[JavaBrewer]

We bought a Trager wood pellet grill about 4 years ago from their kiosk at the local mall. It was expensive...$600 delivered to our home and self assembled. I have a friend who got one from Costco and he loves it. Had a couple baseball parties at his home and all the grilling was done on his Trager. He has a big custom gas grill built into an island but does not use it anymore.

Quality of materials is ok. The leg brackets were tweaked from shipping but I got them installed and it did not affect the operation, stance, or rolling around so I said whatever.

That said I'm not a fan of smoking meat. Having grown up in SoCal the holy grail for me is Tri Tip and my various attempts on the Trager were terrible. Ditto for pork chops. I feel like I need a very hot grill to sear the roast prior to cooking it on the Trager. What this thing excels at is fish, bratwurst, and veggies. The indirect heat is awesome and you don't need to worry about flare-ups. Well, speaking of flare-ups, my Korean friends were over with thinly cut rib meat that was marinated for days. They cooked it on my Trager on tin-foil. The marinade eventually hit critical mass and my grill was totally on fire. It got so hot that the black finish on the main unit blistered off. Almost burned down my patio cover. The next day the grill would not produce smoke. I did a proper cleaning, reload the pot, and boom its working fine again. It just looks beat up at this point but still does it's thing.

I would buy it again if I could manage a redo. Not for my favorites but for general use. I picked up a Craigs list $50 gas grill that is used for Tri Tip and we are happy again.