Traeger Westwood vs Pit Boss 700FB2

Which one, in one line

You want the cook on your phone. The Traeger. Nothing on the Pit Boss sheet answers the app.

You want flame under the food. The Pit Boss. Its Flame Broiler lever is the only direct-flame sear on this page, and its published ceiling is 500°F against the Traeger's 450.

You want the longer warranty. The Traeger, 7 years limited against Pit Boss's 5.

There is no single winner here and the table above does not pretend otherwise. Both are pellet grills: set a temperature and an auger feeds the fire while you do something else. This cross-shop splits clean. Traeger sells the app, the probe in the box and the warranty. Pit Boss sells the grate space, the ceiling and the flame. The Westwood is a 2026 release. The full sheets live in the Traeger Westwood review and the Pit Boss 700FB2 review.

Which one is bigger?

The Pit Boss, by the published totals. It lists 747 square inches of cooking space to the Traeger's 653, and both totals count the same generous way: two tiers of racks added together.

The counting is the part that needs a footnote. Traeger breaks its 653 down, 428 square inches on Rack 1 and 225 on Rack 2. Pit Boss publishes no breakdown at all. Its 747 is one pooled figure across two tiers of porcelain-coated steel racks, and the brand does not say how much of it sits on the lower grate. So 747 against 653 is a fair comparison, totals against totals. 747 against 428 is not, and a listing that lines those two numbers up is comparing a whole grill to half of one.

One caution on the Traeger side too. Traeger names its tiers Rack 1 and Rack 2, not main grate and warming rack, and the Westwood page does not say which rack sits over the fire. Reading 428 as the main grate is the natural reading. It is not a published fact.

If you are not sure how much of either total you would actually load, the pellet grill sizing guide settles that question before the brand question.

Which one sears better?

The Pit Boss, as published, on two separate spec lines. The first is the Flame Broiler lever, which opens a slot to the fire so food sears over direct flame. Traeger publishes no direct-flame searing on the Westwood and no sear mechanism of any kind. The second line is heat. Pit Boss publishes a 180 to 500°F range. Traeger publishes 180 to 450°F.

The floors match at 180°F, so the smoking end of the dial is a wash on paper. The top end is not. A 450°F ceiling handles burgers and chicken. A 500°F ceiling with open flame under the food is a different tool when a steak hits the grate.

If a crust on beef is a regular part of your cooking, this section outweighs everything the app does, and it points at the Pit Boss.

Does either one have WiFi?

The Traeger does. WiFIRE puts the cook in the Traeger app, and a wired meat probe comes in the box. One gap worth knowing: the Westwood page does not mention a pellet level sensor, so nothing in Traeger's published specs says the app shows your fuel.

The Pit Boss's published spec list has no WiFi and no app on it. Its digital control board adjusts in 5°F increments, standing at the grill.

On an afternoon of burgers the app is trivia. On the overnight cooks that pellet grills get bought for, it is the real Traeger argument. The Westwood reports the cook to your phone while you sleep. The Pit Boss asks you to walk outside and look. The hopper is a walk outside on both, because neither published sheet puts the pellet level on a phone.

Which warranty is longer?

The Traeger's. It publishes a 7-year limited warranty, Pit Boss a 5-year warranty. On a machine with a motor, a fan and an igniter living outdoors, the longer paper is worth something real.

One caution. The word limited carries terms, and this page has not lined the two documents up clause for clause. Treat the lengths as published lengths, and read both documents before the warranty decides your purchase.

Which one has the bigger hopper?

The Pit Boss. It holds 21 pounds of pellets to the Traeger's 18. Neither brand publishes a burn rate, so neither number converts to hours, and this page will not invent the conversion.

More pellets is more margin on a long cook, and the margin belongs to the Pit Boss. How far 18 pounds gets you depends on that unpublished burn rate, so the honest reading is a gap of unknown size in the Pit Boss's favor. On either grill the fuel check is a flashlight and a hopper lid: as published, neither one reports its level to a phone.

Who should buy which

Get the Traeger Westwood if:

• Long cooks run while you are away from the yard, and you want the cook on your phone
• A 7-year limited warranty against a 5-year one reads as real coverage on an outdoor machine
• The wired probe in the box saves you buying one separately

Get the Pit Boss 700FB2 if:

• Searing over open flame is part of why you grill
• The bigger published numbers decide it: 747 square inches across two tiers against 653, a 500°F ceiling against 450, and 21 pounds of hopper against 18
• You set the temperature at the grill and walk away, and an app would go unused

Common questions

Do both grills smoke at 180°F? Yes. Both publish a 180°F floor, so the low end of the dial does not separate them. The ceilings do: 500°F on the Pit Boss, 450°F on the Traeger.

How heavy are these grills? Traeger lists the Westwood at 116 pounds and does not say whether that is assembled or boxed. Pit Boss publishes no weight for the 700FB2. If a deck, a stand or a mover needs a number, one brand gives a figure without a basis and the other gives nothing.

What are the grates made of? Pit Boss publishes porcelain-coated steel across its two tiers. Traeger does not publish a grate material for the Westwood. That cell stays empty rather than guessed.

How does the Westwood compare to Traeger's own Woodridge Pro? That is its own page: Westwood vs Woodridge Pro. The Woodridge Pro also meets this same Pit Boss in Woodridge Pro vs 700FB2, so every corner of this cross-shop has a page.

Is there a smaller Pit Boss in this series? Yes, the 500FB2, the smaller half of the FB2 pair. If 747 square inches across two tiers is more grill than you load, the 700FB2 vs 500FB2 comparison covers where the smaller grill gives ground.