Traeger Ironwood 885 vs Westwood
885 sq in, insulation and Super Smoke from 165 F at around $1,008, against 653 sq in and a 450 F ceiling at $699.99. What the extra $308 buys.
We pick the Traeger Ironwood 885 Pellet Grill
The Ironwood 885 is the better grill by a wide margin, and around $308 is a fair price for the gap. It brings 885 sq in, insulated walls, Super Smoke from 165 F to 225 F, a 500 F ceiling and a pellet sensor. The Westwood brings 653 sq in, 180 to 450 F, no smoke mode, no insulation and no sensor — but it is a current model at $699.99, 41 inches wide. Buy the Westwood only if the money or the deck space is fixed.
What actually differs
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One of them can be left alone overnight
The Ironwood watches its 20 lbs of pellets and messages you when they thin, behind walls that hold heat in cold air. The Westwood has neither, and our review says plainly that an overnight cook means a walk outside to look.
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232 square inches and a working smoke button
885 against 653, and a rack split of 570 and 315 against 428 and 225. On top of that, Super Smoke covers the whole bottom of the Ironwood's dial. The Westwood's only smoke lever is setting a lower number.
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What the Westwood keeps that the Ironwood lost
Seven years on sheet metal against rust-through, a current grill with parts behind it, and 13 fewer inches of width. The Ironwood carries three years in total, and no cover at all if it changes hands.
The scorecard, side by side
Both reviews are scored on the same six weighted categories, each bar on the same 0–10 scale, and every cell carries the reason that review gave. A row is marked won only where the two differ by a tenth or more. How we score →
Super Smoke opens at 165 F where the current $1,399.99 Woodridge Pro Plus waits until 185 F, behind insulated side walls.
A 450 F ceiling, no Super Smoke mode and no added insulation, against a swing Traeger's own manual puts at 25 F.
Three years is Traeger's shortest term, it needs an Authorized Seller on the receipt, and resale kills it outright.
The 7-year headline covers rust on sheet metal; the auger, fan and controller get 3 years, the igniter 1.
Porcelain coated steel grates, a stainless shelf and double-walled construction, on a barrel whose steel Traeger still declines to name.
Shelves rated to 40 and 60 lb, all-terrain wheels and a P.A.L. rail as standard, at the bottom of the range.
A pellet sensor, a cleanout trapdoor and 5 F steps from a phone remove the two chores cheaper Traegers keep.
The same WiFIRE controller, app and probe support as Traegers costing twice as much, in the cheapest grill that has them.
Around $1,008 buys insulation and Super Smoke from 165 F, where Traeger's $1,399.99 Woodridge Pro Plus lists neither, at the same 500 F ceiling.
$699.99 is the least Traeger charges for a connected grill, though buying direct adds $49.99 of freight.
The hopper empties without tools, but Traeger's own chart marks it absent for the EZ-Clean grease and ash keg.
A rear pellet release door beats scooping the hopper, but grease and ash are still a bucket and a vacuum.
Published figures that differ
Quoted from each maker's own specifications, as each review records them. Figures the two products publish identically are left out — only the differences are listed.
Which one is for you
You run long, low cooks and want insulation, a 165 F floor and a hopper sensor for about $1,008.
Check price →You cook through afternoons, not nights, and want a connected Traeger in a 41-inch space for $699.99.
Check price →More head-to-heads
Every score and figure on this page comes from our own reviews of these two products, linked above. We have not tested them side by side in one place; the comparison is between two full reviews, each built from the maker's published specifications and documentation. Prices move, and the ones quoted are the ones each review checked on its own date.