Oil be gone
The Pro 575 needs
a 40-minute one-off
pre-burn before you can
start slapping steaks on,
in order to remove
manufacturing oils
from the grill.77TESTED TRAEGER PRO 575Traeger’s plug-in grill is a connected
wood-fired furnace for keeping tabs
on slabs and kebabs via your phone
QIf you’re the sort of person who
thinks BBQs are a faff and a surefire
way to get food poisoning, then
Traeger’s Pro series might just
change your mind. That’s because
this hardwood pellet grill uses
oven-like digital temperature
controls and a meat probe for
seriously easy and precise cooking.QPlug the grill into the mains,
prime the auger motor that
pushes the pellets along a kind
of conveyor belt to a fire pot,
and you’re ready to go to work.
Traeger’s motto of ‘Set it and
forget it’ then kicks in. Select your
preferred temperature using the
dial and you’re done.QOK, not quite done – but only
because things get even easier.
Connect the Pro 575 to Traeger’s
app and ‘WiFire’ tech lets you
control things from the couch
by changing or monitoring
temperatures, or activate Keep
Warm Mode – handy if your
game of beer pong has gone
into overtime.QYou’ll find over 1500 recipes on
the app, which also includes Apple
Watch integration and works with
Google Assistant and Alexa smart
devices – where the novelty
of asking your chosen AI butler
to crank things up to a 500°F is
unlikely to ever wear off.QThe grill’s chimney isn’t there for
show: this baby is a smoker. That
means bags of flavour for your
food (you can even get flavoured
pellets) plus consistent results
whether you like it low and slow
or hot and fast. Kinky.As an absolute amateur when it comes to outdoor cooking, the thought of testing a
Wi-Fi-enabled pellet grill felt pretty intimidating... but Traeger made things so easy I
found myself cooking via my phone while the football was on. The app is brilliant, and
any accusations that connected cookers are ‘overgrill’ were quickly dispelled. Use the
all-terrain wheels – this thing is heavy – but otherwise the Pro 575 is pure fire.If a normal barbie
makes you feel as
useless as Barbie,
this grill’s for you
James DayGet the patty smarted
STUFF SAYS A solidly built, simple-to-use grill packed with connected add-ons +++++
Cooking area 572 sq in
Max temp 500 °F (260°C)
Dimensions 135x103x65cm, 56kgQ Don’t bake me wait
The worst thing about any BBQ
is waiting for it to get hot, but
Traeger has addressed this. We
managed to hit the maximum
500 °F from a cold start in about
15 minutes – and the cooker runs
in near-silence to boot.Q Roast in the machine
The drum design equates to 572
square inches of cooking space.
Traeger reckons you can pack
in 24 burgers, five rib racks or
four chickens. Grill, smoke, bake,
roast, braise or BBQ: it’s a 6-in-1
cooker, and that includes pizza.£899 / stuff.tv/Pro575Tech specs