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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2020, 06:08:45 PM »

Ordered it from Larry (Pelletheads) in December 2012.  It was delivered in January 2013.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2020, 06:49:31 PM »

It was 2011 at Christmas time. Traeger 44 mag, we bought it from Sams club, which I think was the only place that they sold them through.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2020, 07:16:47 PM »

Traeger Lil Tex 2013.  Sold it and bought Blaz'n GS in 2015, then June of 2019, sold Blaz'n and bought RT 590.  Lotta water under the bridge since 2013. 
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2020, 07:28:09 PM »

Wow, looks like I am the newbie here as I bought the Firecraft Q450 in 2018.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2020, 07:29:28 PM »

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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2020, 08:18:51 PM »

Believe it was 2011 or 12. 

It was the Traeger PTG.  I bought it under the 'excuse' it was for the 'camping trailer' 8).

The journey has proceeded and evolved from there.. :clap: :cool: :bbq:
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2020, 11:16:18 PM »

Trager 070 2008. Still working.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2020, 09:04:50 AM »

I started looking at them in the summer of 2016 and got a Traeger Tailgater as a gift in February 2017.  Then the 2011 GMG DB in late summer 2017 and the Pitts & Spitts Maverick 850 early this year.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2020, 10:58:18 AM »

I have probably posted this story before, but since you asked... In the summer of 2016 my son was attending a Lions All State Band camp in our area. Our local Lions Club put on a dinner for the camp. After the dinner the camp manager asked if I would be interested in a grill. He had this very large old Traeger taking up space in his pole barn. He had been with the camp a number of years and never used it. He wanted the storage space. I knew nothing about pellet grills and had no idea how or if it worked. I decided to go out on a limb and offered him $100. I had to wait for camp board approval, but they eventually accepted.  Figured I either just wasted $100 or got a heck of a deal! With the help of some good folks at the former site I was able to do a little refurbishing and got the grill up and running. As they say, the rest is history!! Things did go full circle when our club did a dinner for the camp again last summer and I cooked it on the grill. I was glad I had a chance to let the manager know how much I appreciated the grill. He then tried to guilt me into paying another $50 (but it didn't work)!

Last fall I got a smaller used Pit Boss and have really enjoyed it.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2020, 11:05:37 AM »

I bought a GMG DB in Apr 2013. I haven’t been able to use it much the last few years due to family commitments and generally xxxxxx summers and winters. I’ll be retiring next year so I am thinking about upgrading yo a DB Prime this year.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »

I have a decent story about my 2nd pellet grill. It was a deal I just could not pass up. There was a guy on Pelletheads named Grumpy. He bought a Yoder 640 and after multiple complaints and replacing fans, controllers, etc. for a year or so, he got so fed up with it that he posted, if anyone wants this piece of "junk" (not his actual word he used but junk is more family friendly), they can have it for free. Just come and get it. As I recall he was about 5 hours from where I lived and I contacted him and said if he was serious, I was on my way. Next thing you know I drove 5 hours, loaded up a Yoder YS640, thanked Grumpy, and brought it home. I then contacted Yoder asking for a manual. Yoder asked me how I came about the YS640 and I told them about the link on pelletheads and the story. Well Yoder then decided to give me everything I needed to bring it up to current spec. New fans, wiring harness, chimney, firmware updater and I cannot remember what else, all free, including shipping. A couple years later they upgraded the heat shield and sent me one of those too. I never had any problems cooking with it like the previous owner. That is my Yoder story. I googled to see if I could find the story cached on the internet and this is the only thing I could find.

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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2020, 02:47:36 PM »

November 2010,  GMG Jim Bowie.  Drove 300 mile round trip to a propeller shop at fisherman's wharf on Puget Sound.  Had to go on a Saturday, when the shop was closed, so they put the grill in the back of a van parked out front and put the key to the van above the door to their shop   Wrestled it into the back of my Isuzu and put the key back above the door.
Early "no contact" delivery.   ;)
Gave the GMG to my daughter last year after getting a Memphis Advantage.  GMG still running strong.  Only repairs: hot rod shortly after purchase and control board, which I upgraded to a remote control, no wifi.
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2020, 11:07:30 PM »

Easy enough to remember, since it was my 50th birthday, December 2014! My better half gave me the Pit Boss 820, which I'm still using!
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #28 on: May 19, 2020, 11:35:12 PM »

1/9/2014 - Traeger Junior Elite
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Re: When did you get your first pellet grill?
« Reply #29 on: May 19, 2020, 11:39:52 PM »

2009 Royall which I returned and got a MAK 2Star
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