OT: pellet smokers

[dawgdreamin]

Anyone have experience with a pellet wood smoker? Any suggestions? How does it compare to other smokers and grills?

 

[tatedog]

Anyone have experience with a pellet wood smoker? Any suggestions? How does it compare to other smokers and grills?

https://www.hartvillecontractorssup...LEND-HARDWOOD-PELLETS/item/PELBBQ?folder=1607

Gonna need to stock up on these.

 

[punterjoe]

Pellet smokers are convenient and easy to use. If you're just using them for home use, you'd probably be happy with one. They don't give as much smoke flavor as a traditional stick burner. I do the pro contests, I'm actually at one now competing, and I wouldn't use one for this but have for cooking for the family. The pit boss copperhead at Walmart is a good pellet smoker for the price.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

They are great

A buddy has a relatively cheap Treager, and makes awesome stuff. He holds his own in competitions, and it is super easy to use. For home use, they can't be beat.

 

[o_dawgnabit]

Traeger’s are incredible. So easy to use. And you rarely have to check on them

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Pellet smokers are convenient and easy to use. If you're just using them for home use, you'd probably be happy with one. They don't give as much smoke flavor as a traditional stick burner. I do the pro contests, I'm actually at one now competing, and I wouldn't use one for this but have for cooking for the family. The pit boss copperhead at Walmart is a good pellet smoker for the price.

This is a perfect answer.

 

[turkish]

The Traegers I’ve been around are fine smokers. Their users have indicated to me that they cannot get to a searing-hot 500+ temp like most grills can. They seem to be awesome for maintaining lower temps.

 

[Dawghouse]

I'm using this Masterbuilt 40 inch and really like it. It will not go over 275 but it's great for slow smokes. I couldn't afford the fancy brands and already had a barrel grill for high heat. This was considered one of the best under $300 pellet smokers.

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I'd also recommend getting an A-MAZE-N pellet smoker. It adds additional smoke to the cook because most pellet smokers do not provide quite enough.

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I order my pellets from Amazon and use https://cookinpellets.com/ Perfect Mix. RIght now they are $40 for 40lbs but I they'll drop closer to $30.

I'm really enjoying the setup and we're about to start a little BBQ delivery service (they don't know what pulled pork is here so there's a market for slightly above average pulled pork). I still need to do a few more larger smokes to make sure we have it all down pat and can reproduce it consistently.

 

[punterjoe]

I'm using this Masterbuilt 40 inch and really like it. It will not go over 275 but it's great for slow smokes. I couldn't afford the fancy brands and already had a barrel grill for high heat. This was considered one of the best under $300 pellet smokers.

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I'd also recommend getting an A-MAZE-N pellet smoker. It adds additional smoke to the cook because most pellet smokers do not provide quite enough.

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I order my pellets from Amazon and use https://cookinpellets.com/ Perfect Mix. RIght now they are $40 for 40lbs but I they'll drop closer to $30.

I'm really enjoying the setup and we're about to start a little BBQ delivery service (they don't know what pulled pork is here so there's a market for slightly above average pulled pork). I still need to do a few more larger smokes to make sure we have it all down pat and can reproduce it consistently.

Those Masterbilts are pretty good little smokers.

Are you putting any of the natural juices back into the pulled pork after you pull it?

 

[seshomoru]

A pellet smoker is an oven...

With a smokiness bonus.

Is it as good as a pit master on a whole hog?

Nope.

Does it make the burgers, ribs, shoulders, chicken you cook at home that much better?

Absolutely.

I’ve been using one of the first model traegers for years.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

How'd you do?

I do the pro contests, I'm actually at one now competing, .

What items did you compete in?

 

[punterjoe]

What items did you compete in?

Just did ribs this weekend. Weather wreaked havoc on us, but had an OK cook. Finished middle of the pack.

 

[MSUDawg25]

https://www.hartvillecontractorssup...LEND-HARDWOOD-PELLETS/item/PELBBQ?folder=1607

Gonna need to stock up on these.

Thought it was gonna be this with the way SPS loves to run a joke into the ground.

 

[Dawgpoundrock21]

Pellet smokers are convenient and easy to use. If you're just using them for home use, you'd probably be happy with one. They don't give as much smoke flavor as a traditional stick burner. I do the pro contests, I'm actually at one now competing, and I wouldn't use one for this but have for cooking for the family. The pit boss copperhead at Walmart is a good pellet smoker for the price.

What do you compete with? I have two gateway barrel smokers I wanna start competing with. Those things hold like a tank. What I really want is a stumps or the new model mixon gravity smokers

 

[punterjoe]

I'd like one of Mixons pits but they are so expensive. I had a rig custom done by HBT Smokers out of Guntersville, Alabama. Cost efficient and an awesome product. I'm gonna get a Backwoods by summers end as well.