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[silverbullet]

If you were in the market for a tailgater grill today?

My GMG DC has treated me well for 5 years now & has not failed me. Been a real good investment.

If I were to buy one today I would take a serious look at the Pit Boss Tailgater.

[Brushpopper]

I have a Traeger Tailgater and won't be getting another Traeger.  It was a gift and appreciated at the time, but I will try another brand for a small grill when the time comes.  Probably a GMG DC.

[RWhyman]

When looking to get a small grill for camping out of our 5th wheel, I purchased a GMG DC but experienced major temperature fluctuations as well as large gaps around the lid, so I sold it to a friend who has had good success with it. Yes, I did explain to him my complaints before I sold it. I had put a gasket sealer around the lid opening, but then pits are vented so did it really matter that there was a gap. In hind site, I was probably too focused on the fluctuations instead of just using it. Also, It was just a bit small for my liking.

I now have a Traeger Junior with the folding legs which has served me well. It doesn't have a stack, but vent holes in the back. Which again supports my changed thinking about the gaps in the lid on the GMG DC. Did it really matter?

If I were going to buy a new portable unit today, I think I would get the Rec Tec RT-340

[TravlinMan]

If you were in the market for a tailgater grill today?

My GMG DC has treated me well for 5 years now & has not failed me. Been a real good investment.

If I were to buy one today I would take a serious look at the Pit Boss Tailgater.

It all depends....

..off the grid? The GMG DC shines - natively runs off 12v DC - car battery.  the others can be run with an inexpensive voltage inverter..  12v DC to 120v AC

..Cooking area? 

..Size, weight and storage requirements?

Our fifth wheel has limited height in the storage area.. Hence the Traeger PTG has been a good fit for us..

Things to 'ponder'..  1 or 2 person carry and setup?  Storage requirements? Weight? Power requirements?



Your mileage may vary..

[rdsbucks]

I have heard good things about the small RecTec.

[glitchy]

CampChef and Grilla have a tailgate model now too. I don't know anything about them, but they both look to be closer to the Traeger/RecTec size than the DC. If I were in the market for one, those would probably be what I looked into first or maybe the RecTec.

I liked all my Traegers and really liked my Junior I had, but it didn't have the fold up legs. However, after the D2 Pro rollout issues and they way they treated customers, I don't think much of what the company has become. Think the new products are pretty nice, but I don't want to support a company that treats people like they did. A simple acknowledgement of the problem and saying they'd have a firmware fix soon and I'd feel completely different versus telling the owners they were idiots and that no other temperature device they were using to verify a problem was correct, only their RTD probes were really accurate and working just fine (when they were 80-100 degrees off) was pretty insulting.

[okie smokie]

Bought my son a Country Smoker, Traveler ($189 on Amazon). He really likes it and for the money hard to beat. Compared to the two Traeger models it is very similar, but has a domed drip pan and slide over for direct grilling of steaks etc. Also is $100 and $200 cheaper than their models.  Gotta reload the pellet hopper more often on long cooks but so what?  Well made. The DC is bigger and more sophisticated, but weighs almost twice as much.  Traveler weighs around 42 lbs.