CookinPellets Premium Apple Mash and Hard Maple Natural Hardwood Light Sweet Smoke BBQ Grill Wood Pellets for Pellet Grill & Pellet Smoker, 40 Lb Bag

I’ve used these pellets for years. They produce consistent heat and great hickory smoke and flavor.

Some of the best pellets out there imo. I use them in my camp chef woodwind pro and even on the low smoke setting these pellets deliver a solid smoke ring and a wonderful flavor. The Perfect Mix works well with beef or pork. Also have never had any auger feed issues, even if I don't empty my hopper when I don't cook for a while. Even better though is this vendors shipping...always on time and very prompt with printing the shipping label and getting it out the door. Thanks Spreetail.

This review is for the CookinPellets Hickory Smoking Pellets. I'll get to them shortly but I want to give some context and advice that I think will be helpful. I'm fairly new to smoking food, having started in the summer of 2015, and my initial experiences with imparting any kind of smoke flavor in the foods I smoked were disappointing. I thought "is this what I get after investing all this time, effort and money?". After researching on various smoking forums I found 2 things to be prevalent in regards to smoke flavor; 1) generally speaking pellet grills BY THEMSELVES don't give you a lot of smoke flavor in your food, and 2) the difference in pellets from one manufacturer to another is significant in the results you get. To help with #1 I highly recommend you supplement your smoke with a smoke tube. Research it, get it and use it. It does make a difference. I burn 100% apple or cherry in my tube while the 100% CookinPellets hickory goes in the hopper. Regarding #2 - A bag if pellets that says "hickory" on them, but does not tell you that it is 100% hickory, is almost assuredly a mix of hickory and a filler wood OR flavor oils and filler wood (like alder). You have no idea if you're getting 30%, 20% or whatever % hickory. This is true with any type of wood pellet. The filler woods generally don't give you any flavor. I went through this when I first started by buying what the local store had to sell: brands like Traeger which do not list their ratios. This is why my food was a dissapointment... There are comments that Traeger uses flavor oils in their pellets but I don't know if that's true because they don't tell you what's in them. Why won't a manufacturer tell you this information? It's because they are hiding something. I went through several brands and they were severely dissapointing. I have 4 half used bags of those various brands/woods types going into the trash (cleaned up my garage yesterday) because it would be a waste of food and time to use them. While it can be difficult to do I no longer buy pellets unless the manufacturer clearly states the mix of woods in the product. No description, no sale. So that brings me to my review of the CookinPellets Hickory Smoking Pellets. I was hooked the first time I used these. You could smell the difference when the food was cooking and the taste of the food was amazing. I currently go through approximately 1 bag a month of these and will continue to do so as long as they keep up the price and product quality. They burn well and I've never had a heat or ash issue out of the norm. I only wish they offered 100% cherry and apple. In closing a little advice from a relative newbie smoker: 1) Use a pellet that tells you whats in it. I like the CookinPellets Hickory Smoking Pellets and highly recommend them, but there are a few others out there. Stay away from brands that don't specify. While there's nothing wrong with a mix of wood species (hickory w/cherry for example) they should tell you what your getting. 2) Reasearch and read the smoking forums. You'll learn a lot. 3) Use a tube smoker and experiment with other wood types than what is in your hopper.

Extremely happy with these. I started with Pit Boss pellets, which were ok. Then went to Trager brand, which were pretty good. Finally tried CookinPellets “Perfect Mix”. Man am I impressed. They are great from anything from Tri-tip to pizzas. My favorite all around pellet to keep loaded in my grill. Been using them for around a year, and my grill runs a minimum of twice a week. Better deal than the Trager brand, and much better smoke production. American made was a huge selling point for me, glad to be a customer, and hope to be for my lifetime. 5 stars for sure. Thanks guys!

First and foremost these pellets produced awesome tasting chicken breasts, haven't tried beef or pork yet but expect similar results. The only problem was my Recteq Deck Boss 800 auger jammed first time using these pellets. Took a little while to clear and before I continued cooking I put the pellets in a bucket and reduced the length by manually jabbing with a 2" plastic tube. No more issues rest of cook. I did measure a random handful and the longest was 1 7/8" down to about 3/8", average for handful about 1/2"-3/4". I do believe the longer pellets caused the jam and will make sure I don't feed anything over 1" and monitor for jams.

These produce great smoke at flavor at a good price compared to other brands.

I love that CookinPellets are available on Amazon — no one in my area carries them, and having them delivered right to my door is incredibly convenient. The Perfect Mix is fantastic for smoking and works well with any meat. I mostly use it for pork—ribs and pulled pork in particular—but I’ve also had great results with tri-tip and brisket. These are the only pellets I’ve found that burn cleanly and completely, leaving virtually no residue. Just be sure to store them in an airtight container to keep them dry, although I’ve never personally had issues with moisture even when they weren’t sealed.

Excellent smoke flavor with my Traeger