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My Summer of Smoke and Fire
Why buying a pellet grill was a great decision
This summer I needed a grill. We had been without one since moving across the country to Washington state, and I had been getting the craving for that smoky flavor of flame-seared beef, chicken, and pork. Those quiet nights of home life, watching the bottles of beer bead sweat on the back porch amid the ambience of a neighborhood settling down and the sounds of distant music, kids laughing, meat sizzling as the smoke drifts lazily on the breeze. Man! Nothing beats it.
As the summer months began to roll by, I kept finding myself tempted to buy a grill from my place of employment. Previously, we had owned a gas grill. In the move, it had not survived, and honestly, I didn’t think it was well made or worth the hassle of buying a new one. I was much more interested in purchasing a charcoal grill. Before owning a gas grill, I had owned a small cheapo charcoal one, and really enjoyed it. To me, charcoal grills produce much better flavor and are easier to maintain. However, a friend of mine suggested that I buy one of the newer sensations to come around, something I had never really heard of: a wood pellet grill.
The more he talked about the benefits of choosing a wood pellet grill, the more I was convinced it was worth the extra expense. You got the double bonus of being…
