Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: happyappy on February 28, 2018, 11:30:41 PM
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I noticed Lowe's has Pit Boss Competition Blend pellets for $16.88 for a 40 pound bag....I picked up several bags today.
www.lowes.com/pd/Pit-Boss-40-lb-Wood-Pellets/1000332371 (http://www.lowes.com/pd/Pit-Boss-40-lb-Wood-Pellets/1000332371)
Of course, the store employees had never heard of them when asked. I found them stacked near the entrance, not in the outdoor cooking section.
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That's a decent price. On Lowes' website, if you lookup your local store it should tell you in what isle/bin they are located.
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I got a couple of bags at Walmart a few weeks ago. Pretty sure it was exactly the same price (they had been ~20 for quite a quite at my local WM). They produce a little more ash than cookinpellets, but given the price they are a really good pellet. They are consistently sized, taste good and are good and hard.
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Can anyone tell from eh label - whether they are oak based....or alder based? I looked at the Pit Box web site - and found only the phrase "hardwood based". And - that their service center is in Oregon. Those 2 tidbits make me think they may be alder based - which would mean a lower BTU output per volume of pellets - which the grill would respond to by increasing the amount of pellets into the burn pot, causing an increase in consumption.... greater ash may be a result of an alder based pellet.
Not knocking...just giving them the "hairy eyeball" ( a Smokeasaurus phrase used to connote close inspection... ;) :D )
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Can anyone tell from eh label - whether they are oak based....or alder based? I looked at the Pit Box web site - and found only the phrase "hardwood based". And - that their service center is in Oregon. Those 2 tidbits make me think they may be alder based - which would mean a lower BTU output per volume of pellets - which the grill would respond to by increasing the amount of pellets into the burn pot, causing an increase in consumption.... greater ash may be a result of an alder based pellet.
Not knocking...just giving them the "hairy eyeball" ( a Smokeasaurus phrase used to connote close inspection... ;) :D )
I'll try to remember to look when I get home if nobody looks before then.
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I have gotten the same price at Walmart.com
I too have also wondered about the wood base of the pellet.
I have 120 lbs for the MAK review coming up and we will see what happens.
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My local Lowes also just started selling these pellets. Probably because they also are now selling Pit Boss Pellet Grills. In an older post, I told of finding these pellets for $5 per bag. Hard to believe but true. I watched until the price went down which was around August. I stocked up and still have pellets now. I find them to be very good and do not see much difference from others that I have used.
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I found them here at Wally World for the same price. I bought a bag but have not used them yet
Some friends of mine orederd a pallet of BBQr's I bought 10 bags at 7.50 each (20 lb bags) Apple and hickory
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They appear to be 60% Maple, 20% Cherry, and 20% Hickory.
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They appear to be 60% Maple, 20% Cherry, and 20% Hickory.
There's nothing on the bag that gives any details. The Pit Boss website confirms Maple, Cherry and Hickory are the woods used on competition blend; but doesn't address the ratio of each.
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Most of the Louisiana Grills pellets seem to be 60/40 filler/Hardwood. Maple and Oak being the filler , the whiskey barrel pellets are 20% barrel and 80% oak.
I may have to order some 100% Cookinpellets ,need more Hickory less Oak and Maple.
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I found them here at Wally World for the same price. I bought a bag but have not used them yet
Some friends of mine orederd a pallet of BBQr's I bought 10 bags at 7.50 each (20 lb bags) Apple and hickory
You bought the bags off your friends or found them in a store for 7.50 each?