Someone recently made me aware that while they were browsing a Cabela’s store, they came across a range of pellet grills bearing Cabela’s name that looked very familiar to them. Upon browsing their website and seeing these pellet grills, they appeared very similar to certain Camp Chef pellet grills. Its now been confirmed that Camp Chef is producing these pellet grills for Cabela’s. Therefore, the question is, which pellet grills are the better deal?
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Camp Chef & Cabela’s Pellet Grill Similarities/Differences
If you’re not aware (though you probably are), Cabela’s has been around since the early 1960’s and is a subsidiary of Bass Pro Shops and caters to outdoor activities, fishing, hunting etc.
As I established in the intro to this article, yes, the reason Cabela’s pellet grills look similar to certain Camp Chef pellet grills/smokers is that, indeed, they are made for Cabela’s by Camp Chef.
Cabela’s have decided to name their pellet grill range the ‘Pro Series’. It’s not exactly a new idea there, with both the Traeger Pro models and Pit Boss Pro Series models being some of the most popular.
Anyway, these new Cabela’s pellet grills share a similar design to the Camp Chef SmokePro range of products, including their PID control panels.
However, in recent years, Camp Chef has been reducing the number of SmokePro models on offer to focus more on their premium products such as the Woodwind, Woodwind Pro and Apex models.
For these comparisons, I’ll choose a Camp Chef pellet grill that compares as closely as possible to each Cabela’s pellet grill on price.
Camp Chef DLX 24 vs Cabela’s Deluxe 24
| Features | Camp Chef DLX 24 | Cabela’s Deluxe 24 |
| Total Cooking Area | 570 sq.in | 570 sq.in |
| Main Grate | 429 sq.in | 429 sq.in |
| Cooking Surfaces | 2 | 2 |
| Hopper Size | 18 lbs | 18 lbs |
| PID | Yes | Yes |
| Temp Range | 180-500 | 180-450 |
| Temp Adjustment | 5 Degrees | 5 Degrees |
| Smoke Setting | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Flame Access | No | No |
| WiFi | No | No |
| Typical Price | $599 | $599 |
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From looking at the above table on the specs of these two pellet grills, you will see that they match up nearly identically, but there is one difference. Did you spot it?
The cooking chambers of these two pellet grills are identical. You get a total of 570 sq.in of cooking area, and both get a main cooking grate of 429 sq.in.
Both the Camp Chef DLX 24 and the Cabela’s Deluxe 24 get an 18 lb pellet hopper and a PID temperature controller with 5-degree temperature adjustment.
It’s also worth noting that neither of these pellet grills has WiFi/App functionality or Direct-Flame access.
While the technology of the two controllers is identical, the Cabela’s Deluxe 24 does feature a newer design with an upward-angled screen, the same as that found of the Camp Chef MZGX24.
However, there is a difference between these two pellet grills when it comes to temperature range. For some reason, the Cabela’s Deluxe 24 only goes up to 450 degrees!?
There is no technical reason for this. It must be due to an agreement between Camp Chef and Cabela’s that the Camp Chef products would be superior in this regard.
Camp Chef SG 24 vs Cabela’s Pro Series 24″
| Features | Camp Chef SG 24 | Cabela’s Pro Series 24“ |
| Total Cooking Area | 811 sq.in | 811 sq.in |
| Main Grate | 429 sq.in | 429 sq.in |
| Cooking Surfaces | 2 | 2 |
| Hopper Size | 22 lbs | 22 lbs |
| PID | Yes | Yes |
| Temp Range | 180-500 | 180-450 |
| Temp Adjustment | 5 Degrees | 5 Degrees |
| Smoke Setting | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Flame Access | Yes | Yes |
| WiFi | Yes | Yes |
| Typical Price | $749 | $699 |
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Similar to the first comparison above, here we have the Camp Chef SG24 and Cabela’s Pro Series 24″ with exactly the same sized cooking chambers and the same sized main grates.
The only reason the overall cooking area on these models is larger than their cheaper siblings above is the larger upper racks. The main grates are the same size at 429 sq.in.
Again, they feature the same-sized hopper but a little larger this time at 22 lbs, which is beneficial as it means they can take a full 20 lb bag of pellets.
What is notable with these more expensive models is they now both feature WiFi/App functionality, and they also offer direct flame access for better searing/grilling performance.
However, as with the cheaper models above, the Cabela’s Pro Series 24″ only goes up to 450 degrees, whereas the Camp Chef equivalent goes up to 500 degrees!?
As both models benefit from direct flame access, which can get the grate up to around 650 degrees, this lower temperature setting on the Cabelas’s Pro Series 24″ is not that important.
The Pro Series 24″ would also appear to have a price point of $50 below that of the Camp Chef SG24. However, I’ve seen Camp Chef discounting the SG24 from time to time down to $599.
Therefore, the price difference between the two is not a significant factor.
Camp Chef Woodwind WiFi 36 vs Cabela’s Pro Series 36″
| Features | Camp Chef Woodwind 36 | Cabela’s Pro Series 36″ |
| Total Cooking Area | 1,236 sq.in | 1,236 sq.in |
| Main Grate | 663 sq.in | 663 sq.in |
| Cooking Surfaces | 2 | 2 |
| Hopper Size | 22 lbs | 22 lbs |
| PID | Yes | Yes |
| Temp Range | 180-500 | 180-450 |
| Temp Adjustment | 5 Degrees | 5 Degrees |
| Smoke Setting | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Flame Access | Yes | Yes |
| WiFi | Yes | Yes |
| Typical Price | $1,199 | $799 |
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At the start of this article, I discussed how Camp Chef has been reducing the number of their SmokePro models on offer. For instance, they are no longer selling the SG 36.
The Camp Chef SG 36 would match more closely against the Cabela’s Pro Series 36″. However, as its no longer on sale, I’ve had to reference the Camp Chef Woodwind WiFi 36 instead.
The main difference between the Camp Chef SG 36 and the Woodwind WiFi 36 is the Woodwind model has a full-color screen and a stainless steel lid, but other than that, they were very similar.
As you can see from the table above, on cooking area and hopper capacity, the Camp Chef Woodwind 36 and Cabela’s Pro Series 36″ they are identical.
Again, the Cabela’s pellet grill has a lower maximum temperature setting of 450 degrees and not 500 degrees. However, as discussed above, direct flame access functionality makes that less of an issue.
While the Cabela’s Pro Series 36″ may not get the color touchscreen controller and stainless steel lid, it is notably cheaper at $799, around $400 cheaper than the Camp Chef model.
Therefore, in this instance, I think the Cabela’s Pro Series 36″ pellet grill is a much better deal.
Conclusions On Camp Chef vs Cabela’s Pellet Grills/Smokers
So, what are my final thoughts? Well, for the two smaller pellet grills from Cabela’s, the Deluxe 24 and the Pro Series 24″, I would probably go with the Camp Chef equivalent.
Their price points are pretty much identical to their Camp Chef counterparts, but the Camp Chef models benefit from that higher maximum temperature setting of 500 degrees.
However, when it comes to the larger 36″ model, I would actually go with Cabela’s Pro Series 36″ despite the lower maximum temperature setting due to the $400 difference in price.
What would be interesting to see is if the Camp Chef SideKick can be fitted to Cabela’s pellet grills to add additional functionality/utility.
That’s it! Thanks for reading. I hope the above has helped you if you have been interested in any of the pellet grill/smoker models above.
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