dragoneggs
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I just stumbled on the country cooking forum and this has opened up a whole new area of TBN I now have monitor! :laughing:
Been BBQing forever I am sure like many of you. In short my BBQ journey goes something like this... I have had the classic Weber chargrill, got lazy and went through a few cheapo gas grills (never again), a little Hibachi style, and mini Weber (still have) mainly for camping or other portable ventures. And now I'm on my second Traeger as well as an awesome Vermont Casting Signature Series that I had for a long time but just put out to pasture due to no internal parts available. Oh well. It's actually sitting in my driveway waiting for its trip to the morgue (metal recycle place).
First Traeger was a Costco impulse buy. Used it a lot but only good for smoking (not hot enough). Ended up buying a bigger hotter Traeger again at Costco... and yeah another impulse buy. The salesman convinced me I could easily sell my well used Traeger at 60% of cost of new on Craigslist and he was right. Sold immediately. My Traeger. upgrade will heat up to 450deg but not quite enough for a good sear on a prime steak.
But that was okay because I had my fall back Vermont Casting. That thing would easily cook over 700deg if I wanted. After lots of researching and YouTube vids, decided to get the PK360 grill from PKGrills.com. Arkansas company that's been around since the early 50's I think.
Cast hand poured aluminum shell. Warranted for 20 years! I think this will be the last BBQ I will buy and I think it is the best combination smoker/griller I've ever used or seen. And it's portable!
I will still use my Traeger for unattended smoking but it is sure great to get back to old school bbq'ing for the best in flavor.
I did a search on PK grills here on TBN and came up with nothing so just wondering if anyone else has one and their thoughts. My first two weeks has been quite a honeymoon. :licking:
Been BBQing forever I am sure like many of you. In short my BBQ journey goes something like this... I have had the classic Weber chargrill, got lazy and went through a few cheapo gas grills (never again), a little Hibachi style, and mini Weber (still have) mainly for camping or other portable ventures. And now I'm on my second Traeger as well as an awesome Vermont Casting Signature Series that I had for a long time but just put out to pasture due to no internal parts available. Oh well. It's actually sitting in my driveway waiting for its trip to the morgue (metal recycle place).
First Traeger was a Costco impulse buy. Used it a lot but only good for smoking (not hot enough). Ended up buying a bigger hotter Traeger again at Costco... and yeah another impulse buy. The salesman convinced me I could easily sell my well used Traeger at 60% of cost of new on Craigslist and he was right. Sold immediately. My Traeger. upgrade will heat up to 450deg but not quite enough for a good sear on a prime steak.
But that was okay because I had my fall back Vermont Casting. That thing would easily cook over 700deg if I wanted. After lots of researching and YouTube vids, decided to get the PK360 grill from PKGrills.com. Arkansas company that's been around since the early 50's I think.
Cast hand poured aluminum shell. Warranted for 20 years! I think this will be the last BBQ I will buy and I think it is the best combination smoker/griller I've ever used or seen. And it's portable!
I will still use my Traeger for unattended smoking but it is sure great to get back to old school bbq'ing for the best in flavor.
I did a search on PK grills here on TBN and came up with nothing so just wondering if anyone else has one and their thoughts. My first two weeks has been quite a honeymoon. :licking: