Traeger vs. Bradley

[Augie]

My Bradley smoker broke down on me with three rounds of candied salmon ready to go. I was a bit frustrated as it’s less than a year old. Bradley was awesome though. They’re covering me through their warranty. Not sure what to do; I fired up my Ironwood 620 Traeger. Set it at 165F and put on the super smoke setting. What a pleasant surprise it worked incredibly well.

The first round I used a bowl of ice. But the second and third round there was no ice. I was able to keep the temperatures within 5 degrees of either side of 165F. I easily based the fish. It turned out every bit as good as the Bradley. But what I liked about it the best was the clean up. You can buy the tin cover for the drip plate and bucket. After it was all done I easily discarded them in the trash and the Traeger is ready to go for next time. I find The Bradley’s hard to clean especially after candied salmon.

I am looking forward to having my Bradley back though. Going to try Cold smoking some sockeye into Lox. Can’t keep the temperatures down on the Traeger or least i haven’t found a way to yet. If anyone knows if you can or not? From what I’ve read you need to keep the temperatures at or below 80F. Any advice is appreciated.

Just a few of my thoughts on my experience with my Traeger. Does anyone else use it to smoke fish? Any advice or ideas is appreciated too.

 

[NOOTKA BOUND]

You can buy smoke tubes for the traeger for cold smoking. I've always used the big chief for my salmon until 2 years ago I bought a traeger. It works awesome for smoking so that's all I use for my fish now.

 

[Deejray]

After 3 years of contemplating I finally picked up a traeger last summer and have never been so happy with a purchase. I nickname it the cheat code because you have to try pretty hard to screw something up. Still have my bradley for fish but for everyday cooking/smoking of meat the Traeger gets my full attention

 

[Deejray]

You can buy smoke tubes for the traeger for cold smoking. I've always used the big chief for my salmon until 2 years ago I bought a traeger. It works awesome for smoking so that's all I use for my fish now.

smoke tubes work great for sure. although I'm still trying to get better at smoke ratio/volume