Pellet Grill & Smoker Brands
Time to Read: 18 minutes Traeger first gave the concept of the wood pellet smoker/grill in the 1980s, and now many brands are manufacturing pellet smokers/grills. So, I have made a list of all the pellet smoker brands that are manufacturing pellet smokers.
The pellet grills may take more than 40 minutes to get hot and are a little expensive. I have given key features of each brand, a quick summary, and the smoker brand names and names of marketplaces where you can buy smokers and other products.
ASMOKE
The ASMOKE smoker/Grill brand was established in 2020. The owner of this brand is a Chinese man who has also worked for the Danson LLC, the owner of Pit Boss, Louisiana Grills, and Country Smoker’s brands.
Due to this reason, there are some similarities between these brands. ASMOKE is offering full-sized pellet smokers/grills. The famous smoker by this brand is AS300, a portable tabletop pellet smoker/grill.
- Price Range:$225-$500
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized domestic and tabletop/portable pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com, Walmart.com, and Amazon.com
Blaz’n Grill Works
It is a small US-based pellet smoker/grill manufactured in South Nebraska. Most products of Blaz’n Grill are manufactured from American steel in the US. The cooking chamber is made from 16 gauge steel, and the lids are made from 12 gauge steel.
The more significant GridIron and the smaller Grand Slam are the products of this brand. The new models are offered WiFi and PID technology and many other features like stainless steel cooking grates and direct-flame access.
- Price Range: $1400-$1750
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: A couple of full-sized domestic pellet smokers/grills.
- Availability: Blazngrillworks.com
Broil King
Broil king is a trendy brand for manufacturing charcoal and gas grills, and it offers a wide range of pellet smokers/grills. Its 14 and 16-gauge grills are made of heavy-duty steel according to their price. The ash management system present in this Grill is quite good.
- Price Range: $999-$1600
- Made In USA: NO
- Product Range: A couple of full-sized models available without and with rotisserie
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Camp Chef
Camp Chef offers one of the best smokers. Camp Chef offers a wide range of domestic pellet smokers/grills with their Apex, Woodwind Pro, Woodwind, and SmokePro models.
Many smokers by Camp Chef offer WiFi connectivity and PID temperature controllers. They provide industry-leading propane attachments in the form of SideKick and Sear Box. Camp Chef also offers vertical pellet smokers.
- Price Range: $550-$1600
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Horizontal, vertical, and portable domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: CampChef.com and BBQGuys.com
Char-Griller
It is a well-known brand for manufacturing smokers, such as for manufacturing gas, kamado, and charcoal smokers, but not so famous for grills. There is no guideline about smokers on the official website. Char-griller smokers are not available in any big store except Home Depot. It has no features like Pit Boss.
- Price Range: $499
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: One full-sized pellet smoker/grill
- Availability: Homedepot.com
Cookshack
Cookshack offers commercial pellet pizza ovens, vertical pellet smokers, and horizontal pellet grills. Like electric smokers, Cookshack is also popular in the BBQ industry. In the 1990s, Cookshack started to manufacture high-end pellet grills in the US with the aid of Fast Eddy, the winner of the BBQ competition.
- Price Range: $2000-$2400
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Commercial pellet pizza oven and vertical and horizontal pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Country Smoker’s
The owner of this brand is Danson LLC which has also owned Louisiana Grills and Pit Boss brands. Country Smokers offers full-sized pellet smokers, but the leading cause of their fame is the ultra-compact tabletop pellet grill.
- Price Range: $225-$500
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills and tabletop/portable pellet smokers
- Availability: Lowes.com, Walamrt.com, and BBQGuys.com
Coyote Outdoor Living
Coyote Outdoor Living has been offering gas grills since 2011 and manufactured its first pellet grill model in 2020. They offer a very cheap stainless steel pellet grill. Due to their competition with Living Eagles and Memphis, they are trying to give high-quality products at a moderate rate.
- Price Range: $2500-$3800
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Built-in pellet smokers/grills and full stainless steel freestanding
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Cuisinart
Cuisinart offers a wide range of pellet smokers/grills and manufactures well-known kitchen accessories. The first model of the Cuisinart pellet smoker is identical to the Z grills. However, the models like Clermont and Twin Oak/Woodcreek have become very famous. The Twin Oak is becoming famous rapidly, a pellet/gas combo grill.
- Price Range: $320-$600
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: A combo pellet/gas grill and full-sized horizontal pellet smokers.grills
- Availability: Walmart.com
Direct Wicker
It seems that Direct Wicker is a brand of Z Grills, and it looks very odd. Direct Wicker products are only available at Home Depot, which sells Z Grills. Therefore I had only made a guess, but I was wrong. Direct Wicker smokers are much more expensive than Z Grills.
