Post by: Russ McDonald on June 03, 2018, 04:09:39 PM
Post by: jrebel on June 03, 2018, 04:30:18 PM
Now make sure you find some lumberjack pellets.....they are the best. :tup: :tup:
Post by: Timberstalker on June 03, 2018, 04:55:50 PM
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Post by: Russ McDonald on June 03, 2018, 06:39:45 PM
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Post by: Jpmiller on June 03, 2018, 06:47:18 PM
Cooked some chicken breasts on it tonight. Awesome the Traeger seasoning was mediocre at best. I have much better seasoning then that. Have to realize that it cooks like more like a oven.
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Yeah it's not a BBQ replacement but it does slow cooking and baking VERY well. I tried the traeger seasoning once and was so underwhelmed I ditched the rest.
I'll also second the lumberjack pellets. So much better smoke taste. You're in for a great time cooking and eating on that thing!
Post by: Timberstalker on June 03, 2018, 07:20:12 PM
Post by: The scout on June 03, 2018, 07:36:16 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on June 03, 2018, 07:50:11 PM
Mine barely breaks 400 there is know searing going on . And not a lot of smoking either unless you are cooking something for a long time. The best part to me is you can’t get flare ups on it. Steaks dripping, burgers dripping, doesnt matter they won’t catch fire.
Interesting. I don’t have a traeger currently. I have a Sawtooth and I can get it to 600 pretty easily.
I’m pretty sure the newer Traegers will get hotter.
Is yours newer or older?
Post by: jrebel on June 03, 2018, 07:52:58 PM
Mine barely breaks 400 there is know searing going on . And not a lot of smoking either unless you are cooking something for a long time. The best part to me is you can’t get flare ups on it. Steaks dripping, burgers dripping, doesnt matter they won’t catch fire.
I have an older one and it will get hot enough to put a light sear on steaks.....easy 500 degrees. I use to have problems but I bought the insulation blanket for it and it works amazing. Also using half the pellets it use to....which is simply amazing becuase it has always been good with pellets.
I can smoke a briket for 24 hours with approx 30 lbs.
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 03, 2018, 08:17:05 PM
Mine barely breaks 400 there is know searing going on . And not a lot of smoking either unless you are cooking something for a long time. The best part to me is you can’t get flare ups on it. Steaks dripping, burgers dripping, doesnt matter they won’t catch fire.
I have an older one and it will get hot enough to put a light sear on steaks.....easy 500 degrees. I use to have problems but I bought the insulation blanket for it and it works amazing. Also using half the pellets it use to....which is simply amazing becuase it has always been good with pellets.
I can smoke a briket for 24 hours with approx 30 lbs.
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Post by: The scout on June 03, 2018, 09:14:43 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 03, 2018, 09:34:08 PM
Post by: lamrith on June 04, 2018, 11:45:20 AM
Post by: b23 on June 04, 2018, 04:22:35 PM
Well done decided to jump on board. Got the Model TFS81PZD new model just out. Traeger reps are out at the new Bonney Lake Costco. MSRP $1299 they have them for $999 the also threw in some good accessories too. Cooking some chicken on it tonigh.
I just put that exact same one together for my sister a few weeks ago, she got hers at Costco as well. I have the Lil Tex, it's not quite as elaborate or fancy, my sister calls mine the redneck version. :rolleyes: That model is called the Select Pro or something like that and at a glance they don't even look like a pellet grill and look more like a conventional gas grill. I know it's got a sh1t load more pieces to it and takes about three times as long to put it together, too.
With her new fancy one and my regular one, about 450 is the hottest it'll ever get and it better be facing the sun or it won't even get that hot and in the winter, I'm lucky to get much over 400, if that. Doesn't seem to be much of a problem though because everything seems to turn out ok.
I don't really care for turkey so I did a big ass Prime Rib from Costco on mine at Christmas and it turned out amazing! I'll be honest though, having never done one that big, I was sweating bullets and worried the whole time I was effing up a $140 prime rib and potentially ruining everyone's Christmas dinner, if it turned out effed up but I was lucky and the internet instructions I followed worked out perfect.
There is DEFINITELY a learning curve to using these things but I think if you're a pretty good cook/grill master the learning curve is considerably less, but if you kind of suk at cooking like I do, the learning curve is a little longer. The biggest thing I've had to learn about using mine is I have to be patient and willing to dedicate a certain amount of time to it because it's definitely a bit more involved than using a gas grill.
