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08-10-2020, 01:19 PM
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Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 08-23-08
Location: Gainesville, Fl area Gator Country
Name/Nickname : Qapla
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Gift from an online friend
We were talking about cooking outdoors and I mentioned I was looking at some pellet smokers. He said he had one I could have - he didn't like his.
The said he had a "Traeger" that "didn't work all that well - even though it was "fairly new" He sent me these pictures traeger 1.jpg traeger 2.jpg Had to drive to Tampa to pick it up - but we had some other business in that area so it was not problem. When I got it home and really looked at it, I'm not sure if he used it more than once or twice - it was that clean and didn't look "seasoned" at all. He told me that it "lost too much heat every time you opened it"  Not sure why he was opening a smoker all that much - although I do think he replaced it with a gas grill.I have used it several times since and the results have been OK with us. I am still getting used to it and how often I need to check the hopper - but I have not had any problem with it holding heat ... but then, I don't keep opening it. Here is my last cook: 20200801_115040.jpg 20200801_115819.jpg 20200801_191644.jpg 20200801_191714.jpg 20200801_191855.jpg
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08-10-2020, 01:22 PM
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somebody shut me the fark up.
  
Join Date: 02-07-08
Location: Framingham, MA
Name/Nickname : George
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Very Nice Congrats and Enjoy Nice pick up
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08-10-2020, 01:47 PM
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is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 07-09-19
Location: Miami, Florida
Name/Nickname : George
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Can't beat free and the cook looks great.
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08-10-2020, 01:59 PM
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Babbling Farker
  Join Date: 03-06-10
Location: kentucky
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Free is awesome and the food looks awesome as well
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08-10-2020, 03:05 PM
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somebody shut me the fark up.
 
Join Date: 07-16-16
Location: Johns Creek, Ga.
Name/Nickname : Ron
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In the hands of someone that knows how to use it, it is an awesome tool. Congrats on the new acquisition.
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08-10-2020, 03:09 PM
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Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 05-30-20
Location: los angeles ca
Name/Nickname : red seewun
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as they've said for years, "if you're lookin', you ain't cookin'!"
nice pick up, and you can't beat that price. redc1c4, n00b here, but not to 'Que!
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08-10-2020, 03:10 PM
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Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 05-18-18
Location: CA, Bay Area
Name/Nickname : Scott
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Nice grab! If you’re friend ever wants to get rid of another cooker Ill gladly take it off their hands
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08-10-2020, 05:48 PM
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is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 05-22-18
Location: Port Saint Lucie Florida
Name/Nickname : Rick
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Sometimes the cooker just needs the loving attention that experience brings, and from those cooks I would say the experience shows!!
FloBoy can Cook!! |
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08-10-2020, 06:00 PM
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Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 07-13-20
Location: Morgan City, LA.
Name/Nickname : Big Daddy
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Nice gift and great friend!
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08-10-2020, 06:29 PM
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somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 12-28-11
Location: Belton, Tx
Name/Nickname : Texas Pete
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You saved it from a sad life of neglect.
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
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08-11-2020, 08:30 AM
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On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 05-17-19
Location: Pillager, MN.
Name/Nickname : Tom
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Great! You can’t beat that. Have fun.
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08-11-2020, 10:08 AM
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On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 08-01-20
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Name/Nickname : They call me....Bill
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Free is awesome! Your cook looks great too.
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08-12-2020, 10:49 PM
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Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 08-23-08
Location: Gainesville, Fl area Gator Country
Name/Nickname : Qapla
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I'm still getting used to it - but so far I find it fairly easy to use
It has a small hopper so I do have to watch the pellet level on longer cooks I have a TermoWorks Signal with the BT/WiFi and that helps quite a bit with keeping a check on the cook without having to lift the lid. He found the two probes he had for the Traeger and sent them to me - one look at them and you know they have never been used
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08-13-2020, 09:16 AM
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Babbling Farker
Join Date: 11-06-14
Location: Lapeer, MI
Name/Nickname : Joe
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Wow what a cool friend. Looks like you owe him some of your fine bbq off of that thing. Then he will want it back
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08-29-2020, 09:12 AM
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Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 08-23-08
Location: Gainesville, Fl area Gator Country
Name/Nickname : Qapla
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An Update:
I have now used the Traeger for several cooks including chicken breasts, hamburgers, pork chops and a few more pork roasts All have come out great (sorry for not having pics of all the cooks). I have chatted with my friend on Zoom several times since picking up the smoker. He is glad I am getting so much use from it. I will have to say, since the hopper is the size it is (rather on the small side) I do have to keep a closer eye on things than I thought because the pellets will create a "well" as the hopper gets a little lower and the temp will drop because it is not feeding pellets. I also got a ThermoWorks Signals for my cooks (got it when it went on sale) Signals thermo.JPG I like the way it works. Makes it easy to keep up with the temp of the smoker as well as the food. The fact that I can monitor it on my PC and the alarms I get on my phone makes the purchase well worth the cost.
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