New Addition To The Fleet

[bigtrain74]

Ordered today... REC TEC pellet cooker. The said it will be here in 2.5 weeks... I don't know if that means 17 or 18 days... Not like you can split a week in half, but ok... I'm too excited to sleep... It's like being a kid waiting for Christmas.

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• bigtrain74
• Jul 9, 2013

 

[lazykitty]

Good choice.  I'm loving my Rectec.
 

 

[Bearcarver]

More Fun for the Big Train!!!

Must mean afternoon of the 17th day, or morning of the 18th day.

Bear

 

[themule69]

I see many years of great Q in your future.

Happy smoken.

David

 

[seenred]

Congrats, BigTrain!  I love my RecTec!

Red

 

[ats32]

Has anybody done a fuel cost comparison from a propane grill to the rec tec pellets? 

 

[bluto]

Congrats on the REC-TEC BigTrain, those are nice units!

Has anybody done a fuel cost comparison from a propane grill to the rec tec pellets? 

Unfortunately that's such a hard thing to do with so many choices out there for pellets, and only one option for propane.
If you buy pellets in bulk, you can get a helladeal, making it cheaper than propane. I know myself, if I stick to what I can find local, which is about $18 for a 20# bag, I'll burn through a bag in about 25 hours at 250F. If I buy in bulk, I can get a 20# bag for about $9. For the most part, depending on the pellet cooker, I would say the average is about a pound an hour (+/-), I haven't timed my propane cooks, but I would guess they are somewhere about the same timeline for a tank, 20-25 hours to one 18lb tank. But that's just me, others may have other experiences.
I have noticed that since I converted to the SSII PID controller from the stock Traeger controller, my pellets last longer.

 

[foamheart]

Bet Big Train has a couple a sick days saved up.......... I hear the flu season may hit in his area in about 1.5 weeks!

Man that is a sharp looking rig. Do you have to get special wax to keep it that shiny? Or just use it enough so the dirt can't settle on it?

Congrats Man.