A plastic colander I found at the Dollar store.how do you sift? What do you use?
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A plastic colander I found at the Dollar store.how do you sift? What do you use?
I have a bag. I find that they are too long and hard, and so will cause clogs in the feed and the temp will swing wildly up and down. They are OK if I am careful to break up the long ones. Too much trouble. I won’t get them again.
I can tell you for sure the bags of Kirkland pellets I have purchased don’t look like that at all. Mine have had a significant portion of the pellets over 1 1/2” with many over 2”. They were also much darker. I’m wondering if they are made by different suppliers depending on the region.Does this like problematic to anyone, gonna guess most answers will be no? The pellets are pretty much perfect IMHO size wise, and again these remind me overall of Bear Mountain. View attachment 21313
That’s interesting, and also might be a thing. This bag was purchased about 2 months ago but I have no idea when they were made.I can tell you for sure the bags of Kirkland pellets I have purchased don’t look like that at all. Mine have had a significant portion of the pellets over 1 1/2” with many over 2”. They were also much darker. I’m wondering if they are made by different suppliers depending on the region.
On a similar note to what you are talking about. One of my good friends from high school works at Rise baking. They make various breads etc. in the Twin Cities area. They make the exact same baguette etc. for many companies including Aldi's, Target, WalMart, and higher end grocery stores like Kowalski's in the Twin Cities, to name a few. Same bread, obviously different packaging. The baguette for instance at Aldi's is the cheapest price of any of those mentioned above at under $2 I believe. Kowalski's sells it for $6 or more.Interesting... i didn't realize there were a lot of "small companies" in this business. I did research when i bought my 700 years ago and found out that in some (arguably many) cases the difference in the pellets was labeling. Specifically there were 3-4 operations out there making a dozen different brands. This is actually quite normal in retail... called "white labeling" where a manufacturer makes them and puts a bag/brand on them and calls them different.
One other point...on the Pit Boss. I will have to weigh in and say i also had a bad experience. With my three bags they were a consistency one might describe as wet. It wasn't as much dust as it was small fractional pieces. They were essentially mushy. Gummed things up. I stored them like any other pellet i have used. But they just would turn to mush or break in to really small pieces. They burned... but i had to work it a bit (I don't sift). I now stick with Bear, RecTeq and LJ pellets. I have not yet experimented with the new brands but anxious to hear more reports from this group on Costco.
Interesting some RecTeq stuff for sale at Costco....is there a chance that small company is the same who makes the RecTeq pellets (which btw is also a white label) - they make and bag them for RecTeq.
We have a company here to modify pellets. It may be a bit pricey but they come to with a guranteed to burn warranty.I don't understand everyone complaining about the length of pellets. I found an easy fix by having my wife sort through the Costco pellets and she breaks them in half........it's an easy solution fellas!! She does this in her spare time after working her two jobs. To me, you're just being lazy if you aren't working to help your wife find a second job. Lucky for me that I'm retired so I had the time.
Inexpensive pelletsAs a new pellet smoker (RT-1250 on order) user, but a long, long time Weber charcoal cooker user, I'm finding the conversation about pellets quite interesting. Don't know this, but am of the opinion that the industries' augers and burn pots are all quite similar, given the characteristics of pellet grills. I chose rec teq mainly due to user comments on several forums, disappointed that no dealers had one to look at before purchase.
As with other forum subjects and comments, there appears to be no consensus as to the preferred pellet brand.
It's all different strokes for different folks as far as pellets go, but if I can save money on pellets, put it toward more meat, and still get great results, I'm all in.As a new pellet smoker (RT-1250 on order) user, but a long, long time Weber charcoal cooker user, I'm finding the conversation about pellets quite interesting. Don't know this, but am of the opinion that the industries' augers and burn pots are all quite similar, given the characteristics of pellet grills. I chose rec teq mainly due to user comments on several forums, disappointed that no dealers had one to look at before purchase.
As with other forum subjects and comments, there appears to be no consensus as to the preferred pellet brand.
All true but the price of recteq pellets. Under a buck a pound on their web page.It's all different strokes for different folks as far as pellets go, but if I can save money on pellets, put it toward more meat, and still get great results, I'm all in.
RecTeq = $1.75/lb. Kirkland = 65¢/lb.
Same here. I didn’t buy any pellets in 2023 because I was well stocked.I buy what’s on sale and I see some at $.50 I buy enough for the year