Are pellet grills a meme? I just want to smoke meats without having to nurse the fire for 8-10 hours.

>>21400509 (OP)
No, they're quite convenient unless something breaks on them. Then you're buying another $700 grill.

>>21400509 (OP)
i have a traeger 650 something pellet grill.
it sucks. might as well just buy a regular grill. the smoke flavor does not impart itself no matter how hard you try, or what pellets you use.
buy a wood smoker.

>>21400509 (OP)
Yes, OP.
Just a "meme". You can't actually smoke foods.

Stop calling them grills, they're terrible grills.
Consider it an electric fired "smoker"/outdoor oven. And for that, it's genuinely pretty good. I don't judge.
Also I have a spidey sense that pellet manufacturing is even less natural than charcoal briquettes.

>>21400509 (OP)
>meme

KYS, zoomer cunt.

>>21400509 (OP)
Weber Smokey Mountain gives much better flavor while being cheaper and almost as hands-off (especially with smart accessories).

>>21400509 (OP)
I tried one fo a bit, it’s alright
I stole some bbq seasoning from my job at lowes when I was working overnight in the grill section, stuffed it into a plastic baggy I brought wit, took a hunk of spam, cross cut the surfaces and crusted that bitch head to toe with butter and the seasoning.
Threw that in the pellet grill for a while.
Fucking phenomenal

>>21400553
I have a weber kettle style pellet grill. It is not the same as charcoal, but for the convenience I can forgive it.

https://www.recteq.com/products/rt-b380x-bullseye-deluxe

>>21400947
I'm thinking of buying this exact recteq, is it worth it?

>>21400960
I really like it. Sometimes I wish I had a normal charcoal kettle for certain super high heat things but it really does well with almost everything.

Pros: not too huge, good size for 2 or 3 people.
easy to use
super convenient
heats pretty quickly
holds enough pellets for overnight smoke
flat top griddle fits perfectly and adds a lot of versatility

Cons: full size brisket would be a tight fit at best
does not have a good way to handle rendered fat, so super fatty cuts can cause grease fire flare ups. (this can really suck)

>>21400972
Sweet thanks anon.

>>21400985
NP, Wish you well if you get that bitch.

>>21400553
They're both made with essentially wood by-product with binders unless you use lump.

I've tried a couple pellet grills and you know? I can see the appeal. Set and forget, flavor is fine. Build quality seems poor though. You can even cook burgers and steaks just fine. In a loose sense it's almost like an air fryer/convection oven. Don't expect searing tho. Also all the pellets taste the same.

I guess I've gotten lazy but charcoal is just such a hassle. It's sooty, you smell like a fire after cooking. You gotta pay attention to temp throughout the whole cook and then you gotta play the game of adding coals and getting the temp stable again.

Flavor is obviously better with coals/wood chunks but enough to justify the hassle I dunno. Some might even argue coal or wood tastes dirty, so even that could be a moot point.

>>21400527
>the smoke flavor does not impart itself no matter how hard you try,
somebody has covid!

>>21400557
calling everything a meme started many ago with millennials

>>21401915
Calling general retards 'zoomers' started "many ago" also, dumbass. Don't defend retard behavior. Foods and tools are not memes and never will be recognized as such by anyone.

>>21400509 (OP)
They all eventually have problems with the augers and clogs and its fucking annoying to deal with. Everything else about them is great but yeah taking them apart to put out a pellet fire and fix the auger is not fun.

>>21401924
the OP used the term in alignment with its definition. idk what you want man

>>21400509 (OP)
>Are pellet grills a meme?
yes
>I just want to smoke meats without having to nurse the fire for 8-10 hours.
charcoal smokers (weber smokey mountain, ok joe bronco, pit barrel cooker etc) can hold temp for 12+ hours, give a better smoke flavor, and are cheaper than pellet grills

>>21400884
night watchman
stolen spices
spam

another /ck/ hall of fame "cook"

get one of these and mix wood chunks with lump charcoal

the best tasting steak in the world is a ribeye on the pellet grill for 90 minutes finished with a sear

>>21400553
Well the pellets are made from kiln dried wood sawdust.
While not bad they also suck because the kiln drying flashes off lots of the chemicals that are needed for smoking food.
I'm addition the temp of the burning pellets never gets high enough to volatize everything left in the pellets, that's why their smoke rings and taste are subpar compared to other types of smokers.

>>21403578
Those are the worst gravity smokers you can buy, also the cheapest.

>>21403675
works fine for me after bypassing he safety switches. I've heard lots of bad things about its controller though.

>>21400509 (OP)
No, but they are quickly becoming a meme. For whatever fucking reason they are going to blends for pellets, which is fucking retarded. I want a specific wood for smoking a specific meat, not what some retarded meme chef thinks a "competition" blend should be. I have to trek all the way to an Ace to find pure wood types because all the big box stores do blends only now. If I want a blend, I'll do it myself. Blends are really a way for these wood cunts to sell you the shit woods that no one uses, like cherry. Pecan has it's uses for pork, but no other meat, yet they slap that shit in all the blends. Makes em fucking useless.

At least lump and chips are still pure. If I can't get pure pellets anymore I will go back to electric smoking. Sucks to lose the smoke ring, but that shit is cosmetic only.

>>21403578
Good idea, horribly made. Shame because I like the idea, but not at $800 or whatever they cost.

Honestly unless it's a weber kettle (their older gas grills seem to be good too) grills seem to be universally terrible in quality.

>>21403687
The hopper channel is the most narrow of any of them, it is prone to getting stuck, the thickness of the metal doesn't lend itself to holding heat well, the wires for the controller catch on fire and brick the entire device.

>>21403674
All wood is kiln dried from the store. And there is no difference in taste from chip to pellet to charcoal. Only difference from chips to pellet/charcoal is the smoke ring, which is visual shit only.

The only downside for pellet smoking is the temp oscillation that comes from the auger.

>>21403689
I use a chunk of cherry in all my smokes because it gives an incredible smoke ring.

>>21403697
There is an objective taste difference from pellets compared to any other type of fuel, you are coping when you say there isn't.

I use a regular old charcoal grill with wood pellets. Works great if you're only cooking for yourself and your imaginary friends.

>>21403619
This is correct. My Yoder is a reverse searing machine.

>>21403700
If you want a great smoke ring, add some regular charcoal briquets. They make the best smoke ring and go with any kind of flavor wood.

>>21403723
If I wanted that taste I would just own a pbc but instead I have a stick burner.

if your pit needs electricity you arent barbequing

>>21403729
Dumbshit, it doesn't change the taste. It's a competition trick used with stickburners. Charcoal emits more nitric acid in the smoke and gets you a better ring.

Lrn2science you absolute faggot

>>21403804
>adding more soot doesnt impact taste
Okay

One of the biggest memes there is but also very convenient if you aren’t old crusty boomer enough to spend an entire day smoking dinner on a real smoker

>>21403619
Temp & times anon?