What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Irving]

Now that you guys sucked me into this rabbit hole, I was just going to ask about pellet sources in the Front Range. Going through Outdoorcooking.com (where I bought my CampChef, thank you Great Kazoo!), and using their almost unending 10% discount, I get pellets delivered to my door for a total cost of $15.30/20 lbs. As a newbie, I can't rate the quality but their pellets seem to have very good reviews. Don't have room for a pallet or the time to drive long distances. At most, I can see buying 100 lbs and even that would get serious frowns from the better half. Open to suggestions on feeding my new addiction, so to speak.

Hide any large pellet purchases inside dog food bags. She'll never be the wiser!

[crays]

Hide any large pellet purchases inside dog food bags. She'll never be the wiser!

Until she feeds the dog from it for a few days...

[yankeefan98121]

Now that you guys sucked me into this rabbit hole, I was just going to ask about pellet sources in the Front Range. Going through Outdoorcooking.com (where I bought my CampChef, thank you Great Kazoo!), and using their almost unending 10% discount, I get pellets delivered to my door for a total cost of $15.30/20 lbs. As a newbie, I can't rate the quality but their pellets seem to have very good reviews. Don't have room for a pallet or the time to drive long distances. At most, I can see buying 100 lbs and even that would get serious frowns from the better half. Open to suggestions on feeding my new addiction, so to speak.

I go to a place called Ruffs Bbq off 38th and Youngfield, shouldn't be too far from boulder...they have a large selection on pellets and lump coal sauces etc etc there

[Gman]

...or if you don't have a dog.

[colorider]

Best 2 pellet brands are cookingpellets.com and Lumberjack. I've tried them all and these are the 2 i use now. Better flavor, better temps, pellets are a consistent size , and the ash production is less than others.

[Jer]

Best 2 pellet brands are cookingpellets.com and Lumberjack. I've tried them all and these are the 2 i use now. Better flavor, better temps, pellets are a consistent size , and the ash production is less than others.

This.

The former is what I use the most since I tend to like it the most plus it's not cost prohibitive to buy it a bag at a time which comes shipped free from Amazon Prime. The latter is a good deal if you can find local folks to go in on a massive order to split up the cost of the freight shipping. If I was to consider no other factors other than "what's your favorite pellet to use" it would be CookinPellets for all of the reasons listed above plus I like the flavor profile it imparts on the grub too. I like their Perfect Mix as I'm personally not a fan of smoking w/Mesquite.

[Great-Kazoo]

This.

The former is what I use the most since I tend to like it the most plus it's not cost prohibitive to buy it a bag at a time which comes shipped free from Amazon Prime. The latter is a good deal if you can find local folks to go in on a massive order to split up the cost of the freight shipping. If I was to consider no other factors other than "what's your favorite pellet to use" it would be CookinPellets for all of the reasons listed above plus I like the flavor profile it imparts on the grub too. I like their Perfect Mix as I'm personally not a fan of smoking w/Mesquite.

I mix my own. Using a 4.5-1 ratio of Hickoy & Apple to mesquite. Just enough to put a slight hint of it without that bitter after taste .

[yankeefan98121]

I mix my own. Using a 4.5-1 ratio of Hickoy & Apple to mesquite. Just enough to put a slight hint of it without that bitter after taste .

We mix our own as well depending on the meat we're smoking. Usually have 3-4 "flavors" on hand any given time

[opie011]

How are you guys storing your pellets?

[Great-Kazoo]

How are you guys storing your pellets?

You could go exotic like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/182361555587

Or hit your local walmart, kings, safeway or bbq joint. Ask if they have any of the 3 or 5 gal containers their cake frosting, pickles or other bulk items came in. They usually sell them for $1-3 each. I get them for $2 per with cover, the 3 gallon hold 20#, 5 gal can hold 30#