Patented side wood chip loading system allows you to add chips into the smoker safely. As you don't need to open the door to do it, the heat remains inside and the smoking process takes less time.
The appliance is rather heavy.
Impressive cooking surface combined with powerful heating element offers an opportunity to use Masterbuilt 20075315 smoker for both home and commercial needs. And remote control allows you to check on cooked dishes while entertaining your guests.
975 sq in (about 48 burgers)
4 chrome-coated retractable/ removable smoking racks
40.2" х 25" х 19.5"
73 lbs
Front control panel with LED display, Integrated thermostat temperature control, RF remote control, Built-in meat probe thermometer, Internal light
1200 Watts
Patented side wood chip loading system, Removable water pan, Drip pan, Wood chip tray, Front access grease pan
Stainless steel, Windowed door, Rear-mounted handle and wheels, Adjustable door latch, Top air damper
90 days
Bluetooth Smoke Generator mounts easily and quickly on a smoker tower allowing you to accurately control the smoking process, tracking time, temperature and doneness level of your meal.
The light coating of the exterior is prone to getting dirty fast.
The Bradley Jim Beam BTDS76JB is not only a stylish and functional smoker which can produce both cold and hot smoke. This electric smoker can also serve as an oven and will become your irreplaceable assistant in preparing BBQ and grill parties.
572 sq in (about 28 burgers)
4 retractable/removable racks
31" x 17" x 14",
31" x 17" x 24" with generator
~ 54 lbs
Adjustable time and smoke settings, Controllable Temperature up to 280°F
Heating bar: 500 Watts,
Burner: 125 Watts
Removable drip tray and drip bowl, Automatic wood feeder system, Meat probes
Interior Construction - Polished Stainless Steel,
Exterior Construction - Powder Epoxy Steel
1 year limited
4 retractable/ removable chrome-plated racks
Welded design and insulated cabinet of the smoker guarantee its durability and resistance to bad weather conditions. Porcelain-coat on steel water pan protects it from high temperatures and rust.
Smoke might escape outside.
Easy-to-use appliance with an intuitively understandable control, Smoke Hollow 30162E is a perfect choice for novice cooks. However, experienced users can also appreciate its performance taking into account its cooking surface.
~504 sq in (about 25 burgers)
3 chrome-plated cooking grids (2 detachable, 1 fixed)
21.5" x 18" x 38"
47.65 lbs
Analog control, Detachable thermostat, Temperature gauge on the door (up to 450°F)
1500 Watts
Porcelain-coated steel water pan, Painted-steel wood-chip box, Grease tray
Black Porcelain-coated steel casing, Insulated cabinet, Magnetic door-latching system, Cool touch spring wire door handle, 2 side handles
1 year limited
(90 days on water bowl)
Masterbuilt 20075315
Smart and Convenient
The Masterbuilt company is one of the leading manufacturers of electric appliances for grilling and smoking in the USA. The company doesn’t stop pleasing its buyers with high-quality production, and 20075315 electric smoker isn't an exception. This 40-inch appliance will definitely impress you with its cooking surface of 972 square inches. By separating the inner space of the smoker with four racks included in the box, you’ll be able to cook smoked meat, poultry, fish or vegetables for a really big family. Moreover, a capacity this large enables you to use Masterbuilt smoker even for business purposes in a cafe or small restaurant.
Convenient control deserves your attention too since it simplifies cooking process. You can set and watch over all changes either on an LCD display located on the smoker itself or with a remote control. Either way, it’s possible for you to turn the appliance on/off, set time and cooking temperature, control internal light and even use meat probe without opening the smoker’s door. By the way, the remote has a 100-foot effective range, so you can check on smoking process while cooking something else, for example, making vegetables in an electric grill.
Advantages of a Meat Probe
Probably, the most obvious advantage of a meat probe is that it tells you whether the foodstuff you cook is ready. But have you ever thought about other benefits? Actually, meat probe is also useful to check whether meat or fish is safe to eat. By this, we mean that any food of animal origin might contain hazardous bacteria, and if you want to get rid of them, you should cook food to a specific temperature. To help you understand what temperature kills dangerous bacteria, we recommend you consult a manual for the food safety published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So, don’t forget to use a meat probe to get not only delicious but healthy meals as well.
Hot Smoking VS Cold Smoking
Masterbuilt electric smoker was originally designed for hot smoking. However, it’s possible to carry out cold smoking if you buy cold smoking kit additionally. We’d like to tell you a bit more about both ways of smoking to help you decide which one you prefer more.
Hot Smoking. It can take you from 40 minutes to 24 hours to smoke your food. And smoked meals can not be stored for too long – on average, it's about 7 days at 40°F.