- Price Range: $580-$800
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized horizontal pellet grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com
Dyna-Glo
Most of the smokers/grills offered by Dyna Glo are similar in structure to the new models of Z Grills, as both are made in China. All the models of Dyna-Glo offer cast-iron cooking grates and direct flame access which is the drawback of Z Grills.
- Price Range: $449-$629
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized horizontal pellet grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com
Even Embers
It is a budget-friendly brand famous for manufacturing gas smokers and has recently started making pellet smokers/grills. The median product by this brand has large steel wheels and round cooking barrels, which is very similar to Pit Boss’ first product.
Though the second product is a ceramic egg pellet smoker/grill that reduces cooking consumption and improves performance with the ceramic body, even Embers is one of those brands that offer premium quality smokers at affordable prices.
- Price Range: $400-$900
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet grills with a ceramic egg pellet cooker
- Availability: HomeDepot.com
Expert Grill
It appears that Walmart exclusively carries Expert Grill, another budget-friendly brand. Expert Grill offers low-quality products, and PID temperature control is the most noticeable feature of its pellet smokers/grills. At online marketplaces, you can find them at the cheapest place.
- Price Range: $400 to $900
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet grills with pellet/gas combo grill
- Availability: Walmart.com
Green Mountain Grills (GMG)
Green Mountain Grills has been working since 2014, and their product, the Davy Crockett, is a market leader with WiFi and PID temperature controllers. Davy Crockett is known as The Trek, and they have rebranded all their products. GMG offers low prices for two full-sized pellet grills with WiFi and a PID temperature controller.
- Product Range: Full-sized and portable domestic pellet grills/smokers
- Made In USA: No
- Price Range: $370-$929
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Grilla Grills
The partner company of Grilla Grills has 40 years of experience in the automobile industry. They satisfy their customers by giving stainless steel kitchen setup, WiFi, and PID features. Though some accessories of this brand are manufactured in the US, it does not mean that it is a US brand.
- Price Range: $599-$1099
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized and portable domestic pellet grills/smokers
- Availability: GrillaGrills.com
GrillFest
The only model of this brand available at Walmart is 445. A typical example is Traeger Clone. It is made by attaching the Traeger grill to the time-base control panel. You can get it for only $400 without a PID temperature controller. It can withstand 450 degrees Fahrenheit at its maximum.
- Price Range: $400
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Walmart.com
Kamado Joe
Kamado Joe is well-known for manufacturing charcoal smokers. The only product made by Kamado Joe is Pellet Joe which you can buy for $2000. I like their recent product Pellet Joe.
- Price Range: $2000
- Made In USA: N0
- Product Range: Ceramic pellet smoker/grill
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
KANDO Gear
KANDO Gear is a brand established in Texas that creates beautifully designed smokers/grills. In the bottom chamber, a pellet burner is present. You can clean the burn pot without eliminating grease trays and grates.
- Price Range: $2495-$3795
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Kandogear.com
Lifesmart
Lifesmart has been working since 2019, and many people have said it is very similar to RECTEQ. So, many customers of lifesmart pellets buy RECTEQ manuals by mistake. A single Chinese company owns both brands. Therefore, RECTEQ smokers are high in price and quality.
- Price Range: Full-sized pellets smokers/grills
- Made In USA: $500-$1000
- Product Range: No
- Availability: Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com, and Walmart.com
Lone Star Grillz
The pellet grills by Lone Star Grills have WiFi functionality, a PID temperature controller, director flame access, and a 40lb hopper and are manufactured from heavy-duty stainless steel. They offer pellet grills in two sizes, 20-by-46 and 20-by-36.
- Price Range: $2395-$2695
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lonestargrills.com
Louisiana Grills
Louisiana Grills is famous as a premium quality brand and is a member of the Danson LLC group. They offer a wide range of smokers/grills ranging from portable/small models to vertical and full-sized pellet smokers and some stainless steel.
- Price Range: $500-$2000
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com, and Louisiana-Grills.com
- Availability: Full-sized, portable, and built-in pellet smokers/grills
MAK GRILLS
After the 2008 economic downturn, the company behind MAK GRILLS in the US decided to keep them away from automobile manufacturing. As a result, MAK GRILLS started offering premium quality pellet smokers/grills, mostly from 304-grade stainless steel.
- Price Range: $500-$200
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized premium stainless steel pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Bigpoppasmokers.com
Memphis Grills
Memphis has been a friend of your premium outdoor kitchens since 2016, and perhaps only a single brand has manufactured the first stainless steel pellet grill. Memphis Grills manufactured their pellet grills from 304-grade and 430-grade stainless steel as either built-in or freestanding. Memphis Grills was a US brand, but now not.
