You guys are great! Keep it up.

Pellet smokers are the way to go! I have a pitboss and don’t have any complaintsp

Thanks for the advice

Good Video.I've had a Pellet Grill for over 8 years.I love mine,it makes some really good smoked meat,baked beans anything you want to put in it.

Love my Traeger which I have had for many years and use it almost daily.

First time viewer great video

I have a Traeger Lonestar that’s about 6 years old. I had problems with either temp running away or losing fire. I replaced the controller with a retrofit from Blaz’n. It has functioned flawlessly since. The temp probe is about 25 degrees off so I just compensate with setting temp higher. Haven’t had to fix anything else and zero rust or paint issues. I vacuum out ashes after each smoke and am meticulous about cleaning the grate which looks like new still. Have made a lot of great meals with it!

I’ve had my Traeger a couple months now and the whole family is enjoying it. We’ve cooked pizza, pork butts, chicken, ribs, salmon, and burgers. The temperature consistency is amazing and everything has turned out great! So far, the only down side for me is the reduced amount of smoke flavor versus the cheap bullet smoker I used previously. It’s not a staggering difference in flavor, but it’s noticeable.

I love these two guys!!!!! I learn so much from them!!!!!! I just got one for my Birthday!

As an owner of a pellet grill from one of the competitors I like the pellet grill. The only thing a pellet grill helps you with is fire management. On a windy or cold day that is a blessing. Yes you still need to cook, as with any grill, and as always the pit master needs to watch the pit and the food. Pellet grills are not a set it and forget it type of cooking. There are problems that crop up, as with any grill and the pellet grill is no exception. There is a learning curve but that is understandable. I hesitated buying a pellet grill due to grease accumulation and mixing with the ash. I use a foil covered cookie pan to catch the grease and I can usually clean out any ash buildup with a shop vac. BTW I use a lot of your recipes as guidelines for meals that I cook. Today was a top round cut of beef and it came out great.

I have the large weber unit- made a tray directly under the grills- works perfectly and no grease clean up

Love my Weber SmokeFire. I use it at least 3x a week. This is best of both worlds. Low and slow and for searing a steak or pork chop steaks it can go up to 600°

Great video. My opinion on pellet grills is that they are really useful and easy to use but ya gotta have some kind of wood/charcoal smoker or grill too. I like my pellet smoker a but I love my drum and Weber kettle. (I'll get my stick burner someday.)

I have a Yoder and it is amazing!!!!

Thanks Malcolm and Mark. A very helpful and useful review! Big fan of both your channels! Which pellet do you recommend for each meat eg) Pork, Beef, Chicken or Turkey?

I LOVE my Traeger, but also have a Weber charcoal grill and use both for what each is best for. 👍🏻

Got me a Yoder and a MAK to go along with my drum and Assassin. Love them both.

I've had a Traeger Timberline for 2 years now. It works great, I have no complaints. A good friend of mine has a Camp Chef and he feels the same about his. When cooking at higher temps (>275) I will supplement the cook with a pellet tube for more smoke flavor. I think you can't go wrong with any of the well known brands, Rec Tec, Grilla (I want to get their portable grill), Camp Chef, Green Mountain. If you want a tank, Lone Star Grills makes one too, although pricey. I love this channel. The videos are short and to the point.

I have Yoder YS640 on the comp cart and it is phenomenal. Always the right amount of smoke flowing through the cook chamber and holds temps even on cold days here in Nebraska. Just did a full spread on it for a July 4th party. 2 Briskets with some bold oak pellets then switched over to a fruitwood comp blend I like for the 2 Pork Butts and Ribs. Finished off the cook with some beef sausages using The BBQ Hot Rub!! Usually puts a good 1/4" smoke ring on everything.. Absolutely delicious!!

I want to see what Mark and Malcom have to say about the gravity-feed charcoal grills like the Masterbuilt and Char Griller. They look to be pellet grill simple, with the bonus of charcoal flavor, and more heat for searing and pizza. I've been eyeballing a Gravity 560 or 800 for a while now.

