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    Traeger BBQ075, and a LOT more! - Pickup only - Raleigh, NC area

    Traeger BBQ075 Pellet Smoker ready to BBQ, and a LOT more! Included:BBQ075 Pellet Smoker with the following upgrades:Firecraft Stainless Steel Fire PotOrtech Digital ControllerWire Rack ShelfBottom ShelfLeg corners ultra-reinforced (resolves common issue with Traeger grills)Inlcudes these...
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    Any Traeger owners out there?

    Hmmmm... I give you useful information and my reward is that you make me jealous!    That would be my top pick.  I'll suffer through your posts telling us all about how great it is once you get it going!
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    Question for pellet smokers

    Probably too much info here, but I thought I would share (this refers to controllers with a digital display and specific temperature settings (i.e., 180, 225,250, NOT controllers with Low, Med, High): The "P" settings for the controller adjust the "idle fuel feed rate".  When in the "smoke"...
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    Traeger Smokers!!!

    Ditto on replacing the hot rod after 3 years (kept tripping GFCI circuit). I personally have never had the pellets burn back but some owners claim if you leave the lid open when turning it off, it minimizes the chance - although I can't personally attest to that claim.  I live dangerously and...
  9. Any Traeger owners out there?

    Any Traeger owners out there?

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    Any Traeger owners out there?

    I have been using a Traeger Texas for about 3 years.  To do over, I would spend more and buy another brand, Yoder would have been the right choice for me.  Although the Traeger gets the job done and is fairly well balanced in temp across the grill, it has issues that would cause me to not...
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    Trager owners - have you cold smoked?

    I have used both the AMNPS and the tube smoker with good results - back left corner of my Traeger Texas (BBQ075) provides the best draft to keep the pellets smoking.  If you have good supply of ice, you don't need to wait until winter.  A lot of different ways but my method is big pan of ice...
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    Pork Pulling Techniques - looking for a better way

    Thanks for the replies - I found an INCREDIBLE technique that cut the time to pull by more than 1/2!  It is a simple but ingenious method called "be nice to your wife and ask her to help you pull the pork."  She is WAY faster than I in pulling the pork and it was done in no time. Also, I...
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    Pork Pulling Techniques - looking for a better way

    Background: I have 6 pork butts going on smoker tonight (feeding ~70 people).  I will be pulling the pork when they are done.  I'm not all that fast with pulling pork, especially as I don't like leaving in chunks of fat.  I also don't want to chop the pork.  I pull the pork using bear claws...
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