Electric Smoker Help Please


 
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Steve Petrone

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A friend of mine, a Weber Gas grill user and has a green egg, is interested in an easy to use, set and forget electric smoker for RIBS, that has good easy to clean grease management. He most probably is not a butt or brisket guy. It has been a long time since I used Lil Chef....
What is a good quality electric that doesn't break the bank. He doesn't need to spend $1500 for smoking ribs a few times a year. Thank in advance for your help and comments!
 
Steve Petrone said:
A friend of mine, a Weber Gas grill user and has a green egg, is interested in an easy to use, set and forget electric smoker for RIBS, that has good easy to clean grease management. He most probably is not a butt or brisket guy. It has been a long time since I used Lil Chef....
What is a good quality electric that doesn't break the bank. He doesn't need to spend $1500 for smoking ribs a few times a year. Thank in advance for your help and comments!
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You do realize your in a Weber Grill forum.
 
Steve,
Check this thread from for this forum from Christmas time. Hope it helps!

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I am now and always plan to be a charcoal/wood guy. If my WSM 22 won't handle it I'll find a friend with a catering rig and bribe him with good liquor and a cut of the meat. But a coworker wants to buy her hubby a good basic electric smoker for family / small gatherings and has asked me for a...
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I never see anyone mention the Original Bradley Smoker. I currently use almost all Weber, but I still have the Bradley
I bought about 10 years ago. It's mainly for cold smoking now, but in the beginning I smoked EVERYTHING in it and
was very pleased with the results. It's a cabinet and easy to clean IMO. There is a water bowl for the grease. Since you specified
ribs, I will say that I usually had to either cut the racks in half or "bow" them over a can until they shrank a bit. I think the
main drawback is the proprietary wood pucks that have to be used. I never had trouble finding them online at Amazon, WM
and Home Depot, and still have a good supply.
The smoker runs about $400 tho sometimes you can find a better price.

Your friend sounds more experienced than I was at the time, so he may scoff at this suggestion but I loved my OBS. :)
 
I recommend a bit of research. Cookshack, Smmokin-Tex, and Smokin-it are probably the best home equipment you can get. Read the reviews. I bought a Smokin-it model 3 close to 10 years ago and it has never skipped a beat. I highly recommend it.
 
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