Real owners lean toward the Weber Original Kettle 22: 84% of 37 owners recommend it, vs 57% of 127 for the Traeger Pro 575.
Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score
Both the Traeger Pro 575 and the Weber Original Kettle 22 earn owners' trust for turning out good food reliably, but they take opposite paths to get there. Traeger owners prize how easy it is, almost set-and-forget like an oven, along with fast heat-up, steady temps, WiFi app control, and juicy results; their complaints center on weak smoke flavor, an inability to sear past around 500F, an inaccurate built-in probe, and unreliable WiFi. Weber Kettle owners describe an incredibly versatile charcoal grill that excels at high-heat burgers and steaks, can still manage low-and-slow, cleans up easily via the ash catcher, and lasts decades; the drawbacks they name are difficulty holding low temps for smoking and a cooking area that fills up fast with sides. A beginner wanting hands-off, app-monitored low-and-slow smoking gravitates to the Traeger, while a charcoal fan wanting one durable do-it-all grill with real sear-heat gravitates to the Weber. Neither is simply better; it comes down to whether hands-off convenience or charcoal versatility and high-heat searing matters more.
“Still cooks like a beast, so you can make a hell of a feed with any of them.”— @ShivaFn on YouTube
“It was a great grill. Worth it at that price today.”— @brianr5665 on YouTube
“2 of my legs were a fraction too long. Had to shorten them so the little knob could click into place. Very frustrating!”— @PinkyFloyd5529 on YouTube
Both the Traeger Pro 575 and the Weber Original Kettle 22 earn owners' trust for turning out good food reliably, but they take opposite paths to get there. Traeger owners prize how easy it is, almost set-and-forget like an oven, along with fast heat-up, steady temps, WiFi app control, and juicy results; their complaints center on weak smoke flavor, an inability to sear past around 500F, an inaccurate built-in probe, and unreliable WiFi. Weber Kettle owners describe an incredibly versatile charcoal grill that excels at high-heat burgers and steaks, can still manage low-and-slow, cleans up easily via the ash catcher, and lasts decades; the drawbacks they name are difficulty holding low temps for smoking and a cooking area that fills up fast with sides. A beginner wanting hands-off, app-monitored low-and-slow smoking gravitates to the Traeger, while a charcoal fan wanting one durable do-it-all grill with real sear-heat gravitates to the Weber. Neither is simply better; it comes down to whether hands-off convenience or charcoal versatility and high-heat searing matters more.
Owners point the Traeger Pro 575 at beginners wanting easy, set-and-forget pellet cooking, and owners who like WiFi app monitoring from their phone.
Owners point the Weber Original Kettle 22 at charcoal fans grilling burgers, steaks, and sausages, and cooks wanting one versatile do-it-all cooker.
The most-cited downside of the Traeger Pro 575 is weak, mild smoke flavor compared to stick burners or charcoal. For the Weber Original Kettle 22, it's hard to control low temps for smoking.