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the timberline 850 is no ordinary barbecue grill it isn't powered by liquid propane natural gas or even charcoal this baby burns wood pellets the heat and smoke it produces makes this machine more of a hot smoker than a cooker I really wanted to hate this grill it's fickle must be cleaned often and if you don't tend it properly its flames die at the worst possible times at $1,700 the Traeger Timberline is extremely expensive - worse it uses only specialty wood pellets sold by trigger but food cooked on the Timberline is good phenomenally good so tasty in fact that I forgive its faults mostly you put pellets into the triggers hopper like this just pour it right in once the hopper is full make sure to smooth it out make sure there's no gaps and that ensures that the auger within the machine will constantly feed a steady stream of pellets into the triggers firebox and ignite them this thing is temperamental though too much ash in the firebox and the grill won't start properly and die out dead flame can lead to unfired pellets which then causes over firing a scary flare-up when too many pellets ignite at once everything the trigger cooks from ribs to burgers to chicken and veggies were kissed with delicious smoky flavor the meat was especially juicy and flavorful there's a super smoke function to add extra taste and aroma to ingredients to the grill even talks to your phone over Wi-Fi and through an app you can monitor and control it remotely the app has a large library of recipes as well you can also send recipes directly to the grill the Timberline then uses these instructions along with a digital meat probe to cook food autonomously so is a Timberline worth it right now it's the only non portable and smart pellet grill you can buy so if that's what you're after then the answer is yes it has precisely controlled temperatures and serves up delicious food if you have the money and patience to use it properly you