You don’t have to worry about managing the flame or air flow or maintaining consistent temperature with pellet smokers. You can fill up the hopper, plug in the grill, and let it do most of the work for you. What makes them convenient? You don’t have to babysit. Pellet smokers are designed to be all about convenience, and they are by far, the most convenient smoker on the market. Pellet smokers: what makes them different? ![]() ![]() However in our smoking tests at both price points we detected minimal difference from grill to grill in actual smoke flavor while we did see more of a visual difference in the outside bark, color, and smoke ring. Typically, pellet grills holding more consistent temperatures, particularly those with a PID controller will produce less smoke flavor than those with a wider swing in temperature. Typically what that does is allow for more swings in temperature that will then produce more smoke flavor. Some pellet smokers include features like a super smoke mode or smoke boost that allow the user to select the level of smoke desired for a particular cook. Most pellet grills have a reputation for lacking in smoke flavor. Ready to see how it all shook out? Best Pellet Grill Winners In the end, out of all of the pellet grills personally tested by us, we can tell you which grills ranked highest for us, earning the title "best wood pellet smoker" in their respective categories. Some categories were very black and white as to how the grills ranked, whereas other categories rely upon personal preference. We have also compiled a list of 20 criteria in which we tested and compared the grills within each category. In order to best be able to determine which is the best wood pellet grill while still comparing "apples to apples", we've broken the entire wood pellet grill population into 5 categories: Under $599, Under $1199, Under $1999, Over $2000, and Portable. Some of the grills were purchased by us.Īs with most products out there, pellet grills run a wide spectrum when it comes to price and quality. Some of the grills were provided to us by the manufacturers. ![]() What we have done here is collected first-hand data from all the grills we were able to get in our possession. Please understand that we are well aware that there are many "contestants" missing from this contest. In the world of pellet grills, there are far more grills available than we could ever include in this post.
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