Cold smoking takes longer than hot smoking, you can spend several days checking on whether your meat or fish is ready. Moreover, if you choose this way, keep in mind that you’ll have to prepare food for smoking in advance. Cold smoking seems to be a rather long process, however, meat and fish cooked this way can be stored for approximately two weeks.
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Bradley Jim Beam BTDS76JB
Functionality and Style in One Appliance
Seeing the name of this smoker, most customers wonder what Jim Beam, an establisher of Jim Beam whiskey brand, has to do to with an electric smoker. The thing is, the BTDS76JB electric smoker was created by joint efforts of two companies, Bradley Smoker and Jim Beam, that decided to make it not only powerful but also attractive in appearance. Thus, the BTDS76JB includes all the features expected of an electric smoker as well as the benefits of a stylish look.
The BTDS76JB is equipped with a 500-Watt heating bar which produces the heat enough to smoke just about any amount of food even if you use all four racks at once. Speaking of the racks, all four of them are removable and adjustable allowing for setting them at different heights when smoking smaller or bigger food ingredients. The BTDS76JB has adjustable temperature and cooking time settings and allows for controlling the amount of smoke that needs to be produced. Controlling all the settings is as easy as anything with a digital display located on the smoke generator. The auto shut-off feature which automatically switches the smoker off when the set time is over adds to the usability of the smoker. Also, do not overlook an automatic wood feeder system of the smoker which rids you of the necessity to stand by the appliance and manually feed bisquettes. The BTDS76JB will do it all for you, grasping a new bisquette every 20 minutes. The last but not the least of the nice features that add to conveniences of this smoker are a removable drip tray and drip bowl that greatly simplify its cleaning after use.
Safety Comes First
Whether you are new to smoking or you've already got some experience, you still need to observe some rules to ensure your safety and to maintain proper operation of the smoker. Here are some of them:
- Before the first use, read the assembly instructions carefully and follow each step precisely;
- Before each use, check the state of a cord and a plug. Make sure that they aren’t placed in close proximity to liquids;
- To protect yourself from burns, use oven mitts and avoid touching hot surfaces;
- Let the appliance to cool down before removing parts or cleaning;
- Don’t allow children to use the smoker without supervision.
Proper Maintenance for Long Service Life
We’re sure you want your Bradley Smoker to last you a long while and you can definitely make this happen by taking proper care of it. By this, we mean a thorough cleaning of the smoker including all of its parts after each use. To do this right, you may want to follow these common recommendations:
- Let the smoker cool down and unplug it before cleaning;
- Remove a drip tray, drip bowl, racks, and a bottom rectangular tray, and wash them in hot water or in a dishwasher;
- Clean a bisquettes burner with a wire brush or a scraper;
- Remove wood chips from the smoke generator by vacuuming or blowing them out;
- Clean the inside and the outside of the smoker with a soft damp cloth.
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Char-Broil Deluxe Digital Electric Smoker
The Simplest Thing Ever
Whatever you want to cook in Char-Broil Deluxe Digital Electric Smoker, be sure you’ll get a perfectly smoked delicious meal. And two smoking modes – "By time" and "By temperature" – will allow you to choose the most suitable one depending on the foodstuff you’re going to cook. For example, if you want to taste smoked meat, By temperature mode is an excellent choice. Set the meat probe (comes in the box) into the cut of meat, choose a cooking temperature and wait. When your dish is ready, the smoker will switch to a Keep warm mode automatically. This function will provide you with tasty and warm meal whenever you decide to have your dinner. As for smoked cheese or vegetables, it’s better to select By time mode. As well as in the previous case, Keep warm mode (120°F) will be turned on automatically. Moreover, a sound signal will inform you of the dish readiness every 30 seconds during 19 hours. As you can see, smoking food is quite a simple process.
In Two Places at the Same Time
It sometimes happens that your guests come a bit earlier than you expect and you've got nothing to treat them right away. Often the situation goes like that, you smoke meat or ribs while your guests are hanging around the smoker and try to do two things at once - cook food and entertain them. That's not fun, really. To solve this issue, Char-Broil Deluxe Digital Electric Smoker is supplied to a customer with a handy remote control, using which you can control cooking even from a 100-foot distance. All the necessary information is reflected on a display, so you don’t need to come up to the smoker every 15 minutes. This very function will help you be both a gracious host and a cool cook. If you agree that it is helpful and convenient, don’t hesitate to buy Char-Broil Deluxe Digital Electric Smoker and see all its advantages for yourself.
