I am reminded of an incident a little over a year ago. It's a nice evening and my garage doors are open, which always begs the invite of my friends to drop by for a beer. My next door neighbor is sitting there drinking a beer with me and his phone buzzes. He looks at his phone and tells me it is his grill reminding him to turn the temperature down. I guess I looked at him like he was some kind of alien because he proceeded to tell me all about his new, fancy pellet grill that wasn't a Traeger but a competitor ( I forget the name) that is just as costly. Now, I'm not adverse to getting something to cook and walk away for awhile, after all I do use a crock pot fairly often but this idea of "grilling" and walking away just doesn't sit right with me. After all, it is tradition that while tending the grill you must drink alcoholic beverages and bask in the wonderful smell of charred meat and smoke. Unfortunately our society continues to destroy our traditions and past times. As for me, in my area, I am becoming a lone survivor and holder onto of the old ways as I still fire up my 16 year old gas grill which sits on the deck with my charcoal grill/smoker as all those around me "wake" up to this new pellet extravaganza.
I look at you in a new light now Box
. By the way, is yours one of those with the internal thermometer and cell phone app?