Favorite Brand and Flavor/ Type Pellets:

[SmittyJonz]

Go.......

[Ron_L]

cookinpellets.com perfect mix and BBQer's Delight Hickory and Cherry. Bear Mountain and a few others are also good, but I can get Cookinpellets.com easily since the are in Racine, WI.

[Burnt at Both Endz]

BBQer's Delight Hickory and Cherry mixed 1/2 and 1/2. I don't know if it makes any difference, but it sure smells good when it's a smokin'.

[DMosher]

Been using Q Pellets since my local mom and pop place has them. I do a mix of Pecan an Cherry at 50/50 for smoking. I use hickory when cooking at high temps since it burns hotter.

[tom b]

I recently switched to a Lumberjack blend

[tom b]

You been talking pellets and buying up cookers Smitty, I think you getting close...

[jasonjax]

Completely happy with Traegar Gourmet Blend from Costco … reasonable price and easily obtained = win.

[SmittyJonz]

B&B Pellets.?

https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/b-b-hickory-20-lb-pellet-grill-fuel#repChildCatid=500208

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/b-amp-b-charcoal-mesquite-wood-pellet-grill-fuel/1772044

[Joshw]

B&B Pellets.?

https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/b-b-hickory-20-lb-pellet-grill-fuel#repChildCatid=500208

Unless things have changed, B&B is re-branded BBQ Delight. They are a good pellet, but I have tried several brands and LJ IMO is better.

[Corky]

Lumber Jack Char Hickory seems to be very nice. I have only tried Traeger Hickory and Pit Boss Hickory for comparison and these seem way better.

[olddawg]

smitty coming over to the dark side with us pellet pooper cookers?

[pjtexas1]

Sounds like he has one being delivered soon...

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[Stlsportster]

+1 on cookinpellets perfect mix. Also liked their 100% hickory. They didn’t offer the plain cherry at the time but I think they do now.

[Stlsportster]

Sounds like he has one being delivered soon...

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Maybe he’s getting another new Old Country design to test!?

[2000milesofsmoke]

Depending what I can get my hands on...BBQ Delight or Lumberjack - almost always pecan...

[MisterChrister]

cookinpellets Perfect Mix

[SmittyJonz]

https://i.imgur.com/R7o5eOel.jpg

[16Adams]

I’m good for a while. Full hopper B&B Hickory.
2 twenty pound bags each of B&B Hickory and Mesquite

So 80# hoarded-

Currently on sale at United 20# for $10.97

[SmittyJonz]

https://i.imgur.com/CIRgBiVl.jpg

[Czarbecue]

Did you buy the Wal-Mart Copperhead?

[SmittyJonz]

No way........

[SmittyJonz]

My Walmart doesn’t have them........

[kevinstaggs]

My Walmart doesn’t have them........



Is that because TX Wally Marts are too smart. I think that may be true of OK WMs as well. I will admit it my weakest of moments I have thought about a pellet popper - probably too much Shiner or Tito’s ....


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[gtsum]

Tried bbq delight, cookin pellets, some pit boss things and prefer lumberjack to all (more ash, but more smoke imo).

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[Joshw]

If you have an Atwoods nearby, they sell Lumberjack here for $8.99 20#, an sometimes on sale for $7.99.

I’m good for a while. Full hopper B&B Hickory.
2 twenty pound bags each of B&B Hickory and Mesquite

So 80# hoarded-

Currently on sale at United 20# for $10.97

[SmittyJonz]

We just a Brand New Atwoods about 5 miles from Me.....ain't been there YET.......

[Cat797]

I use Pit Boss Competition blend mostly in my Yoder, simply because they are easy to obtain at Menard's and Walmart. I've used Traeger too, but prefer the Pit Boss. I don't have room to store half a pallet of LJ.

[dshaffes]

Blue Smoke pellets!

[Bacchus2b]

BBQ delite rebranded at Acadamy Sports as B & B works great for me. 50% Hickory and 50% Cherry blended. Cooking Pellets were OK but 40 pound bags difficult to manhandle. Didn’t like Traeger at all, currently burning those in my fire pit!

[HB-BBQ]

BBQr's Delight Peach and Pecan. I have tried other brands but found these create the least ash in the 1-star and the flavor is always spot on.

[lantern]

Lumber Jack, cookin pellets and A-Maz-En pellets are all that I will.

Fave flavor combos are as follows....


Beef= lumberjack supreme blend (oak, hickory, cherry) it's getting hard to find so I'll have to start mixing my own or just go 100% Oak


Pork= cookin pellets black cherry



anything that flies= 100% oak and sometimes maple



Things that swim= 100% alder I'm not a fan of much more than a hint of smoke on birds or fish.

