Pellet grill users. Gmg, traeger, etc .....

[colorider]

No problem turning this into a pellet grill thread. We need one. Traeger pellets are a wood blend then they add flavor oils.
Soot with a gmg is caused by poor combustion. Check the seal around the fans. Also make sure your chimney cap is up high enough. Mine is as high as it will go. No soot. I lower it a tad when it's cold out. Pelletheads.com has provided me with a TON of info on troubleshooting my gmg. I recently added a Don Godke downdraft to my Daniel Boone. Improved the grill performance by a lot. Uses less pellets, more even temps and holds smoke in the grill a lot longer. Better smoke flavor. If you have a wifi gmg and are having problems with the wifi, it's a very common problem. I'm on my 4th controller in a years time and still have problems. Pretty much not using the wifi feature any more till they get it figured out. Their customer service is outstanding btw. Just having issues w the wifi.

[Gman]

Traeger pellets are a wood blend then they add flavor oils.

Not true. Traeger uses the hardwood that's on the label for the flavor. Base wood is either oak or alder. They use a small amount of food-grade soybean oil to help lubricate the shredded wood fibers being forced through the press into pellet form.

[colorider]

Not true. Traeger uses the hardwood that's on the label for the flavor. Base wood is either oak or alder. They use a small amount of food-grade soybean oil to help lubricate the shredded wood fibers being forced through the press into pellet form.

Dont want this to turn into a Traeger bashing thread, but this is the info I got from a few Traeger dealers.

Several years ago I talked to the Traeger Wood Pellet Mill plant manager at their Oregon plant and ask very similar questions. His responses were the same as in Ruff's post above.

From our conversation:

Traeger has a patent on a process to extract the natural oils from wood.
This oil is then mixed with a food grade Soy oil and then sprayed on the wood fibers just prior to pressing into pellets.

NOTE: This is only done with Mesquite and Hickory pellets made specifically at the Oregon Plant and no others.

This process was developed to help keep the production cost down because of the transportation cost of Hickory and Mesquite woods to the Oregon plant.