I went ahead and picked up the 780 Pro last week. I've cooked a couple of pork chops on it, some bacon wrapped gouda and pesto stuffed chicken breasts, wings, and a brisket on it already. I agree that it doesn't put out a bunch of white smoke like I'm used to. That seems to be a common review for the Traegers. My old MEC30 would pour smoke out the whole time as long as you kept feeding in the wood chips. That being said it doesn't seem to make a difference in flavor. The smoke ring on the brisket I did was beautiful despite there not being any smoke visible. The wings had distinctly more smoke flavor than the MEC produced. I still miss the smoke and I think I'm going to pick up either the A-Maze-N AMNPS Maze or the A-Maze-N 12" Tube to use while running the Traeger. Just fill with the pellets you're using, light, and close the lid. It'll generate all the smoke I need while the Traeger does it's thing.
Living in Moncks Corner but looking forward to moving back to the West Coast in 2020 where there are more ducks and less duck hunters!! LOL
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