Pit Boss and Traeger are ... We judged electric smokers similarly, using ribs for a long-cooking test, and salmon for a cold-smoking test. We judged pellet grills and smokers on their heating ...

Pit Boss began as a direct competitor to Traeger, the company that invented the pellet smoker. While it doesn ... to do more than just slow-cook some ribs. It even boasts a flame broiler for ...

It still offers high-quality, value-oriented pellet grills that perform nearly as well as anything from Traeger. In addition to those, however, Pit Boss also makes some great vertical smokers.