Traeger 575 Vs Masterbuilt 1050

[davwhite]

As you know I sold my Traeger and bought the Masterbuilt.
Yesterday I cooked up the best St.Louis ribs I have ever done.
So what was the difference in the machines.
First the temp swing is a bit high for me, Set 240 used my Fireboard to measure the pit.
I put half a bucket of lump charcoal in followed by two chunks of apple wood and another half on top of that.
Smoke was great and I did add a couple of chunks into the ash collector to up it a bit.
Temp moved from a low of 220 to 260 but my average was 242.
3 hours with a simple rub of Sea salt, pepper, garlic, onion and paprika. Spritzing every 45 mins after the first hour.
Wrapped in a sauce mixture of cup of the spritzer, cup of BBQ sauce and a stick of butter.
Out after 3 hours and into the cooler for 45mins.
Could the Traeger do it any better? It could do but the smoke taste was very distinct from the apple chunks.
I have some rib eye ready to test against a slow smoke, then a quick sear. Here the advantage will be the quick rise in temperature the Masterbuilt has.
will let you know.
All the best.

 

[RemE]

Sounds great! So temp changes are quick? Both up and down?

And, do toss in some pics of the grill in action. I'm very intrigued by this design.

 

[Olds442]

have you picked up any of the coconut briquettes? i'd try mixing a few with lump and wood to see if you can get longer life per load up.

congrats on the Mbuilt. i have a cheapo electric mbuilt that's done me right more times than wrong. (the wrongs were user error. i saw the ID 10 T pop up on the display.) \

cheers!

 

[davwhite]

have you picked up any of the coconut briquettes? i'd try mixing a few with lump and wood to see if you can get longer life per load up.

congrats on the Mbuilt. i have a cheapo electric mbuilt that's done me right more times than wrong. (the wrongs were user error. i saw the ID 10 T pop up on the display.) \

cheers!

I give them a try, thanks

 

[davwhite]

Sounds great! So temp changes are quick? Both up and down?

And, do toss in some pics of the grill in action. I'm very intrigued by this design.

I would say 5-6 mins from 225 to 600

 

[RustyJake]

Thanks for coming over and sharing your experiences @davwhite
Hope you continue to, and maybe some pics of this in action like @RemE had already asked. I know a lot of us would be interested in seeing it