Traeger Restoration Episode 2 - Dismantling and stripping the Traeger BBQ 100 Deluxe
Momentarily questioning my sanity… So if you were around for Episode 1, you probably realized pretty quickly that I had a project on my hands. A Traeger that clearly hadn’t been in service for a long time and which the owner was considering someone might just take for scrap, which took two of us to load and unload, weighs a TON, and looked to be in pretty dadgum questionable condition right out of the gate. I knew the moment I picked it up it was going to need to be de-rusted, because there was a lot of rust on it. This wasn’t any news to me — the grease tray, what was left of it, had a large hole in the middle, and the firepot was rusted out. Both would need to be replaced, which I expected. The heat baffle was also missing, it appeared, so I figured on replacing that, too. The auger was stuck as well. Again, no great shock because it had been stored uncovered in the previous owner’s side yard for 8 months. We have wet winters in Oregon, and there were cl...
