Ron M
New member
I bought a Timberline 850 in Jan 2018. Since then I have wasted a lot of money trying to do steaks on this machine -Finally gave up -- tired of dry, tasteless cardboard end products, so I have used use a gas grill the last three years. There are dozens of Traeger recipes, on line, all different I have all the books from Traeger with even more recipes. . I tried some of those recipes and was extremely disappointed. Yesterday I talked to a rep selling Traeger at Costco and he said 500 degrees and use the temp probe. Don't need to flip. I tried that before to no success. Looks like aged white meat on the outside when all said and done. The only thing I have done successfully is make jerky, but anything else will be ruined. I tried reverse searing on a gas grill in combination with the Traeger. Talk about a convoluted process. Why bother with the Traeger if I am going to incorporate a gas grill or a kitchen oven. Just plain frustrated.