Treager Fixin'

[Daddy-O]

A buddy of mine was given (!) a Treager pellet grill by someone with no time to fix it. He asked me to see if I sould get it running.

It came with 2 controllers (bad as it turns out). I had to replace the heating element, controller and the RTD - basically everything except the screw feeder motor and the blower motor.

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I got everything back together and fired it up (sorry no pics...). I have never seen one of these in operation. It seems to work very well & seems to be sturdy. Is it normal to have flames in the firepot when in "cook" mode?

I really need to try it out before I get it back to him, but the only pellets I have are alder. OK to use on pork?

It was a fun project - I wish someone would give me one!

[Bigbears BBQ]

Yes it is usual to see flames in the firebox while its operating, never used alder so can't comment on that. Nice job getting it up and running

[Wolverine]

Adler will work fine.

[Richard_]

Older Treagers are solid cookers , alder is fine I personally only use mequite pellets for everything , I don't think there is a discernible flavor difference between the different wood flavors

[Hillbilly BBQ]

My fav pellets are Hickory, but fire it up and burn some meat! Post some pics :)

I had a Traeger a couple years ago, had a blast cooking on it.