Charcoal Smokers: give me the good/bad. Have a pellet. Thinking of switching

Jun 30, 2024
11:04:39am

Frankfromtheballpark Starter

I have a traeger. Has worked great. Use it weekly. Have heard people talk about charcoal gives you a better smoke flavor.

This true? Who can give me some pros cons from their experience?

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Charcoal Smokers: give me the good/bad. Have a pellet. Thinking of switching

Frankfromtheballpark

Jun 30, 11:04am

Gravity fed charcoal smokers give you a flavor that’s more similar to a

NarfUte

Jun 30, 11:08am

I had a Masterbuilt Charcoal Gravity smoker. I bought it used so it wasn't in

Duke Silver

Jun 30, 11:12am

Starting it up took me a while to get used to, whereas the pellet is easy.

Leonardo

Jun 30, 11:16am

Charcoal smokers like an ceramic egg can get WAAAY hotter than any pellet grill

Thrill

Jun 30, 11:18am

My Yoder pellet grill with GrillGrates gets up to 600F. More than hot enough for any meat dish

SJS

Jun 30, 11:21am

I have a pellet smoker that gets about that hot as well…nice, but not as good as

Thrill

Jun 30, 12:19pm

What sort of meat do you cook above 600F? Or other dishes?

SJS

Jun 30, 12:21pm

pizza

Dryfire

Jun 30, 2:50pm

Any others?

SJS

Jun 30, 3:00pm

Love my Kamado Joe

Born2Fish

Jun 30, 11:27am

I have all kinds of smokers and love them all for different reasons and yes the

RWaters

Jun 30, 12:22pm

Quality of the Masterbuilt Gravity series is garbage, except for maybe the new XT. Haven't played with that one yet.

Radioactive Coug

Jun 30, 11:24am

I've been planning on getting the XT but it's been out of stock for a month or more. I can't find it anywhere.

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