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Advice requested....please

Dawgtired
Dawgtired Posts: 642
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I have a lg BGE that I use a lot and a small that rarely gets used. I also have a gas grill that also very rarely gets used. Through one of the companies I rep for, I just won another grill. I can pick a Traeger or a Weber and since I know very little about Traeger, I’m looking for some suggestions. Will the Traeger be a good fit and something I may use along with my lg BGE?

Thanks!


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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,720
    Are you offered a specific model from each manufacturer or any grill from either manufacturer?


    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,258
    I think the lower end Traegers are made in China and have had issues the past few years?
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    what is the Weber you are comparing? what model of Traeger?
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  • johnnyp
    johnnyp Posts: 3,932
    pgprescott said:
    what is the Weber you are comparing? what model of Traeger?
    Great questions.  Pete may have a different view, but if it’s a Weber Summit, jump all over it. If it’s a gasser or kettle, traeger all day 
    XL & MM BGE, 36" Blackstone - Newport News, VA
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    My brother-in-law has a Traeger and loves it.....FWIW.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,049
    The Traeger gives you something you don’t already have. That’s what I’d do. The “lower quality from China” info seems to be true,  but that mostly affects longevity.  If you take care of it and protect it - it will last 5+ years which is a good run for something you got free. And I’ve cooked on a Traeger and eaten food cooked on them and they put out some good good food with very little effort. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    People who have issues with longevity of those cookers are ones who live in extreme environments or are just careless with their stuff. Five years is if you left it out in the rain and snow uncovered and then ran it over. 
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,706
    edited January 2018
    Take whichever one you can sell easier on Craigslist.  Or see if there's a dealer in town that will swap you for some egg accessories.  Probably easier to sell the traeger because of all the advertising.

    You already have the cadillac.....two of them.....why downgrade just cuz it was free?
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  • garthb4903
    garthb4903 Posts: 116
    can I have your egg?
    L, M, MM "These pretzels are making me thirsty"
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    garthb4903 said:
    can I have your egg?
    RE read. 
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