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Traeger Grills
patman:
Finally decided to retire my gas grill and picked up the RecTeq Bullseye. It's more of a grill than a smoker, but can also do slow cooks on it. The temperature range can be controlled from 225⁰ up to 750⁰, and from my limited use it's held the temperature with little fluctuation. I've yet to smoke anything on it, but will hopefully find some time soon.
I debated this grill vs the barrel-style smoker for a while, but determined that my family has very little intererest in smoking and I'd get more use out of an actual grill.
The one shortfall is that this particular grill does not have the wifi controls, mainly due to the fact that leaving a grill at 750⁰+ unattended is not the greatest idea and they mentioned that the intense heat was faulting them. But, with a built in temp probe and digital readout that I can clearly see from my couch this isn't the worst thing haha
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BigMike:
My buddy bought a Traeger 650 on Sunday and doing his first smoke today. He had some other smoker that he didn't like and some POS Komodo knockoff that he hates. I'm interested in how it performs for him because I like the method of the pellet smokers and would get rid of my large BGE. I'll report back on Mikey's results for the Traeger.
jd30005:
I'm sold on the idea of a pellet smoker and have been researching some at different price points. I like the Recteq RT-700 and I recently have been researching this Oklahoma Joe Pellet grill. The Oklahoma Joe has an interesting baffle system that supports both low and slow smoke as well as high heat sear at a pretty reasonable price point. I'm going to a demo showcase this Sat to check them out.
https://www.oklahomajoes.com/rider-dlx-pellet-grill
Silver Britches:
Pellet grills are great. In the summer you can cook anything that you would put in the oven and not compete with the AC.
I have been running a Green Mountain Grills Jim Bowie since 2016. At the time I bought it you could by one with wifi for the same cost as a Traeger w/out. I have been happy with it. Have had to replace a few parts including a plastic fan prop that I melted due to a bad hot start. Customer service has been easy to deal with.
If you can afford the wifi, it is worth it. It's great for managing long overnight smokes without having to get out of bed. You can rollover and confirm you don't have a temp excursion or trip a GFI and need to restart. I have smoked overnight with temps in the single digits using a thermal blanket to manage heat lost. Ran all night on a single hopper.
Also recommend buying the biggest one you can justify. You will never be angry to have too much space. However, if you wish you had more it is hard to justify trading up for the occasional big smoke.
Both my bother and brother in-law also have GMG's and are happy.
https://greenmountaingrills.com/
patman:
--- Quote from: jd30005 on April 27, 2021, 02:24:25 PM ---I'm sold on the idea of a pellet smoker and have been researching some at different price points. I like the Recteq RT-700 and I recently have been researching this Oklahoma Joe Pellet grill. The Oklahoma Joe has an interesting baffle system that supports both low and slow smoke as well as high heat sear at a pretty reasonable price point. I'm going to a demo showcase this Sat to check them out.
https://www.oklahomajoes.com/rider-dlx-pellet-grill
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If you want a recteq delivered to chocco, let me know lol. Their HQ and distribution is down the road from me
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