Cowboykirch
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I recently purchased my Bull RT-700 grill. I ended up ordering my initial pellets directly from Amazon.
I got the 40 pound bag of Rectec Ultimate Blend & multiple 20 pound bags of Traeger flavored pellets. With 100 pounds of pellets on hand, I had to come up with a way to store them. I live in MN so humidity is only really a concern during the summer months. I'm storing the pellets in my garage.
I settled on these pet food storage containers:
Note, the 35 pound container fits the 40 pound bag of ultimate blend pellets & the 15 pound container fits the 20 pound bag of Traeger pellets. Included with the storage containers is a 1 cup measuring scoop. For labeling them, I just used colored ink jet printer labels to differentiate the flavors of pellets.
These are airtight which I realize isn't always desirable based on what I've read in some of the posts. I will see how long these hold up, but I'm impressed with initial quality. If you look at the bags the pellets are shipped in, I believe some have small holes in them for the pellets to breathe??
Additionally, I ordered a 2 cup scoop which I figured would come in handy for getting pellets out of the storage container, as well as, removing pellets from the hopper should I need to change pellets. I know some people talk about using a bucket vac and attaching to a 5 gallon pail, although reviews on those seem mixed and a small scoop is considerably cheaper than a shop vac bucket head.
Knowing that the grill burns ~1# pellets/hour, I intend to use my kitchen scale to find a small pail (thinking like a small paint pail) that holds ~1 pounds of pellets so I can use that as my gauge. Clearly overkill, but I've caught the pellet grill craze!
What are others using to store their pellets? I imagine some keep in the original bags on a shelf in their garage.
I got the 40 pound bag of Rectec Ultimate Blend & multiple 20 pound bags of Traeger flavored pellets. With 100 pounds of pellets on hand, I had to come up with a way to store them. I live in MN so humidity is only really a concern during the summer months. I'm storing the pellets in my garage.
I settled on these pet food storage containers:
Note, the 35 pound container fits the 40 pound bag of ultimate blend pellets & the 15 pound container fits the 20 pound bag of Traeger pellets. Included with the storage containers is a 1 cup measuring scoop. For labeling them, I just used colored ink jet printer labels to differentiate the flavors of pellets.
These are airtight which I realize isn't always desirable based on what I've read in some of the posts. I will see how long these hold up, but I'm impressed with initial quality. If you look at the bags the pellets are shipped in, I believe some have small holes in them for the pellets to breathe??
Additionally, I ordered a 2 cup scoop which I figured would come in handy for getting pellets out of the storage container, as well as, removing pellets from the hopper should I need to change pellets. I know some people talk about using a bucket vac and attaching to a 5 gallon pail, although reviews on those seem mixed and a small scoop is considerably cheaper than a shop vac bucket head.
Knowing that the grill burns ~1# pellets/hour, I intend to use my kitchen scale to find a small pail (thinking like a small paint pail) that holds ~1 pounds of pellets so I can use that as my gauge. Clearly overkill, but I've caught the pellet grill craze!
What are others using to store their pellets? I imagine some keep in the original bags on a shelf in their garage.
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