TraegerTL850
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- Joined
- Jun 11, 2020
- Messages
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- Location
- Olathe, KS 66062
- Grill
- Timberline 850
Hello -
I just had gotten my brand new Timberline 850 and was very excited. I read the owners manual that came with it and on pages 11 and 12 it explains how to 'Season Your Grill'.
I followed the steps as prescribed by the Traeger Owners Manual had no issues with this process. As we do often had a couple over to cook out and decided to throw on some burgers pretty easy right. I had a very difficult time with the aluminum drip pan liners in fact felt they were quite useless. Okay so during the cook cycle I was at the back of the TL850 for some reason and saw noticed something odd about the exterior paint down on the barrel just next to the downdraft. I had my friend JIm look at this and he said and verified that the exterior paint was blistered up about the size of a fifty cent piece give or take a bit. So now I am wondering when did this occur was it like that the day it was delivered to me, could have been, I didn't go over the TL with a fine tooth comb. Or did it happen during the 'seasoning your grill' steps. A local Traeger rep says its normal I said this is not normal as I had an IW650 for a while and never had any issues with the exterior paint blistering or peeling. But the Traeger Rep mentioned that there could have been a fire inside the TL850 something about the pellets and how they were being fed into the fire pot. But did not elaborate further. Who would have known everything looked okay. I was able to prime the auger no problems and ran the TL850 at 350 F for 20 minutes and then at 500 F for 30 minutes and then successfully went through the shutdown cycle. I am familiar with Traeger smokers as I had owned an Ironwood 650 previous to moving up the the TL850. The Traeger Rep said I had the cadillac of Traeger Smokers.
So now the Traeger Rep is coming out to take a look next week told me he didn't think it warranted a replacement barrel and I and my wife are like just dumbfounded at this response. Help me please I am searching for someone to give us some assistance with this issue. Alos the lid gasket is coming off already this grill was expensive and my dream smoker I am bummed out. Thanks for your support and help with this issue.
I just had gotten my brand new Timberline 850 and was very excited. I read the owners manual that came with it and on pages 11 and 12 it explains how to 'Season Your Grill'.
I followed the steps as prescribed by the Traeger Owners Manual had no issues with this process. As we do often had a couple over to cook out and decided to throw on some burgers pretty easy right. I had a very difficult time with the aluminum drip pan liners in fact felt they were quite useless. Okay so during the cook cycle I was at the back of the TL850 for some reason and saw noticed something odd about the exterior paint down on the barrel just next to the downdraft. I had my friend JIm look at this and he said and verified that the exterior paint was blistered up about the size of a fifty cent piece give or take a bit. So now I am wondering when did this occur was it like that the day it was delivered to me, could have been, I didn't go over the TL with a fine tooth comb. Or did it happen during the 'seasoning your grill' steps. A local Traeger rep says its normal I said this is not normal as I had an IW650 for a while and never had any issues with the exterior paint blistering or peeling. But the Traeger Rep mentioned that there could have been a fire inside the TL850 something about the pellets and how they were being fed into the fire pot. But did not elaborate further. Who would have known everything looked okay. I was able to prime the auger no problems and ran the TL850 at 350 F for 20 minutes and then at 500 F for 30 minutes and then successfully went through the shutdown cycle. I am familiar with Traeger smokers as I had owned an Ironwood 650 previous to moving up the the TL850. The Traeger Rep said I had the cadillac of Traeger Smokers.
So now the Traeger Rep is coming out to take a look next week told me he didn't think it warranted a replacement barrel and I and my wife are like just dumbfounded at this response. Help me please I am searching for someone to give us some assistance with this issue. Alos the lid gasket is coming off already this grill was expensive and my dream smoker I am bummed out. Thanks for your support and help with this issue.
