Costco pellets $13 for 40lbs
i wonder who makes them for Costco
i wonder who makes them for Costco
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Apparently, they are rebranded or custom ordered Pit Boss pellets. -
I’ve used these exclusively for a year + now. Love them. A such a deal too. 👍Comment
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I get Pit Boss at Wolly World for 99.999% of my pellet needs.Comment
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That's a good deal. Not that I use pellets, but I shopped for them when I had my eye on a Grilla OG a few years back, and the next best deal I had found was the $19.99 40# bag of B&B Championship Blend at Academy, which I understand to be rebranded BBQ'rs Delight pellets.Comment
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I’ve been using the Costco pellets for the last year and don’t buy anything else. Can’t beat the value.Comment
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Sams club Smokehouse used to be 40lbs for 10ish its 12 or 14 now, anything less than a buck a pound for decent if not amazing pellets is a stealComment
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Looks like I may have to join one of those places just don't need bulk itemsComment
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Yeah, sure. My wife was at Costco this morning. This afternoon I saw this thread. Ah well, she’d probably have trouble wrangling 40 lb bags of pellets and I’m not allowed to lift anything close to that heavy right now.Comment
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Crap. I just got like 80 lbs of Knotty Wood pellets... ;-)Comment
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I used Knotty Wood last year and liked my results. Just have to burn through some Jealous Devil and some Matt Pittman flavored Traeger pellets. I hope they taste like real Matt Pittman. ;-) -
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As I said subjective...
One thing about those tests, the didn't use same wood for all the different manufacturers.
I suspect if they were all Hickory pellets, the results would have been different.
They used Knotty Wood Plum. None of the others were plum.Last edited by 02ebz06; June 28, 2023, 10:31 AM.
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bbqLuv 02ebz06
Just wanted to discuss that video at more length than a comment would allow. I don't have an hour to watch the whole thing, so I skipped to the conclusions. Stuff I found interesting:
1- The Stickburn guys like the Knotty Wood Plum best, but apparently, the twig burners did not care for it. Suggests it might be a more aggressive smoke flavor. As I said, I used Knotty Wood for most of last year, as I could get them through Home Depot (not actually at Home Depot... so, still not solving the local pickup option). I blend the almond with the plum, under the same idea as using hickory and cherry. I've used some plum wood in the OJB, and, a lot like cherry, it's a nice smoke but a really pronounced smoke ring.
2- Interesting that the traeger performed well with the pellet heads, but also that they got them direct from manufacturer, rather than from Costco. So, maybe my quest to find quality pellets locally is dumb.
3- Fully agree about the perception of smoke flavor and the proximity to the cooking on the smoker. With the Grilla, you get periodic huge bursts of smoke when it swings, and if I take a couple of those when checking temps, my perception of smoke flavor drops to almost nothing.
4- Interesting to see the service perspective it.
I've used a lot of different pellets over time. BBQers Delight and Knotty are probably my favorite. Is it scientific? No. It's more like art, it's what I like when I use it.Comment
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Thanks for your input.
I used to buy Pit Boss pellets at Walmart, and those were the ones with which I had problems.
According to the "BBQ Experts", the best flavor comes with thin-light-blue smoke. With Traeger pellets that is what I get from their signature pellets. I was thinking of trying Costco pellets due to the price, $13/40lbs.
It has been a few years (4-5) since I started BBQ as a hobby.
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