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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
So I'm debating now between having a gas line installed and buying a gas grill VS a Traeger wood pellet grill/smoker. Anyone have any opinions one way or another?
I've always BBQd a ton during the summer and smoking meat sounds like a good time too. How does the flavour compare from a gas bbq to a wood grill?
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It doesn’t.
A wood pellet grill is better in almost every regard.
Costco recently had an amazing deal on one And the redflag crew ate it up.
A wood pellet bbq will cost about 3 times as much to operate then a propane bbq when it comes to fuel but the flavour and temperature control cannot be beat. Most $500 plus wood pellet grills have digital temperature control which is amazingly accurate due to the fan forced air and also include a seer plate.
If you have the means and the space (because they are huge) then wood pellet is the way to go. Expect about 10-15 more minutes invested to get to the same process a propane bbq will get you. They come in many sizes and I always suggest to go a bit bigger then you think you need because once you start smoking meat it’s amazing how many “friends” want to get in on it.
This one will get as low as 449 at Lowe’s. It’s Small but a good quality grill if you don’t need something that gets over 500f and don’t want to invest 1k in a pellet bbq.
https://www.lowes.ca/pellet-grills/t...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
Pit boss grills are also very common and go on sale for 200 to 300 off at Costco a few times a summer.
Just remember the large majority of wood pellet grills are autofeed which means they are electric based and need to be plugged in for the ignition, temp/fan control and the automatic hopper.