I am trying to sort out the basics to pellet grill cooking being that I have never cooked on one. I just need enough to get going till I learn more as I go along. Learning from this forum it appears to me pellet grill cooking is going to be slower than grilling. If I want that good BBQ flavor I need low temp cooking for smoke and then higher temps to get the food to cook in a timely manner. So here is what I think to go by for easiness and timeliness to pellet grill cooking till I learn more. I want to stay away from searing if I can. I do have a 12" tube if needed. I plan on doing this for HBs, chicken, steaks, and ribs only. Don't care about smoke rings or long term cooking things for now.
- Set temp to 210 to start off with to get smoke for about 30 minutes. I don’t want to use lower temp, if possible so I don’t have to deal with a flame out.
- Turn the heat up to whatever till the Mk4 temp probe says to take the meat off at the proper take off time so it can rest up to proper cook temp.