Smoker report 8/22:

[aduma1107]

Picked up a Bradley smoker after experimenting with a more basic smoker. I would say it a middle of the road smoker as they can get up there in price.

http://shop.bradleysmoker.com/detail...&category_id=2

Here is some of there other products:

http://www.bradleysmoker.com/products/electric-smokers/

[PeteyHD]

My favorite fish to smoke is mackerel. I have an awesome brine recipe

[reefsquater]

If you are getting an electric smoker from cabellas it will take a little practice getting smoke at lower temps. They are good for maintaining temps for long periods of time though. They also take a lot of the guess work out.

For mine, I have to use a tablespoon of sawdust in with very fine wood chips to get the smoke going. The smoke will be bitter if you do not open the vent well.

If I don't have the sawdust, I let mine go 45 minutes with the door open, this way the element still heats the wood chips but it stays on longer as the unit doesn't reach temp. Once it gets smoking a little, then I close the door and bring it to temp.

[GDubya07]

Adam that Bradley looks awesome and now I know about automatic - that thing just looks cool - Want to stick my head in it and turn it on - dont know why - just looks really cool

Richie Thank you - might see you this weekend at Hi-Mar what time you going morning /afternoon?

DFish - whatup tog slayer - no havent been out - last 3 trips blown out - I am considering a grill/smoker - we need a new grill too - have an older weber and just wont die _ I keep replacing everything and it just works - Good Luck on the J2 - cant make it nasty for letter words lately - work/wife

Thanks for the Help guys and just what I needed to know

GDubs-

[AndyS]

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Brinkman

[PeteyHD]

I use an old school barrel smoker with a side barrel fire box. At first it was very hard to regulate but after a few goes controlling the smoke and temperature I learned the sweet spots and got it down to a science. Makarel is the primary fish I smoke but have expeimented with many others. Also love to smoke whole pork butts, ribs, and whole chickens.

[the1jonc]

I have the Masterbuilt 30" electric smoker. Like Reefsquatter wrote, getting smoke can be tricky.

If you have the older Masterbuilt the smoking capabilities are weak. They offer a free retrofit with a chip tray that is twice as big as the original. The first picture shows the newer tray on top and the older one on the bottom.



I also just got an awesome smoke generator called the A-Maze-N Smoker. It will produce smoke for about 10 hours. It uses pellets or sawdust. I got about 3 hours of smoke from the portion that is burned in the picture. And you can use it to cold smoke Salmon or cheese.