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I've had a Traegar in the past, I didn't like the heating element in the middle because I felt like it caused an uneven cook and would have to move the protein around to keep the cook even on it…but maybe it was just me.
FWIW, I got my Traeger 780 off this site for 500 shipped from walmart. As someone who likes to bbq, this thing really takes the guess work out of making some amazing stuff. I can smoke a brisket for 16 hours without worrying about messing with the fuel. I get compliments about my tritips all the time and the best part is that there's little work involved. Cleaning it is so easy with a shop vac and the replaceable foil sheets and cups for grease. My favorite thing to smoke besides a big brisket cook is a nice rack of lamb fat side up. Highly recommend! If you're a BBQ purist (dork) who is submitting their cook for competition, you'll probably want to control more of the variables. But for your layman, it's perfect. I also like the wifi capability so I can control the temp from inside. One thing to consider is that it needs to be plugged in, so it might be closer to your home vs out in the middle of the backyard and the smoke smell will make it's way into the house inevitably.
Not really. Larger learning curve and the traegar basically has zero learning curve. Fill the hopper, set the temp, check temp w probes, come back when done, dinner. You get about 80%-90%(with a smoke tube) of an offset smoker flavor and 95% less bullshit. Buy the traegar, smoke stuff w a smoke tube (or two) and forget anyone that says buy a kamado for smoking. Kamado is OP af for searing, smash burgers and pizza anything else is easier to do on a pellet smoker. Sure, after a long learning curve you can smoke just fine in a kamado or offset, it's just not worth the time to learn when you want food now. Just buy both, use them for what they do and relax.
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Plus free assembly!
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welp reddit convinced me I need the ironwood 885 so here we are
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or the Pro 34 In Stock for $499
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The smaller Pro 22 is usually $499, now its $389.
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