Ha! Even a thread on grilling soon devolves into reef talk, gotta love it!
I have a Traeger Bronson 20. It's one of the smaller ones but more than enough as it's usually just my wife and I, occasionally we have a couple people over. My mistake was getting it at the Fair. The grill was DOA out of the box with a damaged grill plate and my only resource was Traeger customer service (which sucks). My poor wife was trying to deal with the broken grill and CS for two weeks of daily calls. I was sick and she wanted to get the grill for my birthday so she was doing her best to make it work for me. All those calls and they couldn't correctly diagnose the issue. They said "bad computer", sent me a new one but when I opened the box it was a grease bucket. They sent another, installed it and still DOA. I was finally starting to feel better so I did my own diagnosis and found the power cord was the problem. They sent me a new power cord and it's been working ever since. One local business was helpful even though I was angry and gave them a hard time so I'll plug them. Spa Parts Depot in El Cajon has top notch customer service.
Once I got the thing working I love it. I've smoked chicken, turkey, pork butt, salmon... I'm still getting used to the time/temp combos that produce the best results for the different things I'm cooking but the google/cook method works for me too. I haven't had a lot of luck with veggies yet but the meat is so good! I would like to do some ribs so thanks for the 3-2-1 plan. I'll give it a shot this weekend.