I love that the digital readout says "fire pots don't clean themselves".

I have to agree with y'all on the pros and cons. One of the great things about the Traeger specifically is the Super Smoke. I do think it helps get a tad more of that smoke flavor. Great video!

I work at an authorized (Platinum) Traeger dealership and we take in about one Traeger grill a week. from what I’ve seen with the repairs I have done myself, a good 70% of the time the reason for our repairs are lack of maintenance from the owner. I find myself replacing temperature probes most often because they are so caked with grease that they can’t accurately read the internal temperature of the grill and in turn, send too many pellets to the auger, which causes the fire pot to smother. also on the old arc controllers, ive had to fix maybe three auger jams ( where a singular pellet gets wedged in the auger and jams stuck.)The other 30% of the time I am replacing the old arc controllers that are somewhere between 5 to 7 years old… they seem to go bad no matter the level of maintenance from the owner. so far I haven’t replaced a D2 controller like what was shown in the video. however I have had to replace temperature probes connected to the D2 due to a lack of maintenance from the owner… anyhow that’s just imput from an authorized salesman, assemblyman and repairman… *Edit* We have since been taking in significantly less grills for repairs, have ebut have received calls from up to 100 miles away to receive repairs for grills which i find pretty crazy, i guess there aren’t enough sales representatives around to teach everyone 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

Running a Traeger since 2009. One hot rod, and one firepot but the hot rod was stuck in it, so I had to change it as well. I've had smoke rings to the bone on baby backs. I had never used the smoke mode until 2020. Using smoke mode in my older Traeger does add more smoke. Most people are clueless and follow other folks in the internet who use a hodge podge of techniques they see on the internet or YT videos. I started out that way, and then changed. Olive oil and SPG on ribs and run smoke mode for about 2 hrs, Run the ribs at 225 for about another 2 hours and then hit it with 275 to get some more pullback and render more fat. You could also wrap them if that's your style. If you sauce and like the taste, thin it out first with water. The flavor of the concentrated sauce isn't the same anymore. Thin it out and concentrate it back. If you want more smoke, near the end of the cook, sauced or not, put the Traeger back on smoke mode. For all the whiners out there, my stick burner sits right beside the Traeger. The offset dominates at ribs, brisket and pulled pork, but the Traeger dominates at sausages, chicken thighs/drums/wings, atomic buffalo turds, bacon wrapped asparagus , smoking cured pork belly for bacon and baked beans. I have more wood sticks that pellets @ 4:1.d In most competition videos, they use stick burners, BGE, gravity feed charcoal etc. But in a lot of videos, they have a Traeger in the back ground as well. If it rains, snows or is really cold and windy, load up the Traeger, throw a blanket over it and go back in the house and collect the food later. I don't have a wifire controller which would help, but isn't really needed.

I’m going with the gravity fed charcoal over the pellet grill

I love my traeger, it's so user friendly!! no baby sitting and does turn out good food.

Hey gang! Can you please test out, and do a review for the Smoke Daddy "Heavy D" smoke box/diffuser?

Yes, they are worth it.

Got a Traeger 34 - never had bbq sooooo good in my LIFE !!!

I love my Traeger. I’ll never be without one.

You should do a Comparison between. Traeger and a grilla silverbac

I just got a Pitboss and I’m a fan

You guys should check out the masterbuilt gravity charcoal smokers! Basically a pellet smoker but it runs a hopper of regular charcoal that you can add wood chunks to for smoke! It has a controller that keeps the temp within about 5-10 degrees as well making charcoal really easy. It also has a heat range of like 160-700 degrees!

