Originally posted by mark_a:
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Originally posted by esdunbar:
I’ve recommended Traegers in the past as I have loved mine. Recently mine overheats (temp spikes) and it shuts itself off.
What brand of pellet smoker would y’all recommend. I don’t really have a budget per say, but around $2k seems reasonable. I know some are up around $4k-$5k but I’m no master BBQ’er so that just seems overkill for me. Thanks.
There is a simple fix for this. Get thee one of these and install it. It is a far superior controller and with the auto-relight really fixes all of teh major issues with the Traeger controller.
I've had a Traeger for 12 years. I put various pid controllers on it but never had any interest in really finishing them. This guy did and he worked with a bunch of very dedicated pellet smokers to get it dialed in. I've had mine for maybe 4 years and it is still going strong.
That Traeger is now relegated to back up duty mostly because I bought the smallest and decided I needed more real estate. I ended up with A RecTec 700, cheesy handles and all. I like it very much. I studied the Yoder which I really like a lot, and the Green Mountain grills a lot.
The Green Mountain is what I suggest to my smoker pretender friends. It is very forgiving and has a great feature set for the money. I think you will be happy with any of those but I really urge you to consider the upgraded controller first.
https://www.savannahstoker.com/Mark