Post by: Blacklab on June 05, 2018, 07:21:36 PM
Post by: dscubame on June 05, 2018, 08:34:49 PM
Post by: sled on June 05, 2018, 09:15:19 PM
Turn that traeger up. It will grill. Get it to 600 and it will sear burgers or a steak.. Mine has never got above 390😢
Post by: dscubame on June 05, 2018, 09:40:43 PM
Turn that traeger up. It will grill. Get it to 600 and it will sear burgers or a steak.. Mine has never got above 390😢
There are thermostat set settings behind the thermostat.
You may want to research what I am referring too.
Traeger does a poor job communicating info on setting up for ambient temps for different regions.
Post by: dscubame on June 05, 2018, 09:42:53 PM
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 10, 2018, 09:46:07 AM
This is the P setting for the smoke setting. Doesn't increase your high end temp only ther temp in the smoke setting. Max is about 220 from what I have seen on forums.Turn that traeger up. It will grill. Get it to 600 and it will sear burgers or a steak.. Mine has never got above 390😢
There are thermostat set settings behind the thermostat.
You may want to research what I am referring too.
Traeger does a poor job communicating info on setting up for ambient temps for different regions.
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Post by: dscubame on June 10, 2018, 11:59:04 AM
Leaving the pellets in your pellet box on the side of the Traeger in your humid climate will not work well.
Post by: dscubame on June 10, 2018, 12:01:56 PM
This is the P setting for the smoke setting. Doesn't increase your high end temp only ther temp in the smoke setting. Max is about 220 from what I have seen on forums.Turn that traeger up. It will grill. Get it to 600 and it will sear burgers or a steak.. Mine has never got above 390😢
There are thermostat set settings behind the thermostat.
You may want to research what I am referring too.
Traeger does a poor job communicating info on setting up for ambient temps for different regions.
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From the Traeger Website:
What is the P-setting?
The P-setting can be used to affect all the temperatures of the grill except the “high” setting. If you set your grill to 225 degrees, the internal temperature probe tells the controller to run the auger until the desired temperature (225 in this case) is reached. Once the desired temperature is reached, the grill defaults back to its P-setting logic until it hits two degrees below the desired temp (223 degrees in this example). At this point, the internal thermometer (RTD) kicks back in to gear and the cycle continues. In essence, P-settings directly affect your grill on the “smoke” setting, and indirectly effect your grill on all others up to “high”.
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 12, 2018, 06:18:31 PM
So a higher p setting in smoke is going to give you a higher overall temp in regular settings?This is the P setting for the smoke setting. Doesn't increase your high end temp only ther temp in the smoke setting. Max is about 220 from what I have seen on forums.Turn that traeger up. It will grill. Get it to 600 and it will sear burgers or a steak.. Mine has never got above 390😢
There are thermostat set settings behind the thermostat.
You may want to research what I am referring too.
Traeger does a poor job communicating info on setting up for ambient temps for different regions.
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From the Traeger Website:
What is the P-setting?
The P-setting can be used to affect all the temperatures of the grill except the “high” setting. If you set your grill to 225 degrees, the internal temperature probe tells the controller to run the auger until the desired temperature (225 in this case) is reached. Once the desired temperature is reached, the grill defaults back to its P-setting logic until it hits two degrees below the desired temp (223 degrees in this example). At this point, the internal thermometer (RTD) kicks back in to gear and the cycle continues. In essence, P-settings directly affect your grill on the “smoke” setting, and indirectly effect your grill on all others up to “high”.
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Post by: Mudman on June 12, 2018, 06:38:59 PM
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Post by: lamrith on June 17, 2018, 08:17:48 AM
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Post by: mossy8352 on June 17, 2018, 10:11:41 AM
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 17, 2018, 11:08:47 AM
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Post by: mossy8352 on June 17, 2018, 11:22:09 AM
Ribs on.You will like them!!!
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Post by: magnanimous_j on June 18, 2018, 11:09:46 AM
Post by: Knocker of rocks on June 18, 2018, 11:35:55 AM
We learned this lesson over the weekend: When you switch it over to shut down mode, let it run until the fan turns off. We got a clog or something between the fire chamber and the main chamber. It started dropping temp fast and the smoke backed up into the pellet hopper. Then it gave way all at once and nearly blew the lid off!
Green Mountains allow allows a person to mistakenly turn the machine off by more than one fashion before it goes thru the fan mode. That'll get a fire in the tube or over heat the bottom wiring. If you try to correct the problem by turning the machine back on, it has to go thru the startup anew and can over-fill with pellets.
Post by: dscubame on June 18, 2018, 01:00:05 PM
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 18, 2018, 09:39:14 PM
Post by: PA BEN on July 23, 2018, 12:08:52 PM
Post by: tlbradford on July 23, 2018, 02:26:23 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 24, 2018, 08:55:52 AM
Post by: Jpmiller on July 24, 2018, 09:20:37 AM
Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Post by: tlbradford on July 24, 2018, 09:39:35 AM
Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Right now I have the Traeger brand pellets. It isn't that the flavor hasn't been good, it's more of a, "Is it so much better to justify a second grill," type of decision.
