Traeger Wood Pellets Settlement: Closed, Coupon Expired

At a glance

Status

Closed

Defendant

Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC

Settlement fund

$1,500,000

Claim deadline

July 30, 2026

No-proof cash option

Yes — $3.00 tear-off in-store coupon (no claim form; auto-distributed at Home Depot/Ace Hardware/Kroger/Albertsons in CA & UT)

Estimated payout

$3.00 tear-off in-store coupon (no claim form; auto-distributed at Home Depot/Ace Hardware/Kroger/Albertsons in CA & UT)

Court

United States District Court, District of Utah

Case number

Yates v. Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC, No. 2:19-cv-00723-DAK-CMR

Last verified July 23, 2026

Key dates

Milestone	Date	What it means
Claim deadline	July 30, 2026(passed)	Last day to file for a payment
Opt-out (exclusion) deadline	February 1, 2025(passed)	Last day to leave the settlement and keep the right to sue
Objection deadline	February 1, 2025(passed)	Last day to object to the terms
Final approval hearing	April 2, 2025(passed)	When the judge decides whether to approve the settlement
Expected payout	Not yet scheduled	Payments are not sent until after final approval and any appeals

The Traeger wood pellets false-advertising settlement (Yates v. Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC) is over. A federal judge granted final approval on April 2, 2025, and the case is closed. The only consumer benefit was a $3.00 in-store coupon, and the website that told people where to use it went offline days before the coupon's July 30, 2026 use-by date. That date has now passed. In practical terms, people searching for this settlement have nothing left to do.

What the Traeger wood pellets lawsuit was about

Yates v. Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, case number 2:19-cv-00723-DAK-CMR, before Judge Dale A. Kimball. The lawsuit alleged that Traeger mislabeled some bags of wood pellets as 100% hardwood, or misstated the specific wood inside them, when they were made from other wood.

Traeger denied every allegation and denied any wrongdoing. As in most class settlements, the company agreed to resolve the case to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation, not as an admission of fault.

Where the case stands now

The court granted preliminary approval of the settlement on December 2, 2024, and final approval on April 2, 2025. That closed the case. The deadline to opt out of the settlement or object to its terms was February 1, 2025, and both windows are long past.

There is nothing left for a class member to file, appeal, or wait on. The only thing that technically remained active was the coupon's use-by date, July 30, 2026, and that date has now passed.

Because the case is closed, there is also no ongoing appeal to monitor and no pending court date that could change the outcome. Final approval is the last major milestone in a class action; once a judge signs off and the objection window passes without a successful challenge, the settlement's terms are locked in as written.

Who was covered by the settlement

The court had certified two separate classes on September 7, 2023: a Utah Class and a California Class, together made up of roughly 180,000 consumers, according to the settlement agreement. Each covered people who bought Traeger-branded wood pellets from a retail outlet in that state after October 1, 2015, including certain online purchases tied to the state. If that describes a purchase you made, you were technically part of a class, whether or not you ever heard about the case or received anything from it.

The two classes rested on different state laws. The Utah class claims were brought under the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act, which bars a supplier from engaging in a deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction (Utah Code 13-11-4). The California class claims were brought under the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, the Unfair Competition Law, and the False Advertising Law.

The classes were limited to those two states. A Traeger pellet buyer in any other state was not part of this particular class, even if they bought the same product during the same period.

What the settlement actually paid

The settlement was valued at $1,500,000.00 in total. Of that, $750,000 funded the actual consumer benefit: a $3.00 tear-off coupon. There was never a cash claim form. Coupons were meant to be distributed automatically at participating Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Kroger, and Albertsons stores in California and Utah, not mailed or emailed to individual buyers.

That structure matters for anyone searching for this settlement now. There is no dollar amount to claim, no portal to log into, and no proof of purchase to upload after the fact. Either a buyer picked up a coupon in a participating store at the time, or they did not, and that window closed with the in-store promotion, separate from any paperwork deadline.

The other $750,000 went to what the settlement agreement calls the "Cost/Fee Portion." The agreement set it out this way: incentive awards of up to $5,000 for each class representative ($10,000 total), up to $25,000 for notice and administration, up to $185,000 for class counsel's litigation costs, and attorney's fees of up to the lesser of $715,000 or whatever remained. The agreement states that if the court approved the other amounts, attorney's fees would come to $530,000. In other words, about half of the $1.5 million was set aside for fees, costs, and administration rather than coupons. The coupon half itself was also reduced by coupon issuing and processing fees, capped at $100,000.

Why a coupon, and not a cash check

Coupon settlements like this one are common in false-advertising cases involving a low-cost product. A $3 discount on a bag of wood pellets is a modest remedy, and it reflects the modest price of the product itself rather than a serious personal injury or financial loss. That is worth knowing if you are comparing this settlement to a data breach case with a cash fund; the two are not the same kind of harm, and the law does not treat them the same way.

