A buddy of mine works part time at a liquor store. This showed up today. A Tito's vodka branded traeger. Most of this stuff is typically given to employees, or sold for next to nothing. My friend is hoping for dibs on this, and counting on the manger not knowing it's value.

The value of the vodka on the display is worth more than the Traeger

Tito's is the vodka of choice in this household.  Funny, my wife used to drink wine, when her doctor told her vodka is better than wine for her ... yes the doctor... she now rarely has a glass of wine, but offer a Tito's and sparkling water she is all in!

Great marketing from Traeger. The more "regular" people that start to use pellet cookers the better. I saw a stat that said there are 47 Million gas grills in the US. Just imagine if 10%-20% would switch over to pellet units!

Great marketing from Traeger. The more "regular" people that start to use pellet cookers the better. I saw a stat that said there are 47 Million gas grills in the US. Just imagine if 10%-20% would switch over to pellet units!

I hope that # doesn't happen as it may increase the cost of pellets for us early adopters of pellet cooking.

Traeger is running infomercials all over our cable channels in the Phoenix area.  They are mostly in the non prime time hours and on the miscellaneous channels, but they are advertising heavily.
Cabela's and Pit Boos have also stepped up the advertising and store placements of products.  That will at least get people thinking about pellet grills and looking around.

Just got a 40 page Cabella's "Cooking" catalog in the mail.  The first 15 pages are pellet grill related.

Great marketing from Traeger. The more "regular" people that start to use pellet cookers the better. I saw a stat that said there are 47 Million gas grills in the US. Just imagine if 10%-20% would switch over to pellet units!

I hope that # doesn't happen as it may increase the cost of pellets for us early adopters of pellet cooking.

I'm hoping the increase would expand the pellet market. I see this as a good thing. I don't see it increasing the cost of pellets but the opposite.

Great marketing from Traeger. The more "regular" people that start to use pellet cookers the better. I saw a stat that said there are 47 Million gas grills in the US. Just imagine if 10%-20% would switch over to pellet units!

I hope that # doesn't happen as it may increase the cost of pellets for us early adopters of pellet cooking.

I'm hoping the increase would expand the pellet market. I see this as a good thing. I don't see it increasing the cost of pellets but the opposite.

I see it as an increase because I don't think the supply could keep up with the demand.  When that happens, prices go up.  Of course, this is all speculation at this point.  I see plenty of articles about the state of NC wanting to shut down pellet production because some feel it is bad for the environment.  Too many things like that will limit supply further.  BTW, I am not saying you are wrong either.  Just throwing out a different perspective.

I don’t see that many people having the patience for pellet cooking.  That and the need to keep pellets and electronics dry I think will keep a lot of people away. 


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while it seems a foreign concept to us PelletFans, I think jacksdad has it right.   People are intimidated by the price, by the technology, and by the process/time/skill of BBQ.  Add that to the need of constantly replenishing pellets and it's deal killer for most.

We know better, we know propane and charcoal have to be replenished too.   We know how easy it is to produce excellent Q.  Even among my closest friends, 2/3 are intimidated by the process. 

DK