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This video featuring, top BBQ chef, Richard Holden and Ian Hodgett from the Hayes Garden World Barbecue Shop explains the features of the Traeger Wood Pellet Grill Pro Series 22. The unit requires an electrical source to run the on-board computer and the heat rod; but the food is cooked from the heat given off by burning the wood pellets. These are ignited by the hot rod in the base of the unit. The power consumption is very low; 300 watts for the first 4 minutes, until the rod comes up to temperature, and 50 watts thereafter. An induction fan distributes the hot smoke throughout the unit cooking the food evenly. The wood pellets are also available in a variety of flavours such as hickory, oak, apple, maple.

The hopper on the side of the unit takes a huge amount of pellets so once it is full you can forget about having to add more fuel throughout the cooking process. With a large piece of meat on low and slow and a hopper full of fuel you can go to bed happy in the knowledge that the food will cook slowly throughout the night. The auger moves the pellets from the hopper to the cooking chamber at a variable rate depending upon whether you are cooking quickly or low and slow.

There are 2 in-built temperature probes which feed in through the side of the unit; you leave the probes in the meat throughout the cooking process and check the core temperatures via a digital read-out on the exterior.

The temperature is easily controlled by a dial on the front and is accurate to within 15F. The 572 sq in grates hold a huge amount of food which we have demonstrated in another video. The bottom grate measures 22” x 19” and the upper grate 22” x 7”. We easily accommodated 6 large burgers, 8 large thick free-range sausages, 10 lamb kebabs, 4 whole chicken breasts and 4 corn cobs with enough space left to allow for the hot smoke to circulate.

There is also a shut down cycle which allows the unit to clear any residual ash from the fire pot; once it has done this the unit will shut down. There is a small bucket at one end which catches any fat dripping from the meat. If you are wanting a fuss-free, easily controlled outdoor grilling unit then this Traeger is definitely worth looking at.

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