Recipe book

Cook-alongs, not vibes.

Full recipes with pit temps, ingredients, and the YouTube videos from pitmasters who actually run pellet grills.

All-day

The one that makes the pellet grill worth owning

Overnight packer brisket

Trim, salt-and-pepper, and put it on before you sleep. Wrap when the bark is set. Rest longer than the cook feels polite. Probe tender is the only finish line.

14–18 hr + rest · 195° then 250° · Pecan or oak

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Weekend

Brisket on a bone

Texas plate ribs

6–8 hr · Post oak or hickory

Weeknight

Smoke first, crust last

Reverse-sear ribeye

50–75 min · Oak or hickory

Weekend

California roast, Texas smoke

Santa Maria tri-tip

1.5–2.5 hr · Oak

Weekend

Holiday centerpiece, pellet calm

Hickory prime rib

3.5–5 hr · Hickory or oak

All-day

The most reliable all-dayer on a pellet grill

Pulled pork, bone-in butt

8–12 hr · Hickory and apple

Weekend

Wrap once. Do not 3-2-1 these.

Pellet baby backs

4–5 hr · Apple or cherry

Weeknight

Skip low-and-slow. Skin needs heat.

375° whole chicken

60–90 min · Hickory or pecan

Weeknight

Smoke, then heat. Baking powder is the trick.

Crispy pellet wings

50–70 min · Hickory or pecan

Weekend

325°, butter, and a probe in the breast

Apple-wood holiday turkey

3–4.5 hr · Apple or maple

Weeknight

Fifteen minutes. High heat. Glaze at the end.

Honey-balsamic salmon

15–20 min · Alder or apple

Weeknight

Thick-cut, 145°, a blush in the center

Reverse-sear pork chops

40–55 min · Apple

Weeknight

Ground beef is 160°F. Get the steel screaming.

Hot-grate smash burgers

20 min · Hickory

Weeknight

Lean steak. Fast sear. Compound butter.

Reverse-sear filet mignon

40–55 min · Oak or cherry

Weekend

Chuck roast, brisket method, dinner tonight

Poor man's brisket

5–7 hr · Oak or hickory

Weekend

Skip 3-2-1. Bend test, not mush.

St. Louis spare ribs

4–5.5 hr · Hickory or cherry

Weekend

Treat it like a giant chop, not a shoulder

Family-style pork loin

1.5–2.5 hr · Pecan or apple

Weeknight

The fastest pork roast on the grate

Apple-honey pork tenderloin

25–40 min · Apple or cherry

Weeknight

400°. Dark meat past 165°. White sauce dunk.

Bite-through chicken thighs

50–70 min · Hickory or pecan

Weeknight

Cooked like a steak. USDA 165° ruins it.

Cherry-smoked duck breast

35–50 min · Cherry

Weekend

Holiday roast, pellet calm, pink center

Garlic-rosemary leg of lamb

2.5–4 hr · Oak or pecan

Weeknight

Weeknight fancy. Pink center. Rosemary.

Reverse-sear lamb chops

25–40 min · Oak or pecan

Weekend

Lean wild meat. Medium-rare is the ceiling.

Bacon-wrapped venison backstrap

40–55 min · Oak or cherry

Weeknight

Butter, Worcestershire, ten minutes.

Cast-iron barbecue shrimp

15–20 min · Alder or apple