Smokers (Traeger)

That sounds awesome, I can’t wait to give brisket a try, love it!

 

That Traeger has wifi so the built in probe connects straight to the app on your phone. You can change temp, manage profiles, set timers, or probe temp alerts directly from your phone. It’s very cool!

 

Be careful with the probes and built in thermometers that are supplied with the smokers, they’re notoriously unreliable. Mine runs about 15 degrees cool when up against my ThermoWorks. The ThermoWorks is calibrated and I check it so I know that’s correct.

 

The Traeger allows you to do a probe calibration and, if necessary, include an offset.

 

I love me some smokers. I’m currently using a primo xl but am going to add a lone star grills insulated vertical cabinet or vertical offset.

Good friend of mine has a Yoder ys640 and if I was going pellet that’s what I’d get.

I need more smoking space!

 

That's a new one.

Lone Star Grillz? Friend has the 48' offset single door. Built like a brick house.

 

For longer cooks the pellet smokers are very appealing. I have a cheapo pitboss kamado-style smoker, it is hard to keep a constant temp for more than 3-4hrs. I did a brisket once and it was a massive PITA (tinkering all day) to keep it on track. At the moment, ribs for lunch are the limit of what I am willing to cook and when it needs to start.

 

See if you can track down a Flame Boss or similar temp controller with a fan. It will keep your pit at whatever temp you select. Mine has a probe for meat and pit. You can set it to shut down when the meat temp get to what's programmed. They have newer wifi ones with apps that link to your phone, but a basic one takes the pain in the ass of babysitting the temp out of play for longer or overnight smokes. I'd never do a pork butt or brisket length smoke without one.

 

Just from my experience...I've had two electric pellet smokers. I bought a Camp Chef off of Amazon and it was a shit show trying to get them to help with warranty. My Traeger I bought a couple of years after from Home Depot (knock on wood), I've never had an issue with it that Traeger wouldn't step up and handle swiftly. The Camp Chef people were nice and the two smokers are virtually the same but I'll never buy another brand just because of the service I've received from them.

 

Yep. Buddy of mine had some issues when he upgraded to a larger Traeger last year. They ended up sending him a whole new one after the first try didn’t fix the problem

And yes @dsapsis we trimmed the unnecessary fat off a briscuit. I hope that’s ok for you.

 

woooshy. You sure those 40k towns teach good readin' and writin'?

 

Who has a 48 foot grille? That single offset door must be heavy af

 

My buddy has a rec tec that stays outside uncovered all year and he uses weekly for about 3 years now with zero issues.

Build quality is pretty nice

 

Yeah. Grillz. They are built to very high standards it seems.

 

Yeah my mistake there. Even at 1:12 scale that door needs a counterweight. Looks like an air wing.

 

This. You can't screw up a butt. Grab one at the store, trim the skin and fat off it, coat it in whatever rub you like and flop it on the smoker at 225 or so. Get the internal temp of the meat up to 205ish and pull it off and shred it.
I make my own rub and rub the butt with yellow mustard before applying the seasoning.

 

Plain yellow mustard is a great binder. Get some Meat Church rubs, the Honey Hog Hot is a particular favorite of mine currently. So much you can do on the pellet smokers once you get comfortable. Pulled Pork as stated is an easy place to start. Reverse sear some steaks or porkchops. Chicken wings are fantastic. Braise some pork or beef roasts to make carnitas. Bake bread with it. Get a pizza attachment (search amazon for one that fits your model) and make bomb-ass wood-fired pizza.

 

Get a trompo from trompo king and make al pastor.