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My name is Gareth and i live in Worcester, although originally from New Zealand so a big bbq fan.
I recently posted about getting a new gas grill and someone mentioned a Green Mountain pellet grill. After investigating these i have become very interested in them. Does anyone here own one and can tell me approx running cost as it seems to be difficult to work it out. I need to grill on it as well i would like to slow cook.
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KamadoSimon
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According to their web site, their pellets are consumed at about 0.6kg per hour if cooking at 160c - so you will get 21 hours or so per bag which cost £16.6 each. So expensive for grilling compared with decent charcoal.
Edit: Doesn't say what consumption at lower temps is like - but guessing better. So cheaper to run for low n slow cooking would be my guess. But still a lot more expensive than charcoal on a kamado or combination of a Weber Smokey Mountain and a Webber grill?
But the build quality & convenience looks good.
Edit: Doesn't say what consumption at lower temps is like - but guessing better. So cheaper to run for low n slow cooking would be my guess. But still a lot more expensive than charcoal on a kamado or combination of a Weber Smokey Mountain and a Webber grill?
But the build quality & convenience looks good.
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Sorrykiwi46 wrote:someone mentioned a Green Mountain pellet grill.
I don't own a GMG but do own a Traeger (another type of pellet cooker) and i find i tend to get through a bag every 4-6 cooks and i mainly cook low and slow. If grilling with it i'll get much more cooks with it.kiwi46 wrote:Does anyone here own one and can tell me approx running cost as it seems to be difficult to work it out.
You can grill with a pellet cooker and the results will be similar to using a gas BBQ, but will a bit of extra added flavour.kiwi46 wrote:I need to grill on it as well i would like to slow cook.
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I smoke on a GMG Daniel Boone.
Pellet consumption is pretty much as stated. I love its convenience, no fire watching, no worrying about running out of fuel. I've smoked 12+hrs on a hopper full and still had some left. I like my sleep too much.
I've not grilled on it but I've seen it running at around 500f, if only for a little while. Any questions feel free. I posted a review on here http://www.bbbqs.com/Forum/viewtopic.ph ... 039#p22039
Or I'm sure Nick at americanbbq company can help out.
Cheers
Nick
*Edit. I have some catering to take care of on Monday/Tuesday. Im quite happy to crank it up afterwards to see how much pellets get used at full temp.
Pellet consumption is pretty much as stated. I love its convenience, no fire watching, no worrying about running out of fuel. I've smoked 12+hrs on a hopper full and still had some left. I like my sleep too much.
I've not grilled on it but I've seen it running at around 500f, if only for a little while. Any questions feel free. I posted a review on here http://www.bbbqs.com/Forum/viewtopic.ph ... 039#p22039
Or I'm sure Nick at americanbbq company can help out.
Cheers
Nick
*Edit. I have some catering to take care of on Monday/Tuesday. Im quite happy to crank it up afterwards to see how much pellets get used at full temp.