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Thank you for sharing!🙏❤

Was the cook space sufficient for a couple? Doesn’t look big enough to meal prep or handful group of ppl, but big enough to cook for 1 or two meals… considering the tailgater for this reason. But like the smaller portability of this ranger

Yea some scouts have the larger hopper but not all is what I’ve noticed. I think the Scouts two years ago had the smaller hopper.

Yea Traeger says that for all their products including the D2 controllers. I think it’s just a ball park statement to keep consumers happy. My arc controllers runs +\- 5 and my D2 is running +\- 15. I wouldn’t worry about having temp swings that are under 25 degree variance though. Controllers that swing produce more smoke but controllers that keep temps (PID) to the temp do not produce as much smoke. Traditional smokers fluctuate a 100 degrees if you aren’t living by the cook so it’s alright if a pellet grill fluctuates a little since it’s normal during traditional smokes

Birds saying Clean your mouth out with soap

Your quick! Thinking the same thing but let it go....

Traeger support told me to leave the lid open till it starts smoking real good, a couple minutes. I have trouble with my scout keeping correct temp. I mean by about 75 degrees, that's farenheit. Maybe I'm starting it wrong.

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The auger makes a little noise but it's not bad at all.

That happens to make really good food. So who cares if it doesn’t take charcoal or propane or whatever your preferred method is. It makes good food and that’s what we are all out to do

165

Not sure I would call this light... and the handle is to open the lid not to move it by.

A brisket that was just a tad bit bigger than the cook surface. I made a foil pan to keep the overflow of hot air from burning the edges. I set it on 275 and left if for 9 hours. Make sure to keep the Ranger out of the wind when cooking on low temps. The small amount of burning pellets can get blown out pretty easy.

Glad you found it useful!

I cook everything in mine so I buy a blend bag, no particular brand, just a blend.

They have a pizza blend

You can if you keep it out of the wind... I set mine on 275 for long slow cooks and the temp will range widely down at the low range between 225 and 300 which works fine as it smokes off and on during those temp changes. The 5 degree variance on the controller does not work down there. To be fair, I had some wind throughout the cook so that may have play a part in the wide temp range.

You are most welcome.

I cook steaks on mine. But it does not sear them. Here is the trick straight from your favorite steak house. Cook your steak to just shy of the way you like it. Then shut down the cooker, open the lid and fire up your propane torch. Rub the flame on the steak (full flame contact) and blacken/sear it to the desired level.

It really is... I have cooked cornbread and many other recipes that say set you oven to ..... Works everytime. You have got to try meatloaf, set your pellet OVEN to 400, stab your probe in at an angle so you are in the top 3rd of the loaf, set the temp on the probe to 165 when the top 3rd reaches 165 you are in for a heavenly treat! Do not stick the probe in the middle because the top 3rd will not be done at 165 in the middle. Trust me on that and let me know what you think of it. I use a disposable aluminum pan that is 6.5 by 9 inches and 3 pounds of meat. I do not cover the top because I like a kind of crust on the top.

Too bad they don't offer the extension as a part to order. you might call them, ya never know til ya ask.

Flavor of smoke in the food like cooking over an open fire, ease of use, heat controlled by a thermostat and not you trying to adjust air flow all the time, long time cooking like meatloaf (yum), no toxic lighter fluid. There is a couple of reasons off the top of my head, but I could come up with more. But flavor is number 1.

Eat off it and you will have your answer. 👍👍👍

I am really sorry that you are having such issues with yours. I do have to admit that their support does not come through with the things they say they are going to do. When I got mine my cast iron griddle had a real bad rough area on it like covered up rust, and they said they would send a new one out to replace it. A few months later I called again and they said they could see that I was told that and they would get one out to me. I still have not, nor cannot use my griddle. My temp probe cable had frayed a while back and I guess I still haven't provided enough pictures to warrant a new one of those either. I still stand by good cooking and everything I said in my information video. I guess to those of you that watch this video in order to make a buying decision you might take into consideration that you may not get the support you would just assume you would get.

5 months for a controller... I had an issue with mine. Traeger sent one out and it took 4 days to get here from getting off the phone with them.

@@terryg8520 I'll just stick to my weber Smokey Joe. No electronics and I don have to deal with shitty customer service. I believe that speaks volumes of a company to take care of the customer. If traeger can't do that then why on earth would I want their products? Also my little Webber DOESN'T REQUIRE POWER

So sorry to hear, I've been running one for 12 years no problems. Sold my Green egg to buy it. I will never own another grill besides Treager. On 5 cars and have michelins on 4 of them and have only bought nations for the last 30 years..... And I got a badd michelin once. Shit happens.

Glad it was useful for you! Sure wish the info was around when I burnt up my time trying to decide on-line what to buy with no local stores carrying Traeger.