GRILLA PELLET SMOKER GRILL
OPERATION MANUAL
10
APPROVED FUEL: wood pellets
Grilla is only approved for burning barbecue wood pellets. Wood pellets are small in size and
generate about 8,200 BTUs per pound with very little ash and moisture content.
There are more than 125 active pellet mill operations in the United States and Canada, producing millions of
pounds of pellets each year.
General specifications for barbecue pellets are:
There are different flavors of wood pellets for your Grilla.
Here is a table of wood pellet flavor suggestions and what they go best with:
Mesquite Flavoring:
Mesquite, which means “the honey tree," gives a delicate, subtle, sweet flavor to grilled foods. It is especially
good with poultry and seafood.
Hickory Flavoring:
Hickory intensifies the flavor of food with a robust, tangy taste that is better suited to red meat than to
poultry or fish.
Apple or Fruitwoods Flavoring:
Apple or fruitwoods, many from orchards destroyed by fire or old age, are a big hit. Like its mesquite counterpart,
the heaviest branches of the apple tree are heated to kill insects, then chipped, made into pellets and
packaged for retail. Apple (or any fruitwood) adds a smoky, mild sweetness to everything you cook and is
also highly recommended for any baking.
Alder Flavoring:
Popular in the Northwest United States, alder produces a mild taste suited for salmon and other fish.
• 100% hardwood
• 1” long or less in length
• ¼“ diameter
• Less than 2% ash content
• Less than 2% fines
• Under 10% moisture content
• Approx. 8,200 BTU’s per lb.
• About 40 lbs per cubic ft. density
Beef
Chicken
Fish
Turkey
Pork
Lamb
Buffalo
Baking
Mesquite
x
x
x
x
x
Hickory
x
x
x
x
x
Apple
x
x
x
x
Alder
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
