Traeger Grills Apple 100% All-Natural Hardwood Pellets for Grill, Smoke, Bake, Roast
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Used this bag to smoke a brisket on my Traegers maiden smoke. The brisket came out absolutely perfect. Granted I had never smoked anything before and the brisket didn't come off the Traeger until 3am. But that's not the pellets fault. The 3am dinner I had was delicious. I was exhausted but it was delicious. Likewise I've been eating the leftovers for the better part of the last week. However, I will note the cost. The 20lb bag of pellets from Traeger and on Amazon is $18.99. The 33lb bag from Costco is $19.99. I will note that these apparently are a good combo of pellets, rather than just buying a bag of specific flavor pellets until you get your bearings with the smoker."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I wish I could give a zero stars rating for these pellets.\n\nI've been smoking on a pellet grill for years and these are the worst pellets you can use. They do not tell you there is no actual Mesquite wood in their pellets. In fact, none of the flavors listed have that actual type of wood in them. They use a base of alder and then treat the pellets with oils to produce the flavor they proclaim to be.\n\nI felt really stupid when I found this out as I had spent hundreds of dollars on Traeger pellets. When I actually found some 100% mesquite pellets I could not believe the difference, it was night and day. The flavor of the meats coming out of the grill improved 10 fold.\n\nDo yourself a favor and spend a few extra dollars and find an actual 100% mesquite product, I use Lumberjack brand. If it doesn't say 100% mesquite you are getting something less than you want."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Yep, if you read up on these, they may be hardwood but NOT (much of) the aromatic species (hickory) advertised. I sent it all back. Be forewarned. Lumberjack pellets are better.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought these for my Traeger Junior, I was buying the ones that Costco sells, but these have the same woods in them, and seem to be identical. Saves me a trip to Costco, and these are delivered right to my door for about the same price. Highly recommend.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’ve Bought the “blend” pellets twice and have had bad luck each time. Once I purchased from Costco and once from Amazon. Both times these pellets have turned to dust in the hopper and clogged up the grill. I’ve never had the other pellets such as mesquite or hickory break down like this. From now on I’m gonna avoid the blend variety.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "We opened the bag and the pellets smelled old and stale. We either got a bag that was years old that had been sitting on the shelf forever, or this product is just plain bad. We still tried to use them in our smoker to see how they burned, thinking once they lit we'd smell that familiar wood flavor. Nope. There was absolutely NO smell at all. Completely useless. We emptied our hopper of these pellets and threw the bag away."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I use these in a smoking tube that I bought on Amazon and they work great! For Chicken halves on my Weber grill, I fill the smoke tube about 1/4 of the way, light the pellets with a propane torch (don't bother with a lighter, use a small propane tank torch), let them burn for about 5 minutes, blow out the flame, place in the bottom of the grill right under the Chicken and cook on low heat (~250) for an hour and 20 minutes or until breast is at 165 degrees. These pellets provide more flavor than other brands I've used.\n\nIf you want to smoke a brisket, you fill the tube up all the way and it will last about 4 - 5 hours with these pellets. They put out a LOT of smoke and it's a steady smoke. Will start buying only these from now on. BTW, the Cherry is my favorite flavor and can be used on a variety of proteins."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I can't speak to other applications, but these have worked great for what I've used them for: cold smoking cheese. The pellets are consistent, well-formed (not dusty or powdery), light and burn well, give off good smoke, and create delicious tasting cheese with a well-rounded smoke flavor. I've had problems with ash getting on my foods from some pellets, but not these. And I've had trouble with some pellets not maintaining a consistent smoke/burn all the way through down the smoker tube. Not these.\n\nI buy large (11-12 pound) food service blocks of VERMONT cheddar (Cabot Seriously Sharp), cut them into roughly 1.5 lb blocks, and spread them out on the racks of my electric cabinet smoker (unplugged). Open up the vent all the way, pack a smoking tube with these pellets, place it in the bottom of the smoker, light for 10-20 seconds with a torch, blow out the flames, and smoke for 6-7 hours. I individually vacuum seal the smoked blocks (Ziploc bags work OK, just a little bulkier), and leave them on the counter for 2 weeks to absorb the smoke through the whole block, and for the flavors to soften and blend. If that makes you nervous, refrigeration is not the end of the world, but I've never had problems keeping the cheese on the counter, and the results are better. Refrigerate or even freeze thereafter (the freezing doesn't hurt the flavor, but does make it crumblier).\n\nMake sure the cheese is cold before starting, and the outdoor temperature needs to be below 40F - any warmer and there is enough heat from the pellets to make the cheese melt. Exact temperatures may vary depending on your set-up."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These pellets are CRAP. we have used Traegers Hickory Pellots from Costco and had ZERO issues. Well, with these (we bought the apple wood through amazon) our traeger caught fire TWICE! it was pretty scary! These pellots look more like that cheap pressed wood that you find in old kitchen cabinets. The pellot size is incredibly uneven with I feel posed a problem in the burning processed. They turned into wood dust after just putting them into the hopper. We had smoke coming out the hopper which we know is NOT NORMAL! my husband and I ended up pulling the meat out and completely cleaning out the traeger and found what we believed to be the problem. The hopper was COVERED had a full layer of sawdust inside. Luckily that didnt catch on fire as well! Long story short we wont be using these pellots again. Big fast waste of money. Ended up finishing the turkey in the oven. Big disappointment.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The price on these Traeger pellets was crazy good!\nThe issue, however, was the shipping. I got two 20 pound bags in one gigantic box. When I finally PULLED it into my living room and tried opening it, I discovered one of the bags had broken.\nNeedless to say it was a total and complete mess.\nThat being said, I learned my lesson and will order one at a time!'}]