I posted up in the other probe calibration thread that I received the new probe from Traeger, installed it, and it resolved my problem with the temp on the panel/set point not matching the internal temp of the grill. I'm going to lock in on figuring out what this Traeger is good at over the next few weeks.
As a BGE fanatic, I got into pellet grills during a drought and burn ban. The BGE's work awesome, but they will throw some sparks when lighting and during high temp searing. A friend of mine has an ember fly out out the open vent, down the driveway, and into his garage, which burned down. Since that event, BGE put a screen on the lower vent.
Anyway, the Traeger is fantastic for chicken, fish, ribs, pork loins, burgers, pork tenderloins, smoke baths for beef, and over the years, I've figured out how to do awesome briskets and pork butts.
At my age, the convenience factor is pretty big and the Traeger delivers. Set it, and forget it (for a while) with no worries of flare ups. I still have my Big Green Eggs, but here I am, in a burn ban, and I won't take the risk for setting the neighborhood on fire and Traeger lets me continue my cooking safely outside.
It takes time as you figure things out and fine tune your cooks.
