The Pro’s and Con’s of Pellet Grills


Pro’
  • There’s a lot you can do! You can smoke, roast, grill and even bake in a Traeger Eastwood 22. Advanced users have gone beyond epic cuts of meat and made delicious breads and desserts as well.

  • They heat up super quick, a good pellet grill can get up to temperature in 15 minutes. 
  • Advanced models come with the ability to set the temperature within 5 degree increments, and will maintain the set temperature for hours.
  • Pellets come in a variety of flavors—which gives you the option to experiment with flavour profiles.
  • Some grills offer the ability to do cold smoking.

Con’s
  • Pellet grills require electricity, meaning that even if you have one small enough to transport, you’re going to need a generator or an inverter.
  • Pellet grills are quite expensive, at the low end you’re looking at $500, all the way up to and over $4000.
  • There is not much smoke at high temperatures, low heat cooking is best and can take a lot of time.


Overall, pellet grills are a great middle ground between the old school purity of charcoal or wood and the abomination that is gas. 

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