Hello,
I have two Traeger Lil'Tex Elites, but they are going on ten years old. I find myself repairing them more frequently then I would like, and not knowing if the machine would work had removed the joy from cooking. So, I bought myself a birthday present a few weeks ago! I even had the approval of my wife!
There was a short delay processing my order, but it was worked out after a couple of days. They shipped the unit on Thursday, and I received it before noon the next day.
The assembly went well. I think I was done in about 2 hours while working alone. I've already had some good cooks; first cook was pork loin, other cooks were ribs, meat loaf, turkey breast, many versions of chicken, and pig candy. I need to get the diffuser out to scrape off some of the gunk.
Here are a few pictures during the assembly:
The box was a bit beat up. One of the long side pieces had a scratch on it, but that one volunteered to be on the back of the smoker and I never see it now.
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Here are all of the parts. The dreaded laser film is still attached. It wasn't that bad to remove. I decided to remove it as I needed the part instead of doing it all at once.
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Fully assembled!
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In position next to one of the old Traeger units.
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Burning in.
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First cook was pork loin. Tasted great!
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