What's your favorite Treager tip?

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I'd be willing to be that I'm not the only one on here who uses a Treager grill. I've used mine for everything fro Baby Back Ribs to chickens to turkeys to baked beans, etc.

So I thought I'd start a thread where you could show off your favorite Treager tip. Not your favorite meal, but something that you have found makes cooking on the Treager easier, faster, smoother, etc.

Here's mine. It is a welding blanket from Harbor Freight, 6'x8', made of fiberglass. I fold it up so it just covers the "roof" of the Treager and doesn't droop down over the sides. It helps to keep the heat inside the grill thereby allowing you to cook using less pellets, and also keeps the temperature more even as things cook.

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I've never heard of a Treager grill. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

My experience with Griddle Life just started this past summer with my BlackStone and I love it.
 
I have a Green Mountain Grill and my tip is if your doing a shorter and hotter cook, watch it and don’t always depend on the WiFi. This was Sunday’s chicken thighs.
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I'd be willing to be that I'm not the only one on here who uses a Treager grill. I've used mine for everything fro Baby Back Ribs to chickens to turkeys to baked beans, etc.

So I thought I'd start a thread where you could show off your favorite Treager tip. Not your favorite meal, but something that you have found makes cooking on the Treager easier, faster, smoother, etc.

Here's mine. It is a welding blanket from Harbor Freight, 6'x8', made of fiberglass. I fold it up so it just covers the "roof" of the Treager and doesn't droop down over the sides. It helps to keep the heat inside the grill thereby allowing you to cook using less pellets, and also keeps the temperature more even as things cook.

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GFC - be careful with that. I originally went that direction as opposed to spending $80 for the GMG thermal blanket to save a few bucks. However, I starred noticing fiberglass shavings all over my grill and didn’t want that in the food, so I scrapped it.
 
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On occasion I’ll set up a WYZE cam so I can keep an eye on the cook when not around. Also with the pellet, during the first hour when I want a bit more smokey flavor I’ll lite up smoker tube packed with some Cherry or Apple chips to infuse additional smoke flavor
 
Now wait just a damn minute here!... I've seen your Cooking/Smokin before?
I royally screwed up this time tho....:(:D
The Admiral made a decent salad to feed the 1st Mate and I.
 
I've never heard of a Treager grill. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

My experience with Griddle Life just started this past summer with my BlackStone and I love it.
They use cooking grade pellets for heat, that additionally adds a decent, but not overpowering smoke to what you're cooking. If you keep it clean, you don't get flare ups like a gasser.
I've had mine for about 13 years, and wouldn't be without one.
Traeger is a brand name, they started the pellet grills. There are dozens of manufacturers now.
 
Have smoked meat with several types of equipment over the years. Currently using a Green Egg.

Thinking about moving to a pellet smoker, just seems like less work.

Has anyone moved from a Green Egg to a pellet?

(sorry for the hijack, but it seemed to be moving around a bit already).
 
I use this with the Treager, Egg, Magma, and Char Broil. Cheap monitor I bought out of the back of some guy's vehicle full of Chinese gadgets. Talked him from $75 to $35. Looking on Amazon right now, there's the same thing with 6 probes for 50 bucks. I figured it would last 15 minutes, but it has held up very well for a couple of years now. Especially with the Treager, I still see hot areas in the can, so it's much easier to monitor a few racks and chickens across the surface. Love the app. True walk away smoking......
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Have smoked meat with several types of equipment over the years. Currently using a Green Egg.

Thinking about moving to a pellet smoker, just seems like less work.

Has anyone moved from a Green Egg to a pellet?

(sorry for the hijack, but it seemed to be moving around a bit already).

Do both? Keep the Egg and get a pellet. The pellet is more of a set it and forget it (with the exception of what I did) but you can also get some truly unique and fantastic cooks out of an egg.
 
I've never heard of a Treager grill. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
I think the biggest advantage of any pellet grill is you fill the hopper with about 8-10 pounds of pellets of whatever flavor you prefer, turn it on, set the temp and let it go.

Google Treager Recipes or go to Treager dot com to see what cooking with a pellet grill looks like.

I've done just about every kind of meat you can imagine, plus Bush's Beans. The meat cooks slowly, is wrapped (figuratively speaking) in smoke and when it's done it's done to perfection. My baby back ribs just fall off the bone. Ummmm Good.
 
I use this with the Treager, Egg, Magma, and Char Broil. Cheap monitor I bought out of the back of some guy's vehicle full of Chinese gadgets. Talked him from $75 to $35. Looking on Amazon right now, there's the same thing with 6 probes for 50 bucks. I figured it would last 15 minutes, but it has held up very well for a couple of years now. Especially with the Treager, I still see hot areas in the can, so it's much easier to monitor a few racks and chickens across the surface. Love the app. True walk away smoking......
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Govee from Amazon - bought two - one for each home. Works great.
 
Thought I would show you my brother’s smoker. Yes it’s for a restaurant. Cortez Clam Factory
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Sorry, I don’t have any tips for your Traeger. A few of my friends have Traegers

This is what I use to smoke my meats. I just smoked 100#s of pork to feed the homeless this Saturday. One tip on pork is to inject it with apple juice before smoking. Temperature is set at 210 degrees. Pull them out when they hit 195.

I love smoked chicken wings
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@MrHappy that is a high quality ($$$) rig that you have there.

When I used to be part of a competition team, we had a cobbled together 8 foot smoker that we used. There were shiny rigs that were there but I never cooked on one.

What's behind the door? Storage, sleeping area?

Do you cook commercial or competition - or both? Looking again, probably not competition, looks like either electric or gas.

Tell us more about the rig.
 
Buy a Big Green Egg instead and don’t look back...the best thing I’ve ever purchased!
 
No tips, but I'm looking to spatchcock and smoke my turkey on my Traeger this year. I usually go the deep fry route, but am going to follow a YouTube video I found from MeatChurch that sounds really good. Brine overnight, spatchcock it, rub it and put it on the smoker.

Kevin
 
No tips, but I'm looking to spatchcock and smoke my turkey on my Traeger this year. I usually go the deep fry route, but am going to follow a YouTube video I found from MeatChurch that sounds really good. Brine overnight, spatchcock it, rub it and put it on the smoker.

Kevin

Meat Church products are fantastic. Voodoo is excellent on chicken, well, almost anything. I put Holy Cow on everything beef as well as pizza and Chili. Good recipes too.

I spatchcocked brined and smoked this Turkey. Did a Cajun injection and rubbed it in Tony Chachere’s creole seasoning. I’ll never go back to frying on my own. You’re gonna love it.
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