Chiefs Electric Smoker help. - Page 9

**lewdog** · 11-28-2014, 01:48 PM

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?

**lewdog** · 12-01-2014, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

great deal if anyone's looking

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZTMTCG/...d_p=1980506282

Mother****er! I thought about waiting for Cyber Monday but didn't figure smokers were a hot item.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 12-01-2014, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog

Mother****er! I thought about waiting for Cyber Monday but didn't figure smokers were a hot item.

didn't you order a bradley?

**TimBone** · 12-01-2014, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

great deal if anyone's looking

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZTMTCG/...d_p=1980506282

That is a good deal. Is that the one you have?

Lewdog, which one did you go with?

I found the below deal about twenty minutes ago.

http://www.pricefalls.com/product/Sm...ype=&network=g

**KC Dan** · 12-01-2014, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

great deal if anyone's looking

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZTMTCG/...d_p=1980506282

Anyone that has this model - how often does one have to refill wood chips say for an 8 hour smoke?

**lewdog** · 12-01-2014, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

didn't you order a bradley?

Yes I did order it but that 40inch MB was the next on my list but it was listed over $300 pretty much everywhere I was looking. I'd have thought about it for $230!

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Originally Posted by TimBone

That is a good deal. Is that the one you have?

Lewdog, which one did you go with?

I found the below deal about twenty minutes ago.

http://www.pricefalls.com/product/Sm...ype=&network=g

That's the 4 rack which is digital. I got the original for $50 cheaper which is not digital.

**TimBone** · 12-01-2014, 04:09 PM

I'm wondering if there's anything on that Bradley that makes it worth the extra money. I've heard of the recent quality issues with the Masterbuilt.

**TimBone** · 12-01-2014, 04:10 PM

Mikey, you've had your Masterbuilt for years, right? So you can't comment on the new ones and their durability?

**TimBone** · 12-01-2014, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lewdog

Yes I did order it but that 40inch MB was the next on my list but it was listed over $300 pretty much everywhere I was looking. I'd have thought about it for $230!

That's the 4 rack which is digital. I got the original for $50 cheaper which is not digital.

Can you cancel your previous order? It was just a day or so ago, right?

**Buehler445** · 12-01-2014, 04:20 PM

I've had 2 different Masterbuilts (the second of which I bought a couple years ago) and they've been fine.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 12-01-2014, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimBone

That is a good deal. Is that the one you have?

Lewdog, which one did you go with?

I found the below deal about twenty minutes ago.

http://www.pricefalls.com/product/Sm...ype=&network=g

yeah, that is the one I have.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 12-01-2014, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TimBone

Mikey, you've had your Masterbuilt for years, right? So you can't comment on the new ones and their durability?

got it last Christmas. No issues. I know they had some issues with the top control / no window model when I was shopping for mine

**Buehler445** · 12-01-2014, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

great deal if anyone's looking

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZTMTCG/...d_p=1980506282

Quote:

Originally Posted by lewdog

Mother****er! I thought about waiting for Cyber Monday but didn't figure smokers were a hot item.

That's like mine. It doesn't have any autofeed deal or the pucks. There is just a little tray over the element you dump wood chips into. It is refillable from the outside so you don't have to open the door and jack up your heat.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 12-01-2014, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Dan

Anyone that has this model - how often does one have to refill wood chips say for an 8 hour smoke?

I usually dumo chips twice for an 8hr smoke, during warmup, and again about 2 hours in. You need to remember that your meat will only take in smoke for the first few hours (depending on mass), so anything beyond that is wasted. For long smokes I got an Amaz-N-Smoker pellet maze, which works great and can provide smoke for up to 8 hrs at a go (for briskets and such)

FWIW, I love having the window to check the meat

Old Sport · 12-01-2014, 04:26 PM

I've had a Big Green Egg for years and that thing is awesome!

**TimBone** · 12-01-2014, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I usually dumo chips twice for an 8hr smoke, during warmup, and again about 2 hours in. You need to remember that your meat will only take in smoke for the first few hours (depending on mass), so anything beyond that is wasted. For long smokes I got an Amaz-N-Smoker pellet maze, which works great and can provide smoke for up to 8 hrs at a go (for briskets and such)

FWIW, I love having the window to check the meat

How does that window hold up? Stull pretty clean? You clean it after every smoke?

11-28-2014, 01:48 PM
lewdog Mod Team Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Valley of the hot as **** Casino cash: $-1378100	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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12-01-2014, 04:09 PM	#126
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12-01-2014, 04:20 PM	#129
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12-01-2014, 04:26 PM	#134
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