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Lets go over the pros and the cons of using a pellet smoker vs a gas grill.
Pros of a pellet smoker
– superior flavor created from cooking with real hardwood
– perfect temperature control using electronic control board
– can control grill temp remotely using wifi
Pros of a gas grill
– Gets very hot very fast
– ease of use. Gas grills require almost no maintenance
Cons of a pellet smoker
– They do not get as hot as a gas grill
– Because they use electronics they are not as reliable long term
– they require more cleaning and maintenance
Cons of a gas grill
– they do not have as good of a flavor as cooking with hardwood
– They dont offer perfect temp control like a traeger does
Thats about it. Watch the video so you can see the taste test at the end! Does a steak taste better cooking on a gas grill or a pellet grill!
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They are all over priced, traeger took the developed technology of a pellet stove and put it in a BBQ container. Gas grills have the cheapest weak ass burners that rust away too soon. The bodies are stamped out by the thousands so that should be economical too. Traeger for the lazy person who doesn't want to monitor his smoker. 😊
I have to ask, how often do you take you grills somewhere other than you patio? Why do they need to be portable? I'm moving toward a brick setup that is permanent, grill area and a smoker tower in one unit.
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why didn't you cook the steaks on a Weber grill? This video was comparing a Traeger to a Weber and the taste test was based on a different gas grill?
So the pellet grill is best for long cooks like brisket, gas grill best for quick cooks like steaks and chops? I've always been a Hank Hill type gas guy, but idk anymore lol. Great video!
I recommend both: gas grill + Kamado 😂
We’ve had our Z Grill ZPG-450A pellet grill for a little over two weeks. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx3c8DmtYRYEKYTiR4g7y6Yc2amUPVs_3X It was relatively easy to put together, with 2 of us. (friend and I)The grill seems well built and heavy duty. I followed the start-up directions, and then cooked chicken on it that evening. We’ve since cooked burgers, pork chops, meat loaf, and steak on the Z Grill and love it. I’ve used a hardwood mix (per my Son-in-Laws recommendation) and we are very happy. Like cooking in an outside oven with a nice smoky taste. This is a perfect size for the two of us, and would probably work fine for a small family also.All the things we have cooked have kept their moisture, and remained juicy. No burning on one side!My next challenge will be a brisket. We highly recommend the Z Grill 450A, so far. Hopefully they did get whatever “bugs” fixed from previous models (per the description on Amazon). I’ll update our review after a few months.
Your taste test was not a very representative comparison of the two machines. Each machine is better at doing a certain type of cooking and you only compare the two machines using one cooking method and that method favors steak. You should’ve also tried cooking a brisket on each of the grills, and then done a comparison. Clearly the smoker would have done a superior job with the brisket where the gas grill did a superior job with the steak.
Cooking two different steaks is obviously not a comparison at all. What you should have done was to take one steak, split it fairly and then cooled each separately. But even that has many variables. Not very good or smart.
Great video, for fathers day this year my wife said she'd buy me a new grill and I had got my choices down to weber gas or traeger pellet. Helped me make up my mind.
I feel like this test should have been done with anything but a Traeger. So many better Pellets out there for less.
Why didn’t you use the Weber? I thought this was a comparison between Traeger vs Weber.
Traeger Timberline 1300 and my Weber 22” kettle has em coming back again and again! 10 yr warranty on the timberlines! Traeger was a game changer for this kettle veteran.
use a charcoal grill for steaks and a pellet grill for slow cooks easy as that a Gas grill will never beat a charcoal grill in a Taste test it is just easy cleanup with gas people tend to be lazy and do not want to dump a few ashes out of the charcoal grill.
Traeger is that brand your buying because of the name. Steak on live fire will always taste better for steak.
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Get on Craig's List and lookup 'pellet grill". The people who bought them are ready to move on. Propane costs less than wood pellets. Pellets are NOT all hard wood. Who wants a smoke flavored desert? Can you make cornbread or biscuits and gravy on a pellet grill? Side grill? Forget that. Too many drawbacks for a pellet grill. I am with Hank Hill. Propane is King. Next, a Weber kettle for most other uses is great, but NOPE to pellets. Oh and look for a free standing propane burner to do fries and fish to perfection.
You lost me at "Heat and outside with electronics means replacement parts." Seriously? Just making that assumption is ridiculous. It is entirely possible to make that combination incredibly durable under those conditions. Using that as a con is completely arbitrary.
The thumbnail made this look like some kind of weird R2-D2/C-3PO homage
I had a gas grill and the nobs melted off. And I wanna smoke a brisket, too. Just buy a cheap smoker and a new gas grill?
My question. What if you buy the Pit Boss Platinum KC Combo grill (pellet+gas). Best of the both worlds! https://youtu.be/w7PUQ9Wyj_U
Thanks for saving me several hundred dollars. Gas is the way to go.
Ive owned and used them all. All can be picked up cheap on the used market. Use what you can get a deal on. For one grill does it all webber kettle for the win.
Ive been using gas grill my entire life and only got a wood pellet grill last week. After tasting the smoky flavour of steak, chicken, sausage and briskett, i dont think i will be going back to my gas bbq anytime soon. The wood pellets variety of flavours is something that excites me everytime i bbq. Plus the comvection heat is more controlled than a direct hear imho.
Are the hardwood pellets sustainably forested? I know hard wood takes many decades to grow large so would like to know if they are chopping the Amazon down so I can enjoy a tasty steak.
I personally always buy charcoal grills and get a better flavor than either a pellet or gas grill.
Gas grills or great for a steak, maybe burgers and dogs, They have a tendency to have flare ups, Everyone i have owned was next to impossible to cook a brisket, chicken, or pork, anything that has fat … Traeger has no flare ups as long as you keep it clean… literally 5-10 minutes for every 20-25 hours of use… Low and slow with Super Smoke … put a steak on 210 with super smoke for about an hour , then turn it up to about 450 and they will be ready at medium rare in about 8 minutes …. The extra smoke really helps the flavor ….
pellet grills… cook and give smoke flavor all the time. gas grill, you can cook without smoke, or get a smoke tube and smoke while you cook and still get that high heat. i was torn between a traeger and weber for my new one… went with a weber and getting a smoking tube so i can still smoke but when i dont want to, i dont have to. seems that is kind of the beat of both worlds. for me it just seemed that propane/gas grills can have more options… but that is just me.😊
Excellent video. Thank you so much. I made a decition now! Haha
So ideally sear on the gas then smoke it lol
Have used and owned gas grilled all my life and now have a Traeger. Would never go back to a gas grill. The ease of cooking and flavor doesn’t even compare to a pellet grill. The gas grill does give a much better sear though.
Forgot to mention gas grills flare up and catch fire much easier causing your food to get burned