I meant that it doesn't work well for those of us NOT on the west coast. They would be interesting to try for sure.
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WOW! I'm surprised to hear that Traeger add oils to their pellets. I hadn't heard of that before.
Read it carefully as it's from 2011 and specific to winery vineyard pellets, I think. So unless @YYCRed is discussing these pellets made from grape vines, this is not applicable.
My bad. I grabbed the wrong patent. They have one from 2006 that is still active that is what I meant to provide: Flavored wood pellet with wood oil
the bark of the tree is Infinitely more concerning health wise. Neither bothers me, but I find I hilarious that anyone would be concerned about an infinitesimal amount of food grade oil, like what the restaurants cook with and people use as binders on their food, but show no regard for the decades of pollution and toxins that can be trapped in the bark of a tree. It’s really not something that make sense to me. Like I said I use both and figure there are many things that will harm me worse than those two but then again, I don’t have a bunch of hang ups over the minutia.
To each their own.
I wouldn't say that this is an "infinitesimal" amount of oil. "32 lbs of oil can be used to make 2000 lbs of pellets" is still 1.6% added oils. Not that this is the real issue, though. It's about how Traeger markets their pellets as "all natural." No mention of oils or any other additives anywhere. That's all.the bark of the tree is Infinitely more concerning health wise. Neither bothers me, but I find I hilarious that anyone would be concerned about an infinitesimal amount of food grade oil, like what the restaurants cook with and people use as binders on their food, but show no regard for the decades of pollution and toxins that can be trapped in the bark of a tree. It’s really not something that make sense to me. Like I said I use both and figure there are many things that will harm me worse than those two but then again, I don’t have a bunch of hang ups over the minutia.
Maybe there aren’t any in those pellets. I’m pretty sure it’s just in some of the exotic blends they do with retail partners.
Like Mondavi wine and lienenkugle beer and Williams and Sonoma etc. they also add pepper to one of those blends. I never use those, but it’s fairly obvious they are more than just wood. Also they charge extra for them because all that stuff is considered added value to most people. 
Picked up 3 bags today at Costco. Great price at $12.99/40 lb. These are at the Austin South store.
