Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought my Camp Chef Woodwind Grill a few weeks ago and couldn't be happier. I had a Traeger for 5 years prior to buying this and there were a few specific reasons I switched: 1. I could never get my Traeger temp above 370. That's disappointing if you want to bake a pizza for example. It's simply not hot enough. 2. Because of the heat issue I couldn't sear a steak. This lack of tempurature also made it difficult to cook chicken breasts, hamburgers, dogs, etc in any kind of timely manner. This frustrated me to the point I went and bought a grill! What's the point of having an "all in one grill" if it's really just not that. It kind of defeated the purpose. 3. Lack of hopper and firebox clean out is incredibly frustrating when switching between wood types or to simply clean it. 4. Temperatures were constantly all over the place. For example, on 70-80 degree days I learned to set my controller at 180 if I wanted to cook at 225-230. It was not uncommon to see temperature swings of +/- 30 degrees. Some Traeger users will tell you "yeah but did you play with the p-settings?" Why? Why would I want to have to constantly adjust a setting to make it hold a temp within +/- 5 degrees. Let's be honest. Most people want to set it and forget it. I fall into that category. This particular problem was so frustrating I went and bought an igrill 2 to monitor the internal smoker temp. As a note to this, I also bought 3 different brand controllers to try and remedy this problem with no success. Beyond frustrating!! So after some research I felt like I had two choices. I could either spend $1800 on a new Traeger Timberline and double down on Traeger (hoping like crazy they fixed the heat issue) or spend literally half the money and get the sure thing. And by the way, if you feel like you absolutely Must have wifi to monitor, just buy a Woodwind and an iGrill 2 (wifi enabled) and you'll still save $800! Because I like to learn from my mistakes I decided to go with the Camp Chef Woodwind grill with Searbox and I couldn't be more pleased! I now have a single grill that will truly smoke, grill, bake, and sear! In fact, my wife and I meal prep on it! We can use the Searbox to quickly grill our chicken (4-5 minutes) while smoking pork tenderloin! Culinary multi-tasking! Gotta love that! The competition blend pellets have an excellent flavor and when on low smoke setting, it takes that flavor deep into the meat. I'm happy to report the Woodwind holds the temp nice and steady within 5 degrees, and aside from the initial test I haven't used my igrill since! Long story short, buy one! You won't regret it. Traeger does a lot of things really well, but if you want better features for half the price, I'd consider a Camp Chef Woodwind. As a former longtime Traeger user, I can tell you you'll be incredibly happy with the results from your Woodwind!