More Products to Consider
A beverage refrigerator is one more appliance that will come in handy when throwing bbq or grill parties outdoors.
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Masterbuilt 20070910
As Easy as Anything
As we have already mentioned, electric smokers are easy-to-use appliances to provide you with tasty meals filled with the natural aroma of hardwood. Although the manufacturers try to equip smoker models with more functions to meet the needs of every customer, the demand for simple equipment with basic smoking functions doesn’t decrease. The popular Masterbuilt 20070910 Electric Digital Smoker is a bright example of this. Possessing all the necessary features to let you cook smoked dishes at home, this model will become a nice choice to treat with tasty food not only your family members but even a big company of friends. It’s easy to control the smoker using a digital control panel. Moreover, you’ll face no problem cleaning the equipment due to a retractable grease tray that is located at the back for more convenience. One more pleasant feature is its pretty capacious water bowl. It not only makes meat or any other foodstuff you smoke juicier but also rids you of the necessity to constantly add water. So, if the listed above features are what you expect from your electric smoker, it’s time to buy Masterbuilt 20070910 Electric Digital Smoker.
What Food to Smoke?
Although meat is the first thing associated with smoking, we would like to assure you that after you try smoked cheese, vegetables or even nuts, you’ll probably add these foodstuffs into your daily diet. Actually, you can experiment with food smoking the way you like. However, it’s crucial to remember that the ingredients you’re going to smoke should contain enough moist in order not to become dry after the cooking process. One more important thing to keep in mind is that there is no smoker to make a culinary masterpiece from stale ingredients. That’s why it’s important to choose only fresh food.
More Products to Consider
While buying an electric smoker on its own is a great step towards mastering a new area of cooking, you should also see to all other things that can complement your kitchenware set making cooking more of an enjoyable process rather than stress. One of such things would definitely be a cooking thermometer with the help of which you will never undercook or overcook your steaks and roasts. Another device which we'd definitely recommend all BBQ parties lovers to consider for purchase is a warming tray which will help keep your meals and steaks hot or warm for as long as a particular situation requires.
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Smoke Hollow 30162E
Your First Smoker
If you’ve never used an electric smoker before, the Smoke Hollow 30162E can be a good starting point. Although it doesn’t provide a great number of extra features like temperature adjustment, built-in meat probe or a display, it does smoke great, which is the main function it's been intended for. More importantly, you do not need to possess any special skills to get started. The controls are carried out by virtue of an analog thermostat and the cooking temperature is clearly displayed on the gauge so you can easily keep track of the smoking process. The only thing you may want to do before using the Smoke Hollow 30162E for the first time after bringing it home is to treat its inside surface (except for detachable parts and a heating element, of course) with some vegetable oil and run it for a couple of hours without food inside so that it can absorb the oil and clean itself of all chemical substances that might deteriorate the taste of your food. So doing, you'll also be able to contribute to the longer service life of your new electric smoker. Once this is done, the device is perfectly ready for use and you can let your culinary creativity go wild trying out a variety of different recipes.
Reliable Assistant
Just like all electric smokers, the Smoke Hollow 30162E is created for outdoor use. As it isn’t equipped with wheels, it’ll probably be more convenient to use it as a stationary model. Note that even surface is a significant condition to meet since it’s the guarantee of the smoker’s stability. Protection from bad weather conditions is also of the utmost importance if you want to ensure the long service life of the appliance, which is why buying a special cover can be a very good idea. Don’t overlook a detachable thermostat, which makes the Smoke Hollow 30162E a good option for those that do not have a possibility to store the smoker indoors. With the thermostat being removed, it can be safely stationed in your yard. All things considered, if you're in need of a powerful and reliable electric smoker to last you a long while, the Smoke Hollow 30162E with an insulated cabinet will be your right investment.
Useful Accessories
Although the Smoke Hollow 30162E comes bundled with a number of additional accessories such as a porcelain-coated steel water pan, painted-steel wood-chip box, and a grease tray, smoking food will not be possible without wood chips, which means, you will need to buy them too. Since wood chips are made of different types of wood, they give food different aroma too. In order to find your favourite one, more likely than not, you will need to try them all. Aside from wood chips, you will also need to get a pair of heat-resistant gloves and tongs to prevent hand burns when removing food. Also, you may need to purchase a good electric knife (if you haven't got one yet) in order to cut food in perfectly neat and equal sizes.
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What Is an Electric Smoker?
