Wood chips in a Traeger Ironwood XL??
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2023
- I desperately wanted to try the new lone star grills wood chips they have designed for their pellet grills in my Traeger. This video is how it went…
Link to the chips if you want to try it... lonestargrillz.com/collection...
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Thank you for this test. I wanted to try it on my MAK grill, but now I won't. Great job.
Am trying to decide the between the traeger timberline XL and the LSG. This is a question I had, so thanks for sacrificing your unit for our benefit
Thank you for doing this experiment so that I don't have to hear these noises and have a panic attack😲
Yea it’s one of those “ah crap I shouldn’t have tried this” moments
thanks for the test. won't do it on my Traeger thanks to you.
is there any way to inject wood chips other than through the auger?
Thanks I was gonna try it on my pitboss
While I don't run chips in my hopper, I've found that running a 75/25 mix of chips to pellets in a tube smoker adds a ton of smoke flavor to anything I cook on my Pitboss. Fill the tube, ignite it with a torch, allow to burn for 5 minutes before blowing out the flame and placing the tube to the rear right corner of the pitboss. That allows maximum smoke but doesn't effect the temp probe. The smaller the chips you can find the better.
Solid advice and a great alternative
I did this yesterday and started with Smokehouse hickory chips from Amazon. Much smaller than what you used but I had a difficult time getting my temps up over 200. Chips easily went through auger and smoke was definitely there. Did this at night so I went to bed and didn't see much. long 15 hour cook that I had to finish in the oven then 12 hour rest at 155. Taste was great but not the texture. I'll try again with a 2/3 1/3 mix instead of 50/50 on my GMG.
Interesting results! Glad you got it working though!
I did this with my expert grill pellet grill because it has an open auger and it was only $100 at Walmart. I did a 1 part wood chips to 2 parts pellets and it worked. I had some western brand wood chips which I actually hand picked through to get the smallest chips possible. Would not use thick or big wood chips and would not do more than 30% wood chips to pellets.
I much prefer using wood chips in a smoke tube instead of adding them to the hopper.
Hey good to know!
Well, I've done several cooks with the same wood chips in my Grilla Chimp. No problems. But I use a 3 to 1 pellets to chips ratio. I haven't tried it over 325°. But up to that is not an issue. I also THOROUGHLY mix the chips and pellets to make sure I don't have a clump of chips. The results have been great. I can see and smell the smoke difference while cooking and also taste a difference when eating. I think the ratio of pellets to chips is critical.
Interesting. Yea, I don't think the auger design of this Traeger will allow for that.
That's the sound of the auger trying to turn with wood chips wedged between it and the auger tube. You're lucky nothing broke because using _anything_ other than Traeger's own pellets in a traeger grill voids the warranty.
Just ordered my LSG. But 14 weeks out. If you order now you are 10 weeks in the hole and it takes 4 weeks to make it seems that a lot of people are switching. Because of the wood chips
We got the same resluts running them in the Pellet Pro Vertical smoker from Smoke Daddy Inc. That sound is not good you can snap the sheer pin or strip a gear in the auger motor. Try puting ONE large wood stick on top of your heat diffuser for more smoke. You may want to soak it over night to help keep the flame down.
Thanks. Yes, this was just a test and I won’t be doing it again. Appreciate the ideas :)
I tried it with my Yoder 1500s and it did the same thing. Completely stopped the auger. Bugger to get it freed up.
Bummer! Yea I got it back to working but it had me nervous! For science!!
@@Smokingmeatsbbq - Thanks for the video.
Almost ordered a box for my pitboss, glad I watched your video first🤣.
Ha! Most likely if it doesn’t have an open auger it ain’t gonna work!
I’ve tried them in my recteq about six months ago, and they jam up the auger and broke off the shear pin
Hey at least we both know now!
Lone star grills are built like offset smokers basically built like a tank. They are pricey but worth every dollar. Plus they are 100% American made in texas
100% regret not getting one for sure.
Thanks for the video!! Do you mind if I link to it?
Please do!
@@Smokingmeatsbbq Sweet - I'll put it in the description of mine as a cautionary tale. 👍 th-cam.com/video/ZvffC3_mSHE/w-d-xo.html
Love the comment about the quality of cardboard box that the wood chips come in...Lonestar's response...Don't put our premium chips in your Chinese smoker..LMAO!!!
LOL
And THAT is why they don't recommend other pellet smokers to use those chips. The Lone Star Grillz pellet smoker has an open auger design that can handle those chips. 😂😂 Just spend the money on an LSG Pellet Smoker!
and wait for 3 months and spend $500 for shipping and somehow getting into your backyard. They need to sell LSG at retailers.
@@gosman949 you'll spend that much buying those cheap Chinese made pellet smokers 3x and the LSG will still last longer than those three. Nothing worth having is easy.
could not say it better.....I would not own another Treager. I own a Timberline 1300 D2 drive, wifire, and it is OK at best. For the $$, much better going with this LSG. IT is 10 times the cooker of any other pellet
@@eeglot you're right, LSG is 10x the cooker.
@@gosman949to think, of you'd ordered an LSG when you made this comment, you'd already be cooking on one! 😅