
Grilla Grills – Grilla Model Final Thoughts
Texas Pepper Jelly’s Pineapple Habanero Rib Candy. Daigle’s Cajun Sweet Pecan Garlic Sauce. You can judge the results for yourself in the last photo above where you can see the color of the meat prior to me adding some Daigle’s Pecan Garlic Sauce. Oh – the rub I used was Porkmafia Memphis Mud, finished off with butter, Pineapple Habanero Texas Rib Candy, and some Turbinado sugar. I set it to 275, all loaded with CookinPellets perfect mix (I’m telling you – get some), cooked to color (about 155 F) and then gave it the treatment. Smoke rolled strong throughout this cook. Good color, right?ĭid you SEE that sweet Premiala Stainless Steel Injector? They sent it to me to try out, and I liked it a lot! Had me singing the Dentist song from Little Shop of Horrors! I live in a condo, and I was fully expecting the fire department to roll up due to one of my neighbors calling in.Ĭhunked up the pork and took this shot before adding sauce. at say between 225 and 350 that you’ll wonder if the thing’s on fire. There are times during your cook for ribs, chicken, pork, etc. They’ve purposely programmed in what I’ll call a “temp swing” to drop the temp down just enough on a periodic basis so the auger will feed in a bigger load of pellets to ramp up smoker to your set temperature. If you’re like me… and you’re used to pellet grills being dialed in to rest no more than 5 degrees above or below – this might set you on edge.Īfter a while, I realized what was going on and now see this as a benefit. OK… before that, you’ll notice that the temperature tends to swing between 10-12 degrees above or below where you set it. The first thing you’ll notice when you cook low and slow on the Grilla Grill is that this beast puts out the smoke. Let’s talk about this for a second… Grilla Grills’ “Grilla Model” is a Smoke Breathing Beast If you don’t you’ll find that there’s an initial “burn in” phase that ramps the Grilla Grill up to as high as 400 degrees even if set to 275, which is where I set mine. I’d advise dropping a handful of pellets into the burn pot prior to your first session. Oh – note on first firing up your Grilla Grill. The front wheel is the one that pivots, and there’s an easy to use kick brake on the back side so you can keep the unit in place. There are three wheels – two in back and one in front… like R2D2. (I’m not a zoologist – so just stop it….) Fitting – as it’s named after one of our closer cousins in the animal kingdom. The Grilla Grills “Grilla” model is an upright pellet smoker that, to my knowledge, is a one-of-a-kind footprint in that it’s the only one I know of that stands upright. This, in conjunction with the overseas manufacturing, allows for pricing that starts at about half of what they were charging originally. Using this model, they ship direct to buyers who purchase the grills via. Grilla Grills also opted to scrap its dealer network setup and go direct to customer. In time, Grilla rolled out a 3 grill line, including the Grilla, the Silverbac (also pellet fueled), and the Kong – which is a kamado style charcoal grill. Over time, they found a Chinese manufacturing site that could meet their qualifications and specs, and during this time – Grilla decided to revamp aspects of the grill itself based on feedback from folks like Shane who had a lot of experience using pellet grills at home and on the competition circuit. Mark and the folks at Grilla were sticklers for the quality they were looking for, so the search took some time. So, over time the company began to seek overseas locations for manufacture.
The units were being made here in the USA, but regardless of what some folks say about buy American – folks weren’t ready to pay that cost. The only knock at the time was a $1,500 price tag. The Grilla model sold for some time, and the reviews I read were all really positive. At the time of his posting, Grilla was a new product offering from Fahrenheit Technologies, Inc. I first became acquainted with Grilla Grills back in February of 2012, when my friend Shane Draper of Draper’s BBQ posted a write up on the forefather of the current Grilla grill pellet smoker model.
Thanks for checking out this post about Grilla Grills and their brand bearing model, The Grilla. Grilla Grills Flagship Pellet Grill is a Smoke Breathing Beast