I've had 2 pellet grills, a Green Mountain Grill and a Traeger. (Like the one in the video, but the slightly smaller version) The GMG hadn't really been in the market for very long, at least not with the WiFi controller, and I was having problems. First with the grill not being able to actually report through WiFi to my phone. (Phone connected well enough, but the grill wasn't reporting anything to the wifi radio.) The other issue was the auger and maybe the nylon gears. After a couple months was making an awful racket and disturbing clicking sounds near the drive unit. (Clean out the firebox regularly and it works great, but sounds terrible.) The GMG after ignition always pulsed the fans, no matter the temperature, so there was always a good amount of smoke being generated. The Traeger, ion the year+ of ownership hasn't given me any problems. The auger runs smooth, the WiFi is very reliable and there hasn't been any maintenance issues at all. (Periodic cleaning of the firebox is all that's really needed.) As for actual smoke generation, with mine, unless you engage "super smoke" mode, the firebox fan is always running, so you don't get much smoke at all. Super Smoke is not available over 225, and without S.S. it's essentially baking or grilling with very little little additional smoke flavoring. For me the perfect pellet smoker/grill would have; a reliable auger and WiFi, and a multi-mode fan (pulse or constant) through the entire temperature range. Until then, my current Traeger, having 2 of the three, has my recommendation. (Granted, I haven't tied any others, and the GMG may have improved their product over the past 6 years. This is just for what I have used.)

I have a Louisiana Grills Black Label, and I love it. So easy to use. ±18minutes and up to 450 easily. Cleaning is the annoying part I must admit.

I have the Pit Boss 700 classic and it's been in use for over a year now a 20lb bag of pellets last Mead probably four times as long as opposed to one bag of charcoal. I don't remember the price off hand but a 20lb bag of pellets is $8.88 and a bag of charcoal at the same weight is probably around the same cost give or take a Dollar or two

I always cooked on a stick burner until I bought a Traeger about a year ago. There’s a lot of talk about pellet grills being a form of “cheating” or being “for women”. For anybody looking to buy one, just do it. There’s one goal, for me at least, in cooking. And that’s to satisfy the people I’m cooking for, including myself. And I can confidently say that every time I’ve cooked, whether it be on the stick burner or on the Traeger, myself and everybody else who ate the food has been satisfied. Is there a difference in taste? Yes. Do both methods produce delicious food that people will love? Yes! And best of all, I can put the meat on the Traeger and go about my day with no worries, which is helpful when I have crap to get done. Nobody has ever complained about me using a pellet grill after they finish their plate of ribs, that’s for sure lol

I dabbled with BBQ before my Traeger. The Traeger enabled me to het the result I wanted. After that I got a drum and an egg and better understand them. I really need a stick burner next. Thanks.

Terrific video! A couple of small issues: - I think it would have been worthwhile to mention Wi-Fi connectivity. A lot of pellet grills have this feature and it's pretty handy to be able to monitor and even adjust your pit remotely. - The need to have power; Green Mountain Grills (and maybe others) use 12 volts DC to the pit. You get a converter to plug into the wall plus the capability of plugging directly into your car or even using an independent automotive battery (GMG includes hookups for all three options in the standard unit).

If the temp is too high on a pellet grill it burns clean and doesn't produce smoke, better to be 275 or under for smoke and then adjust heat toward the end if needed. I think a lot of people miss that.

Agreed boys its not as good as stick or charcoal but its pretty damn good !

"Technically a stick burner, just little bitty sticks" 😆 That was funny.

No issue with pellet grills and know many who use and love. I just prefer my Smokey Mountain with charcoal. To each's own.

I HAVE THIS SAME GRILL TREAGER IRONWOOD 885 TOO EXPENSIVE BY THE TIME YOU GET THE FRONT SHELVE WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED 1750.00 IT DOESN’T PRODUCE ENOUGH-SMOKE FOR ME EVEN IF YOU HIT THE SUPER SMOKE BUTTON I ALSO HAVE THREE PITT BOSS BOSS PRO SERIES VERTICAL SMOKERS THE LARGEST BEING A 7 SERIES WITH SIX GRADES AND A WATER PAN. GLASS WINDOW IN FRONT DOOR. I PAID 499.00 FOR IT AND IT IS GREAT I LOVE IT. AND IT REALLY PUTS OUT THE SMOKE!!! YOU CAN ALSO GET PELLETS THAT HAS CHARCOAL IN THEM. THERES ALSO HICKORY MESQUITE OAK PECAN CHERRY APPLE

I would love to see a top five pellet grill review from these guys. I get a distinct impression they know what they’re talking about.

