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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: smoker pete on December 05, 2012, 11:57:34 AM

Title: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: smoker pete on December 05, 2012, 11:57:34 AM
"Have Pellet Grill will Travel" ... Gonna be eating Gooooooood in the RV!!!!  It was supposed to ship on December 4th but instead arrived on December 4th  :D  :)  Raining today so I will have to wait to season it and break it in   :(  ;D ...

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Traeger%20PTG/PTG1.jpg)
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: sparky on December 05, 2012, 12:36:31 PM
congrats.  its always fun getting new toys. 
Title: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: mikecorn.1 on December 05, 2012, 02:00:18 PM
Nice!


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Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: smokeasaurus on December 05, 2012, 02:24:25 PM
Smokin on the go.......I like that!! Congrats on the new pit!!  :)
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: muebe on December 05, 2012, 02:55:12 PM
Congrats Pete ;)
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: MossyMO on December 05, 2012, 03:25:44 PM
Congrats Pete!
I gotta feeling I should have pulled the trigger on one of these when they were on sale...
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: drholly on December 05, 2012, 05:28:49 PM
Pete - good for you!

David
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: Keymaster on December 05, 2012, 06:41:16 PM
Thats Awesome, I'm gonna cook with pellets someday too :)
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: TMB on December 05, 2012, 10:21:41 PM
Nice!  I'm with Keymaster, one day I will get a pellet grill!
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: TentHunteR on December 06, 2012, 09:31:21 AM
I think that's so awesome that someone designed a unit that's so portable. I've enjoyed Muebe's posts with his. Can't wait to see what you do with yours!
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: Sam3 on December 07, 2012, 02:39:30 PM
Man, these things are pretty slick. Good luck with it Pete!
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: smoker pete on December 08, 2012, 01:32:01 PM
Quality Control issues on my PTG are delaying my initial seasoning and testing ... Time to see if Traeger's Service Department is as good as their word ...

Unboxed the PTG unit only to find that the lid does not close properly.  A quick inspection found the back panel warped which in turns affects the lid.  Called Traeger service and found the rep to be knowledgeable and responsive.  He sent me a follow up email detailing the information they would need to deal with my functionality and/or cosmetic issues.  I was asked to give a detailed description and attach photos.

A service manager will take a look at the damage and contact me with a resolution.  Most likely a new unit will be shipped.  This would be my choice cause I prefer to start with a fully functional unit.  Traeger said they would setup and pay for my unit to be shipped back to Oregon.

Oh well ... Stuff Happens !!!!!

Here are the photos I emailed back to them.  Waiting for their answer.

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Traeger%20PTG/TraegerPTG2.jpg)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Traeger%20PTG/TraegerPTG3.jpg)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Traeger%20PTG/TraegerPTG5.jpg)
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: muebe on December 08, 2012, 02:17:31 PM
Dang Pete! It took some force to do that. You think it was during shipping that happened?

Luckily my arrived in perfect condition :-\
Title: Re: Have Pellet Grill will Travel
Post by: smoker pete on December 08, 2012, 02:51:56 PM
Quote from: muebe on December 08, 2012, 02:17:31 PM
Dang Pete! It took some force to do that. You think it was during shipping that happened?

Luckily mine arrived in perfect condition :-\

I don't really see how FedEx could have done that in shipping.  The box was not damaged in any way and the PTG was packed well ... I think it was manufactured that way!?  The metal doesn't look like it was bent by an external force since the paint, etc. looks pristine.  But then I'm no engineer ...  :(