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06-27-2022, 08:21 AM | #1 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 04-21-06
Location: Lake Ponderosa-Montezuma, IA
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Sam the whoreing guy
Looks like our YT friend has gone full on social media whore and is hawking the new Traeger Timberline.
Only thing is it looks mighty fine and I'd have one. Also too, I see that Traeger bought Meater and throws in a 2 pack! Ed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDDbgEIbjQ I meant to add this unpacking the Timberline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiob-CrOTCw
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06-27-2022, 08:45 AM | #2 |
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Join Date: 11-15-13
Location: West Linn, OR
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Have you seen the price tag? If I remember correctly they run around $3400.
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06-27-2022, 08:51 AM | #3 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 01-16-13
Location: USA
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My older brother bought himself, son and son in law expensive Traeger Pellet Cookers. They keep their BGE's for patio art but has told me they all love their T's.
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06-27-2022, 08:52 AM | #4 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 07-22-21
Location: Tampa Bay Florida
Name/Nickname : Brad
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I like the larger capacity, but had a bad experience with a pellet cooker and don't care to try again. Yet. Too soon.
Maybe someone some day will make one that actually imparts smoke flavor into meat that you don't have to hunt for or imagine. Don't tell me about smoke tubes. No disrespect to all you "light smoke flavor" lovers. |
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06-27-2022, 08:58 AM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 01-16-13
Location: USA
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Full disclosure, I have a pellet cooker now, I've had one in the past, and guessing someday I'll replace the current one. The convenience is really nice. That being said I seldom watch any YT or BBQ TV featuring pellet cookers. I think it's boring TV. Push a button and........snnoooore
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06-27-2022, 09:54 AM | #6 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 04-25-19
Location: Neenah, Wisconsin
Name/Nickname : Brad
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I personally love what Traeger did with the new Timberline but I think they're a solid $1000-$1800 too high on their bigger model. I think a ~$2000 pricepoint is not unreasonable for the big model but $3400 is highway robbery when you compare that to a Lonestar, MAK 2 star general, Yoder YS64, RecTeq RT-1250, GMG Peak etc.
Sure the Traeger is double wall insulated in the top/lid but that doesn't at all justify it's price. Does it have a trick controller? Yeah, but it doesn't do anything better than the others. Any good PID controller these days will work great, sure some give off better smoke than others (which also comes into chamber design) but again, that isn't going to be what drives the cost up. They charge it because they hold the vast market share and they know the product will sell.
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06-27-2022, 10:20 AM | #7 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 10-18-06
Location: Houston, TX
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$3700 for that model. About $1000 more than I am paying for my LSG which is American made. No thanks.
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06-27-2022, 12:49 PM | #8 |
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Join Date: 08-31-21
Location: AZ
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Yeah once you get in that price range, it better be US made and rockstar and tank all in one.
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06-27-2022, 03:21 PM | #9 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 10-18-06
Location: Houston, TX
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Absolutely. That really is a nice looking grill through. Just too much money.
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06-27-2022, 04:30 PM | #10 |
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Join Date: 05-16-14
Location: St. Louis, MO
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I agree it's too expensive but I'd really like to have one. Question: why is he cooking the chickens over top of the ribs and not vice versa
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06-27-2022, 04:45 PM | #11 | |
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Location: Columbia, TN
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He's a nice guy and salmonella is the gift that keeps on giving :)
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06-27-2022, 04:51 PM | #12 |
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Join Date: 06-08-12
Location: Columbia, TN
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Sam the whoreing guy
Ain't gonna lie, there's some stuff to love about this grill. I'd love to have an induction burner at my beck and call, outdoors.
Watching from the sidelines, though, the release seems to have gotten off to a rocky start. Lots of new owners seeming to have quite a few issues. Guessing Traeger will have things ironed out in the next few months at least I hope they do. The same thing happened when they first released their standard Timberline.
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06-27-2022, 11:11 PM | #13 | |
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Join Date: 06-07-21
Location: Western, Mass
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This issue comes up when cooking on commercial smokers with rotating racks. Rather than organizing meat vertically, one must organize it horizontally. I have cooked on both types of smokers and settled on one with stationary racks. If confronted with this circumstance, I could either move meat around or place a sheet pan under the chicken to keep it from dripping on other stuff. Some commercial operations may approach it differently. Great question and awareness about food safety if one is not already familiar.
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06-28-2022, 08:19 AM | #14 |
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Join Date: 06-27-15
Location: Cincinnati OH
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I just paid $3400 for a GE Cafe dual fuel range, with double oven and six burners, including one big mondo 21K BTU one and a griddle. I cannot imagine paying that kind of money for a pellet smoker.
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06-28-2022, 09:27 AM | #15 |
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Join Date: 02-18-19
Location: South of Nashville
Name/Nickname : SonVolt
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You could probably make better BBQ in that GE Cafe range than you can in a pellet smoker too. Just open a bottle of Liquid Smoke and set on the counter during the cook for roughly the same smoke profile.
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