Traeger Select Elite | Traeger Initial Firing | Seasoning Your Traeger

Our gas grill has been dying a slow death over the last couple of years. So, we decided to go out and look for a replacement.
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We ended up at Costco, and the Traeger rep was there with a type of Traeger that I'd never seen before. It was the Select Elite Bronze. And it looked just like a gas grill! No barrel body, no smoke stack. We thought this was perfect.
After talking with the rep for a bit, and having her toss in a free cover and bag of pellets, we decided to take the plunge into wood fired grilling.
My son and I assembled it one Sunday afternoon, and it was moved out onto our deck to replace the old gas grill that we had for over 10 years.
The assembly was easy, and so was the initial firing and seasoning the grill.
As you can see in the video, it was pretty easy, and the smell of the pellet smoke was intoxicating!
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[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Let me know if there's anything you want to see me cook in the future on this Traeger!

[@ErinElyOrganicFanatic]

I just got one of these for my husband for fathers day, so this was a great intro for getting our Traeger up and running.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

He is lucky to have you! He's gonna love cooking on this grill. I'm glad you found the video helpful, and thank you so much for watching! I've got a video coming up on Friday where I cook a prime rib and it turned out amazing!

[@knucklesblack2176]

I wish I had a wife like you lol

[@underling]

One year later, how do you and your husband like it? I just picked one up today and I'm going through the seasoning process.

[@Guillaume_Boutin]

Hi ! I just subscribed to your channel ! I found it while searching for a recipe to try my jerky gun....and I have the exact same Traeger model so.....Subscribed ! :) - A guy from Quebec.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Hey, welcome aboard! How do you like your Traeger?

[@Guillaume_Boutin]

@@GreyCountyGrillin Love it. The smell is always soooo good !

[@daddydutchbbq]

Nice new grill Chris ! I like how the Mrs takes all the credit !

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Actually, this one was about 80% hers! I was kinda on the fence and she was the driving force!

[@rhondachilders4076]

Thanks for the video we just purchased and used your video to set ours up😁

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

That's awesome! I'm glad you found it helpful! What model did you get?

[@LassesFoodAndBarbecue]

That looks like a great cooker. Lots of space :)

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

That was one of the big reasons we got it! Will have no issue with space on this thing!

[@TomHorsmanAmateurBBQ]

Interesting! Haven't seen that one yet, Lookin good!

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

First time I saw it was at Costco. We liked the gas grill look of it.

[@sideyardbarbecue3214]

Nice! Enjoy

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Oh we will! Keep on the lookout for lots of Traeger videos in the future!

[@LouisatRshackBBQ]

Nice looking pellet grill - your wife is going to love it 😄,, just a couple of tips - always have the lid open when starting her up until you see good smoke rollin and I always turn down to the 150 degrees after being in high and let cool down a bit before going to shut down mode.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Thanks for the tips! That's a good idea with bringing it down to 250 before.shittomg down. How hot have you gotten it?

[@parkinplay5931]

Nice! Will have to tell my nephew about this BBQ he does it year round.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

I've only had it over a month, but I love it!

[@cecilharvey352]

I'd say he really "pulled the traeger" on this video!

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Hahaha I see what you did there!

[@sebpoitras6271]

I am debating on getting this or the Pit Boss 440D. Do you recommend the Trager?

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

I highly recommend the Traeger. I have had zero issues and it's worked perfectly for me.

[@blackbullpete1599]

3 years later, traeger update?

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Still running good! Still making great food!

[@redtruck32]

Bought one of these used, it didn t come with upper warming rack or probe. Can you tell me which parts i need?

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

I'm not entirely sure what the part numbers would be. Just call Traeger customer support or send them a message and they should be able to hook you up. I wouldn't worry about the probe though, I never use the one that came with it. I've got other digital thermometers that I use.

[@normamunoz4944]

Hi, i have this exact one and its not heating up. Both fans are working. The fire pot is cleaned out. I dont know where the thermometer is though. Also the rotating thing works but sometimes pellets dont shoot out. And now its giving me an LEr light. Would you have any experience with this?

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Is your pellet hopper full? There might be a pellet void if the auger is turning but no pellets are coming out. The temperature probe is in the middle along the back wall. I haven't had an ler error, bit that means the temp has gotten too low, which means the fire has likely gone out. I would call Traeger customer service.

[@hassanmian8987]

Did you get a cover ?

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

I did. It's a pretty heavy duty one as well.

[@abarragan951]

Have you had any issues with the low temps? I have the same grill and if I use smoke or 180 it goes up to 230ish! I clean it use traeger pellets only and still no low temps

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

I did have issues when I first got it, and sometimes at start up it'll go up high before it settles back down. In smoke, it'll hold around 170 for me pretty consistently. At start up, it will constantly feed pellets until the fire is established, and then it'll start cycling. 15 seconds on, 65 seconds off. That's what it does on smoke, regardless of temp. If you're having issues keeping low temps, open the kid for a bit to let it settle. If it keeps climbing up to 230 when set on 180, it could be an issue with the RTD probe.

[@bbonora]

@@GreyCountyGrillin I've been pretty disappointed with my Select Elite. On the smoke setting it will often climb above 200 degrees and I've never been able to get it to maintain a temperature below 180. I've tried all the recommended fixes like cleaning it out, cleaning the temperature probe, etc... with no luck :( However, on the 180 setting it will generally stay below 200 degrees but that's still too hot to smoke many kinds of meats. I wouldn't recommend this grill to anybody because it can't maintain a low enough temperature to smoke items properly and it doesn't get hot enough to actually grill something like a steak. Essentially it's a glorified, over priced convection oven that uses wood pellets to generate the heat. I've heard that the barrel style Traeger's and the old controllers with the p setting are able to maintain the lower temperatures but I'm not going to spend another grand to find out.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

@@bbonora I'm sorry you're having issues with your Select. That really sucks. I've been able to keep mine low enough to smoke, and really, 225 is still low enough to smoke anything.

[@alphy79d]

How long did it take to set up? I unboxed mine last night thinking it was a quick job. It's still sitting on my deck in pieces. Did yours come with an instruction manual? Mine did not.

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Took me and my son about 2 hours to assemble it. And mine did come with a manual. You might need to look on Traeger's website and see if you can download one there.

[@StupidRobotFightingLeague]

Chris!! You have a beard!!!

[@GreyCountyGrillin]

Sure do! Had it for about a month now. More out of laziness than anything else hahaha