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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, 02:03 PM   #2
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They have a small pan above the heating element for wood chips or pellets.
A Weber Smokey Mountain will hold heat for 7-10 hours before you need to stoke it. I'd go that route before I bought an electric one. I'm sure that type does fine as well though
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:04 PM   #3
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:06 PM   #4
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They have a small pan above the heating element for wood chips or pellets.
A Weber Smokey Mountain will hold heat for 7-10 hours before you need to stoke it. I'd go that route before I bought an electric one. I'm sure that type does fine as well though
I have a Brinkmann charcoal smoker but it requires tending too every few hours for the 8-10 hour smokes I do for a pork butt. So I don't want another charcoal smoker even though I do know the Weber one is better. I am just looking for an alternative for when I want to smoke day or night with little to no monitoring.
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:10 PM   #5
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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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Old 11-28-2014, 02:14 PM   #6
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Brinkmanship leak lots of heat

I almost bought the one in the pic in the op at sams but read reviews about the heating element failing
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I've seen these used by a couple of competitive BBQ teams.

http://www.north-america.bradleysmok...l-food-smoker/
I have some digital coupons and perks through work and just saw a Bradley Smoker on there. Original Bradley 4 rack for $269.
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Old 11-28-2014, 02:15 PM   #8
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Brinkmanship leak lots of heat

I almost bought the one in the pic in the op at sams but read reviews about the heating element failing
Yea I too was looking at Masterbuilt one's but it seems it's very hit or miss on how long that heating element will last.
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I've seen these used by a couple of competitive BBQ teams.

http://www.north-america.bradleysmok...l-food-smoker/
Also found on Amazon Prime for $267 shipped free!

http://www.amazon.com/Bradley-Smoker.../dp/B007FFYHM0
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Dude, it's 85 degrees today. Just throw it in your trunk for like 10 hours
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Wow, those wood Bisquettes get great reviews as well with the Bradley Smoker. Self feeds the wood every 20 minutes into the smoker. Looks very easy to use and has pretty decent reviews although it does have complaints of cheap parts and people needing to replace doors and such.
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Dude, it's 85 degrees today. Just throw it in your trunk for like 10 hours
Noted. Would you like to come over when it's done?
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Also found on Amazon Prime for $267 shipped free!

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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.
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Also found on Amazon Prime for $267 shipped free!

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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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Also found on Amazon Prime for $267 shipped free!

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I got one of these for free a couple years ago. I don't much care for it.
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