Thinking about getting a pellet grill

[TOGIE]

holy crap i have not looked at basic pellet grill prices in a long time and they have basically been untouched (oppositely touched actually) by inflation, at least just by looking at my pit boss model.

i bought my basic 820 in 2019 for 500 bucks at lowes. the current 850 with wifi is ..... you guessed it 500 bucks at lowes.

that's basically a raw, like, 20% discount or something when accounting for inflation. even better when you consider the features and upgrades that come with it.


i should probably go buy one, stupid not to right?

 

[Dave N]

I have that exact one and think this is solid advice. The wifi built in is just one more thing that can fail on your grill and from my experience usually one of the first to go.

Yeah, I thought that too. Comparing prices, for the Traeger plus the cost of the monitor I have the cost of the Pit Boss with it already installed. If it craps out and isn't covered by the warranty I could then get the separate unit.

 

[Dave N]

holy crap i have not looked at basic pellet grill prices in a long time and they have basically been untouched (oppositely touched actually) by inflation, at least just by looking at my pit boss model.

i bought my basic 820 in 2019 for 500 bucks at lowes. the current 850 with wifi is ..... you guessed it 500 bucks at lowes.

that's basically a raw, like, 20% discount or something when accounting for inflation. even better when you consider the features and upgrades that come with it.


i should probably go buy one, stupid not to right?

Get two, they're cheap!

 

[noharleyyet]

I have that exact one and think this is solid advice. The wifi built in is just one more thing that can fail on your grill and from my experience usually one of the first to go.

Was both pizzed off and suspicious when my RecBull's connection feature failed...

 

[Dave N]

Alright. I went for it and just bought the Pit Boss 820. TSC had a 1 mile per dollar bonus with my Alaska card and when I signed in to use it there was also a 500 mile bonus when spending X amount of money, which I did. Cool! Damn near 1000 points for a future flight. Now I just have to figure out a way to go back to Alaska! Now I'm just waiting for the email saying to go pick it up. Thanks for the help, guys! As usual, I did the old bigger is always better thing.

 

[TOGIE]

ain't nothing better than pressin a button, turning a knob, going to sleep, and then walking out on the porch early the next morning to that hypnotically sublime smell combination of seasoned rendering pork fat and wood smoke.

will need lots of pictures dave

 

[Exhausted]

Sure ain't.

I have a 15” cast iron that goes on the recteq at full blast. It’ll get up to 600 and get that cast iron screaming hot. You don’t get much smoke flavor, but a nice touch.

 

[Wildabeest]

Damn near 1000 points for a future flight

Speaking of inflation, 1000 airlines points doesn’t get you chit these days. And it seems they get less valuable every day.

 

[Dave N]

Speaking of inflation, 1000 airlines points doesn’t get you chit these days. And it seems they get less valuable every day.

Yeah, but they still add up over time when you buy stuff.

 

[noharleyyet]

Grill Grates up for grilling, turn em over for searing...(awesome for reverse sear Tomahawks) Take em off & use the bar grills for other applications. Got rid of our natty gas Webber coz of these...

 

[Nick87]

I have a 15” cast iron that goes on the recteq at full blast. It’ll get up to 600 and get that cast iron screaming hot. You don’t get much smoke flavor, but a nice touch.

I dont care for smoke flavor on burger or a steak personally.

 

[Exhausted]

I dont care for smoke flavor on burger or a steak personally.

I’ve been known to smoke a thick steak (or tri-tip) at 170 for 30-60 minutes before vacuum sealing and going into a sous vide until I’m ready to sear. Lovely.