When it comes to pellet flavors there are general guides and recommendations in terms of which hardwood smoke works 'best' with what food type, but its all subjective. Therefore, you just need to play around with different pellet flavors to find what you personally do and don't like.

However, when purchasing BBQ pellets you want to make sure that the pellets have a good density. You can easily check this with the 'snap test'. If the pellets break cleanly into two pieces, that's the sign of a good dense pellet that's not take on moisture. If they have a surface shine, that's also a good sign.

Besides pellet flavor, the best pellets for you of that particular flavor are going to be the cheapest pellets, obviously. Through the link below, you can get access to our BBQ pellet database, where you can see the price per lb of the various brands/flavors of pellets. As of writing, we've calculated the cheapest BBQ pellets from 163 options currently on the market.