Pellets Treager v. Pit boss

[OldMayfield]

Just tried Meat Church pellets, birthday gift from my daughter. VERY dusty, most of any brand I’ve used in 4 years owning a Traeger. All the pellets are busted up in to small pieces.

That said, they ignited easily and burned well during 3 hours of rib roast cooking, and roast came out great.

 

[Parrothead1809]

Just tried Meat Church pellets, birthday gift from my daughter. VERY dusty, most of any brand I’ve used in 4 years owning a Traeger. All the pellets are busted up in to small pieces.

That said, they ignited easily and burned well during 3 hours of rib roast cooking, and roast came out great.

I find that the Traeger pellets generate a ton of dust. Honestly, the CostCo's have become my go-to.
Happy New Year !!!
-PH

 

[BobbyQ]

I’ve been using Bear Mountain for a few years with good results. I see much less dust as well. I might give Costco a try when I run low.

 

[Shedd]

I find that the Traeger pellets generate a ton of dust. Honestly, the CostCo's have become my go-to.
Happy New Year !!!
-PH

That’s the only ones I use too. I’ve tried others but I honestly can’t tell the difference between any of them. Costco has the best prices on them and I’m in there regularly anyway.

 

[jayjordan]

Informative thread. With all the warnings from Traeger about using only their brand of pellets I was wondering how well other brands worked and if they caused any issues. Sounds like the brand that causes the most issues is....Traeger.

 

[Manannan]

With all the warnings from Traeger about using only their brand of pellets I was wondering how well other brands worked and if they caused any issues.

Traeger are simply trying to influence the consumer's choice by inferring there may be an issue if you don't use their pellets, in reality and all things being equal there are plenty of alternatives. For example I have used Bear Mountain, Cookin Pellets, BBQr's Delight, Pit Boss and Traeger off the top of my head.

I run them through a garden riddle / sieve first, it is surprising how much dust and fragmented pellets can come off before use and also the varying amount of ash produced as an end product. However as long as the pellets are kept dry and stored sensibly they all perform just fine notwithstanding Traeger is not my favourite.

 

[jayjordan]

Traeger are simply trying to influence the consumer's choice by inferring there may be an issue if you don't use their pellets, in reality and all things being equal there are plenty of alternatives. For example I have used Bear Mountain, Cookin Pellets, BBQr's Delight, Pit Boss and Traeger off the top of my head.

I run them through a garden riddle / sieve first, it is surprising how much dust and fragmented pellets can come off before use and also the varying amount of ash produced as an end product. However as long as the pellets are kept dry and stored sensibly they all perform just fine notwithstanding Traeger is not my favourite.

What size mesh is your garden sieve?

 

[BobbyQ]

What size mesh is your garden sieve?

Not rocket science really. Just go to Target or Walmart and get one of these.

 

[jayjordan]

Not rocket science really. Just go to Target or Walmart and get one of these.
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Lol....got one of those but not sure my wife would approve of me using for that purpose. Will buy another one. Thanks.

 

[Manannan]

What size mesh is your garden sieve?

1/4 inch mesh similar to this in design but you can buy them way cheaper.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/planting/sieves/74003-deep-soil-sieve?item=PT302

Using a larger volume sieve allows for a whole bag of pellets to be quickly done then stored in an air tight pet food container so you are not scrabbling round when you need them. As someone else said not rocket science just sort something that suites you.

not sure my wife would approve of me using for that purpose

Added benefit is you avoid hacking off the boss!