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    What pellet smoker to get ???

    I have an older Traeger and I use it for grilling as well as smoking.  I might use a few more dollars in pellets but the convenience and taste make it very much worth it to me.   If I had to buy a new smoker right now I'd try to find one built in North America, don't know if that's even...
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    Hello from Saskatchewan

    Hi all! I bought a Traeger Lil Tex (or Colt 45 as it was called then) about ten years ago and never looked back.   I've used it mostly for grilling, but then one Thanksgiving I bought the pellet hopper extension and smoked a turkey.  It was delicious, but tasted like ham!  I really wanted the...
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    gonna do my 1st brisket sunday....

    Looks great!  I did my first brisket a couple weeks ago.  Unfortunately there was a bit of a fire in the smoker that I didn't catch right away so there was a bit of inedible meat on the bottom, but the rest was delicious! :) 
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    Affordable Cooking Pellets

    I used to use Traeger exclusively, but the store that sold them shut down.  I switch from grilling to smoking quite often, so I need a pellet that can get hot enough to grill.  A local store brought in some Cookingpellets.com perfect mix and hickory for $38/40lb bag, so I started using those...
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