So I am babysitter for my son-in-law’s Traeger while they look for a house. Fired it up yesterday for the first time. Decided on ribs, since they are fairly forgiving. Cleaned out the grill since it had sat for a while unused. Used Traeger signature blend pellets. On their recommendation I set the temp to 275, and let it warm up. Are all Traeger temp controls this whacked? This thing went up to 319, down to 205, and then sort of settled in. Put two racks of St Louis ribs on there, and began the wait. The temp kept fluctuating like crazy. I put my thermoworks calibrated probe near the Traeger probe, and occasionally got a match and sometimes was off over 50 degrees! Temps would drop, and the grill started belching smoke like it was trying to burn 10 pounds of pellets at once.
I ended up taking the controller down to 225. Still got big temp fluctuations. How big a factor is the wind? It was quite warm and breezy yesterday. I ended up taking them off too early. I thought I was passing the bend test, but maybe not. My wife and daughter thought they were a bit too chewy. I’m thinking maybe another 30 minutes might have helped. The ribs were okay, not great.
Today is warm, but not windy. Temperature seems a lot more steady. I guess a windy day was not a good time for a first cook on a new grill!😬😬
P.S. I still don’t like where Traeger has their temp probe. Also it’s about 7” long. Where exactly is the sensor??
I ended up taking the controller down to 225. Still got big temp fluctuations. How big a factor is the wind? It was quite warm and breezy yesterday. I ended up taking them off too early. I thought I was passing the bend test, but maybe not. My wife and daughter thought they were a bit too chewy. I’m thinking maybe another 30 minutes might have helped. The ribs were okay, not great.
Today is warm, but not windy. Temperature seems a lot more steady. I guess a windy day was not a good time for a first cook on a new grill!😬😬
P.S. I still don’t like where Traeger has their temp probe. Also it’s about 7” long. Where exactly is the sensor??
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