damascusmaker
Smoking Fanatic
AJohnson, I have a Traeger, I call a rescue because I put it together from parts from various places. Here is the link http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/236341/traeger-body-and-smoke-daddy-feeder
Like all the others said, don't give up. I'm new but have found the pellet system to have a definite place for me. Here is the Thanksgiving food done on it
And some country ham last week
Made some killer jerky yesterday. Find Jeff's instructions on this site and try some hot dogs as a confidence builder. It's such an easy system for quicker things with pretty much instant control. I'm almost ready to try a long cook like a butt on it but I don't believe it will replace my UDS for real deal smoking on long cooks. I'll try it out before saying for sure. If you bought it new and it isn't holding steady temps, maybe time to call Traeger. I don't even have a cooking chamber mounted thermometer in mine. just using the Maverick and it runs real close to the display on the control. We aren't supposed to post external links here but there is a forum dedicated to pellet cookers you can find pretty easy, If not PM me for the link.
Oh, the pizza I did was pretty great, 15 minutes letting the thing run @ the highest setting.
Edit: Jeff just sent out a newsletter about "Ribs on the Traeger" today.
Like all the others said, don't give up. I'm new but have found the pellet system to have a definite place for me. Here is the Thanksgiving food done on it
And some country ham last week
Made some killer jerky yesterday. Find Jeff's instructions on this site and try some hot dogs as a confidence builder. It's such an easy system for quicker things with pretty much instant control. I'm almost ready to try a long cook like a butt on it but I don't believe it will replace my UDS for real deal smoking on long cooks. I'll try it out before saying for sure. If you bought it new and it isn't holding steady temps, maybe time to call Traeger. I don't even have a cooking chamber mounted thermometer in mine. just using the Maverick and it runs real close to the display on the control. We aren't supposed to post external links here but there is a forum dedicated to pellet cookers you can find pretty easy, If not PM me for the link.
Oh, the pizza I did was pretty great, 15 minutes letting the thing run @ the highest setting.
Edit: Jeff just sent out a newsletter about "Ribs on the Traeger" today.
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