The author\u2019s Traeger<\/span> (Photo: Abigail Wise)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInside, with 572 square inches of cooking space (including a removable top rack for two-tier smoking), there\u2019s plenty of room to cook for a crowd, no matter if I want that top shelf to squeeze in as many drumsticks as possible or to remove it and make way for a towering beer-can chicken. To be exact, the smoker holds 24 burgers, 5 racks of ribs, or 4 whole (small) chickens at once.<\/p>\n
The pellet compartment holds 18 pounds of pellets, which saves middle-of-the-night trips to the smoker when I\u2019m working on an overnight brisket or sneaking out for a trail run while dinner slow-cooks. I also like how I can monitor and control the temperature via the app on my phone if I\u2019m too busy to head out to the backyard to adjust.<\/p>\n
At a price point of $800, this is an investment piece; but not only is the smoker easy to master, it\u2019s also durable. After six years of heavy use\u2014and despite ignoring more than a few helpful \u201cClean Grill!\u201d alerts\u2014the Pro 575 is still chugging along, munching down pellets and spitting out flavorful, moist meals.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been smoking with my Traeger regularly since 2020 and have relied on it to prepare wings and drummies, brisket, salmon, ribs, beer chickens, and entire 15-pound turkeys. From dry rubs and brines to marinades and butter baths, no matter whether prep takes minutes or days, I have yet to serve anything I prepared on the Traeger dry.<\/p>\n
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