Traeger Westwood vs Woodridge Pro

Which one, in one line

Four plates is the job. The Westwood. It runs the same WiFIRE app, ships the same wired probe, and its 428 square inch main rack covers a household dinner without buying space that stays empty.

The guest list is the job, or the warranty decides it. The Woodridge Pro. It is more grill on every published line: 970 square inches total against 653, a 24 pound hopper against 18, a 10-year limited warranty against 7.

Both are Traeger pellet grills that report to the same app, so the questions that usually decide a pellet comparison cancel out here. What is left is a sizing decision. Every figure on this page comes off Traeger's own product pages, the Westwood page read 28 July 2026 and the Woodridge Pro page read 26 July 2026, and the prices beside the table above carry the money side of it.

Is the Woodridge Pro worth the step up?

Only if you load it. The step up buys space, hopper capacity, ceiling and warranty, and nothing on the two spec sheets separates the grills by kind.

Both run WiFIRE and put the cook in the Traeger app. Both include a wired meat probe. Both hang a second rack over the main one and count it into the headline number. The Woodridge Pro's page then keeps going where the Westwood's stops: it publishes a digital pellet sensor that reports the hopper level to the app, compatibility with Traeger's Bluetooth Meat Thermometer, and a fully digital controller with a full-color display and an RTD instead of a thermocouple, which Traeger says is for temperature accuracy. The Westwood page lists WiFIRE, mentions no pellet sensor, and publishes no controller detail at all, so this page claims none for it.

The Westwood review and the Woodridge Pro review take each grill on its own. The rest of this page is the gap between them.

Which one is bigger?

The Woodridge Pro, and both numbers count the same way, so the comparison is clean. Traeger publishes 970 square inches for the Woodridge Pro, split 585 on Rack 1 and 385 on Rack 2. The Westwood gets 653, split 428 on Rack 1 and 225 on Rack 2.

One caution on the labels. Traeger says Rack 1 and Rack 2, not main grate and warming rack. Reading Rack 1 as the grate over the fire is an inference. The Woodridge parts list names a Main Grate and an Upper Grate, which supports that reading there, but the Westwood page never says which rack sits where.

The number that should decide this page is Rack 1. On the Westwood that is 428 square inches, which holds four plates of food with room to move things around. The Woodridge Pro's 585 is the same dinner with the sides going at the same time, or the figure you need when the invitation list is the reason you are shopping. If you are not sure which cook you actually run, what size pellet grill is the longer version of this paragraph.

Which one gets hotter?

The Woodridge Pro as published, with a footnote that matters. Its page lists a 500°F maximum. The Westwood page lists 180 to 450°F.

The footnote is that the two pages state temperature on different bases. The Westwood publishes a full range, floor and ceiling. The Woodridge Pro publishes only a ceiling, and its FAQ mentions cooking between 165 and 225°F for more smoke without ever stating a minimum set temperature as a spec. So the ceilings compare, 500 against 450, and the floors do not compare at all. Do not read the Woodridge Pro's missing floor as a feature or a flaw. It is a publishing choice.

Neither ceiling buys a flame sear. The Woodridge Pro's own FAQ says it sears with high heat held at the grates. The Westwood page publishes no searing method at all. If a sear over open flame is part of why you are shopping, it lives on neither of these grills as published, and the Woodridge Pro vs Pit Boss 700FB2 page covers a grill that does publish one.

Which one has the bigger hopper?

The Woodridge Pro, 24 pounds to the Westwood's 18. Traeger publishes no burn rate for either grill, so neither number converts to hours here, and this page will not pretend otherwise.

The difference that matters day to day is not capacity, it is information. The Woodridge Pro's pellet sensor reports the hopper level to the app. The Westwood page mentions no sensor, so checking the level means walking out and lifting the hopper lid. On an afternoon of burgers that is nothing. On an overnight cook it is the difference between the app telling you and you going out to look.

Is the app the same on both?

Yes. Both grills publish WiFIRE connectivity to the Traeger app, and both ship with a wired meat probe. The connection is not the gap between these two.

What differs is how much the grill sends. The Woodridge Pro reports its pellet level through the digital sensor and works with Traeger's Bluetooth Meat Thermometer as an add-on. Its controller is described in full: digital, full-color display, an RTD instead of a thermocouple. The Westwood page publishes the WiFIRE line and stops, so on paper the Westwood tells the app about the cook and keeps the hopper to itself.

Who should buy which

Get the Traeger Westwood if:

• Dinner for your household is the job. 428 square inches on Rack 1 holds four plates of food with room to work.
• You want WiFIRE and the wired probe without paying for rack space that stays empty
• Weight matters for your deck or your next move. Traeger publishes 116 pounds for the Westwood, and its Woodridge Pro figures start at 174.

Get the Traeger Woodridge Pro if:

• The guest list is why you are buying. 970 square inches across two racks against 653.
• Overnight cooks are the point and you want the pellet level on your phone
• The 10-year limited warranty against the Westwood's 7 reads as real money over the life of the grill

Skip both if the sear is the point. Neither publishes direct-flame searing, and the Westwood vs Pit Boss 700FB2 page puts the smaller Traeger against a grill that does.

Common questions

Can the Westwood smoke as low as the Woodridge Pro? The spec sheets cannot answer it. The Westwood publishes a 180°F floor. The Woodridge Pro publishes no minimum set temperature at all, though its FAQ mentions cooking between 165 and 225°F for more smoke. One published floor and one unpublished one do not line up into a comparison.

How much do these grills weigh? The Westwood is published at 116 pounds, with no word on whether that is assembled or boxed. The Woodridge Pro is messier: its product page says 174 pounds and Traeger's own support guide says 190 for the same grill, and neither figure states its basis either. If your deck or your mover needs a number, plan around the heavier one.

Which warranty is longer? The Woodridge Pro's, a 10-year limited warranty against the Westwood's 7-year limited warranty. Both carry the word limited, and the terms behind that word are not compared here. Read both documents before the longer number decides your purchase.

Can either one sear over open flame? Not as published. The Woodridge Pro's FAQ says it sears with high heat held at the grates. The Westwood page publishes no searing method at all. Traeger is not claiming a flame sear on either grill, so neither does this page.

Do both come with a meat probe? Yes. Both pages list a wired meat probe in the box. The Woodridge Pro adds Bluetooth Meat Thermometer compatibility on top, as an add-on rather than a second included probe.