Traeger Timberline 850 Wi-Fi Controlled Wood Pellet Grill W/ WiFIRE - TFB85WLE

Finally i can smoke a chunk of meat or a batch of salmon without constantly adjusting vents or fire or wood chips. With this grill i can do a 20 hr pork butt AND get some sleep while i'm doing it! Only complaint is that the door to empty the pellets is just about useless unless you're OK with half of the pellets missing the bucket. I have yet to find a way to get any kind of box or bucket in the right place so i can empty the hopper after a smoke. It works better with 2 people, one to hold the bucket and one to stir the pellets. I would have given 5 stars but knocked off a star for the hopper door and the bignprice tag.

1 user found this review unhelpful

Finally decided to invest in a supposedly high-end grill, the Timberline 850. A significant grill investment. Bought it just under a year ago in June of 2021. Like many, I am finding that the paint bubbles and peels off the back. I have maintained this grill beyond the Traeger recommendations, but what I was told by Traeger is that the issue is maintenance on my part, and so I just have to live with it. Great investment in a far inferior product. Will be my last Traeger, and I don't recommend any readers of this post make the same mistake I did. I've had much better grill experiences for far fewer dollars.

10 users found this review helpful

This grill is by far the best i have ever had. But why would the pellet door location be so bad. There is no way to get a bucket under it to cleanly dump the pellets out

You say you designed the grease trap system for "ease of Use" SORRY but NO WAY. bucket = remove bucket empty clean rehang bucket = SIMPLE grease trap = open drawer take off little lid take out inner drawer careful now may be full (not as easy as buck) angle drawer up and out to remove to clean put all parts back = not as easy as bucket. and when chute to trap system flows over clean out bottom of grill taking other parts off to do job properly. congradulations traeger your ease of use cost us customers more money for your new design and more work.

6 of 9 found this review helpful

I'm writing a review on my smoker and would like to make a couple comments. A Traeger grill, when kept properly cleaned will produce the most wonderful results that are humanly possible when smoking meats. My next-door neighbor has a stand-up, 4 rack smoker that cooks with wood chips (not pellets) that you must attend the entire time that you're cooking. If you are seeking to achieve a very heavily charred deep deep smoky taste, then you own the wrong grill. The only way you're going to achieve that rich (wood taste) is with a manual add your own chips smoker. Yes my neighbors meat when cooked turns out completely different than mine both in looks and taste. Definitely not a look or taste that we desire. My entire family and friends have attended our cook outs and everyone chooses our well balanced flavor that my wonderful Traeger produces. I'm not writing this because anyone has influenced me or enticed me to do so. Smoking meat properly will leave you with the taste of spices, sauces and meat in a balanced nature. Now my neighbors results are so high in smoke flavor that you don't have that balance at all. You taste smoke with everything else not tasting the way it was intended to taste. This will probably be taken down but in case it doesn't, I speak the truth. I prefer that my meat has the flavors that are true to their intended flavors with the lovely smoke flavor married to it. Not tasting like wood.Thomas

5 of 6 found this review helpful

I would like to start by saying I came from a traditional smoker. I have spent many years trying to perfect one thing on that smoker and it was a pork shoulder. I was looking at a Traeger and it wasn't until a random stranger walked up to me and told me to spring for the Timberline 850 that I had bought one. Well… that man changed my life. Today my wife and I made two shoulders. They were by far the easiest shredding, juiciest pork I've ever seen. When my wife tasted it she gave my a fiery look that I have not seen in our 13 years of marriage. My only issue with this grill is the food is just too good and it's the only food our family will eat now. The app is super convenient to use and has fantastic recipes. Take it from someone that spent lots of time starting a wood fire to make assorted meats this things is the best!!

4 users found this review helpful

I bought the original 850 and had temperature consistency issues at year 3 or so. I was in the retailer talking about it and decided buy a Memphis Beal Street. After 6 months with it, the rtd probe went bad, and now its controller has gone bad. I had a conversation with the Traeger Rep at the retailer I bought both grills about the Traeger, and Traeger sent a new one, free of charge. That is GREAT SERVICE and a manufacturer that stands behind their product. I am going to swap the Memphis controller and sell it. Traeger you are GREAT!

1 user found this review helpful

Grill shuts off halfway though cook. Meat is ruined. Don't buy.

4 of 14 found this review helpful

I full willingly admit it, I have a problem! I've owned so many grills over the years it's crazy. From Primo, to Pitboss, GreenEgg, etc… I can honestly say nothing compares to the build quality coupled with ease of use as these Traeger's! My only wish is that Traeger would come out with an iPad app. C'mon Traeger, you made an app for the watch… how about one for the tablet? I know the iPhone app will work, but you have to switch to portrait view to use it. Other than that, I really don't have any cons on these grills. Some will ask, why didn't you just get a 1300 instead of 2 850's? Great question. The logic is, I've done a 23lb brisket on 1 of my 850's (turned out amazing btw), and that's probably the biggest piece of meat I'll ever need to cook. Having 2 though allows me to cook everything I need for a meal outside as I can run at 2 different temps. If you're on the fence on whether or not to go with a Traeger, I can honestly say they are money well spent! Oh, and I did not receive an incentive for this review, but selecting "yes" that I did is the only option

6 users found this review helpful

I bought this Timberline Series 850 about 2 months ago and until now I CAN'T CONNECT TO MY HOME WIFI despite several calls to the Customer service! Luckily, I can still use it (manually) without the fancy phone/wifi connections. This pellet "grill" is actually a SMOKER and NOT a gas or charcoal grill replacement! Don't believe those people who claim to achieve sear marks on their steaks with this! Cleaning before every use is also very important! Otherwise, you'll have flare ups particularly if using high temperature cooking. The paint in the back where the vents are located is already chipping after 2 uses (including the seasoning step)! This is not acceptable at all for this price range! The smoking capability of this pricey smoker is so so. You cannot use this for creating "rushed" dinner after work! Slow day long cooking probably is where this unit shines. I ended up buying another gas grill to suit my needs (and I was dead wrong about using this pellet grill as a regular gas grill replacement!). I've been using wood chips to my natural gas grill for decades now and it worked for me. Buying this expensive "toy" was a mistake! In summary, do yourself a favor and research carefully before venturing into the pellet grill bandwagon! Don't make the same mistake I did and review those numerous reviews about wifi connectivity issues and suboptimal paint jobs! If given another chance, I would probably buy the cheaper smoker that uses real wood chips! Goodluck!

13 of 15 found this review helpful