MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING TIPS

REGULARLY CHANGE THE ALUMINUM FOIL ON YOUR ANGLED DRIP PAN(S).
SPRAY YOUR GREASE CATCH BUCKET WITH VEGETABLE SPRAY. Then, when you're ready to empty it, the drippings will more easily slide out. Take a wad of paper towels to swab down the inside of the bucket. In hot weather, empty the grease on a more frequent basis---so it doesn't turn rancid.
THE EASIEST WAY TO CLEAN YOUR PORCELAIN COATED COOKING GRIDS is to take a piece of aluminum foil and rub it over and between the grids. This is best done when the grids are warm. Be careful not to burn yourself! Use a long sleeve barbecue mitt to protect your hand and forearm.
VACUUM CLEAN - Each month, while your grill is cold, remove the cooking grids, angled drip pan and U-shaped firepot cover and give your grill a good cleaning with a shop-vac. Vacuum out the pellet ash from inside and around the firepot and bottom of the cooking chamber. Use a vegetable brush to knock-off built up scale on the inside walls of your barbecue.
EASIEST WAY TO CLEAN YOUR COOKING GRIDS IS TO PLACE THEM INSIDE YOUR SELF CLEANING OVEN AND TURN TURN THE KNOB TO CLEAN. Both the oven and cooking grids will be clean as a whistle, without having to use a lot of elbow grease. This is especially useful if your cooking grids are encrusted with food deposits.
ANOTHER WAY TO CLEAN your cooking grids is to place them in a heavy-duty yard debris sack, add one-half cup of ammonia, seal the bag closed. Lay the grids down flat overnight. The next day, remove the grids, thoroughly rinse with hot water and they'll be nice and clean. The ammonia helps to dissolve the grease on the grids.
IF YOU OWN A STAINLESS STEEL GRILL, remember to ALWAYS clean dirt and dust off the surface of the grill BEFORE you begin cooking. Use a damp cloth to do this job. Otherwise, the dirt cooks into the metal and discolors it.

THE TRAEGER TRUTH

Up until now, you have been given only two choices for grilling: propane and charcoal. Finally, technology has caught up and a healthier, safer and tastier alternative has arrived: Traeger Wood Pellet Grills.

PROPANE

They use this stuff to fuel blow torches or to run a fork lift. Do you want that next to your food? People say it’s easy to use. Really? Only if you like lugging around a highly dangerous and flammable tank in your car, not to mention store it just steps away from your family. Is that your idea of easy?

CHARCOAL

How about that dirty black mess of a choice, charcoal? Wikipedia describes charcoal with words like “black residue … animal, and vegetation compound.” Canada law requires charcoal briquettes to be labeled under the Hazardous Products Act. We don’t know what that means, but it scares us and it’s not something we will let seep into our food. Consumer Reports says, cooking directly over a high temperature flame is responsible for turning healthy foods into carcinogens. We looked it up, it’s not good.

TRAEGER WOOD PELLET GRILLS

Before Traeger Wood Pellet Grills, you just couldn’t cook with wood unless you wanted to dig up your backyard, a National Forest, build a pit, cut down the trees, chop the wood, and make the fire ... that sounds like a lot of work. At Traeger, we make it simple. We have eight flavors of wood pellets that provide great taste to every dish.

The amazing taste the pellets provide is just one of the many benefits, there are no artificial binders and they are EPA recommended. You can't say that about the other grilling options. Additionally, Traeger cares about our environment. All Traeger Wood Pellet Grills provide a zero carbon footprint and are made from 100% natural material. That means nothing harmful is cooking your food. That’s something we think is important.

As far as cost, wood pellets win there as well. Propane costs twice as much per BTU as natural wood pellets, and as far as charcoal is concerned, are there really any benefits? Why would you cook with anything else?

Stop grilling, start TRAEGER'ing!