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Wood Pellet Grills > Rollors > Winnebago Goes Retro Grills&Gear WOOD PELLET by Stacey Moore (Twitter: @LilBig02) GRILLS U —IT’S SCIENCE sually the first and most important question when buying a grill is this: charcoal or propane. Why not wood pellet? Grills that use wood pellets as the primary cooking fuel have come a long way since the 1980s. Ron Burgundy (Anchorman) might say, “Wood pellet grills are better…It’s science.” The science behind wood pellet grills, as well as the flavor attributes they create, make them a viable alternative to charcoal and gas grills. They’re eco-friendly too! Some of the best reasons to own and cook with a Wood Pellet Grill? Temperature Control • The digital controllers work much like an oven in a home. Depending on the grill, you can cook in temperatures in five-degree increments from 180 to 700 degrees. Choose to go slow and low, hot and fast, or stairstep along the way. And you can cook at temperature, at 225 degrees for example, in any weather conditions. Some wood pellet grills come with manual controllers that just go Low – Med – Hi, but why not just go digital? Set it and Forget it. Convection and Cooking Versatility • Almost all pellet grills provide indirect heat and work similarly to a convection oven. If you like to use a rotisserie on the grill, you don’t need to mess with that here. Cook large slabs of meat evenly and easily on all sides. Grill, smoke, braise, roast, bake and barbeque. The only limit to what you can do on a wood pellet grill is your imaginat