rwalters
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Has anybody scientifically compared the smoke profiles of various pellet cookers? It wouldn't be hard.
Line up leading contenders, smoke meat, feed judges . . .
This forum should sponsor something like that and make honest marketers of all the pellet cooker companies.
That would be awesome!!! Challenging to pull off, but awesome!
Regarding MAK Grills smoke production, here are a few examples I can share that come to mind...
1) I sold a 2017 2 Star a couple years ago to a fellow Brethren, also a Traeger Timberline owner at the time. He told me after a few cooks on the MAK that he was looking for ways to dial back the smoke on certain foods, primarily by cooking at higher temps. He sold his Timberline after 3 cooks on the MAK and declared the difference night/day.
2) A fellow Brethren bought a 1 Star during last years Group Buy deal. He had 2 other pellet grills at the time. During one of the first cooks on his new MAK, he found himself running outside thinking the grill was on fire. Nope, it was just a MAK doing was it was created to do... lol.
3) I had a US made Traeger back around 2004. Cooked many meals on it til I sold it in 2006. The difference in smoke profile between that T and my M’s is very noticeable.
The MAK’s with their proprietary controller, variable speed fan and Funnel Flame Zone setup were built from the ground up to smoke like locomotive’s... and that’s kind of what they do
Am I saying that there are not other excellent choices in the pellet grill world? Heck no! But I am saying that I think it is very hard to beat a MAK on numerous levels. Just my honest opinion.