states I'm looking for a portable pellet grill for my travel trailer.I currently have a larger z-grill for the house and it's honestly been awesome and works really well. I'm not brand loyal at all so I'm open to suggestions.

I have a Trager Silverton 810 purchased 3 years ago from Costco.

I also have a highly accurate Thermoworks Smoke unit with a calibrated ambient air sensor.  At cool air temps, the Smoke and Traeger thermocouple read identically.  At cooking temps, the Traeger thermocouple reports it is running at the set temperature and, by all appearances, is operating as designed.  I spent over an hour on the phone with a marvelous lady meticulously walking through cleaning and verifying the Traeger worked according to their expectations. With the thermoworks probe clipped to the grate and positioned directly next to the Traeger built-in sensor (within 1/4" of proximity), I'm measuring 20-25 degrees below the reported Traeger temperature.  With both probes in place and running the grill for a full hour with the lid closed to ensure everything is as stable as possible, the Traeger still reports it's running 20-25 degrees hotter than actual temps at the thermocouple.

This has nothing to do with temp swings, how clean the grill is, etc.  No matter what I do, with the grill operating in the 200-300 range, there is a 20-25-degree delta between the two measurements.  I've always noticed it takes significantly longer than expected for my cooks to reach temp, and finally measured interior temps after my last brisket cook only came to ~155 after 16 hours, supposedly around 225.  Either the thermocouple is faulty, or the grill's body is acting as a heat sink and causing erroneous readings that aren't being compensated for by the controller.  Either way, I'm unable to achieve a proper ~225 when using the SuperSmoke mode, which is one of the main reasons I purchased this unit.

I've heard nothing but gaslighting from Traeger support reps and published literature on this issue, and I'm swapping to a different manufacturer with a better record of reliability.  I know I’m not the only customer with this issue and have seen numerous complaints from other customers indicating they've got a design flaw that needs addressed or a need for a new parts supplier with better QC.

Hey all. I'm looking to get a generator and am trying to find information on the wattage of my RecTec 590 Deck boss. Does anyone have any idea wear I can look or how I can determine? The manual doesn't provide much information.

We have alot of power outages in my area and I'm looking to power a few essential devices and im assuming the grill will use less energy than an oven. Thank you for the help!

Currently smoking this almost 6lb brisket flat been going 225 for the last hours currently sitting at about 160 internal

Seasoned with mustard binder, salt pepper and meat church holy cow

Going to wrap soon at about 165.

Anty tips in the mean time?

Planning to smoke/grill this weekend, let us know what your plans are or how it went!

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