New to Traeger Smoking

[JamieMc5280]

Got a Traeger for my bday in July, want to smoke a pork butt this weekend. After much research I'm still confused on the difference between the "smoke" setting on the Traeger and the temp settings. If I want to smoke a pork butt, should I use the straight up "smoke" setting? All the instructions/recipes I find for traeger say to preheat w/ smoke setting (5-10 min) then heat to 225- seems like I'm baking the pork butt vs. actually smoking it.

Will someone please provide some clarity on this???

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[gmc2003]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry I'm not a pellet pooper, but someone will chime in before the weekend to help you out.

Chris

 

[flatbroke]

Smoke setting doesn’t get high enough on mine to cook a butt. It heats up drops pellets then turns off. The pellets burn out temp drops cycle repeats after a set amount of time. Forgot what traeger said.

225 is where you want it. You will get smoke when pellets burn. It is mild smoke though.