For those who are interested, I've gone through about 3/4 of a bag of the inexpensive pellets now. I have to say that I have not noticed any real difference in flavour from the 'Special Blend' pellets I got with my smoker.

At 1/8th of the price, I know what I'm using going forward, particularly given that I've gone through a good 50 lb so far. A quick calculation tells me I would save $250 a year going this route. Say, that's 15 bottles of really nice wine. grin

... or 35 bottles of plonk. shocked

Next, I want to try some pure pellets like Hickory to see if I can taste any difference.

Fred

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Blujays1: Spending Fred's money one bottle at a time, no two... Oh crap!