Traeger vs Green Mountain

Did quite a bit of research before we got the GMG Daniel Boone. Have had it over 3 years and still love it. Also recently got the new GMG Davy Crockett for the motorhome.

Use it year round 3 or 4 times a week (covered patio in Oregon).
Love the remote control (option), the food probe, the digital temp control. Etc. Etc.
Tech support is great. I've called with questions and always got a real person and excellent info.
The previous comment about soot (without getting too far into it) is something that will be cured when they call customer service.

It will Grill food (hot and fast) up to 500 degrees. It will BBQ and smoke food (low and slow) down to 150 degrees. The pellet cooker is a different breed and takes a bit of a learning curve but in no time you'll be making great food. Cook meats, veggies, and desserts.

A great web site for all things pellet grill is pelletheads.com, lots and lots of info.

I have no affiliation with GMG or pelletheads, just a very satisfied cusotmer.

I went with the GM Daniel Boone last year. The WiFi is handy, I use it for things like Butt. Run at 150 for 4 hours (smoke flavor) then crank up to 220 until internal temp reaches 195 - then hold. No user interaction other than listening for the low pellet alarm.

2 other things drove me to it over the Traeger.

1) Can run as low as 150 and hold steady. Important to get the smoke flavor as higher temps don't make much smoke.

2) Taller cooking chamber. Bought one of the front shelves and mounted inside greatly increasing cooking space. Mostly for Jerky.


Here I'm finishing off some Jerky at 150, and have a Tri-Tip on the right bottom catching some smoke. Shortly after this pic I pulled the Jerky and cranked it up to 220 for a bit over an hour to bring the Tri-Tip to 115 internal temp. Threw it on the maxed out grill for about 4 minutes per side to finish it off and get to 145 internal temp.

In-Line pic doesn't seem to work with Google Photo's so heres the link.

https://goo.gl/photos/s1w7NrJ6tzJf7vgSA

I got the GM last year. Been somewhat disappointed in the flavor, as it makes soot. As in black sooty chicken etc., not bronzed. Need to call tech support and see what they say. I have read a few reports of similar issues.

Otherwise the grill is a joy to use. Easy to set and forget for a long cook. Just need to sort out the airflow or whatever the problem is.

I've got the GMG Daniel Boone with wifi. My brother has a traeger.

I've used his several times before getting my gmg. There both good pits, but I like mine better. I've done everything from chicken, to briskets. With fantastic results. Pellets can get expensive, but if you can get others in your area to do a group buy, you can get a ton delivered for around .30c a lb. Otherwise your looking around. 75-1.00 a lb locally.

I have two Traegers, one for the deck and one for the trailer. I don't know much about the Green Mountain smokers. I can smoke some good pork butt, ribs, etc.. I've bought my pellets at Menards recently as they have 40 lbs. for right around $20

I have a treager little texas and it does a pretty good job. love the smoked flavor, DW not so much. I like baby back ribs, DW not so much. so it's pretty much my cooker, like that idea/ My son has a treager like mine and he also has a masterbuilt electric he bought off of QVC that smokes and cooks just like the treager, only do not have to buy big bags of pellets. he just uses a few wood ships to get the smoke. electricity is a lot cheap than the pellets