What to put in the smoker this weekend?

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Looking good. I still have 4 racks of ribs I need to get done up soon, probably next Monday since I have the holiday off.

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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina

Need to find a place for a whole brisket locally. The flats from Costco are alright, but I hear a whole (flat+point) comes out even better.

I may have to check out a Sam's Club.

Did a rack of ribs yesterday on the Traeger. Trader Joe's Kansas City BBQ sauce is actually pretty damn good.

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Little late to your post. Drive up to Hudson and check out Hudson Locker, they are off hwy 52 and Cedar st. They had some nice looking briskets there wed.

Smoked a plain old honey ham from the grocery store last nite. Plenty of apple wood chips and half a bottle of Rub Some Butt bbq sauce....came out great on my Pit Barrel Cooker

red pepper italian sausage going on in 1/2 hr. When done they're getting sliced up for a tomato, fresh basil sausage & mozzarella pizza,, cooked on the smoker.

Just picked up my first Traeger at the Costco event this weekend. For those of you using pellet stoves; what are you using for pellets and is there a good local source? Those 20lb bags go pretty quickly. :)

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Originally Posted by th3w01f

Just picked up my first Traeger at the Costco event this weekend. For those of you using pellet stoves; what are you using for pellets and is there a good local source? Those 20lb bags go pretty quickly. :)

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Traeger will void the warranty if they find you're using non Traeger pellets. That being said, I've been stocking up on Hickory at Costco for $14 which isn't bad. Local ACE has a bigger selection at $20/bag. I think Ruff's is somewhere in the middle price wise. I generally find I'm using half a bag per ~8 hour smoke, which is less money than propane would be and more expensive than coal in an offset smoker.

The guys gave me 5 bags of Apple with my Texas purchase at Costco. Maybe see if they'll sell you some at a deal.

$7-$10 worth of wood per 8hr smoke? That's crazy.

Made up a batch of ABTs for the game tonight:

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Notice the one little sad one in the middle, ran out of bacon.

Traeger will NOT void the warranty for using other pellets. I know this 1st hand as I have had my traeger for 4 years and have had a few warranty items replaced. For pellets I use cookingpellets.com 100% hickory. Very good pellet. I bet them off amazon in 40# bags. Ruffs carries a brand called Cameron's pellets and they are not to bad. It is my experience that he traeger brand pellets have the weakest flavor.
I highly suggest heading over to pelletheads.com and reading the traeger section. Loads of very useful information.
Tonight I smoked some baby backs. 4 hours on smoke setting using the p setting on 1. Held a temp of 180. Foiled up the ribs and bumped traeger up to 225 for 45 more min. Epic ribs. No rub, just salt and pepper.