tailgater wrote:
So I bought it for $100.
Anyone have one similar?
Am I going to love or hate it?
Fu
cking nice score you made there, TOTG. (The Other TG)
Realistically speaking, almost all pellet grills in that lower price tier are very similar. There are a number of different manufacturers who all buy their pre-fabed augers, tubes fire pits, sometimes even the diffuser plates and grease slides from the same parts manufacturer digital controls are often remarkably similar. Grates all come from the same couple places.
Shape, accessories and creature comforts tend to be the differences.
Pellet cookers have their place. They are simply kitchen ovens. They burn very clean. This produced thin bark and more subtile smoke flavors. Not everyone enjoys "in yo face"*slap* level smoke. But if you do, they can be made to do it very simply
As you said they are very convienient. I've run probably run a bit shy of two tons of pellets through mine over the , six or seven years I've had it.
Some comments on operation later