Interested in what you think about them. Do they do a good job cooking? Can you smoke meats with them? Easy to use?
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I’m assuming it’s rather easy to clean out the hopper and ash? Just a maintenance task so kinda makes it sound like a PITA. But no different than emptying the ash out of the charcoal grill I’m guessing.
My Webber needs new grill grates because they don’t get cleaned after every use. They are rusty and it won’t come off now. So I’ll get new grates this year. But I still want a pellet grill.Less so that a charcoal grill. There is very little ash from pellets. The biggest pain is the same I had with every gas grill I have owned, cleaning up the cooking surface after a smoke or grill. I will admit, I should do so more often.
Easiest way I do it is to use a shop vac the next day to clean the inside out. It gets the chamber pretty clean easily that way. For the grates I use either easy off or use the dawn liquid spray and let it sit for an hour or so and must of the large stuff comes off every time.I’m assuming it’s rather easy to clean out the hopper and ash? Just a maintenance task so kinda makes it sound like a PITA. But no different than emptying the ash out of the charcoal grill I’m guessing.
Nothing in the flavor of the meat, whether beef, chicken, pork, or venison.Do any of you noble users detect any hint of wax or whatever is used to bind the pellets?
I haven't looked at pellet grills, but have researched pellet stove heaters.Do any of you noble users detect any hint of wax or whatever is used to bind the pellets?
This I did not know. Very informative.I haven't looked at pellet grills, but have researched pellet stove heaters.
In most pellets, the binder should be lignin, which is a natural component of the wood. As the wood chips/sawdust is forced through a die plate it heats up, then binds as it cools; no wax or additional glue required.
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I started out with smoking with lump wood in a big smoker. It was both fun and challenging to see how even I could keep the temperature. So I agree with you, pellet smokers are cheating, but I don’t plan on ever going back to a lump fired smoker. I now put my efforts into the rub.Around these parts there is limited love for pellet smokers. Indeed they do have a fan base but true, hard core aficionado types dismiss them as (to use one choice of words-"cheating". I think they can be likened to a microwave for BBQ).
Truth...world class Pitmasters like Aaron Franklin, Myron Mixon, Rodney Scott and other legends of the art are not cranking out pork butts and briskets on a Traeger.
.....but that's only one person's opinion.
Some guys don't want to be tending a fire for 24 hours, final product notwithstanding.
I rather enjoy the task and the end result.
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Love our 850...use it weekly.Pitboss Sportsman 820.
Love it! Will 100% replace if/when it fails.
Jay