Traeger uses alder flavored with wood oil for their pellets. Tell your dad to try Lumberjack brand.
Rookie scores again!
Best pellets I’ve found, and also cheapest. Rural king has them for $8something/bag.
Traeger uses alder flavored with wood oil for their pellets. Tell your dad to try Lumberjack brand.
Rookie scores again!
Best pellets I’ve found, and also cheapest. Rural king has them for $8something/bag.
I have Traeger its been good but not great. I quit using Traeger pellets and only use lumberjack pellets now that helped a lot in my experience no more huge temp swings and it hasn't went out since. If I could go back I'd probably buy a GMG my uncle has one and its way nicer than my Traeger and features you'd expect when $800+ on a grill.
Interesting, I will let him know. One thing about Traeger, they're proud of their stuff. If it's worth it that's one thing but dang.Traeger uses alder flavored with wood oil for their pellets. Tell your dad to try Lumberjack brand.
I recently got a RecTec RT-700 and I really like it. It has a very large hopper for pellets. Can be controlled remotely. For long smokes, you can pretty much start it and ignore it. The phone app will alert you if the temperature you set it for varies too much. I used it yesterday as windy as it was, and it did just fine.
I bought a pallet of Lumberjack at $10/bag. Shortly after, rural king starts selling it. I'm still a little butt hurt about it.
I know! I was afraid to get started, as we'd already last power once, but I already had some meat ready to go on. Once it got up to temp, it performed fine. It's slightly sheltered on our deck, and we have a little overhang, but it was still very windy there! I wouldn't have been able to do it on my gas grill or Blackstone in that wind.Outside yesterday? That's impressive.
Lots of great advice guys. Thanks and keep it coming. Part of the appeal of the weber smokey mountain was that it was in the hundreds range not the thousands. I really don't want to drop $400 or more on this not knowing if I'm going to like it or not.
I'll have to give bear mountain a try then. Are they sold anywhere locally or do you order them online?I haven't been smoking long, but so far, i like Bear Mountain over Lumberjack. I'm still trying lots of different types of pellets though. Bear Mountain mesquite is in there now, and my husband and i both really like it. Lumberjack is good, though.
Lots of great advice guys. Thanks and keep it coming. Part of the appeal of the weber smokey mountain was that it was in the hundreds range not the thousands. I really don't want to drop $400 or more on this not knowing if I'm going to like it or not.
I'll have to give bear mountain a try then. Are they sold anywhere locally or do you order them online?
Lots of great advice guys. Thanks and keep it coming. Part of the appeal of the weber smokey mountain was that it was in the hundreds range not the thousands. I really don't want to drop $400 or more on this not knowing if I'm going to like it or not.