Ot. Comparing pellet grills
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I don't own one but have heard great things about the Yoder brand. Very heavy duty, should last a lifetime. Made in Kansas.
I also don't own one but the two brand I've heard the best things about are Yoder and Rec-Tek.
If I had the room I'd buy the best separate grills for each of the different cooking method (smoking, grilling, baking & searing) but I too don't have the room. I'm a little bias but if I only had room for one grill, I'd make it a kamado. It does well at all of these cooking methods in one unit. I've produced a lot of mouth watering food off of mine. Here are a few (OK more than a few) pics to convince you.
It's and Oven:
Red Beans & Rice
Osso Buco
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Cheesy Corn Bread
Thanksgiving Turkey
It's a Grill:
Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs
Grilled Chicken
It Sears:
Tri-Tip
Porterhouse w/ Blue-cheese compound butter
T-Bone w/ Bourbon sauce
And it Smokes:
Ribs
Bacon
Pulled Pork
If you want to know more about kamados take a visit over to kamadoguru.com
If I had the room I'd buy the best separate grills for each of the different cooking method (smoking, grilling, baking & searing) but I too don't have the room. I'm a little bias but if I only had room for one grill, I'd make it a kamado. It does well at all of these cooking methods in one unit. I've produced a lot of mouth watering food off of mine. Here are a few (OK more than a few) pics to convince you.
It's and Oven:
Red Beans & Rice
Osso Buco
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Cheesy Corn Bread
Thanksgiving Turkey
It's a Grill:
Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs
Grilled Chicken
It Sears:
Tri-Tip
Porterhouse w/ Blue-cheese compound butter
T-Bone w/ Bourbon sauce
And it Smokes:
Ribs
Bacon
Pulled Pork
If you want to know more about kamados take a visit over to kamadoguru.com
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We bought a Blazn Grill... made in good old Beatrice.... Very well built and pricing at or below the Green Mountain. I say Beatrice because Green Mountain is now made in China, and are not up to the standards of the original Green Mountain. Thin metals, heat retention and uniformaty is the issue with that.
Here is the link http://www.blazngrillworks.com/
We have the Grid Iron.
I have a Traeger for smoking and a propane grill for burgers/steaks. Just can't get the heat high enough on the Traeger as there is no direct heat option (some pellet grills have them, I would consider those).
I would buy a GrillGrate. They are sold online- used by pelletheads to get sear marks when doing regular grilling on a Traeger/Green Mountain. GMG will go to 500 temp and Trager 425-450.
Green Mountain gets better reviews than Traeger- same price point too. With the wifi option, there is a ton of cool things you can do with only stepping outside to put the meat on and then take it off. Great for winter or overnight grilling. You can set the grill to change temps when the IT of the meat hits a certain temp as well. Very cool stuff there. GMG also makes a made to fit heat blanket for winter grilling, and a made to fit grill cover if you keep it outdoors.
If you are feeling a bit richer- get a RecTec. Great grills- you won't find a bad review.
Green Mountain gets better reviews than Traeger- same price point too. With the wifi option, there is a ton of cool things you can do with only stepping outside to put the meat on and then take it off. Great for winter or overnight grilling. You can set the grill to change temps when the IT of the meat hits a certain temp as well. Very cool stuff there. GMG also makes a made to fit heat blanket for winter grilling, and a made to fit grill cover if you keep it outdoors.
If you are feeling a bit richer- get a RecTec. Great grills- you won't find a bad review.
I sometimes do steaks and burgers on the Traeger, but I can be done grilling on a propane grill by the time the Traeger gets up to temperature, especially if there is any wind. Further, at 450*, you're getting little viable smoke flavor from the pellets. You're basically just baking them with expensive pellets.
2nd vote for Rec Tec if you can afford it, I have a friend that has one and loves it. I was ready to pull the trigger on a rec tec back in march but settled for the GMG due to the price point. Both are made in china but the Rec Tec is just higher quality, both have outstanding track records with customer service. I do love my GMG and have had zero problems with it. Check out pelletheads.com if you want some good advice on anything pellet related
Hate my traeger, isn't as good as my smoker at smoking and isn't as good as my grill at grilling. It does bbq very, very well, but I hesitate to call it a grill, it just doesn't get as hot as I need.
Rec Tec for sure, planning to buy one. Love the hopper being in back vs on the site. Great Reviews, love their social media they put out. I know its a little silly, but would like for it to have wifi and a app like GMG offers.
Do have a side question, has any one bought a Blaz'n Grill Works Pellet grill(Beatrice, NE)? Any thoughts on the one? Not sure on the cost, they dont' list on their site. I like their heat deflector that they offer vs others. And also like buying local vs. China.
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