I have my grill nice and level, I agree, with the drip tray installed properly it barley has enough angle to drain. If it’s a pork belly it will eventually get enough fat to find its way out. But like chicken thighs, it will just puddle up.
So I got my Stampede about 3 weeks ago. I had a few growing pains that initially left a bad taste in my mouth. I had paint issues, poor wifi signal and an auger jam on my 2nd cook. I almost turned around and sold it on OfferUp. In my haste I left a 2 star review on RecTeq’s website. I thought it...
I prefer the 3 vent holes vs a smoke stack. My old Traeger was 6 years old and I cooked on it 5 nights a week. That smoke stack was like a black greasy fondue of death! It was a pain to clean and would drip all over the ground.
I had the same issue on my 2nd cook with my brand new 590. I live in AZ where it’s dry as hell and my pellets were stored in a spare bedroom. Bone dry! I went to start the grill and it didn’t light. I found the auger wasn’t moving so I called tech support and the guy had me drop the bottom of...
I been using Smoke House, the orange bag from Sam’s Club. Zero problem and they are affordable. I did have a auger jam with the blue bag. So I returned those.
Mine did the same thing. Don’t want to eat that junk but I don’t think it will effect the overall durability of the grill. Not a problem for me personally.