- Price Range: $2000-$4000
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized premium stainless steel pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Monument
The monument is a value/budget-focused brand offering smaller-sized pellet smokers/grills that use the previous technology of PIt Boss and Traeger models instead of WiFi and PID technology. You can buy it as a cheap smoker, but there is no unique feature.
- Price Range: $350-$550
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com and HomeDepot.com
Myron Mixon Smokers
All of you probably know Myron Mixon because they first appeared on a BBQ Pitmasters TV show and have won the world BBQ Championship for the last five years. Myron Mixon makes various smokers, but the most noticeable smoker made in the USA is BARQ.
- Price Range: $2699-$3499
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com
Nexgrill
In 2022, Nexgrill decided to sell pellet smokers/grills. Before this, they were famous for selling flat-top grills and charcoal smokers. Now, Nexgrill offers three budget pellet grills with the Oakford brand.
- Price Range: $449-$649
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com
Oklahoma Joe’s
In 1980, Joe Davidson started the Oklahoma Joe’s brand. At the end of the 1990s, Char-Broil owned this brand. The rider pellet grill range was launched in 2020, carrying good features at a low price.
- Price Range: $400-$650
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com, Walmart.com, and HomeDepot.com
Pit Boss
Pit Boss is another member of the Danson LLC group and has been working on large and small-budget pellet smokers/grills with many exciting features like direct-flame searing and porcelain-coated cast-iron cooking grates. The Pit Boss Platinum Series and Pros Series are the most famous products of Pit Boss. The Platinum Series is unique to Walmart, and the Pros Series is special to Lowes.
- Price Range: $280-$750
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Vertical, portable smokers and full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com, Walmart.com, and PitBoss-Grills.com
Pitts & Spitts
Pitts & Spitts is a USA brand established in Texas that offers large domestic pellet smokers/grills with special lids. Some of their models are stainless steel, but a small amount of stainless steel is present in all of their models. Pitts & Spitts also offers vertical smoking cabinet combinations and horizontal grills.
- Price Range: $1200-$5500
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Vertical, portable smokers and full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Pittsandspitts.com
Prime Pellet Grills
There is a wide range of full-sized budget pellet smokers/grills with some features, such as a PID temperature controller. You can find the Prime Pellet Grills at Lowes and HomeDepot. You need not mix up Prime Pellet Grills with Green Mountain Grills.
- Price Range: $400-$600
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com and Lowes.com
RECTEQ
In the beginning, they were branded as REC TEC and are now known as RECTEQ pellet smokers/grills. These pellet grills are known as the most affordable pellet smokers with stainless steel cooking chambers.
RECTEQ is one of those brands that added WiFi and PID temperature controllers to the pellet grills. Though Lifesmart pellet grills and RECTEQ are Chinese brands, there is no confusion between them.
- Price Range: $400-$10000
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized, portable commercial and domestic smokers/grills
- Availability: Recteq.com
Royal Gourmet
Royal Gourmet has been working since 2015 and is a well-famous brand for selling charcoal and gas grills. They have a minimal experience in the pellet grill industry, and their only product appears at Walmart and HomeDepot with the temperature controller. They have not given any reference to the pellet smokers on their official website, so it means that they are not interested in expanding this business.
- Price Range: $450
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com and Walmart.com
Royall
Royall is an American brand that manufactures pellet smokers/grills available in the market at an affordable price. Tailgater is a portable model that you can buy for $500. According to Royall, their girls and all other accessories are manufactured in the USA.
- Price Range: $400-$2349
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized and portable domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Royallgrills.com
Sawtooth Pellet Grills & Outlaw Smokers
Perhaps, you are wondering why I have explained these two brands together. The reason is that both are manufactured in the same factory in Boise, Idaho. The Outlaw Smokers utilize heavy gauge carbon steel, while Sawtooth Their Sawtooth is made using stainless steel.
- Price Range: $1049-$1950
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Full-sized domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Outlaw Smoker Grills and Sawtoothpelletgrills.com
Smokin Brothers
Smokin Brothers is a US-based company manufactures commercial and domestic pellet smokers/grills from Missouri. All the products contain temperature controllers with a maximum temperature range of 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
They also offer a Premium PLUS line that gives accurate WiFi connectivity, a PID temperature controller, PID temperature control, WiFi connectivity, and a heatwave area that can reach 500 degrees.
- Price Range: $800-$2000
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Commercial products and Full-sized domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Smokinbrothers.com
Spider Grills
Spider Grills is a pellet cooking brand, not a pellet grill brand. They can turn a Weber kettle into a pellet cooker with the help of a bolt-on pellet burner through the resource-sharing campaign. Atlas PMG is a company behind this brand that has also prepared Kamado Joe Pellet Joe.