Post by: Jpmiller on July 24, 2018, 11:12:40 AM
Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Right now I have the Traeger brand pellets. It isn't that the flavor hasn't been good, it's more of a, "Is it so much better to justify a second grill," type of decision.
Well I can say there's a noticeable difference between the lumbering pellets I bought and the traeger. The traeger was good with it's own pellets but there was a huge noticeable upgrade when I switched. Might be worth a shot before ditching it all together :twocents:
Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 24, 2018, 04:25:05 PM
Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Right now I have the Traeger brand pellets. It isn't that the flavor hasn't been good, it's more of a, "Is it so much better to justify a second grill," type of decision.
Only 2 ? :chuckle: I use all 3 of mine regularly, propane, pellet, and charcoal. All are worthy. :drool:
Post by: PA BEN on July 24, 2018, 07:19:07 PM
Post by: tlbradford on July 25, 2018, 12:01:28 PM
Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Right now I have the Traeger brand pellets. It isn't that the flavor hasn't been good, it's more of a, "Is it so much better to justify a second grill," type of decision.
Only 2 ? :chuckle: I use all 3 of mine regularly, propane, pellet, and charcoal. All are worthy. :drool:
Maybe I need to just build a bigger backyard :chuckle:
Post by: lamrith on July 25, 2018, 02:52:17 PM
Pellets make a big difference on how a grill runs and food tastes. Traeger pellets out here are 60% alder. Alder is a fine wood and the traditional wood for smoking fish here in PNW. But going to a 100% single species pellet makes a difference in flavor. Try 100% Hickory then say 100% cherry, or one of the blends like Maple/hickory/cherry, or cherry/apple. you will taste a difference between them.Had mine about a month now and am thinking of selling it. I love, love the way vegetables turn out, but haven't been blown away by things coming out much better than other cooking methods.
Which pellet brand are you using?
Right now I have the Traeger brand pellets. It isn't that the flavor hasn't been good, it's more of a, "Is it so much better to justify a second grill," type of decision.
Well I can say there's a noticeable difference between the lumbering pellets I bought and the traeger. The traeger was good with it's own pellets but there was a huge noticeable upgrade when I switched. Might be worth a shot before ditching it all together :twocents:
As for worth having, I know I have not used my propane rig since I got a pellet pooper, the flavor is just that much better. Plus a pellet rig is extremely versatile. low n slow (150-250), baking (350-425), grilling (450+) all in one unit.
Post by: PA BEN on August 05, 2018, 03:19:02 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on August 05, 2018, 03:23:40 PM
Post by: PA BEN on August 05, 2018, 04:11:12 PM
Holy moly, you’ve got some eating to do.All my kids and inlaws and outlaws are here
Post by: Timberstalker on August 05, 2018, 05:31:51 PM
Post by: X-Force on August 05, 2018, 06:49:47 PM
Holy moly, you’ve got some eating to do.:yeah:
Post by: tlbradford on August 06, 2018, 07:56:09 AM
Post by: PA BEN on August 07, 2018, 07:39:37 PM
Post by: dscubame on August 07, 2018, 09:04:59 PM
Post by: buglebrush on August 07, 2018, 10:42:56 PM
Post by: lamrith on August 08, 2018, 09:10:01 AM
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Smoked @180ish to 110*IT. Straight into bullseye with grill grates @600* for quick sear. Pulled them @145*it.
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No cut picts to show smoke ring, but most tender chop I have had, was cutting it with a fork.
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Post by: PA BEN on August 10, 2018, 07:04:52 PM
Post by: jrebel on August 11, 2018, 08:40:17 AM
Post by: PA BEN on August 11, 2018, 08:45:53 PM
Post by: PA BEN on August 12, 2018, 06:08:38 PM
Ribs were awesome. Did papa Murphy's today yumHow did the Papa Murphy's turn out? Did you cook it on the cardboard baking sheet?
Post by: Russ McDonald on August 12, 2018, 06:10:50 PM
Have cooked quite a few. They turn out great and yes cook them on the cardboard. I have a pizza stone that I am going to try one day.Ribs were awesome. Did papa Murphy's today yumHow did the Papa Murphy's turn out? Did you cook it on the cardboard baking sheet?
Post by: PA BEN on August 12, 2018, 09:17:27 PM
what temperature?Have cooked quite a few. They turn out great and yes cook them on the cardboard. I have a pizza stone that I am going to try one day.Ribs were awesome. Did papa Murphy's today yumHow did the Papa Murphy's turn out? Did you cook it on the cardboard baking sheet?
