Ihave never used a pellet grill so I am curious as to the cost of the pellets. At 20 + dlrs a bag, how long does a bag of pellets last?
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It will very due to cooking times. We have gotten as many as 20 uses out of a bag.
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I am currently using my first bag of Apple pellets. I have used my grill about 8 times and have enough left for at least 1-2 more uses. It depends on what you are cooking. Most of what I have cooked takes about an hour and a half including the preheat process. A whole roasted chicken about an hour and a half. Pork tenderloin hour and ten minutes. The Traeger baby back rib recipe call for six hours, so depends what you are making will make your pellets last. Great way to cook though! Like a buddy told me, he'd install his in his kitchen if his wife would let him.
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Ive had the grill for a month now and am still on the first bag. I dont use it that much though. Thats a hard question to answer since it will vary on your usage.
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20lbs of pellets is 40 hours of smoking or 20 hours of grilling. Its very comparable to propane.
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Pellet grills are the epltome of grills, expect to pay a bit more(not much more than charcoal) the result is the best pellets last based on what you cook and time. you won'r be disappointed!
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
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I just buy a new grate every season (no pun intended) from Lodge. Costs about a sawbuck with shipping. Every 3rd year I buy a new grill because Amazon always has them about 1/3rd off (~67 bucks) a couple times a year as it is at the time of this posting. I love the grill and use it almost daily every summer and keep it in the garage "off season" but the grill top always rusts and I don't want to deal with constant seasoning after every use. Makes it too much work. It's cheap enough to replace the top for me. All the time (and oil) saved is worth it.
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For me a 40 lb bag lasted about 5 minutes while I dumped the whole thing out around my property. It just depends how much you want to feed and where. I'll tell you that corn is like candy to squirrels, deer, hogs and more. No matter what it wont last very long once you've dumped it.
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Apparently it is good for 1 season and they start dying off. I have a big bag that I will use until it is gone over the next few years. May not be as potent, so just use a little more next year.
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I tried several substitutes and nothing worked as well. I finally decided the pellets were the best for the system. I did, however, decide to use fewer pellets since my cat decided that flinging them out of the box would be fun. I have been able to get a bag to last two months instead of one.
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I'm not sure if they have an expiration date. We just bought the big bag and kept it around to replace the used ones. I still have some left.
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They never expire. By law the government requires that companies put expiries on the packaging but in reality the pellets do not go bad.
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We just ordered some, and I plan on just drinking it when it gets around the expiration date then ordering some fresh supply to keep on hand again for emergencies. Needless to say nothing lasts forever including these water bags. If they are getting dried out or have micro cracked seams bacteria can get into the water. Throw those things out rather than take a chance for $15! Or water some plants. Of course you wrote that back in Oct 2012 so I hope all is well if you drank them.When I received mine last week they were already a few months old. But it is a real good tasting water, tastes like a good spring water. We just ordered some, and I plan on just drinking it when it gets around the expiration date then ordering some fresh supply to keep on hand again for emergencies. Needless to say nothing lasts forever including these water bags. If they are getting dried out or have micro cracked seams bacteria can get into the water. Throw those things out rather than take a chance for $15! Or water some plants. Of course you wrote that back in Oct 2012 so I hope all is well if you drank them.When I received mine last week they were already a few months old. But it is a real good tasting water,... » Read More We just ordered some, and I plan on just drinking it when it gets around the expiration date then ordering some fresh supply to keep on hand again for emergencies. Needless to say nothing lasts forever including these water bags. If they are getting dried out or have micro cracked seams bacteria can get into the water. Throw those things out rather than take a chance for $15! Or water some plants. Of course you wrote that back in Oct 2012 so I hope all is well if you drank them.When I received mine last week they were already a few months old. But it is a real good tasting water, tastes like a good spring water. « Show Less
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We use both burners every time we use the grill. We bought our 20lb tank back in mid-March and we are still using the same tank now, April 30th. We grill about 5 or 6 times a week for dinner. My husband does not open the valve all the way because it conserves the propane and still cooks quickly and wonderfully. I would say we still have another few weeks on this tank, at least, which would bring us up to 2 months on one tank....not bad.
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I have had it up to 500 using the 627 model on a warm day. Pellet grills are designed for cooking more like a wood fired oven than a charcoal grill. If you are looking to get a better sear using a pellet grill I would suggest getting a GrillGrate. I have a link on my web site for them. Or if you are looking to do pizza I have done plenty of them in the Pellet Pro grill it just takes a little longer. Thanks Dennis
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My grill came unassembled and I'm pretty sure that's the way all Rec Tec grills are shipped. They included one 20-lb bag of pellets with mine.
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I recently received a bag that has a January 2015 "use by" date on it, so I suppose you should figure 9 mos - 1 year depending upon what lot you receive. Once I've opened bags, I kept them in the pantry without any issues that I've noticed, but perhaps others have another perspective. On a side note, I also want to add that this blend makes wonderful cookies in my opinion... tastes like "real" flour with no off taste :)
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I cooked a brisket last weekend, at about 230F for 16 hours. I filled it with about 4 lbs of lumpwood. There was still about half of it left when I pulled it off the grill after it was cooked
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Hi Thanks for your interest in the Pellet Pro. Smoke Daddy inc has been in business selling smoker for 6 years. If you like check out our web site Smoke Daddy Inc we offer a 1 year warranty. Thanks Dennis
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Given the two responses already provided, I would tend to suggest those are accurate. I suspect potential freezing, or extreme heat would shorten shelf life, but do not see any 'expiration' date on the two in my shop. We tend to go through fuel both 2 and 4 cycle needs well within the 12 month 'maximum storage' for fuel with the 20 gallon packaging, so it is something of a moot point for us regarding shelf life of open stabilizer. Between chain saws, blowers, weedeaters, chippers, and generator(s), 20 gallons on the farm only lasts a few months at best, depending on power outages.
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pellets only. Great grill. Would highly recommend. Food is better than a standard barbq.