780 worth keeping?

[Murphy's Law]

And that, my lads, is why Timmy is the BBQ FEAST MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Traeger needs to put him on their YouTube channel!

 

[Slimpicker]

Glad to hear this worked out. Stick around and let us know how it goes for you.

Home Depot is good about returns and exchanges, I took my pro 22 back after I saw how much more I could get with the 575.
No questions asked.

 

[CMTiger]

Home Depot is good about returns and exchanges, I took my pro 22 back after I saw how much more I could get with the 575.
No questions asked.

Agree. HD is great. Much better at this than Lowe's in my experience.

 

[Meat From Mission]

Agree. HD is great. Much better at this than Lowe's in my experience.

That’s the reason Traeger doesn’t work with Lowes. Not good enough!

 

[MJBunch]

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Over-achiever!! Very impressed!

 

[SDO]

Got a Traeger Model 20 for FREE, best little bbq/smoker I have. Best thing to do is stay with it, work out the kinks, learn to accept or overcome any limitations, and make your wife pay for it with wonderful food and some guilt in not believing in your ability to make sound decisions on your own which are in the best interest of the family you cook and feed. Good luck!

 

[FieldMedic]

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Wholly Brisket!!!! What did that Monster weigh prior to trimming? Did the store use a pallet & a crane to load that beast in your truck? Dam!!!!!

 

[Timmy]

Wholly Brisket!!!! What did that Monster weigh prior to trimming? Did the store use a pallet & a crane to load that beast in your truck? Dam!!!!!

Which one??

 

[Donut]

So glad yall convinced me to keep this. Got a small rack on right now - doing the 3-2-1. Did a boston butt yesterday, chicken legs thursday - getting the hang of it...sorta haha. Appreciate the insight and advice my dudes/dudettes. Have a great weekend everyone !

 

[CMTiger]

So glad yall convinced me to keep this. Got a small rack on right now - doing the 3-2-1. Did a boston butt yesterday, chicken legs thursday - getting the hang of it...sorta haha. Appreciate the insight and advice my dudes/dudettes. Have a great weekend everyone !

Awesome. We like pictures around here.

 

[Shedd]

So glad yall convinced me to keep this. Got a small rack on right now - doing the 3-2-1. Did a boston butt yesterday, chicken legs thursday - getting the hang of it...sorta haha. Appreciate the insight and advice my dudes/dudettes. Have a great weekend everyone !

You’ll most likely not need 321 because they will overcook. On my 780 I do more like 2-1-1 and they are great. That’s at 225.

 

[Shedd]

I cooked three racks yesterday afternoon for my kids and grandkids. I’ve found I like my ribs on the Traeger better than my egg. Although it’s not the smoke flavor but the consistency of the cook. I’ve done a ton of rib racks on it over the past month. After I figured out to cut my cook times back they turn out exactly the same, time after time. The smoke tube and smoke box give them a good smoke but the rubs I use stand out. I also found that raising the ribs up a few inches above my water/drip pan keeps them dripping with moisture. I’ve always cooked them to temperature rather than time but it’s (on my 780) about 2-1-1.

 

[CMTiger]

I cooked three racks yesterday afternoon for my kids and grandkids. I’ve found I like my ribs on the Traeger better than my egg. Although it’s not the smoke flavor but the consistency of the cook. I’ve done a ton of rib racks on it over the past month. After I figured out to cut my cook times back they turn out exactly the same, time after time. The smoke tube and smoke box give them a good smoke but the rubs I use stand out. I also found that raising the ribs up a few inches above my water/drip pan keeps them dripping with moisture. I’ve always cooked them to temperature rather than time but it’s (on my 780) about 2-1-1.

What temp do you cook them at?? And are you just putting the smoke tube on the trip pan/tin foil?

 

[Shedd]

What temp do you cook them at?? And are you just putting the smoke tube on the trip pan/tin foil?

I cook at 225. You can’t see in the picture (I took it too close up) but I have my smoke tube to the left just on the other side of the brick on my grill grate. Then smoke box on the grate to right of the ribs. I pack my smoke tube and box with mesquite chips, oak and hickory chunks and a handful of pellets to ease the lighting of it all. I coat my ribs with my own mustard base sauce, coat heavy with rub, wrap with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator overnight. I cook them about two hours, lay out foil, spread butter on foil, sprinkle a little rub, drizzle honey over butter then lay rack rib side down on top of butter honey then wrap and double wrap. I cook in foil (rib side down) about an hour, when I unwrap I’ll add another coat of rub on the rib side, put bone side back on grill about another hour sometimes less depending on how temp readings go. I pull at about 200 degrees.

It’s crazy how I’ve been smoking ribs completely different since I was a teen and they was always loved by many people. But I’ve experimented with a different approach on the Traeger and everyone has gone crazy over them. It so dang easy too.

 

[MidwestSmoker]

I cook my ribs a little differently, but with the same result: perfect for my tastes and comes out almost exactly the same each time. And it is not just ribs. After about 3 or 4 attempts I nailed down how to do briskets, and now it comes out perfect for me every single time. Compared to hot and fast, low and slow BBQ can be a complicated process, but the Traeger makes it so easy.

Granted that it may not be as good as an offset smoker or other ones, it is pretty close. The benefit of not have to constantly tend a fire makes it more than worthwhile. If I am having company, I can prepare other things while the Traeger is cooking.