The official website is gone, and that breaks the one thing left

The court-approved notice for this settlement named a single settlement website and said that site was the only place listing which stores were participating and accepting the coupon. As of the last check, that website no longer resolved at all. It returns no DNS record whatsoever on major public resolvers, which is a step beyond a blocked or broken page; there is simply nothing there.

That was a real problem given the timing. The coupon's use-by date was July 30, 2026, and it has now passed. Even before it did, without the site that listed participating stores, a person holding an unused coupon had no official way to confirm where it could be redeemed, and a person who never picked one up had no way to start. RecordingLaw.com found no replacement site or updated store list. In practical terms, this benefit is no longer something any reader can act on, and this page exists to say that plainly rather than send you looking for a claims process that does not exist anymore.

If you have an unredeemed coupon

The one contact route that still appears tied to this case is the settlement administrator's phone line, (866) 675-2564, and the mailing address on file, PO Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799. This is not a claims process, and there is no guarantee anyone still answers. It is simply the last known contact information connected to the settlement, for someone holding a coupon who wants to ask about it directly rather than rely on a dead website. The coupon's July 30, 2026 use-by date has passed, so this is a question about a closed benefit, not a live claim.

If you're just now hearing about this case

Many people are reading this page after searching for "Traeger settlement" months or years after the fact, often because a friend mentioned it or an old news story resurfaced. If that's you, there is no new deadline to track down and no separate claim you missed by not acting sooner.

This was always a small, coupon-based promotion tied to specific stores at a specific time, not a nationwide cash fund with a mail-in claim form. If you bought Traeger pellets in California or Utah after October 1, 2015, and never received or used a coupon, there is no records lookup or receipt-based process to request one now that the case is closed and the site is down. Nothing on this page should be read as an invitation to search for a workaround; there simply is not one available through official channels.

A scam warning specific to this settlement

Because the real settlement's official website has gone dark while its name is still searchable, this is exactly the kind of gap that scam sites move into. If you find a site, text, or email claiming to process a Traeger wood pellets settlement claim, treat it as fake. There is no legitimate active claims process for this settlement, no matter what a site or message says, and no legitimate settlement site will ask for a Social Security number, a bank account number, or a payment in exchange for a $3 coupon.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Traeger wood pellets settlement still open?

No. Yates v. Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC received final court approval on April 2, 2025, and the case is closed. The only piece that technically remained was a $3.00 coupon usable through July 30, 2026; that date has passed, and the website that listed where to use it went offline before it.

What was the Traeger wood pellets lawsuit about?

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, alleged that Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC mislabeled certain wood pellets as 100% hardwood or misstated the type of wood used inside them. Traeger denied any wrongdoing but agreed to settle rather than continue litigating.

Who was included in the Traeger settlement class?

There were two certified classes: a California Class and a Utah Class, covering people who bought Traeger wood pellets from a retail outlet in that state, including certain online purchases, after October 1, 2015. If that describes a purchase you made, you were technically part of a class whether or not you ever heard about the case.

How much money did the Traeger settlement actually provide?

The settlement was valued at $1,500,000.00, of which $750,000 funded $3.00 tear-off coupons handed out at participating stores. The other $750,000 was set aside for incentive awards, notice and administration, litigation costs, and attorney's fees, which the settlement agreement projected at $530,000. There was no cash claim form and no per-person cash payout beyond the coupon.

Do I need to file a claim to get anything from this settlement?

No. This settlement never had a claim form. Coupons were auto-distributed in participating California and Utah stores, so an eligible buyer either received one at the register or did not; there is nothing left to submit now that the case is closed.

Why can't I find the official Traeger settlement website?

As of the last check, traegerwoodpelletsettlement.com no longer resolved at all. The court-approved notice said that site was the only place listing which stores accepted the coupon, and the coupon's July 30, 2026 use-by date has since passed, so there is nothing left to redeem.

Is the Traeger wood pellets settlement a scam?

The underlying case is real: Yates v. Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC, case number 2:19-cv-00723-DAK-CMR, was approved by a federal judge. But because its official website is now offline while people are still searching for it, any current website or message claiming to process a Traeger settlement claim for you should be treated as a scam, since no legitimate claims site exists anymore.

Is a settlement coupon or payment like this taxable?

It depends on what the payment is meant to replace, and a small retail coupon is different from a cash damages award. The IRS publishes general guidance on the tax treatment of settlements, and a tax professional can advise on your specific situation.

What can I do if I still have an unredeemed Traeger coupon?

The only remaining contact route identified for this case is the settlement administrator's phone line, (866) 675-2564, and the mailing address on file, PO Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799. This is not a claims process, just the last known contact information tied to the settlement.