I like BBQ. No, that is an understatement – I LOVE BBQ! If I lived in Texas, Memphis, Kansas City, etc. - I would be eating at BBQ and Rib joints all the time. But living here in Salem, Oregon I am left to my own devices for BBQ. Sure there are a few places in town with decent BBQ – “few” being the operative word here.
Anyone who has used a wood/charcoal grill knows the pain of trying to maintain a consistent and correct temperature long enough to get great BBQ results. Gas grills can do it, but then you need wood chips and smoker boxes/pouches. And have you ever run out of propane in the middle of a smoke? Grrrrrrr!!!
Enter the pellet cooker. You may not win much credibility in the “real” world of BBQ, but the results will outweigh the fact that you used little wood pellets to cook it. I did some research, initially assuming that I would buy a Traeger. Then I ran across the Green Mountain grill and liked it even more. Both were made in China, and I am sick and tired of throwing my money overseas on crap. Then I found out about MAK Grills, designed and built in Dallas, Oregon (15 miles from my house). A superior unit in design and construction producing superior results.
So I decided that I would document my journey from bringing it home, putting it together, and all of the tasty projects that would follow. My hope is to be a source of information for others that are looking to make the move to pellet cookers, particularly the MAK.
You can learn more about the MAK Grill at www.makgrills.com.
Enjoy.
