So I used my traegar for almost 3 years but got tired of the auger jamming and just couldn’t get that natural wood fire taste in the meat. I wanted an offset but didn’t want to spend a fortune on what I wanted so I decided to gut my traegar and convert it into an offset since I know how to weld and fabricate and couldn’t be happier. Now for the welders and fabricators in here, yes I could have made things looked better but this was just a small project for me I plan to build a 250 or 500 gallon smoker in the future so I wasn’t trying to win any beauty competitions with this project. I mig welded everything. For anyone curious I originally picked this traegar up for $300 and it was damn near mint condition. I probably have about $500 into all the material I bought. The only thing I haven’t done is lowered the racks down about 1 1/2” so they sit centered to the exhaust outlet. And I have material to make a better hinge set for the door/hood because the traegar ones are cheap and are only screwed in. Just wanted to share this because I know there is a rivalry with pellet and offsets and thought some might enjoy it.

by recklessrichy

29 Comments

  1. CrunchyNippleDip

    Y’all metal fab mfs surprise me every time. This shit is dope.

  2. Intrepid-Scarcity486

    You’re a madman and I love it, very cool

  3. xshawnxdeerex

    This is the only “pellet” smoker I’d consider having.

  4. CubicDice

    The first few pictures, I was thinking what the fuck is this guy doing. Holy shit did it turn out to be great, incredible work, let us know how it performs!

  5. Training-Pineapple-7

    The only traeger in existence that is actually a smoker.

  6. rpadilla388

    At the beggining I was like “That poor Traeger” then by the end I was like “HELL YEAH BROTHER”

  7. brentemon

    That’s the best looking Traeger I’ve ever seen! Guaranteed it puts out better bbq than the rest too.

    PS. I need your metal fab skills. Currently my “smoke collector” for my OKJoe is literally a household register boot.

  8. JointSmoker420

    This is dope. Reminds me of this dude that converted his Tesla into a gas burning engine.

  9. Suge_White_619

    Badass! You went from glorified pellet oven, to something a real pit Master would use! A REAL smoker! Congratulations! No more adult pretend time for you!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  10. TechnicalDecision160

    I wonder how well it’ll run being thinner metal.

    But then again, I don’t really GAF…this thing is so clean. Very nice job, OP 👏👏

  11. Lost-Link6216

    This needs to go on the Treagar page. This is awesome!

  12. Nutritiouss

    On this episode of why can’t I be this talented

  13. gimmethal00t

    All that work just to have a shit firebox that’ll rust out in a year or two smh 

  14. I_Want_A_Ribeye

    If you have the skills and materials, why do it on something so thin?

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