I will stick with my offset smoker. Of course I have access to hickory wood.

Who the F would thumb down these guys videos ? The other BBQ teams? 😁😁😁

i own over 45 bbqs and grills of all sorts. won many comps. i find my self using my little pit boss lexington more then any of them now. 1 bag of pellets last me all summer

I have no idea how to bbq. But I can use a traeger no problem.

Going to get me an ez bake when I retire lmao. Jk I’d love one!

Any benefit to adding the new charcoal pellets (royal oak coming out with them now) to the mix?

I kinda want one, but I love my Acorn, my Kettle and Stick burner, Yes it has its place, but a power cord? Yuck!

so many pellet grills I would choose over a Traeger, I know these guys are getting free grills from them, but I would love to hear what their favorites brands are

They're nice to have but it takes a lot of the fun out of it. There isn't much you can do while drinking other than constantly check the pellet hopper to make it look like you're doing something. I'd also never do an overnight cook with a pellet grill. I've had maybe 3 flame-outs over the past 3 years where wind knocks out the fire and the auger keeps feeding pellets into the firebox. If it reignites, blammo!!!!! We've all seen the disaster vids on KZfaq.

Gravity Fed should overtake the pellet market, they are better in almost every way. No auger to jam or fail either.

I have a Traeger and no it doesn’t taste like regular bbq. Real bbq flavor comes from real wood chunks burning in an Oklahoma Joe’s offset or similar. Traeger is good for low and slow and does give good results but the actual wood smoke flavor just isn’t there. It ain’t crap but it ain’t bbq either.

already hearing most people don't do what it takes to maintain these types of grills, 3 -4 years down the road will be the trip to the dump with your 800 grill looks like lots to go wrong as well I'll stick to my egg/kamado

I've my Traeger 2+ years now and the "smoke" simply isn't as good as a traditional fire box smoker... Period. I believe because the Traeger is sooooo efficient. To me it's just a hybrid grill / smoker and leans a lot more on the grill side rather than the smoker side.

Every time I see a pellet grill video I feel like there is some form of gaslighting! I’ve eaten off a pellet grill several times and there is little to zero smoke flavor or texture, is it good food sure just like someone’s aunt can make good ribs in a crock pot. The easy cleanup compared to a charcoal grill is a myth a Weber kettle or summit is the easiest grill to clean! I have purchased food from a pop up cooked on a traeger and couldn’t even smell the bbq flavor in the car! The app is great the recipes are great the community is great the cooker is mediocre at best just easy. My two cents. Hopefully this will keep someone from getting disappointed.

Rec Tec is the only pellet grill worth buying.

My personal opinion is these pellet grills are not an all-in-one cooker. I use mine for low and slow smoking only. I’ve got a great Weber Summit gas grill for hot and fast or searing. I’ll get the thick Costco ribeyes and put them in the pellet smoker for an hour or so at 180 degrees and sear them on the gas grill. Get to know your pellet smoker. Mine runs hotter than it indicates so before each cook I need to punch a code into the control panel to slow the pellet feed rate. Pellets also matter. I tried different brands but have settled on Kingsford since they seem to impart more smoke flavor. If you want more smoke you can buy a cheap smoke tube.

You showed searing on Grill Grates, but didn't explain why it's helpful use them for searing on a pellet grill. It's useful information for shoppers. Love what you guys do!

I believe all the different grills have their place. I have 2 Traeger grills and love them. I cook on them at least a couple times per week. That being said, if you are looking for that rich smoked meat flavor, you are not going to get it from a pellet grill.

