A Pellet Smoker with Premium Features at a Modest Price? Traeger's New Woodridge Line Delivers.

Traeger introduces Woodridge; a new line of pellet smokers with premium features at a modest price.

Traeger rolled out their Woodridge Pellet Grill line in 2025. As one would expect, their press release and promo material were designed to entice buyers away from competitor’s products. Surprisingly, they also seemed to dissuade consumers from choosing other Traeger models and go with Woodridge. We joked about review titles like, “Woodridge Smokes the Competition, Wait Until You See Who the Competition Is.“ Of course, in reality Traeger was just doing what comes naturally—adding a new product line crammed with as many features as the price targets would allow.

The Woodridge line of pellet grills consists of four models. Priced low to high they include: Woodridge, Woodridge Pro, Woodridge Pro Plus and Woodridge Elite.

We tested the Woodridge Pro

The Woodridge Pro is 47 inches H x 67 inches W x 27 inches D, made predominantly of coated steel and weighs 174 pounds. The 24-pound pellet hopper has a pellet sensor that monitors pellet fuel level. The hopper lid on the right doubles as a work shelf and a fold down left side shelf provides additional work space. Tool hooks are incorporated on both the left and right sides. Pro rolls around on two large wheels and two casters. There is a lower storage shelf, but no enclosed cart.

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Traeger’s WiFIRE Control System

We’ve long been fans of Traeger’s WiFIRE Wi-Fi Controller, which manages to juggle a wide variety of control and monitoring features with remarkable ease of use. WiFIRE continues to evolve and remains one of the best Wi-Fi control systems we’ve encountered.

Pro comes with two wired meat probe jacks. One wired probe is included and an additional probe may be purchased.

If you have the budget and want to go wireless, we strongly recommend checking out Traeger’s Meater Wireless Meat Probes. They’re super easy and lots of fun!

The WiFIRE software was already top notch and the new iteration feels even better and more intuitive. Pellet smokers are known to have mild smoke flavor. So don’t be afraid to use the Super Smoke setting when going low and slow on ribs and brisket.

Check out the beauteous smoke ring on our Woodridge brisket.

Everything is wireless and has an app these days. Yet some folks still struggle setting these systems up. A typical problem with wireless technology is connectivity. We learned long ago that connecting a smartphone app to a wireless device on the deck is often frustrating. One shouldn’t rush to blame the smoker. Connection problems can result from a variety of factors like an out-of-date modem or placement of the device outside a network’s range. But getting connected is worth the effort because the WiFIRE app gives you the same control and monitoring as the Woodridge control panel, in the palm of your hand, from anywhere. Run an errand or head to the office while Woodridge smokes low-and-slow back home. The WiFIRE App is your traveling control panel. If your brisket progresses faster than anticipated, just hit the “Keep Warm” button and WiFIRE will drop the cooking temp to 165°F to hold your goodies until you return. Plus Traeger routinely releases updates that you wouldn’t want to miss.

Temperature tests

Traeger states the temperature range of Woodridge is 180°F to 500°F. Our tests verified WiFIRE’s accuracy in the low and midrange, but we couldn’t get Woodridge up to 500°F. On a mild Chicago day in September with ambient temps around 72°F, we cranked Woodridge all the way for over an hour and topped out at 480°F. This is not unusual. Most pellet “grills” are really pellet smokers, unable to reach high, searing temps. Some brands are addressing this issue. Traeger’s answer is mounting an electric burner on the left side of certain models.

The Woodridge Elite has this feature.

Ash bucket plus pop-on accessories

Traeger did a good job at merging ash and grease removal. You still have to scrape gunk down the drain hole on the drip pan under the grates, and occasionally remove everything to sweep down accumulated ash, but both end up in an easy to remove bucket for disposal. The optional foil bucket sleeves are a must have because the ash and grease mixture turns into a blob of solid gunk that you won’t want to deal with.

Woodridge also incorporates Traeger’s P.A.L. Pop-And-Lock rails that let you hang optional accessories like condiment trays and towel holders around the front and sides.

Conclusion

We can’t escape our initial impression that with Woodridge, Traeger may have found a sweet spot; a balance of price, quality, and features. It checks a lot of attractive boxes alongside their other WiFIRE product lines like Ironwood and Timberline at lower price points. We give Woodridge our Best Value Gold Medal.

Warranty

We thank Traeger for providing a Woodridge for this review.