Joe in NY

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OneBallBiscuit

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Hey guys...love the site. Been reading for months.Finally joined.

Currently own a Bradley Electric smoker. Love it but seems limited in it's uses. Want to upgrade to a pellet smoker for quite a while now and have been reading up on the models like crazy. Budget demanded I stay a bit lower than the best models out there, so I settled on the Daniel Boone, but that was before wife and I found out we are having twins in June, so budget took a huge hit. Basically, this brought me down to the Traeger Junior...wanted to know if it is even worth spending the cash on that model or just wait a while and maybe get the Daniel Boone or better Traeger model next year with some saving up.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
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Salmonsmoker

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Hi Joe, welcome to the forum. The Traegers are now made in China and not the quality they used to be. I had concidered it at one time, but did a lot of research and decided on the MAK. I'm in the saving mode right now, and thinking by April I'll drop the hammer.
 
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OneBallBiscuit

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Thanks for all the help. With the suggestion of So Cal Smoker...I checked Craigs List and found a retail store about 30 miles away. The store has 1 Lil Texas Elite available. Already built. Only caveat is that it was used on the Today Show as a demo to show how they work in last year's outdoor patio segment. So, never cooked food, just was fired up as a show piece. Perfect. Got a great deal in it too. Thanks for the heads up to check!!!!!
 
MossyMO

MossyMO

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Glad you joined us OneBallBiscuit, welcome to the Pellet smoking forums!
Great to hear you found a pellet grill that fit your budget that you were also comfortable with...
 
Patrick_CT

Patrick_CT

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Welcome Joe. We need more north East Coast people. Where about in NY. I love in CT and work in NY.
Congrats on the twins!! we are expecting a baby girl at the end of May.
 
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OneBallBiscuit

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Over in Carmel NY...I too work in NYC. Just got the grill yesterday. Need to get some pellets. The place I bought the grill had a bag of traeger pellets but they were ruined in the back of the shop, so I have to get my own. Are the BBQ Delight ones much better than Traeger? And if so, I can order them from the Big Poppa link above, right?
 
Patrick_CT

Patrick_CT

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I actually work in east fishkill ny. Big poppa is good to order from. If u are going to do a bigger order maybe there are a few people around that are interested. Congrats on the smoker.
 
Chili Head

Chili Head

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Welcome Joe! I too am a bradley smoker user. I love it! Honestly it dosent get used much any more..Jerky and sausage is about it.
 
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