Traeger Industries, in Oregon, makes pellet-burning grills/smokers.
Guy I know has a couple of 'em he uses as part of his catering biz,
and he likes 'em. Traeger has pellets made from various
woods--hickory, apple, mesquite, alder, oak, cherry and several
others.

Seems to be a good answer to the issue of fire-tending, as far as I
can see.

If anyone here has experience with, or good knowledge of the Traeger
grills, I'd love to hear what ya got to say.

Their site's at www.traegerindustries.com

--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:15:26 -0700, Denny Wheeler
wrote:

Traeger Industries, in Oregon, makes pellet-burning grills/smokers.
Guy I know has a couple of 'em he uses as part of his catering biz,
and he likes 'em. Traeger has pellets made from various
woods--hickory, apple, mesquite, alder, oak, cherry and several
others.

Seems to be a good answer to the issue of fire-tending, as far as I
can see.

If anyone here has experience with, or good knowledge of the Traeger
grills, I'd love to hear what ya got to say.

Their site's at www.traegerindustries.com

Dr. BBQ uses one & I had a chance to see it working. It's uglier than
sin, but seems to work very well. I haven't checked but I hear they
are not cheap!

Harry

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:33:17 GMT, Harry Demidavicius
wrote:


Dr. BBQ uses one & I had a chance to see it working. It's uglier than
sin, but seems to work very well. I haven't checked but I hear they
are not cheap!

No, they're not cheap. Seem to be well-made though.

--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.

Denny Wheeler wrote:
Traeger Industries, in Oregon, makes pellet-burning grills/smokers.
Guy I know has a couple of 'em he uses as part of his catering biz,
and he likes 'em. Traeger has pellets made from various
woods--hickory, apple, mesquite, alder, oak, cherry and several
others.

Seems to be a good answer to the issue of fire-tending, as far as I
can see.

If anyone here has experience with, or good knowledge of the Traeger
grills, I'd love to hear what ya got to say.

Their site's at www.traegerindustries.com

--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.

I don't have personal experience using a Traeger, but I have an uncle
who owns one.
As others have noted, they're kinda ugly and not cheap.
I've seen my uncle's Traeger in operation and eaten some of the
results. They seem to be pretty much hassle free, and do produce some
excellent 'Q.
The only negative comment that I've heard from him is that food grade
wood pellets tend to be rather pricey. Other than that, he seems quite
satisfied.

Jim

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:33:17 GMT, Harry Demidavicius
wrote:


Dr. BBQ uses one & I had a chance to see it working. It's uglier than
sin, but seems to work very well. I haven't checked but I hear they
are not cheap!

No, they're not cheap. Seem to be well-made though.

--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.

I have used one for about a year. I love it. Have done brisket, to ribs, to
chicken and turkey with very good results.

John

On 10 Sep 2005 21:16:43 -0700, "jinym" wrote:

The only negative comment that I've heard from him is that food grade
wood pellets tend to be rather pricey. Other than that, he seems quite
satisfied.

Yeah, I don't know if the pellets are available anywhere except from
Traeger--and they're definitely spendy there.

--
-denny-

"I don't like it when a whole state starts
acting like a marital aid."
"John R. Campbell" in a Usenet post.