Know the grill

The barrel, lid, chimney and legs

Tap a part to see what it does. The names are Traeger's: grill door (the lid), barrel, hopper, firepot, hot rod, heat baffle, grease drip tray.

"Left" and "right" in this guide are as you face the front: the hopper and controller are on the left, the chimney, side handle and grease bucket on the right. That is the mirror of the Pro 575.

Inside the barrel

Pellets burn in the firepot; the heat baffle and drip tray spread the heat and catch the fat, and the fat runs right to the bucket. The controller holds the temperature by feeding more or fewer pellets.

The hopper and controller

The manual, pages 10 and 12. This grill has a fuse (Traeger support), unlike the Pro 575. It has no Wi-Fi, no app, no pellet sensor and no Super Smoke.