[Pedro7]

Also had good luck with Lumberjack. they are my go to. I did just pick up Pit Boss because they were less than half the price, so we'll see how they do as well.

[jermoQ]

B&B Pellets.?

https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/b-b-hickory-20-lb-pellet-grill-fuel#repChildCatid=500208

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/b-amp-b-charcoal-mesquite-wood-pellet-grill-fuel/1772044

I have used B & B. They are good. Havent found my favorite yet.

P.S. welcome to the BBQ brethren forum. We have a thread called "The Official Pellet Grill Smoker Thread". Feel free to browse at your convenience...:heh:

[luv2smoke]

In all the years that I messed with a pellet cooker I tried several brands of pellets. I was never able to discern the difference between the species of wood. Hickory tasted the same as apple, apple tasted the same as alder so on and so forth. Although the claim that pellets contain all natural wood I believe because of the way they're manufactured they don't burn like splits or wood chunks. The fire in a pellet burner has to burn extremely hot in order to burn the compressed pellets which is why in my opinion people say they get a light smoke flavor from their pellet grills. The pellets contain very little moisture if any which I think also contributes to a light smoke flavor.
Try putting a drop of water on a pellet and watch it expand to the point of sawdust.
To each their own but I gave up on pellet cookers long ago.
I know I'm going to get the guys that tell me I should have tried some yabba dabba controller or put it in smoke mode for 16 hours then increase the temps etc..

[dadsr4]

It's never been my thing, but I get daily deliveries.
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Dogs like them, though.

[Clay-b-que]

How many cooks/smokes can you get out of a bag? Smoking at 250-275.

[Joshw]

How many cooks/smokes can you get out of a bag? Smoking at 250-275.

Depends on the pellet, cooker, length of cook, and weather.

Generally somewhere between 1 to 2 lbs an hour. Larger cookers are generally closer to the 2.

[LYU370]

I use Lumberjack since I can get them locally. I've tried a bunch of different ones, the only one I didn't care for was the OHC, way too much ash. I like the MHC blend, 100% pecan, 100% Cherry. Lately been using the 100% Maple.

[jasonjax]

I imagine my FEC-100 on a full hopper (20lbs) would run for a solid day or more. The insulation is amazing once it is up to temp.

[mike243]

So far i like lumberjack the best tried Tngrilling pellets competition blend and cleaned it today after a clean start and a long burn cooking 3 buts monday nite,burn pot full of ashes worst i have seen it. The pitboss pellets didnt leave that much for the whole bag lol, got to admit pleasant smell while burning ang good smoke flavor. Going to buy some mesquite and see how that works out

[Burnt at Both Endz]

I imagine my FEC-100 on a full hopper (20lbs) would run for a solid day or more. The insulation is amazing once it is up to temp.

With the 800* insulated cabinet, it uses about .5#/hr at 250*, so yes well over a day.

[LYU370]

^^^ Yep what they said. FEC's are very frugal with pellets. I never actually measured how long a hopper will go. But I'll usually get a good 8-10 cooks of various types, maybe more.

[kingjman]

Lumberjack hickory is my favorite.

Probably tried 10 other brands/flavs
When I get one I don't like, mixing in Apple helps...or using for higher temp cooks like pizza.

Buddies traeger has always produced great food, but he sticks with the 'traeger pellets only' policy. I think their pellets are overpriced, and also said to be 'flavored'

[ewatts2003]

I run Lumberjack pellets bc they burn very well, give a deep smoke ring, and also are readily available locally. I always use a mix of 25% each hickory, cherry, maple, and pecan.

[LYU370]

Buddies traeger has always produced great food, but he sticks with the 'traeger pellets only' policy. I think their pellets are overpriced, and also said to be 'flavored'

Yep, unless they have changed them in recent years, their "hickory" pellets don't contain any actual hickory wood. They are "flavored" with hickory oil. Whatever that is.

[casonso]

I've tried a few different pellets but my favorite is Pacific Pellets in championship blend or gourmet blend. I've been using them for the last 2years and I can't find a reason to switch brands. I get them for 9.99 for a 20# bag at sportsmans warehouse.

[TravelingJ]

I went and picked up a few bags of lumberjack. It was awesomely shady. Email a guy on craigslist, get his cell number, arrange a meet, drive to his house, sit and wait. A good 3 hours were killed for me to pick up 4 bags of pellets.

Food tasted the same as the Pit Boss Comp blend that I can get at the Lowes 8 minutes away.