Pellet grill on a portable power station

From Traeger Support: Grill Watt & Amp Usage (updated July 2026). These are Traeger’s ratings, not QuietWatt measurements:

• Non-WiFIRE grills: 300 W at 120 V (2.5 A) on start-up, dropping to 0.4–0.8 A after heating. The 240 V rating is 550 W.
• D2 grills: 110 W at 120 V on start-up, dropping to 0.08–0.17 A after heating. The 240 V rating is 220 W.
• Touchscreen grills (grill only): 95 W at 120 V; 190 W at 240 V.
• Woodridge grill only: 535 W (120 V only). With the side burner: 1,560 W.
• Touchscreen + induction cooktop: up to 1,756 W at 120 V, or 3,512 W at 240 V — that is a big-station or wall-outlet job, not a small pack.
• Flat top grills: 12 W.

NZ / Australia: use the 240 V numbers and a station whose AC outlets are 230–240 V — see NZ 240 V power stations. Other brands (Z Grills, Pit Boss, Weber Searwood, etc.): read the rating plate. QuietWatt won’t guess them.

Pick a station whose continuous AC watts comfortably exceed the start-up rating (that’s the hard limit), then size Wh for the steady draw. Decoder: peak vs continuous watts.

Hours ≈ (station Wh × ~0.85) ÷ steady running watts. The ~0.85 is a planning allowance for inverter losses, not a spec.

Worked example (arithmetic only): Traeger’s non-WiFIRE figure of 0.4–0.8 A at 120 V works out to roughly 48–96 W once heated. A 1,000 Wh pack × 0.85 = 850 usable Wh, so about 9–18 hours of steady running, minus a little for start-up. The fan and auger cycle with weather and set temperature, so cold, windy cooks sit at the higher end. A plug-in watt meter on your own grill beats any estimate.

• Pure sine output is the safe choice for the controller, auger motor, and fan — pure sine wave.
• Check AC auto-off / eco mode. Some stations switch the inverter off when draw drops low, and a heated pellet grill can draw very little. Confirm the setting on your listing or app — app / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth stations.
• Start full, finish with margin. If the station dies mid-cook, the grill loses its fan and auger and the fire can go out. Leave headroom rather than planning to run to 0%.
• Keep the station away from heat and grease. Not next to the firebox or under the chimney; shaded and dry. Unless the listing gives a weather rating, treat it as an indoor device — heat and storage.
• Solar top-up between cooks at a campsite: how many solar panels.

• EcoFlow RIVER 3 series — small and light; fine for short cooks on a low-draw grill if continuous W clears the start-up rating.
• Anker SOLIX C1000 — mid ~1 kWh class; a common size for an all-day smoke.
• BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 — listing shows 1,024 Wh (checked Oct 2026); mid class.
• Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 — mid class; confirm Wh and output on listing.
• EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus — expandable; for overnight smokes or a grill plus other camp loads.