Thread: Gas BBQ/grill VS. Pellet Smoker/grill

As already said, kinda need multiple. Charcoal is probably the best for flavour when doing low and slow, however, can be hard to control temp and obviously have the heat up time. Gas is still my go to for a steak, pellets are in essence an outdoor oven that adds smoke. Have a Traeger and do love it. Is great to be able to put something on for a few hours and keep checking with the app. Is also pretty good for making jerky, turn it down real low and stick super smoke on.
Have a look at Green Mountain Grills, https://greenmountaingrills.co.nz/
I was tossing up between one of them and the Trager. Green Mountain do have a higher top temperature which does give them better results for searing steaks and they run off 12v so in a power cut, hook up to the Landcrusier and still goes. Only reason I went with Trager was walked into Mitre 10 one day and they had a clearance on display models

Originally Posted by bigred

As already said, kinda need multiple. Charcoal is probably the best for flavour when doing low and slow, however, can be hard to control temp and obviously have the heat up time. Gas is still my go to for a steak, pellets are in essence an outdoor oven that adds smoke. Have a Traeger and do love it. Is great to be able to put something on for a few hours and keep checking with the app. Is also pretty good for making jerky, turn it down real low and stick super smoke on.
Have a look at Green Mountain Grills, https://greenmountaingrills.co.nz/
I was tossing up between one of them and the Trager. Green Mountain do have a higher top temperature which does give them better results for searing steaks and they run off 12v so in a power cut, hook up to the Landcrusier and still goes. Only reason I went with Trager was walked into Mitre 10 one day and they had a clearance on display models

Roughly how long would a bag of pellets last?

Saying that though, would look at a pellet cooker (oven with smoke feature) for the Mrs to use when I'm out for the morning etc.

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Roughly how long would a bag of pellets last?

Depends one what you're doing. The hotter the temp the more fuel you burn. Have done a couple of long low cooks for a few hours and not used a whole bag. But if doing quite hot do go through them pretty quickly