Weber vs Traeger
Money, Marketing, and Patents: Fighting for control of Barbecue On July 5th, 2021, the day after barbecue’s biggest day, pellet
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BBQ Online: The Early Years
We often hear the story of the young pitmaster learning the craft at the knee of an elder and how
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The Most Popular BBQ & Grilling Websites 2021
What was the most popular movie in France on July 10th, 1987? Google it. Who had the chart-topping song in
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Traeger Über Alles
Does Traeger have a path to global domination? The pellet grill market isn’t just competitive; it can be downright ruthless.
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Ban the Bristle
On August 11th, 2011, a 50-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. A CT scan found
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Pellet versus Kamado
Every time I read the marketing materials on a brand of a kamado grill, it boasts the same story of
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The Pellet Grill Expectation Gap
My neighbor doesn’t clean his pellet grill. It’s a little Traeger that he has owned for several years. About 40
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Will Success Ruin Traeger?
Love or hate Traeger, you have to admit they have changed outdoor cooking forever. Certainly, many people make fun of
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Why We Grill
Will New York Food Writers Please Shut Up About Outdoor Cooking August in New York is miserable. The combination of
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The Perfection of Barbecue
In this article, I am defining barbecue as a traditional and uniquely American style of cooking — namely cuts of
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The Death of the Holland Grill
Somewhere in the mid-1970s, Brad Holland became frustrated with his gas grill. It flared up. It burnt his food. And
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Let’s End BBQ Season
By Derrick Riches Updated: July 1, 2019 Turn Barbecue and Grilling into a Year-Round Industry Not everything needs to have
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The Pellet Grill Arms Race
By Derrick Riches Updated: October 21, 2019 For over 20 years, people have been telling me that the pellet grill
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BBQ & Grilling Gift Guide
You want to give the grill or smoker to that special someone, but you still want it to be a
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The Cookout Tariffs
The outdoor cooking industry is unique in many ways. A handful of companies and even fewer retailers control the majority
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