- May 25, 2015
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My old Brinkman bullet is getting old, so I bought a Master Built 30" analog smoker. I seasoned it, as per the directions, without any problem. Last Sunday it was about 85 degrees out, so I decide to do some ribs. Do you think I could get any smoke out of that thing? Not a chance!!!! I thought about it for a couple of days and came up with a couple of ideas. The main problem with this smoker is it gets hot fast, but takes a long time to cool off. If it had vents, I would open them! So I cracked the door open and I continue to open it until I got the heating element to come on at 225 and turn off at 250. The door was open about 1/2". I loaded one handful of wood chips into the box and waited. I still couldn't detect any smoke even when I opened the door. The wood chip box is a heavy gauge metal and would take a lot to get it hot, so I took it out. I got some heavy duty aluminum foil, doubled it and formed a box. Put one handful of chips in it and set it on the heating element. In a matter of minutes I had smoke. I did have to make a few adjustments to the thermostat, and had to open the door a little more because when the chips started burning, the temperature inside went up some. One handful of chips lasted about 40 minutes! The outdoor air temp was 72 degrees when I was doing this. The hotter it is outside, the harder it will be to get an analog to smoke!!!! The faster you can get the heating element to cycle on and off, the better it will smoke. Hope this information is helpful to someone!!!! Paul