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I have been cooking on a bates pit and finally purchased an older fec 2000. Its now called a 750.After getting it running again due to neglect on the previous owner I am ready to cook.I have a few questions.is the q as good as one that comes out of a stick burner? What is the average pellet consumption. How do youguys use the smoke setting. The unit has the traeger controllor on it. Any tips on cooking butts and ribs. On my stick burner I wrapped the meat in alum foil for the last hour Thanks guys for your help
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Moved your post to the FE owners, you'll have more FE help here than in the Pros section.

Too many questions Smiler

I suggest you just do a little reading here, as you won't have a huge different between the models, the methods will still apply.

Have you had it up and running? Verified temps, etc?

Because it has 3 pots, it will use more pellets, but I don't remember the exact amount. It will vary with the temp set, how often the door opens. But with the 3, it gets back up to temp.

As far as "good as a stick burner" that's a question that will never been answer. It's like the chicken and the egg. Problem is if you're used to oversmoked foods, you can't get that in the FE. You can get a heavy smoke by adjusting the cook to cook longer on the smoke setting, then bump the temp. But I'm sure you've see that in the FE100 posts. As the 2000 has the 3 pots, it tends to burn more wood and adds more smoke taste. Hard to explain without a LONG post.

I wouldn't adjust your methods a lot, just put some in and get to testing. We can help adjust after that. If you wrapped before, you may not have to, or you may decide to keep it that way.

Put a couple of butts in and see it (I don't know which dial you have) if it has the 225 or the line just below 275 (which would be about 240) but have it it, we'll help you out
First I want to thank you for taking the time to help me. I have fired the smoker after having to do extensive rewiring and after numerous calls to Bill at cookshack. I havent verified the temps yet. I will be doing that this friday.I am looking forward to using this machine in my catering business. I understand that a new controllor is available as an update to the unit. what di you think of it? The temp switch has the line under the 275. Again thanks so much

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