New Pellet Grill Owners: Avoid the 8 Most Common Mistakes

Avoid making these 8 common pellet smoker mistakes that people new to pellet grill smoking regularly make. Whether your new pellet smoker is a Pit Boss, a Traeger, a Yoder, or any other pellet grill, these tips will save you stress and reduce the risk of having a bad cook.

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[motocross]

Mad respect for the amount of drink breaks taken, highly important and overlooked part of smoking.

[dallhoc]

One tip I would give is not to dump the whole bag in the hopper. The bottom of the bag contains allot of fine pellet dust. This can build up + absorb moisture and clog up the auger.

[vladimus]

All good advice but I'm really glad I got a small tabletop Pit Boss even though I'd have a hard time entertaining. It preheats in 4-5 minutes and absolutely sips pellets. Makes me use it even more because it fits my lifestyle so well. If I end up entertaining more, I'll just buy a second bigger one because they've gotten so cheap lol.

[fuelgasscrubber]

Come for the tips, stay for the drink updates! Love it. Thanks!

[Erforscher]

I think this guy speaks from experience. I can see where the grill lid clipped him in his grape

[lovingMe-uoqf]

My man brought a pellet grill home and I had never used one. Oh my goodness! I will never cook on a stove again! This is the most bestest thing that has ever come in to this woman's cooking life lol

[michaeld.krochter]

Great stuff...this is what I've learned after 10 years of smoking..thank you hope all the new smokers view this..

[oliversmith]

Yep, my first smoker was an 18" as well, straight away made 2 racks of ribs and realised i needed bigger as i couldn't fit any more ribs in at the same time

[LousyAcousticCovers]

Love the hinge mod!! You’re definitely not lazy, you just don’t like doing certain things and love doing others. Not much different over here! Good stuff bro. Subscribed.

[mooreusmc]

Good video. Helpful info. I've had my Traeger for about 6 years. I would say another important tip is understanding how to restart after a flameout.. On a Traeger it's an "LER" code on the display. It is crazy important that the firebox is cleaned out after a flameout. Which sucks because there is probably meat on the grills. But the auger will potentially dump a ridiculous amount of pellets into the pot. It has to be cleared out before you restart it.. Otherwise. FIRE time. Not a good fire either.

[sarahhall]

New to this channel and just bought a PitBoss Lexington 500

[mattiasklement]

Im 3 hours away from buying a traeger pro 780, this was super helpful. Also buying my first brisket right after.

[yourtalentexpert]

Ok. I just bought a Traeger and am a grill novice. Looking for a new hobby. This video was so helpful and hilarious (love the drink breaks lol). New subscriber!

[nateescalus]

Thank you for posting this video, I just got my first pellet grill today and this helps a lot!

[garrettaguirre]

tip to use for those that want a stronger smoke flavor i bought a cheap cold smoke tube at walmart that can be used in my pellet smoker as well and it has worked wonders the tube can be filled with pellets as well but will slow burn them after the initial lighting of the end of the smoke tube and it lasts about 4 hours so i usually once its out dont worry about it but for real long smokes you can smoke the first fill empty it and reload it. makes a massive difference if your like me and like a good smoke flavor on your food

[ethansherrill]

I know I'm tardy to the party but this video honestly helped me and I'm a total newbie so thanks a bunch.

[FloridaDock]

Not sure I think +1 -2 degrees as a temp swing but I have zero complaints with my Recteq thanks for the tip. PID all the way.

[Natedoc]

I got the Pit boss sportsman for Christmas, just using the smoker side today for some pulled pork!!! So excited. It’s been rad switching from a Weber 24” charcoal bbq over to the grill side of this bad boy, now it’s time for smoke on!

[billyt]

Great job, important advice especially for people just starting with pellet grills