Old gal got lucky today
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Topic: Old gal got lucky today
Posted By: 200Tom1
Subject: Old gal got lucky today
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 5:26pm
| We haven't had a grill in 20 years. The local Fairway store pulled her name outta the hat today and sent her home with a Treager brand smoker grill. I'm probably too darn lazy to to learn how to operate it. What do you guys use to create smoke? Do you use different stuff for different meat. Now maybe I can get a steak at home. She sure can't cook one. I think I spelled it right. |
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 5:47pm
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Make smoke? That's easy. I let the wife use the oven.😆 ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 5:52pm
| Pellet burning grill? |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 6:33pm
| I have no clew if it burns pellets. Old gal just tossed big ol cookbook on me and expects me to figure this stuffout. Reading the book, yep it burns pellets. Book says use alder pellets for everything. Wondering whatyou guys use. Don't worry about cooking chicken. That won't happen. |
Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 7:29pm
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What flavor are you looking for? I have hickory and mesquite for cooking beef. Amazing what kinds of wood are available. Was told I could burn most any pellet but those used for pellet stoves. Dave |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 7:50pm
| Dave I have no idea what flavor we are looking for. In sure i'll get told. Where is a good place to buy these pellets? |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 8:02pm
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Hey 200,,,(thas a cute one),,,,,when you buy the pellets,,,make SURE they are hardwood FOR SMOKING ,,,you ain't gonna believe how terrible the groceries will taste if you use any softwood,,,,,,,not that I've ever done that,,,,just tellin you,,,,,  HMmmm,,Alder,,I'm sure a lot of people use alder,,,,don't have a clue what flavor it gives your meats,,,I stick with Pecan first, apricot second then mesquite. We don't have oak but i hear it is real good,,,, Good Luck,,,that traeger is a real high end smoker,,,,,
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Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 8:34pm
| Ok thanks guys. After a little questioning the old gal said the guy that loaded this in the pickup has1 just like it. He had her buy a bag of apple,hickory, and cherry pellets All in one bag. |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 8:48pm
Yep, you got it. Any of those three are excellent for grilling, and of course the other suggestions are good too. They do work as neighbor magnet, so be careful ! Leon
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Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 9:13pm
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Not sure where you are located but any place that sells pellet grills will have them. Menards, Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart all sell them. Like any thing else, you get what you pay for. Dave |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 9:49pm
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There is a fantastic bbq joint up here, people who visit from TX say just as good if not better than down there so owner knows what he's doing. Says he uses 100% oak for everything, and light on the seasoning rubs mostly salt and pepper. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 11:03pm
| we always used fruit tree wood for smoking meats. I was watching that show filmed in Alaska, and they always used alder for smoking their fish. it took along time for us to find alder wood here, (it's more available now), after we found it, tried it, and we won't use that again! went back to apple wood for about everything. be careful not to let your new grill sit out in the rain or heavy humidity with pellets in it, they will swell and not feed right if at all. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2019 at 11:04pm
| oh...and Joe says..."that wasn't the kind of lucky he was thinking about"! lol |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2019 at 6:32am
Yeah,,Shameless,,,,I see you noticed what I been thinkin bout ole Tom for some time
,,,he,,,he,like you in callin his partner them names,,,but I'm bettin your farm that he's got a really sweet spot for his lady,,,,,,yep he always workin his butt off doin things and,,,,and,,,makin stuff just for her,,,,,thas why I'm thinkin he gets ,,,,lucky pretty often,,don't ya think,,?? |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2019 at 8:27pm
| Making smoke is easy Just pi$$ off your wife or her mother |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2019 at 11:39pm
| Boys I wouldn't want to bet the farm on this getting lucky thingie. Thanks for all the good advice guys. The danged old gal just showed me a "to scale drawing" she wants me to build in side this darn trailer she bought last fall. Big question is WHY? We gotta a 33' winneabago sitting outside. Everything works, runs good. Now she has been dragging me around to look at new pickups to drag this 16' trailer around. I ain't overly sold on this. |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2019 at 11:47pm
| Ok I forgot to ask. Do these grills get really bad to be around after they have been used for a while. Reason I asked, old gal wants me to build a spot in this trailer to store it while we travel. |