Mom had a brisket in the 1/4 cow she bought, I threw it on the smoker last night. Wrapped it at 8am and turned up the heat, this picture is from 6am
Fingers crossed never did one before.
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Fingers crossed never did one before.
Does Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (apparently you can swap out the controller on a bunch of the pitboss stuff if you wanna upgrade)
Did some briskets and ribs for a party yesterday
Good deal on that one. I have the 1150 and have been pretty happy with it. Couple things I have noticed on mine.
1. It doesn’t like cheap pellets, does much better with traeger pelllets than the off brands I have used.
2. Watch your temps and hot spots. The temp gauge gets heat leakage due to position and can be way off from actual inside temps. There is a couple of companies that sell a block off plate that mounts below the temp gauge to remedy this. I use foil and it helps a bit.
3. The motor is not mounted and simply wedges itself against part of the metal frame to keep from spinning on the auger. There is also an aftermarket part to remedy that.
4. It actually doesn’t produce that much smoke imo. I bought a smoke tube and run that in conjunction most of the time.
I have had mine for two years and for the price I am happy. The app has improved immensely and I have only had one auger jam(cheap pellets).
I'll have to look into those things. My cousin has the 1150 as well and had my check around inside with a temp gun, definitely some decent temp variations within the chamber. I bought a bag of the pitboss pellets starting off, figured that way if I had any issues they couldn't blame the pellets.
Lowes has the best deal on these Jerry. 40lbs of Competition Blend for like $15. I get 4 at a time.
I saw those, was thinking they were a lot more at my store but I'll have to double check. I think I got hickory or something in a 20lb bag for now
The PitBoss comp blend pellets are great and easy to come by, been running them for years
I get the pitboss or traeger off Amazon. $20 to my door and I don't have to deal with or see people.
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The ones from Lowes were free shipping.
I'll keep them in mind. I don't think my hoppers will hold 40 pound though. I try to run hickory or mesquite in one smoker and cherry or apple in the other.
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Mine doesn't either. I just dump some in when it's low.
Entered for my first KCBS comp in 2 weeks from now with a buddy. 2 day cook, turn ins Saturday and Sunday. Have done a few local non-sanctioned comps and done pretty well but never an official one. I’ll post up pics from the cook and hopefully some decent results at the end
Nothing too special, grabbed some St Louis ribs and put some dry rubs on em. Smoked at 250 with those hickory pellets. Came out pretty solid for the first try
Day 2 - pulled a 6th in ribs for $440
That works in my world.
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