1Jarhead
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Im new to Traeger, I just purchased an ironwood 885, I did the initial seasoning yesterday of the 20min them 30 min at the higher temp. When I did this I dumped the whole 20 lbs bag in the hopper and today I did the chicken challenge. So the temp was at 450 according to the receipt, at about 1 hour I checked the probe temp and it was at 150. About 10 minutes later I went outside again and looked at the temp of the grill and it was at 160 I opened the hopper and it was completely empty, all the pallets were gone. I ended up adding another 20lbs bag and it took another 45min to finish cooking to 170.
Is this normal? I can’t imagine how many bags I will need of I smoke a pork but or something that requires a long smoke time.
Pic is how the children turned out. I must say it was really juicy.
Is this normal? I can’t imagine how many bags I will need of I smoke a pork but or something that requires a long smoke time.
Pic is how the children turned out. I must say it was really juicy.