Wood pellets in Bandera?

[jcofkc54]

Has anyone tried burning wood pellets in their Bandera, if so how does it compare to charcoal/wood? Sutherland Lumber sale flyer in KC has 40 lbs bags of 100% oak hardwood pellets for $2.59 a bag and if you want a ton (50 bags) is only $124.50.

[BigAl]

Pellet cookers us a different firebox design with a auger to load new pellets and push out the ash to an ash catcher....at least the only one I ever saw.

[BBQchef33]

i tried once.... Threw them on the fire

POOF!!! Gone in seconds.

Put a couple handfulls in a cast iron smoke box...

Poof gone in a few more seconds.


Use wood.

[gary]

Also the wood pellets must say that they are for food ....the one you buy at local hardware stors or hd are not for cooking ..just for heating in pellet stoves.
Gary

[BBQchef33]

i used the one from grill mates. come in different flavors. Little packets. Useless for our purposes.. may be ok in a grill.

[willkat98]

I got a stack of pallets out behind my Costco.

Was going to go swipe a few after reading this thread.

Thanks for the idea.

[parrothead]

used the one from grill mates. come in different flavors. Little packets. Useless for our purposes.. may be ok in a grill

Those aren't for fuel Phil, just for flavor. Put em in foil or a smoke box and put em on the grill right near the heat. I use those sometimes when I grill. I can get a half hour or so of smoke out of a couple handfuls in a little stainless steel box.

[parrothead]

I got a stack of pallets out behind my Costco.

Was going to go swipe a few after reading this thread.

Thanks for the idea.

No comment

[Oldtimer]

Be sure to leave the nailks in the pallet, good iron supplement.

[willkat98]

Iron Wood Mod