My Traeger is a great GRILL and makes some tasty juice food, but I can't even pretend it's a smoker. I get zero smoke flavor! So I'm looking at a gravity charcoal grill to see if that will step the smoke up a notch.

I have a timberline 1300. Do GrillGrates add any searing improvements?

Should have used a Grilla Grills Silverbac in the video

I considered that very question quite a bit actually. Looked into nearly every grill and pellet made. Came to the conclusion that the grills are extremely over priced sheet metal flimsy barrels. And you'll have more invested in pellets to cook the most expensive cuts of meat you'll ever put into a smoker grill. Honest assessment. Agree they do a good job of smoking and cooking. And if you have plenty of discretionary funds to throw at a grill and supplies to keep it smoking with no care for cost. Maybe a good way to go. Wouldn't go as far to say the best, but still a good alternative if you invest the time to get the right equipment.

They are modeling the Traeger, but the cooking b-roll is on a Yoder Smoker.

Well damn it. I ordered a Traeger Timberline 850 coming July 6th, 2021. I also order sear grates. Now, I’m thinking I may have made a mistake and out $2,000

I have a green egg and a traeger. The egg cooks way better imo.

Only negative is your apparatus have smoked flavor... What if you don't want it that times?? You want to taste the seasoning we put on the meats

How come the smoke flavor from pellets is so much weaker than wood / charcoal.

My negative - it takes a certain type of fuel, palettes.

Buy a Recteq 700 and never look back.

For the price that tregar charges, those grates are weak. They should be heftier.

Safer to use an oven!

I love the convenience of pellet grills but have never been impressed with the taste of the food that comes off of them. The smoke flavor is very mild and almost artificial tasting. They all also suck at searing. After years of gas, pellet, and charcoal, I am now a diehard charcoal fan.

Get a weber they are American made

You keep showing that Traeger with GrilleGrates on it. It does NOT come with those. Also, looking at the various ways the fire pot is engineered and ash cleanout would have been helpful. There is a HUGE difference between a Camp Chef and that Traeger for example.

J

IMO they’re old tech !!

And just think, some people are still using propane...

It’s a glorified easy bake oven

So I have 3 smokers a Yoder YS1500, a Kamado Primo XL Oval and a Lone Star Grillz Vertical, the reality is simple. If you dont know what good BBQ is then whatever you cook on will give you the results you will enjoy. I spend 2 weeks traveling the US eating BBQ, Started in Oklahoma, Went to KC, Memphis, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, NC, SC and ended up in Texas.............The reality is IMO there is a CLEAAR and Distinct #1 and it is Texas. You can NOT get Texas style BBQ from a Pellet smoker. Now if your into sweet BBQ then a Pellet smoker will work, BUT do yourself a favor..............Scrap that Junk Traeger and get yourself a real pellet smoker. I started on a Traeger and what a POS, I cooked on a new Treager last fall and nothing has changed with them, same low quality thin junk that will not hold up the test of time. All of these Chinese built low dollar junk smokers are disposable and if thats your thing then so be it, personally you couldnt give me one of those junk things.

That's not a stick burner that's a dust burner

I bought a Costco exclusive Traeger grill with no chimney and that thig sucked eggs. I ruined two briskets and a pork butt. I will never ever get another pellet grill. I always heard real men don't use pellet grills and now I'm a believer. lol. No thanks.

Pellet grill downside. Not much smoke. I always use a smoke tube with my grill whenever I have a long cook time. Other than that, great!

Looks like it's built out of cheap materials!

I know that a pellet grill is easier than cooking with wood with a side-box smoker, it really is cheating IMHO. It's basically an electric oven powered by the pellets.

I can’t stand pellet grills. It’s an oven that produces smoke. Real men need flames and searing. Yes you can take the plate out, but it isn’t the same. I’ll take a green egg that doesn’t need much maintenance vs computer and auger going out

Traeger is junk. Can’t speak to Other brands.

Great for Joe rogan, Otherwise, BBQ guys frown.