Search “Traeger Pro 34” next to “Traeger Pro 780” and the numbers look backwards — 34 sounds like the smaller grill. It isn’t. The two names measure completely different things, and that mismatch is the whole story here.
Quick Answer
The Traeger Pro 34 is an active, current model priced at $729.99 on Traeger’s own site — not a discontinued grill like the Pro 575. Its name refers to the cart’s width in inches, a legacy Traeger naming scheme, not square inches of cook space like the Pro 575, Pro 780, or Woodridge use. That naming quirk matters because the Pro 34 actually delivers 884 sq in of cook space, per Traeger’s own listing — more than the Pro 780 (780 sq in) and the current base Woodridge (860 sq in). The tradeoff: the Pro 34 runs Traeger’s older Digital Pro Controller with no WiFIRE app connectivity at all, something every other grill in this comparison includes.
Traeger Pro 34 at a glance
| Spec | Traeger Pro 34 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active, current model on Traeger.com |
| Cook space | 884 sq in (646 main grate + 238 upper rack) |
| Hopper capacity | 18 lb |
| Controller | Digital Pro Controller (no WiFi/app) |
| Temperature range | 180-450°F |
| Included probes | 2 meat probes |
| Warranty | 3 years limited |
| Price (per Traeger.com) | $729.99 |
What the Pro 34 offers
Traeger Pro 34
- 884 sq in of total cook space across a 34 x 19 in main porcelain-coated grate and a 34 x 7 in upper rack, per Traeger's own listing — Traeger's marketing cites room for roughly eight chickens or seven rib racks at once.
- Digital Pro Controller holding temperature within about 15°F of the set point, across a 180-450°F range, but with no app, no WiFIRE, and no remote monitoring.
- Sawhorse-style cart chassis with a side-lift bar for balanced lifting and all-terrain wheels for moving it across grass or gravel.
- Two included meat probes and a 36,000 BTU burn rate, running off a standard 110-volt outlet.
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The hardware is dated in one specific way — no app, no WiFIRE — but the cook space and burn rate are genuinely competitive with grills costing $150-250 more. The confusing part is purely the name.
Why the name is misleading
Traeger’s naming has used two different systems over the years. The older scheme, which produced the Pro 34 and its now-discontinued sibling the Pro 22, named grills after their physical width in inches. The newer scheme, which produced the Pro 575, Pro 780, and the current Woodridge/Woodridge Pro, names grills after their square inches of cook space. Both schemes use plain numbers with no unit attached on a box or a product title, so “34” and “575” look like they belong to the same measurement — they don’t. A shopper who’s seen “Pro 575” and “Pro 780” and assumes the pattern continues downward to “Pro 34” is comparing a width figure against two cook-space figures, which is why the Pro 34 reads as the smallest grill in the lineup when its actual cook space beats two of the three sq-in-named models.
Pro 34 vs. the sq-in-named lineup
| Grill | Cook space | Hopper | Controller | Warranty | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traeger Pro 34 (current) | 884 sq in | 18 lb | Digital Pro (no WiFi) | 3 years | $729.99 |
| Traeger Pro 780 (legacy) | 780 sq in | 18 lb | WiFIRE app | 3 years | $999.99 |
| Traeger Woodridge (current) | 860 sq in | 24 lb | WiFIRE app | 10 years | $899 |
| Traeger Woodridge Pro (current) | 970 sq in | 24 lb | WiFIRE app + Super Smoke | 10 years | $1,149.99 |
Lined up by the numbers, the Pro 34 is both the cheapest grill here and the one with the second-most cook space, beaten only by the Woodridge Pro. What it doesn’t have is the thing every other grill in this table shares: a WiFIRE-connected controller. See our Traeger Pro 780 review for why that semi-discontinued model is a weaker buy than the current Woodridge, and our best Traeger grill guide for how the full 2026 lineup stacks up.
Who should buy a Pro 34
- Buy it if: you want the most cook space per dollar in Traeger’s current lineup and don’t care about app control — the Pro 34 beats the Woodridge on cook space while costing $170 less.
- Skip it if: phone-based temperature monitoring and alerts matter to you — the Pro 34 has zero WiFi or app connectivity, full stop.
- Consider the Woodridge instead if: you want WiFIRE plus a bigger 24 lb hopper for longer unattended smokes — it costs more but adds a decade of warranty coverage on top of the app.
- Check hopper capacity before a long cook: at 18 lb, the Pro 34’s hopper holds less fuel than the Woodridge’s 24 lb for the same multi-hour brisket or pork-butt session.
The verdict
The Traeger Pro 34 is a genuinely good buy for anyone who doesn’t need an app — 884 sq in of cook space at $729.99 undercuts the Woodridge on price while beating it on size. The name is the only real trap: it uses Traeger’s old inches-wide naming instead of the sq-in system behind the 575/780/Woodridge numbers, so it reads like the runt of the lineup when it’s actually the second-biggest grill at the lowest price. Buyers who want WiFIRE should pay the extra $170 for the Woodridge; everyone else gets more grill for less money with the Pro 34. For the complete current ranking, see our best Traeger grill guide, and for how Traeger stacks up against the rest of the field, our best pellet grill guide.