Help me here! what is better, Traeger pellet grills or fasteddys there both pellet ran. can someone give a little input?
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I take it that your looking for use in an everyday commercial setting. #1 is the rate of fuel usage. The FE products use alot less pellets , which relates to more money left in your pocket.#2 The FE's are so well insulated that the burnners run on the minimal setting which means they smoke more and produces a better tasting product.#3 The FE's are easeir to maintain and more user friendly. The FE2000 rottiserie is easily loaded and unloaded compared to units that have big shelfs. The parts in the FE100 will fit in a commercial dishwasher.#4 Stainless steel interiors are standard. This will relate to longer life, easy cleaning,and no rust.
How do you plan to use the unit? Are you putting it indoors? Do you want it portable? Will it be run everyday? Do you cook atlow or high temps?
Give me or John Shiflet a call and we would be more then happy to go over many more points then this. My # is 816-213-3473 or John's is 800-423-0698.
How do you plan to use the unit? Are you putting it indoors? Do you want it portable? Will it be run everyday? Do you cook atlow or high temps?
Give me or John Shiflet a call and we would be more then happy to go over many more points then this. My # is 816-213-3473 or John's is 800-423-0698.
big,
here's my input and i dont work for fast eddy or cookshack.
when we started up i allowed 30k for everything. that included trailer generators smokers ect. i was originally going to buy backwoods or southern pride.
my wife and i went to the nbbqa convention in atlanta. while there we met john and the crew from cookshack. the amount of time they took with us was amazing and i am quite sure they got tired of being hammered every 30 mins by me but they never showed it.since i wanted to compete to grow the business the fec100 was what i gravitated towards but my wife was intimidated by it. to make a long story short the price on fec allowed us to also buy an sm150 and still remain under budget.
due to the hurricanes it wasnt until oct 2nd that i was able to obtain a generator.
to give you an idea of pellet burn time. i only took one 2 1/2 gallon storage bag of pellets with me. with this small amount i was able to do the one hour season in of the smoker and then cooked wings. by the way i followed the seasoning directions but after one hour cranked it to max!!! this mistake shall never be repeated!!!! the unit holds so much heat that i had to keep opening the door to bleed of the excess. this was my fault.
so i guess all in all what i am trying to say is the unit is great but more importantly the manufacturer stands behind their product. it certainly wasnt cookshacks faulty that trailer tech got behind in delievery ( refer to the "took the plunge" thread in the pro section) but when i explained the problem to them they worked with me and started my warranty when my trailer was delievered. they didnt have to do this but they did!!!!!
sorry i rambled but if you are like me money goes really dear and i just wanted you to know how i felt
jack
2 Greyhounds....SMOKIN!!!!
ps. i brought half the bag home with me after 5 hours run time
pps one other factor is nsf rating. in florida all the inspectors want to see "nsf"
here's my input and i dont work for fast eddy or cookshack.
when we started up i allowed 30k for everything. that included trailer generators smokers ect. i was originally going to buy backwoods or southern pride.
my wife and i went to the nbbqa convention in atlanta. while there we met john and the crew from cookshack. the amount of time they took with us was amazing and i am quite sure they got tired of being hammered every 30 mins by me but they never showed it.since i wanted to compete to grow the business the fec100 was what i gravitated towards but my wife was intimidated by it. to make a long story short the price on fec allowed us to also buy an sm150 and still remain under budget.
due to the hurricanes it wasnt until oct 2nd that i was able to obtain a generator.
to give you an idea of pellet burn time. i only took one 2 1/2 gallon storage bag of pellets with me. with this small amount i was able to do the one hour season in of the smoker and then cooked wings. by the way i followed the seasoning directions but after one hour cranked it to max!!! this mistake shall never be repeated!!!! the unit holds so much heat that i had to keep opening the door to bleed of the excess. this was my fault.
so i guess all in all what i am trying to say is the unit is great but more importantly the manufacturer stands behind their product. it certainly wasnt cookshacks faulty that trailer tech got behind in delievery ( refer to the "took the plunge" thread in the pro section) but when i explained the problem to them they worked with me and started my warranty when my trailer was delievered. they didnt have to do this but they did!!!!!
sorry i rambled but if you are like me money goes really dear and i just wanted you to know how i felt
jack
2 Greyhounds....SMOKIN!!!!
ps. i brought half the bag home with me after 5 hours run time
pps one other factor is nsf rating. in florida all the inspectors want to see "nsf"
I agree, and I've called Eddy to get his advice and he walks me right through. I talked to Traeger before I bought. I couldn't be happier with my FE 2000.
Roger
Roger
Thank you all for your input, I will call on you Eddy or Jhon to find out where and how much I can pick one or two of your units up. "Big Kahuna"