Traeger Grill Wood Pairings

Cooking with your new Traeger Wood Pellet Grill can include anything from baking to braising. While whichever method you use is sure to deliver a deliciously flavorful meal, Traeger Grills’ smoking ability soaks up more savory and sweet flavors with grill wood pairings.

Choose the perfect wood pellets, available in store at M&G Trailer Sales, to smoke a delicious side dish or flavorful dinner with your Traeger Grill.

Mild Flavor Pellet Grill Wood Pairings

Apple Wood Pellets

Cook with fish, poultry, pork and vegetables

Flavor Profile: Subtle sweet, smoky flavor

Recipe: Smoked Classic Porchetta

Although this dish requires a little more prep time and effort, it’s sure to be more than worth it. Sink your teeth into this crispy Italian classic. Pork belly and pork loin are rolled together for the perfect mixture of flavor and mouth feel. Try this smoky, tender dish with apple pellets as your Traeger Grill wood pairing.

Cherry Wood Pellets

Cook with fish, poultry, pork and vegetables

Flavor profile: Subtle sweet, fruity flavor

Recipe: Ancho-Chile Smoked BBQ Chicken Legs

This bold chicken recipe mixes the spicy ancho Chile powder with sweet cherry wood pellets. Full of flavor, this recipe calls for Chile powder, brown sugar, ground espresso, cumin, lime, barbecue sauce and more. A popular dish for Traeger Grill wood pairings, try this spicy sweet meal at your next backyard family barbecue.

Oak Wood Pellets

Cook with fish, beef, pork and heavy game

Flavor profile: heavy, smoky flavor

Recipe: Salmon Veggie Dip

A delicious side dish or appetizer, try oak for your grill wood pairing. An easy and well-liked recipe, the Smoked Salmon Veggie Dip will make the perfect appetizer for your next backyard gathering. This delicious dip offers a perfect marriage of fresh salmon flavor strong smoky oak taste.

Medium Flavor Pellet Grill Wood Pairings

Hickory Wood Pellets

Cook with poultry, pork and beef

Flavor Profile: Rich and bold, but subtly sweet flavor

Recipe: Smoked Macaroni Salad

This savory macaroni salad blends perfectly with the subtle sweet flavor of hickory wood pellets. Mix macaroni noodles with red onion, green bell pepper, shredded carrots, mayonnaise and white vinegar to make the perfect side dish for anything you grill.

Pecan Wood Pellets

Cook with fish, poultry, pork, lamb and beef

Flavor Profile: Rich, sweet, nutty flavor

Recipe: Smoked Tri-Tip

With a quick five-minute prep time, followed by an hour of smoking in pecan pellets, this is one of the easiest grill wood pairings we found. Simply season your tri-tip with salt and pepper, and any other seasonings you’d like, and leave it to smoke in your Traeger Grill. Make sure to monitor the temperature of the tri-tip as it cooks for a juicy seared steak.

Traeger’s Signature Blend Wood Pellets

Cook with fish, poultry, pork, beef, vegetables and more

Flavor Profile: Full-bodied flavor. The perfect blend of hickory, cherry and maple hardwoods

Recipe: Cherry Crisp with Sweet Cream

Your Traeger Grill can cook almost anything, including a delicious dessert! Use Traeger’s signature blend pellets for your wood grill pairing. Tart meets sweet, and creamy meets crisp in this delectable dessert. With cherry filling, crisp toppings and sweet cream this cherry desert is perfect on its own or with a scoop of soft vanilla ice cream.

Strong Flavor Pellet Grill Wood Pairings

Mesquite Wood Pellets

Cook with pork, lamb and beef

Flavor Profile: Bold sweet but strong flavor

Recipe: Grilled Peach Sour Cocktail

Your Traeger Grill is for more than just food. We have a long list of sweet and sour cocktails that you can make with your Traeger. This grill wood pairing uses mesquite pellets, sweet peaches and smooth bourbon. Caramelize fresh peaches with a coating of sugar on your Traeger Grill, mix with Traeger Smoked Simple Syrup, bourbon and bitters. Garnish with fresh thyme and enjoy a cool cocktail on warm summer evenings.

Get your Traeger Grill and wood pellets at M&G Trailer Sales. We’re stocked with Traeger Grills and supplies, ready to help you try a new grill wood pairing. Stop by our location in Ramsey, Minnesota, for a new Traeger Grill. We also have hundreds of new and used trailers, if you’ve got cargo to haul or outdoor work to do. Our sales team at M&G will be happy to help you find what you need: grills, wood pellets, trailers and more.