Darryl - swazies
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Well, good news........I think anyways.
I was able to secure a buyer for my large sized Traeger pellet grill. It's about 10 years old, works well besides it not running at as low as you set the temp.
Not sure what the issue is, either the temp probe or something electrical. Either way parts are cheap to fix it if it goes south. I had just been setting it at 180 to cook at 200 to 220. Still worked fine. Other than that it works flawlessly and has never jammed or had issues. Also well taken care of as I take pride in that kind of thing like I am sure most of you do too. I was going to put it up for $400 and thought it would sell easily, my old man was over on the weekend and he has eaten off it many times, happily. Anyways it was in conversation how I have been eyeing up other grills and was going to probably sell the Traeger. He said how much, I said $300 and he said sold. That was an easy one for sure. Told him everything I just said and about the temp running a bit hotter than it should. Not many things like to be cooked below 200 beside jerky and salmon, for me anyways. Gave him a quick rundown on what temps work good for what and he was happy.
So that leaves me with a bit of cash burning a hole in the pocket
, not really but I want to commit to another grill.
Ideas are encouraged but I have touched on this idea in a couple other threads. My ideas on this setup goes like this.
I currently have a new in October Performer premium. I love this grill, grills and smokes well. What I am looking to accomplish I think is to have something similar that would be more dedicated to the smoke portion of the cooking but still allow me to grill too. You might say you are doing that now but we all know how much grill space there is when doing a low n slow on the kettle. It also limits me to 1 temp 1 type of food. With 2 grills I can have something like ribs cooking and the other can handle something like a mac n cheese. So thinking maybe 1 that can do most of the smoking or larger pieces or multiple pieces of meat but still grill when I need to fire off more than the 2/3rds of a kettle can handle. If this is a horrible idea please let me know and maybe why, or ideas on what I should put on the deck beside the performer. I can spend more than the $300 for sure, Summits are $1,300 and $2,300 for the cart version I believe. I could spend up to the $1,300 but honestly I would like to keep the spending lower if possible. I was highly considering buying new, most of the crap I can find online around here is junk anyways.
It is an exciting time! Thanks for adding your comments.
I was able to secure a buyer for my large sized Traeger pellet grill. It's about 10 years old, works well besides it not running at as low as you set the temp.
Not sure what the issue is, either the temp probe or something electrical. Either way parts are cheap to fix it if it goes south. I had just been setting it at 180 to cook at 200 to 220. Still worked fine. Other than that it works flawlessly and has never jammed or had issues. Also well taken care of as I take pride in that kind of thing like I am sure most of you do too. I was going to put it up for $400 and thought it would sell easily, my old man was over on the weekend and he has eaten off it many times, happily. Anyways it was in conversation how I have been eyeing up other grills and was going to probably sell the Traeger. He said how much, I said $300 and he said sold. That was an easy one for sure. Told him everything I just said and about the temp running a bit hotter than it should. Not many things like to be cooked below 200 beside jerky and salmon, for me anyways. Gave him a quick rundown on what temps work good for what and he was happy.
So that leaves me with a bit of cash burning a hole in the pocket
, not really but I want to commit to another grill.Ideas are encouraged but I have touched on this idea in a couple other threads. My ideas on this setup goes like this.
I currently have a new in October Performer premium. I love this grill, grills and smokes well. What I am looking to accomplish I think is to have something similar that would be more dedicated to the smoke portion of the cooking but still allow me to grill too. You might say you are doing that now but we all know how much grill space there is when doing a low n slow on the kettle. It also limits me to 1 temp 1 type of food. With 2 grills I can have something like ribs cooking and the other can handle something like a mac n cheese. So thinking maybe 1 that can do most of the smoking or larger pieces or multiple pieces of meat but still grill when I need to fire off more than the 2/3rds of a kettle can handle. If this is a horrible idea please let me know and maybe why, or ideas on what I should put on the deck beside the performer. I can spend more than the $300 for sure, Summits are $1,300 and $2,300 for the cart version I believe. I could spend up to the $1,300 but honestly I would like to keep the spending lower if possible. I was highly considering buying new, most of the crap I can find online around here is junk anyways.
It is an exciting time! Thanks for adding your comments.