When looking for a smoker, it’s easy to get lost in the plethora of models available. Well, the simplest and most comfortable option is probably an electric smoker. Unlike its propane and charcoal rivals, it features some obvious advantages. First of all, you can set an accurate cooking temperature and be sure that meat or whatever food you'd like to smoke won't be overdried or burnt. Secondly, with the timer function, you'll always have dishes ready by the time you come home. Finally, you won't face a lack-of-fuel problem anymore. Eager to learn more about electric smokers? We'll give some useful and interesting information further in the review to help you choose the smoker to meet your needs best.
If you prefer smoked food with natural aromas and you've got enough space in your backyard to set a charcoal, we recommend you to consider charcoal smokers. For year-round barbecue parties, you may also want to use a patio heater and spend more time outdoors regardless of the weather outside.
What Features to Compare
Dimensions
Speaking of dimensions, it's necessary to take into account not only the size of the appliance itself but also a cooking surface you’d need for smoking. If you don’t plan to cook batches of smoked snacks for big get-togethers, then you’d be fine with a small to moderate-sized electric smoker. But for more intense use, a bigger capacity is a must. Consider whether the chosen smoker comes with the racks to adjust the space inside the appliance to fit in more foodstuff. This feature can add some usable space even to a small item.
Control and Power
The control feature is also important and will tell you how easy a smoking will be. Contemplating which one to choose - a digital or analog electric smoker, we recommend you to give preference to the former since it’s much easier in use and there’s nothing more you need to do rather than push several buttons once. Analog electric smokers are a bit trickier in use and require your constant supervision. Consider whether the smoker you chose comes with a meat probe. It’s not a compulsory item but it can help a lot when determining the doneness degree. Speaking of the power, opt for higher numbers if you want to cook quicker. Some other things to pay attention to are a water bowl, a grease tray and a capacity of a smoke box. These features provide a fast cooking process and easy maintenance.
Materials and Features
Since electric smokers are mostly used outdoors, it’s essential that they are made of durable, rust-resistant and solid material. Besides quality material, the construction should also feature a well-insulated door (preferably windowed) and a lid to prevent a possible heat leakage. The wheels and handles would be welcomed if you’d need to change the setting of a smoker, moving it from one place to another. Pay attention to all these features and little extras and choose the most suitable electric smoker among the best presented below.
FAQ:
Q: What is seasoning? How is this procedure carried out?
A: Seasoning of an electric smoker is a procedure which should be carried out before the first use of your appliance in order to get rid of the unpleasant smell that almost any new appliance has. In general, to season your new electric smoker, you need to make it work empty for approximately an hour at 150°F. Yet, since the operating principle of electric smokers might differ, it is recommended that you read a user's guide to learn how to carry out the procedure properly. The food smoked in the appliance which is regularly seasoned is much richer in flavours and tastes much better.
Q: Can I use an electric smoker indoors?
A: Electric smokers, as well as charcoal and gas-powered ones, are intended for outdoor use only. The main reason for this is that they produce smoke. Even if your kitchen is well-ventilated, you will not be able to avoid that heavy fog of smoke that trails the smoking process and remains in the air for several hours. The only case when the use of an electric smoker in the premise is allowed is when it's designed for commercial purposes and you're buying it to set in a spacious place.
Q: Do electric smokers come with bisquettes/chips and accessories like a meat probe?
A: It depends on the manufacturer and you can find different offers on the market. However, more often than not, you’ll have to buy accessories and wooden bisquettes/chips separately. On the one hand, it can be inconvenient since you won’t be able to use your smoker right out of the box if you don’t have all the necessary things at hand. On the other hand, if you buy additional stuff yourself, you can choose wood chips the flavour of which you like better, or, if you buy a meat probe, choose the one a bigger number of different functions.
Q: Do I need to control the smoking process all the time or is it enough to set the temperature and the time and leave until the food is ready?
A: Though we all would like the smoking process to be simple and effortless, it's not quite the case, alas. You will still need to control the cooking process and manually add chips or bisquettes when a loaded batch burns out.
Q: Can I use an electric smoker during cold seasons?
A: Using an electric smoker under bad weather conditions is possible, although it would not be as simple and comfortable as it'd be on a hot sunny day. The main problem you'd face while smoking in the cold weather is maintaining the proper temperature throughout the whole smoking process. But don’t get desperate. Here are some tips that can help you prepare the tastiest food in your smoker even in the winter:
- Don’t open the smoker door too often. Since electric smokers are made of metal, they do not retain hot temperatures very well when the weather is cold. If you open the smoker door - you let the hot air out.
- Create a shelter for your smoker. The smoking results will be much better if you place the smoker under some kind of a roof or surround it with something like a wall to keep it away from wind, rain and snow.
- Insulate the smoker with flame-resistant material to keep the heat inside the smoker.
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