Traeger Woodridge Pro vs Pit Boss 700FB2

Which one, in one line

You want the cook on your phone. The Traeger. Nothing else on its spec sheet argues as hard as the app does.

You want a sear over open flame. The Pit Boss. It is the only one of these two that publishes direct-flame searing.

The price gap settles it. The Pit Boss, with money left over for a season of pellets.

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. The rest of this page is the handful of differences that survive the spec sheets.

Is the Traeger worth the extra money?

Only if the connected grill matters to you. Traeger lists the Woodridge Pro at $1,149.99, read from traeger.com on 26 July 2026. The 700FB2 sells for hundreds less, and its current price sits beside the table above. The gap buys app monitoring, more rack space, and a longer published warranty.

It does not buy heat. Both grills publish the same 500°F maximum. It does not buy searing either, and that is the one line where the cheaper grill has hardware the expensive one does not.

What it buys is information and coverage. WiFIRE puts the grill in the Traeger app. A pellet sensor reports the hopper level there too. A wired meat probe comes in the box, and Traeger's Bluetooth Meat Thermometer works with it as an add-on. The controller is fully digital with a full-color display, and Traeger fits an RTD instead of a thermocouple, which it says is for temperature accuracy. The warranty is a 10-year limited warranty against Pit Boss's 5 years. Whether all of that is worth the difference between the two current prices is the entire question, and the sections below take it a piece at a time.

Which one is bigger?

The Traeger. It publishes 970 square inches of cooking space against the Pit Boss's 747, and both figures count the same way: two tiers of racks added together. Traeger also publishes the split, 585 square inches on Rack 1 and 385 on Rack 2. Pit Boss publishes no split at all.

The split is the part to read carefully. Pit Boss's 747 is one pooled figure over two tiers of porcelain-coated steel racks, and the brand does not say how much of it is the lower grate. Traeger names its tiers Rack 1 and Rack 2 rather than a main grate and a warming rack, so even with the split published you are still comparing totals, not main grates. On both grills a share of the headline number hangs on an upper tier, which is not the grate you load first.

If the number you care about is the grate you lay a brisket on, neither brand has published it in a form that lines up. The totals are honest. They just count generously, and they count the same generous way, so the comparison between them is fair.

Which one sears better?

The Pit Boss, as published. Its Flame Broiler lever opens a slot to the fire so food sears over direct flame. Traeger publishes no direct-flame searing on the Woodridge Pro. Its own FAQ says the grill sears with high heat held at the grates, which is a different mechanism.

Both publish a 500°F maximum, so this is not about which runs hotter. It is about what happens at that temperature. Open the Pit Boss's lever and there is flame under the food, with the attention an open flame demands. The Traeger holds its heat at the grate and sears by contact. Traeger's own FAQ describes it exactly that way, which is worth respecting: the brand is not claiming a flame sear, so neither should a comparison.

If a hard crust on steak is a regular part of your cooking rather than an occasional trick, this section outweighs the size section, and it points at the cheaper grill.

Does either one have WiFi?

The Traeger does. WiFIRE connects it to the Traeger app, a pellet sensor reports the hopper level to that app, and it works with Traeger's Bluetooth Meat Thermometer. Pit Boss's page for the 700FB2 lists no WiFi and no app. Its digital board adjusts in 5°F increments, standing at the grill.

On an afternoon of burgers this is trivia. On the overnight cooks that pellet grills get bought for, it is the real divide between these two. The Traeger reports the pellet level to your phone while you sleep. The Pit Boss asks you to come outside and look. Whether that is worth a large share of the price gap depends on how you cook, and on whether walking out to the grill is a chore or the hobby.

Which one has the bigger hopper?

The Traeger, and not by enough to matter. It holds 24 pounds of pellets to the Pit Boss's 21. Both are in the class built for long unattended cooks, so neither needs a refill plan for a normal smoke. The useful difference is that the Traeger reports its pellet level to your phone.

Read this row and move on. Capacity does not separate these grills. Knowing the level without opening the lid is the actual difference between these two hoppers, and that belongs to the connectivity section above.

Who should buy which

Get the Traeger Woodridge Pro if:

• Overnight cooks are the reason you are buying, and you want the grill reporting to your phone
• The 10-year limited warranty reads as real money to you against Pit Boss's 5 years
• You want the pellet level, the probe, and the cook in one app

Get the Pit Boss 700FB2 if:

• Searing over open flame is part of why you grill
• You set the temperature at the grill and walk away anyway, no app required
• The price gap buys your pellets, your cover, and your second probe

Common questions

Does the Traeger get hotter than the Pit Boss? Not as published. Both list a 500°F maximum. The Pit Boss also publishes a floor, 180°F. Traeger publishes no minimum set temperature for the Woodridge Pro, so the low ends cannot be compared from the spec sheets. Only the ceilings can, and the ceilings match.

Can either one smoke overnight? Both carry hoppers sized for it, 24 pounds and 21. The difference overnight is information rather than capacity. The Traeger reports its pellet level to the app while you sleep. The Pit Boss runs the same kind of set-and-hold cook but keeps its status to itself.

Which warranty is longer? Traeger publishes a 10-year limited warranty, Pit Boss a 5-year warranty. The word limited carries terms, and this page does not line the two documents up clause for clause. Treat the lengths as published lengths, and read the terms before the warranty decides your purchase.

How much do these grills weigh? Unclear, and that is the manufacturers' doing. Traeger's product page lists 174 pounds and Traeger's own support guide lists 190 for the same grill, and neither says whether the figure is assembled or boxed. Pit Boss publishes no weight for the 700FB2. If your deck or your mover needs a number, neither brand has published one to plan around.

Is there a smaller Pit Boss in this series? Yes, the 500FB2, and it is worth a look if 747 square inches across two tiers is more than you cook. The 700FB2 vs 500FB2 comparison covers whether its small hopper costs you the overnight cooks that brought you here.