Gas vs. Pellet Grill -- Never Used A Pellet Grill...

[USMCsilver]

I have a beast of an old stainless Kitchen Aid grill that I've been fixing for the last few years; parts were always free due to a legacy lifetime warranty. Well, they no longer make the correct size SS grates, so it's time to buy a new grill.

I've always used gas for most of my cooking (fast & easy). I have a little Weber for when I need coals.

A coworker told me to look at pellet grills because he has heard great things (he needs a grill, too).

Are Traegers just as good/easy/fast as gas, or is grilling more of a "process" with a pellet grill?

This is what I'm considering (however, I just realized I may not have a power outlet on my deck; gonna have to look because I don't know if I wanna run conduit and install one).

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Traeger-...e-more-details

[Chessbay]

Cooking Steaks, porkchops, burgers etc. on a pellet grill is the equivalent of cooking them in an oven. You will not be happy.

If you want to cook ribs, chicken, butts, etc…..then the pellet grill is nice and easy.

I don’t think you will be happy with a pellet grill if it’s the only grill you have.

[mhogancu]

I have a green egg it gets used once a month
And a four burner Blackstone tapped into my natural gas access on my house get used 4 to 5 days a week


I would do a Blackstone before a traditional gas grill

[USMCsilver]

Cooking Steaks, porkchops, burgers etc. on a pellet grill is the equivalent of cooking them in an oven. You will not be happy.

If you want to cook ribs, chicken, butts, etc…..then the pellet grill is nice and easy.

I don’t think you will be happy with a pellet grill if it’s the only grill you have.

This was the answer I needed.

I have a green egg it gets used once a month
And a four burner Blackstone tapped into my natural gas access on my house get used 4 to 5 days a week


I would do a Blackstone before a traditional gas grill

I've considered a Blackstone, but can I get the "char" that a regular grill provides?

[Buckin Bronco]

By char do you mean burnt by a flame or a good crust like on a ribeye when cooked right?

If the latter 100%. I’ll take a blackstone steak over a gas grill steak any day. You can get a really nice crust on steaks, burgers, and chicken on a blackstone.

[USMCsilver]

By char do you mean burnt by a flame or a good crust like on a ribeye when cooked right?

If the latter 100%. I’ll take a blackstone steak over a gas grill steak any day. You can get a really nice crust on steaks, burgers, and chicken on a blackstone.

Well, I kinda thought burger flare-up burn. So, fire, I guess.

I don't really do steak; I prefer fish, pork, chicken, burgers. I mean, it'll probably see a little red meat a few times a year, but that's definitely not the priority.

[beech]

It's hard to fuck up a burger or steak on the blackstone. Based on your question, a blackstone would likely up your cooking game.

[mhogancu]

By char do you mean burnt by a flame or a good crust like on a ribeye when cooked right?

If the latter 100%. I’ll take a blackstone steak over a gas grill steak any day. You can get a really nice crust on steaks, burgers, and chicken on a blackstone.

I only cook filets on the egg. All other cuts of steak go on the blackstone.

The egg only gets used for over the top chill, pork butts and pizzas.


Blackstone gets breakfast pretty much every weekend, hibachi once or twice a month and hamburgers almost daily for the summer feed these kids

[USMCsilver]

I made about 100 pancakes on a Blackstone many years ago during a Scout trip. I liked the griddle.

I think y'all have my mind up.

Now -- when I'm done cooking on it, how in the hell do I keep it from rusting? And what tools are a MUST HAVE? EDIT: I'll probably just get this and be done with it: https://a.co/d/0cpIoayC

[Remy]

I made about 100 pancakes on a Blackstone many years ago during a Scout trip. I liked the griddle.

I think y'all have my mind up.

Now -- when I'm done cooking on it, how in the hell do I keep it from rusting? And what tools are a MUST HAVE? EDIT: I'll probably just get this and be done with it: https://a.co/d/0cpIoayC

That's the biggest negative of a griddle. You have to really clean them and oil them after every cook. They are more maintenance "free" if they are used weekly. If you don't use them often they become a headache to use as the rust and grime will be harder to manage.

[huntinghagen#12]

They make a silicone type of mat that you can lay on top of the Blackstone when you're not using it.

Scrape off the food/grease after your done cooking, use water to clean it off with a rag while it's still hot, put a little oil on it and spread it around, put the silicone mat on top and the metal cap if you have one. I don't use a Blackstone at home anymore, but we use it daily at duck camp, I haven't had any rust issues doing it like that.

[Chessbay]

I have a blackstone too.

After I finish cooking on it, I turn the heat to medium and leave it on while we eat. After we are finished I take some club soda or just tap water and pour it on the surface. It instantly boils off any residue left on it. I take a paper towel and clean it off and repeat the process two or three times.

After I am satisfied it is clean, I turn the burner off and squirt some oil, grease or whatever you might like to use and re-coat it. I have a metal cover that stays on it when not in use and mine still looks brand new after 1.5 years of cooking on it often.

Whole process takes less than five minutes.

[Stumpknocker]

I have a Traeger, blackstone , and a weber charcoal grill. Like has been mentioned,, burgers, breakfast, hibachi and things like that are so much easier to cook on the griddle than a traditional grill. and for what you can do with them they are cheap. steaks on charcoal ALWAYS. pellet grill sees fish, chicken and butts.

[Carolina Counsel]

Cooking Steaks, porkchops, burgers etc. on a pellet grill is the equivalent of cooking them in an oven. You will not be happy.

If you want to cook ribs, chicken, butts, etc…..then the pellet grill is nice and easy.

I don’t think you will be happy with a pellet grill if it’s the only grill you have.

Maybe I have an unsophisticated pallet, but this has not been my experience.

[Highstrung]

If you're cooking a ribeye on a pellet grill then we'd disgree on one my basic life fundamentals.

[Highstrung]

I can't live my life solely on griddle burgers. I have to wanting desire for fatty ass chuck loosely pattied and cooked over open flame. There really isn't an all in one grill unless you're throwing cast iron on an egg.

[USMCsilver]

I can't live my life solely on griddle burgers. I have to wanting desire for fatty ass chuck loosely pattied and cooked over open flame. There really isn't an all in one grill unless you're throwing cast iron on an egg.

Yeah, I'll still probably use the charcoal Weber when wanting burgers or dogs. I love a black-ass hotdog.

[Meathook]

Well, I kinda thought burger flare-up burn. So, fire, I guess.

I don't really do steak; I prefer fish, pork, chicken, burgers. I mean, it'll probably see a little red meat a few times a year, but that's definitely not the priority.

I was one that laughed at pellet grills until I bought one. I have a Pit Boss with direct flame ability. I cook everything on it year round and only use my gas grill when I am doing marinated chicken or in a hurry with thin chops or burgers. Pit Boss is easy to use, I can control my flavor and smoke, and opens up to a lot more options than just my weber gas. My Pit Boss also gets to 600 degrees and one reason I chose it over a Traeger.

[Duck cutter]

I’d probably get a pellet grill, plug it up in the bed of the truck and let stuff cook on it during the day. That way when I got dropped off at the bus stop in the evening supper would be waiting on me

[USMCsilver]

I’d probably get a pellet grill, plug it up in the bed of the truck and let stuff cook on it during the day. That way when I got dropped off at the bus stop in the evening supper would be waiting on me

Too cute.