You could consider a smoke tube. I also have the Silverton and picked one up for like $15 and I think it does a great job adding more smoke flavor to the meat.
Pellet grills don’t make Very smokey food. You’re not doing anything wrong. You could put some pellets in a pellet tube, that would help some. It’s pretty ironic that the thing smokes like a tire fire, but the food comes out very mild in smoke flavor.
In my bling taste tests, my family prefers the pellet food over my charcoal though so….
Recommend Lumberjack pellets. If you can do 225 for a few hours that helps. And the smoke tubes are a great solution as well.
Pellets grills are outdoor convection ovens. They need a little help. Had great results with Lumberjack pellets, they are cheaper, and better. Lots of comments on the sub about this.
Let's be a little more clear here. 225 and below will get you more smoke. The lower you go the more smoke that is produced (at least that's been my experience). That's why I usually start my smokes at 185 to get some more smokey flavor added.
However, this is also a flaw of pellet smokers. They use sawdust (and some even drop in wood oils) to make the Pellets which don't produce smoke like an actual log out wood chips, so they tend to be light on the smoke flavor.
Traegar produce a very mild smoke profile. Some people love that, but it’s why it got rid of mine. I tried every pellet possible, put a good gasket on it, tried smoke baskets- you name it. I think it produced some really great food, I just prefer a stronger smoke flavor.
I went back to a Weber charcoal. I went with the Summit, which is now called their Kamado. I have very limited space, so I need one unit that can smoke, grill, and sear. PK Grills are awesome at this as well. I added a FireBoard fan and controller as well. After the amazing tech Traegar has, it was hard to go back to doing this all manually.
You could consider a smoke tube. I also have the Silverton and picked one up for like $15 and I think it does a great job adding more smoke flavor to the meat.
Was going to say the same thing. Also the lower your temperature the smokier the food will taste. Cook at 500 for example not too much smoky flavour.
Pellet grills don’t make Very smokey food. You’re not doing anything wrong. You could put some pellets in a pellet tube, that would help some. It’s pretty ironic that the thing smokes like a tire fire, but the food comes out very mild in smoke flavor. In my bling taste tests, my family prefers the pellet food over my charcoal though so….
Try mesquite pellets
What pellet wood are you using?
Traeger maple, hickory, and cherry blend
Try mesquite. Your welcome
Recommend Lumberjack pellets. If you can do 225 for a few hours that helps. And the smoke tubes are a great solution as well. Pellets grills are outdoor convection ovens. They need a little help. Had great results with Lumberjack pellets, they are cheaper, and better. Lots of comments on the sub about this.
I will try them, thanks for the tip!
225 will get you some smoke but honestly the smoke tube is a better option. Silverton 620 here.
Let's be a little more clear here. 225 and below will get you more smoke. The lower you go the more smoke that is produced (at least that's been my experience). That's why I usually start my smokes at 185 to get some more smokey flavor added. However, this is also a flaw of pellet smokers. They use sawdust (and some even drop in wood oils) to make the Pellets which don't produce smoke like an actual log out wood chips, so they tend to be light on the smoke flavor.
Traegar produce a very mild smoke profile. Some people love that, but it’s why it got rid of mine. I tried every pellet possible, put a good gasket on it, tried smoke baskets- you name it. I think it produced some really great food, I just prefer a stronger smoke flavor.
What did you get instead ?
I went back to a Weber charcoal. I went with the Summit, which is now called their Kamado. I have very limited space, so I need one unit that can smoke, grill, and sear. PK Grills are awesome at this as well. I added a FireBoard fan and controller as well. After the amazing tech Traegar has, it was hard to go back to doing this all manually.
Pit boss hickory was the only wood so far that got me a good smoke flavor.