Thanks for the heads up!Not sure if this is nationwide, but saw pellets on sale for under $10 at the local Lowes.
No prob. At my location, many of the bags were taped closed because they were busted. Not sure if they are getting rid of them for good or what.Thanks for the heads up!
They should want to be in a room with you discussing what to do.I won’t be shocked to see Lowe’s reduce their SmokeFire offerings, but it will be a very sad thing. If this innovative - even if initially flawed - pellet grill disappears from shelves, it will make a great “case study” for business school students on how to botch a new product launch and the devastating results it can bring.
I would love to be in the board room and product development office at Weber to hear what they are thinking right now!
Your local Lowe’s prices are better than mine. But I grabbed 3 bags of the blend for $11 a bag.I went to Lowe's tonight to pick up my order of a new bench grinder. I checked out the Weber section and found some great sales on stainless GBS grates for the Spirit 300 (and classic Genesis, too). I bought the 4 they had left. I also picked up a Weber grill cover for $37.
Here's what they had for pellets:
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I thought it was interesting that the Grill Master blend commands an extra $3. Not a bad price at $11, but I have a full bag and way too many other bags of pellets, so I passed. But for only $8 I went for a bag of Hickory.
Looking around, I have to say that I am a little like Han Solo when it comes to the future of the SmokeFire as in "I have a bad feeling about this..."
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I truly hope I am wrong, but it has the appearance to me that Lowe's is planning on reducing its Weber footprint and that the SmokeFire may not fit in at all. I believe Lowe's is the only major retailer that has SmokeFires on their sales floor. If this space is lost, I can't see how Weber can hope to gain any kind of market share. Recteq does it, but they market heavily as a direct seller.