Running an electric smoker
Looking at picking up a Traeger Lil Tex smoker to be able to throw in the trailer. Anyone know what kind of watts these things require to run? I have 160w solar and plan on adding a 300W inverter.
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dkf435 wrote:
The Traeger grills are a off shoot from their Pellet Stove and Wood Furnace business years ago. The grills were excellent quality until they took manufacturing off shore to China. Have many friends that still use the original models.
According to their site the glow rod igniter is 300W and another 50w once lit to run the fan and the auger. Think I would want at least a 1000 watt generator or inverter with 2 or more likely 4 6v batteries to make it thru a run.
David
Even though the igniter is 300w some bbq competitors light them by hand the use batteries to keep it going.
