lazylabs wrote:I do use traeger pellets, usually apple for the first hour and then mesquite. I can get any pics you want to see. I use a heat diffuser about 2" above the firepot. I then have a full length of 16ga about 6" below the cooking grate that is just angled down to one end and a catch can under it. I would do a LOT of things different if I built another one but this was my first try and the last bit was rushed. I really built all the firepot/auger setup/forced air the day before we cooked a whole hog the first time. Don't recomend that either....LOL