I had been looking at buying a pellet smoker for a year or three. Cost of the smoker and my wife not being fond of smoked food made me pull up short.
After a family Thanksgiving last week where various dishes came out of the smoker, I decided I'm gonna get one. I bought a used Traeger Elite 34 that had the update controller and two temperature probes. I gave $450 which included a hopper full of hickory pellets and a smoker cover.
I'm looking forward to using the smoker. Wife is very unhappy I got it. She's not listening to any of it.
Any advice on using a pellet smoker? Different woods? Pros and cons of my smoker?
The wood taste of a Traeger grill is mild at best. Nothing like a old fashioned smoker where you have to keep it stoked with hardwoods.
The latter gives a better flavor in my opinion, but the former is much easier to use, as long as it works correctly.
