Traeger Woodridge Elite vs Woodridge Pro Plus
Identical 970 sq in, identical 180-500 F, identical score. The Elite adds a three-setting electric side burner for $400. Whether that hob is worth it.
We pick the Traeger Woodridge Pro Plus
These two score identically here — 7.62 each — and the Elite costs $400 more for an electric side burner with three settings. Both cook on the same 970 sq in across two racks, in the same 180 F to 500 F chamber, with the same controller and app. The Elite adds a glass-panelled electric hob set at LO, MED and HI, and 21 pounds. Unless you specifically want pan heat outdoors, the Pro Plus is the same grill for less.
What actually differs
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The cooking is the same, down to the degree
Same grate area, same split across two racks, same published range. Our two reviews reach 7.62 independently, which is what happens when the only difference is an accessory.
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$400 for three settings
LO, MED, HI. Our Elite review scores value 6.0 against the Pro Plus's 6.0 for the same reason from the other direction: in a line where every other step up buys heat or space, these two steps buy a cupboard and a hob.
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A glass cooking panel living outdoors
The burner is a glass panel on a grill rolling on casters, and it sits in the three-year tier rather than the ten-year rust cover. It is also one more surface to wipe and cover.
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 →
Same 180F to 500F chamber as its siblings, plus a glass side burner that adds pan heat none of them offer.
Super Smoke over a two-rack 970 sq in barrel, but the published ceiling stops at 500 F and no sear station exists.
The ten-year headline covers rust-through on sheet metal; the side burner you paid for sits in the three-year row.
Ten years is rust-through only; controller, auger and fan get three years, the hot rod and RTD one, and resale voids it.
Cabinet and 221 lbs of steel feel solid, but a glass cooking panel lives outdoors on caster-only wheels.
Gains an unrated cabinet but drops the Pro's rated bottom shelf and all-terrain wheels, and Traeger names no steel anywhere.
Traeger's controller and app are as simple as ever, though the burner adds a small rule book of its own.
Four probe channels, WiFIRE and one-touch Super Smoke, offset by 200 lbs rolling on casters alone.
Four hundred dollars over the Pro Plus adds an electric hob with three settings and no extra grate space.
$250 over the Woodridge Pro buys storage and no cooking at all, in a line where every other step buys heat.
One keg catches grease and ash, but the firepot still wants vacuuming and the burner wants wiping and covering.
One keg takes grease and ash together, yet the firepot wants a vacuum roughly every 20 cooking hours.
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 want a powered hob built into the grill and will use it for sauces and sides.
Check price →You want the cheaper of two grills that cook identically — which is most people.
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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.