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Old 11-28-2014, 01:48 PM  
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Electric Smoker help.
I have a vertical charcoal smoker but I am also looking at getting an electric smoker with more room and the convenience it can provide.

I am having family from out of town and plan to do a pork butt and pork ribs next Saturday. However, with the charcoal smoker and the babysitting it requires, I have to be home most of the day to cook like I want. I'd rather set and forget the electric smoker for hours at a time so we can be out doing things rather than hanging around the house.

Anyone have any they like? I'm looking a something similar to the style posted below but not set on size or company.

How do you put the wood in these to smoke? I've read some still just put the chunks in there on the heating element and let it burn as the wood box doesn't allow much wood to be present.

Anyone have any recommendations?
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:41 PM   #16
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I've been using electric smokers for over 15 years. I wore my first Bradley out and bought a new one. The current one is the same model as the one in your link except that its a 4 rack.

You can set it to feed wood, heat up or down as fast or slow as you want. Start it quick, back it down, bring it back up to finish whatever. I set it and forget it. But, that takes practice if you never worked with electric smokers.

You will need to run it once to cure the smoker. I'd suggest another run with some kind of cheap meat like chicken thighs.

There is a thread on here where electric smokers were discussed for hundreds of pages.
Good to know. The one in the link is the 4 rack smoker so likely same as yours?

We had a thread last year about smokers but not the electric kind. It was a mixture of both.

Does this Bradley Unit allow anything other than those Bisquettes to be used? Can you also manually insert them instead of auto feed as many mention the auto-feed gets stuck?

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The bisqette things you feed into it cost a fortune. $/hr of smoke seems steep, but convenience ain't cheap.

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Yea I agree. But I don't mind paying for some convenience. I'm looking for the set and forget type unit with this purchase!
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:41 PM   #17
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I got one of these for free a couple years ago. I don't much care for it.
Care to elaborate on why FMB?
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:55 PM   #18
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I have an older masterbuilt and am happy with it. Smoke production is lacking so I added a smoke box, but temp control is great.

I've read that masterbuilt has had recent quality issues so not sure if the new ones are as good.
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Old 11-28-2014, 03:22 PM   #19
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I have a Bradley and a masterbuilt. The master has moor room but I like the Bradley's auto feed function.
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Old 11-28-2014, 03:28 PM   #20
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Old 11-28-2014, 04:12 PM   #21
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I've seen these used by a couple of competitive BBQ teams.

http://www.north-america.bradleysmok...l-food-smoker/
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I have some digital coupons and perks through work and just saw a Bradley Smoker on there. Original Bradley 4 rack for $269.
This is the one I have. Great smoker... only bitch is you have to use their proprietary brisquets. I have not been able to find any generic equivalents...then again I haven't looked in a while either. Been smoking for a couple of years now without problems.... knocking on wood as I type this.
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Old 11-28-2014, 04:14 PM   #22
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I have some digital coupons and perks through work and just saw a Bradley Smoker on there. Original Bradley 4 rack for $269.
Are Bradley's the one that require the special disks? I didnt like that.

I have a master built like the one in the OP. I like it a lot.
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This is the one I have. Great smoker... only bitch is you have to use their proprietary brisquets. I have not been able to find any generic equivalents...then again I haven't looked in a while either. Been smoking for a couple of years now without problems.... knocking on wood as I type this.
I don't see any generic bisquettes at this time either. I do see a 120 count pack on Amazon for between $35-40 which isn't bad as most cooks you will only use 9-12 bisquettes at a time.

Would you be able to add wood chips or chunks to the inside of the unit if say I ran out of bisquettes but wanted to smoke?
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Old 11-28-2014, 06:57 PM   #26
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Best product for the money.

Had beat the heck out of this for 5 years.

http://www.amazon.com/Bradley-Smoker.../dp/B000FK09EW

And this has the elctronic controller. Price is great.
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I don't see any generic bisquettes at this time either. I do see a 120 count pack on Amazon for between $35-40 which isn't bad as most cooks you will only use 9-12 bisquettes at a time.

Would you be able to add wood chips or chunks to the inside of the unit if say I ran out of bisquettes but wanted to smoke?
I use the bisquettes when I'm not going to be around. Use the automatic feed.

When I'm around I use wood chips. Usually a combination of hickory/Oak/Apple/Cherry chips. Just throw them in the bowl with a little water.

Here's some pics of the last round using the bradley cheater smoker.
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The proprietary briquettes are a drawback, but I'm with gonzo on this one. The convenience is hard to beat.

Is there a problem with the water pan running dry on these electrics? (provided you are using a water pan with your project) An automatic water leveler would probably be too much to ask.

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The proprietary briquettes are a drawback, but I'm with gonzo on this one. The convenience is hard to beat.

Is there a problem with the water pan running dry on these electrics? (provided you are using a water pan with your project) An automatic water leveler would probably be too much to ask.

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Yeah, it is a convenient ****er. Good news is the wood discs are cheaper now.
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