Post by: Russ McDonald on August 13, 2018, 03:49:33 AM
On high. About 20 minutes is what I have found. You want to check at about 10 and rotate the pizza. I have been getting the thin crust. Yummy.what temperature?Have cooked quite a few. They turn out great and yes cook them on the cardboard. I have a pizza stone that I am going to try one day.Ribs were awesome. Did papa Murphy's today yumHow did the Papa Murphy's turn out? Did you cook it on the cardboard baking sheet?
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Post by: tlbradford on August 13, 2018, 07:38:46 AM
Post by: PA BEN on August 18, 2018, 06:00:20 PM
Post by: Alchase on August 18, 2018, 07:17:43 PM
We need a pic of all that bacon and loin goodness when finished! :hello:
Post by: PA BEN on August 18, 2018, 07:59:54 PM
Post by: PA BEN on August 18, 2018, 08:04:46 PM
Post by: lamrith on August 18, 2018, 08:07:47 PM
Sometimes the thick cut bacon does not get done enough on a cook like these, If you use thin cut bacon it will crisp up nice.
Post by: skipjack on August 18, 2018, 08:44:00 PM
Post by: Alchase on August 18, 2018, 09:02:16 PM
Here the best I can do. Almost finished picture with baked potatoes and after we cut into it
You did just fine! :tup:
Yum!
Post by: Blacklab on August 19, 2018, 12:48:17 PM
Post by: PA BEN on September 02, 2018, 05:35:30 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on September 02, 2018, 06:17:51 PM
Potatoes on the pellet grill are phenomenal.
Post by: Dale Gribble on September 02, 2018, 06:25:03 PM
Another pork loin potatoes and cabbage.
Post by: mossy8352 on September 02, 2018, 06:27:28 PM
Post by: fowl smacker on September 02, 2018, 08:12:29 PM
I cook our pizzas on a pizza screen.. got them at cash and carry.. they work greatThat's a good idea, I've been doing my Papa Murphy's straight on the grill grate, I just have a really big spatula.
Post by: PA BEN on September 06, 2018, 07:50:59 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on September 06, 2018, 08:05:28 PM
How was it?
Post by: PA BEN on September 07, 2018, 05:29:59 AM
That’s cooked perfectly.To die for. :drool:
How was it?
Post by: PA BEN on December 25, 2018, 01:12:55 PM
Post by: PA BEN on December 25, 2018, 01:14:02 PM
Post by: TVHunts on December 25, 2018, 01:43:17 PM
I just started a 10lb standing rib roast on my traeger, dinner at 5:00ish I hope!
Enjoy your Christmas meal!
Post by: mossy8352 on December 25, 2018, 01:58:08 PM
Post by: PA BEN on December 25, 2018, 07:01:02 PM
Nice looks great bet it is real good!Yes it was
Post by: Russ McDonald on December 25, 2018, 07:36:15 PM
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 25, 2018, 08:41:36 PM
Did a ham today on mine. Tasted awesome. Wife is asking what next. :dunno:
Elk loin.
Post by: Russ McDonald on December 26, 2018, 10:06:30 AM
have to get one in order to do it but would bet it taste greatDid a ham today on mine. Tasted awesome. Wife is asking what next. :dunno:
Elk loin.
Post by: WAcoueshunter on December 26, 2018, 10:26:19 AM
Nice looks great bet it is real good!Yes it was
PA BEN, is yours a REC TEC? Looks like a larger version of mine. Love it!
Post by: PA BEN on December 27, 2018, 12:04:24 PM
Pro 34Nice looks great bet it is real good!Yes it was
PA BEN, is yours a REC TEC? Looks like a larger version of mine. Love it!
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Post by: Russ McDonald on January 08, 2020, 09:23:05 AM
Made a papa murphy's pizza on it last night, and holy cow was it delicious. 10 minutes at 425 and it was perfect.Was that in the pizza tray from PM or direct on the rack. I usually cook mine at 425 in the tray from PM for 20 minutes rotating at 10 minutes.
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Post by: frazierw on January 08, 2020, 09:29:17 AM
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 08, 2020, 09:33:36 AM
It was on the tray from PM. I pre-heated the traeger then threw it on there, had two pizzas going at once. I absolutely hate the taste of burned food, so they probably could have gone for another couple minutes but they were plenty done for my taste. Crust was crispy throughout.That is what I love about doing it on the traeger. The crust is always crispy.
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Post by: Jpmiller on January 08, 2020, 01:24:45 PM
Post by: Russ McDonald on January 08, 2020, 05:49:11 PM
I keep hearing pizza is good on them, still haven't tried it on mine but will need to soon .My grand daughter doesn't like it any other way now.
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