Traeger Grills Ironwood 650

Excellent app. Solid, well-designed grill. Precision cooking control from the comfort of your couch. In-app recipes produce good results.

It's expensive. Traeger recommends only using its own pellets.

There is still a learning curve to the Ironwood, but it is significantly easier to master than any other grill I have tested. By the time I smoked my second rack of ribs, I was getting results that bested what I've done the old-fashioned way over...

Spending $1,300 on a grill is no light decision, but we think the Ironwood 650 is worth the high price tag. Given Traeger’s past track record and our personal experience, we expect this grill to last a decade with proper care. Its set-it-and-forget-it...

Overall I figure the Ironwood 650 is a great buy and the right buy for someone with a budget over $1000. If you have a little more to spend, get the Ironwood 885 so you have that extra space for large briskets and big rib cooks. Our site is gaining...

Overall, we had nothing serious to complain about the Ironwood 650. If you are into smoking and grilling meat and want a grill capable of infusing a deep wood-fired flavor, this would be an ideal option. It’s equally a suitable option if you’re looking...

So if a nice seared steak and other foods that require some char are your thing, the Traeger’s not for you. But for basically everything else you can think of to grill, the Traeger Ironwood 650 is great.

650 square inch porcelain-coated grill grates WiFire app for wireless monitoring 20-pound hopper with pellet cleanout system Down Draft system for even heat distribution D2 auger with superior torque

Casters and wheels are small Challenging to move over uneven surfaces Single side table is small

Traeger Grills has answered the call for innovation with its Ironwood 650. There’s tons of room inside the main smoking chamber to cook for a family of four or even six. The hopper can hold up to 20-pounds of wood pellets for extra-long smoking...

Superb build quality throughout Straight-forward assembly procedure with tools included Incredible grilling, roasting and smoking performance Variety of flavour-enhancing wood pellets available Smart Wi-Fi system lets you download cooking programs...

Takes a while to get up to cooking temperatures Seriously large and heavy unit Kettle plug power lead is short, so you need an extension cable Makes notable background noise when in operation

Make no mistake, the Traeger Ironwood 650 is a serious, do-it-all, wood pellet fired BBQ grill that makes it simple to cook basically anything for a large amount of people outside. Its build quality is superb, too, and the range of accessories and...

At $1,200, the Ironwood 650 is on the upper end of backyard smokers (a 18” Bullet costs $330 nowadays), but that seems like a small price to pay for a potential lifetime of those steaks.