- Price Range: $280
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Pellet cooking attachment for weber kettle
- Availability: Spidergrills.com
Traeger
Traeger has been working on pellet grilling since 1980 and is the brand that gives the concept of pellet cooking. Traeger has now focused on premium domestic pellets. The Traeger modern models like Timberline, Ironwood, and Pro Series are much more advanced than previous models. Traeger is one of the most experienced and attractive brands because of its WiFi connectivity.
- Price Range: $400-$2000
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized and portable/small premium domestic pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Walmart.com, HomeDepot.com, BBQGuys.com, and Traegergrills.com
Twin Eagles
Twin Eagles pellet grills are the most expensive brand that offers expensive pellet grills. This brand’s pellet Grills have many features and stainless steel. It provides many features, such as a rotisserie option, the highest searing/grilling temps, a control panel, a color touch screen, WiFi, and a PID temperature controller.
- Price Range: $6500-$8500
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Built-in luxury and freestanding stainless steel pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
USSC Grills
The USSC(United States Stove Company) is famous for manufacturing pellet boilers/stoves and pellet equipment. Unfortunately, they have failed to produce a range of pellet smokers/grills that contain particular specifications and are famous worldwide.
- Price Range: $500-$900
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Full-sized mid-range pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: HomeDepot.com and Walmart.com
Victory
It seems that the Victory brand is the brand BBQGuys.com. The structure of the first Victory pellet grill looks very similar to the design of the first model of the Pit Boss brand, such as both having a similar control panel. The PID controller runs the control panel in these models, but there is no WiFi connectivity.
- Price Range: $750
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Mid-range pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: BBQGuys.com
Weber
Weber is the most famous brand in the world of BBQ and is the first brand that gives the concept of gas and charcoal grills. Now, Weber has entered the pellet grilling and presents a wide range of products, SmokeFire.
SmokerFire is those pellet grills that people like the most. Weber still has to do a lot of work on those products. However, these are considered excellent pellet grills. So, Weber is trying to work on smokers.
- Price Range: $800-$1000
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Mid-range pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com, Walmart.com, BBQGuys.com
Yoder Smokers
Yoder is an American manufacturing company that prepares premium quality commercial and domestic pellet smokers/grills. Yoder is known for using thick steel gauges. For example, they use ten gauge steel for cooking chambers. They have added some premium features such as WiFi technology and PID temperature controllers.
- Price Range: $1800-$10000
- Made In USA: Yes
- Product Range: Premium full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: YoderSmokers.com
Z Grills
Z Grills is one of the well-known brands that offer you to enter the world of pellet grills by presenting budget pellet smokers/grills at an affordable price. Now, Z Grills have started upgrading their control panels and made several models of PID Z Grills.
- Price Range: $400-$800
- Made In USA: No
- Product Range: Budget full-sized pellet smokers/grills
- Availability: ZGrills.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Pit Boss Or Traeger Better?
Cold-rolled, double-walled steel smoking chambers are present in Pit Boss copperhead pellet smokers to trap smoke and heat efficiently. While Traeger Ironwood and Timberline grills also present double-walled insulation. Traeger also gives temperature controller options, so Traeger has won this competition.
What Are The Drawbacks Of Pellet Grill?
The maximum temperature range in the pellet grills is 450 degrees Fahrenheit, while the standard gas and charcoal grills can cross this temperature. Lower temperatures made it very difficult to get crispy-skinned wings or searing steak.
Can You Grill Steaks On A Pellet Grill?
Place the rested, prepared steaks on the warmer part of your pellet grill. Fry each side of the steak for two to three minutes. While searing on the Grill, everyone wants to listen to the hiss of the steak when it makes contact with heat.
Is Smoking Healthier Than Grilling?
Pellet grill is a straightforward method that you can handle quickly and get a good taste. You will get more taste in less amount if you want to know traditional propane gas vs. pellet grill. The fuel used in cooking pellets is a little cheaper than propane gas fuel.
How Long Does 20 Pounds Of Pellets Last In A Smoker?
The 20-pound bag of pellets will take 6-20 hours, depending upon the size of the pellet. Thus, the biggest factor, in this case, is the temperature. For example, at 225 degrees Fahrenheit, the 1-pound pellet takes one hour to burn, while at higher temperatures, the ratio is three pounds per hour.
Final Words
If you are buying a pellet grill, consider one of these brands. I have listed them in descending order of my personal preferences. Even though there is no “perfect” pellet grill, I hope this list of pellet grill brands can increase everyone’s chances of finding their perfect Grill. Must read out the difference between pellet grill and smoker before buying.
