I went and bought the Masterbuilt Bullet 1650 watt Smoker.
Often these smokers sell for $69.00 or $59.00.. I saw some at the local HD and had to pull the trigger at a sale price if $29.00 . I bought a $7.00 2 year replacement warranty for the heck of it.
I got the bullet to replace the ECB for a while. I guess I wanted to try out an electric type smoker and get some experience messing with one like that.
Being an analog controlled device won't be so much set and forget. The low to high will be changing due to weather conditions and the size of or amount of food to smoke.
Wood chips or chunks will burn different in this smoker than the charcoal ECB.
This Masterbuilt is not a totally enclosed unit and has a small 1/2" or so gap all the way around it's heat shield under the double round heating elements that the charcoal pan sits just inside of..
The charcoal pan has 3 feet to elevate it off the elements and they keep it centered.
A water pan rests about 3 inches above the chip pan and is about the same diameter as the water pan used in the ECB. This water pan is however not as deep as the ECB pan. About 2/3 of the water volume it will hold.
The entire Masterbuilt bullet smoker seems close to the old Brinkmann's dimensions, however, the body of the Masterbuilt is about 3 inches shorter.
The steel thickness is a bit thinner than what the ECB is made of. It's not as heavy duty in the lid thickness either. Close in size of the lids though.
This Masterbuilt comes with nice heavy plastic handles and a huge top vent. The thermometer is removable in the dome.
I did stick the thermometer in my oven to check the accuracy of it.
Have to admit.. Oven set at 275 and the Masterbuilt thermometer read 275 along with my regular oven thermometer next to it on the same rack.
At least the dome temp it shows will be pretty close to actual temp there.
During the assembly I kept wanting to grab the RTV sealant to put on all the holes before I screwed everything down. I refrained from bothering since this is not controlled by intake dampers at all.
There is a bunch of sticky coating in the lid and inside the body of this bullet. The inside of the lid and barrel are not painted except for some overspray from factory paint job.. So the initial seasoning period hopefully gets all that crap off the inside.
The manual calls for 3 hours hi heat with the last 45 minutes using wood chips.
Supposedly this smoker can go to 400° on full boogie.
It comes with a useless 6 foot power cord so I have to go buy another extension for it..
Apartment has no outside plug.
You need a cord rated for 1875 watts 15 Amp. Some cords you can get are 14/3 or 14 gauge and some are 12 gauge cords rated 15 Amp and 1875 watt.
I need a 15 or 25 footer. $20 added to my purchase I guess.
This smoker comes with a heavy duty plastic scoop for adding wood chips . Pretty nice. The door for your access to the water and chips is smaller than what it could be. It opens the same way as a WSM door.. Just kind of hangs there with no hinges.
The lid hass kind of a sloppy fit to it.. There us no need to seal the lid for temp control reasons.. So we will have to see how much it leaks. It doesn't fit into the body but rather rests on the body with a good sized flat rim.
A plus about the lid is that it has a tab just inside that is for hooking on the body rim to rest it there and you don't have to set it on the ground as you tend to food.
I'm going to put pics on in some orderly fashion for anyone thinking of buying this model.
The racks are actually 1/4 inch bigger diameter than the ECB racks. Smoker barrel is just under the 17" Mark. Racks are 15 3/4". The space between racks is 5 1/2" ... The top rack to just about to touch the under part of the lid is about the same amount of space.
Not room for a big turkey on the top rack. The legs on this Masterbuilt bullet are real stable and heavy duty. Platform pads give the legs great stability.
Can't wait to fire this thing up..
Need the extension cord and a day off..
Give this a . 4 out of 5 so far. Can't beat this deal for $29.00
Often these smokers sell for $69.00 or $59.00.. I saw some at the local HD and had to pull the trigger at a sale price if $29.00 . I bought a $7.00 2 year replacement warranty for the heck of it.
I got the bullet to replace the ECB for a while. I guess I wanted to try out an electric type smoker and get some experience messing with one like that.
Being an analog controlled device won't be so much set and forget. The low to high will be changing due to weather conditions and the size of or amount of food to smoke.
Wood chips or chunks will burn different in this smoker than the charcoal ECB.
This Masterbuilt is not a totally enclosed unit and has a small 1/2" or so gap all the way around it's heat shield under the double round heating elements that the charcoal pan sits just inside of..
The charcoal pan has 3 feet to elevate it off the elements and they keep it centered.
A water pan rests about 3 inches above the chip pan and is about the same diameter as the water pan used in the ECB. This water pan is however not as deep as the ECB pan. About 2/3 of the water volume it will hold.
The entire Masterbuilt bullet smoker seems close to the old Brinkmann's dimensions, however, the body of the Masterbuilt is about 3 inches shorter.
The steel thickness is a bit thinner than what the ECB is made of. It's not as heavy duty in the lid thickness either. Close in size of the lids though.
This Masterbuilt comes with nice heavy plastic handles and a huge top vent. The thermometer is removable in the dome.
I did stick the thermometer in my oven to check the accuracy of it.
Have to admit.. Oven set at 275 and the Masterbuilt thermometer read 275 along with my regular oven thermometer next to it on the same rack.
At least the dome temp it shows will be pretty close to actual temp there.
During the assembly I kept wanting to grab the RTV sealant to put on all the holes before I screwed everything down. I refrained from bothering since this is not controlled by intake dampers at all.
There is a bunch of sticky coating in the lid and inside the body of this bullet. The inside of the lid and barrel are not painted except for some overspray from factory paint job.. So the initial seasoning period hopefully gets all that crap off the inside.
The manual calls for 3 hours hi heat with the last 45 minutes using wood chips.
Supposedly this smoker can go to 400° on full boogie.
It comes with a useless 6 foot power cord so I have to go buy another extension for it..
Apartment has no outside plug.
You need a cord rated for 1875 watts 15 Amp. Some cords you can get are 14/3 or 14 gauge and some are 12 gauge cords rated 15 Amp and 1875 watt.
I need a 15 or 25 footer. $20 added to my purchase I guess.
This smoker comes with a heavy duty plastic scoop for adding wood chips . Pretty nice. The door for your access to the water and chips is smaller than what it could be. It opens the same way as a WSM door.. Just kind of hangs there with no hinges.
The lid hass kind of a sloppy fit to it.. There us no need to seal the lid for temp control reasons.. So we will have to see how much it leaks. It doesn't fit into the body but rather rests on the body with a good sized flat rim.
A plus about the lid is that it has a tab just inside that is for hooking on the body rim to rest it there and you don't have to set it on the ground as you tend to food.
I'm going to put pics on in some orderly fashion for anyone thinking of buying this model.
The racks are actually 1/4 inch bigger diameter than the ECB racks. Smoker barrel is just under the 17" Mark. Racks are 15 3/4". The space between racks is 5 1/2" ... The top rack to just about to touch the under part of the lid is about the same amount of space.
Not room for a big turkey on the top rack. The legs on this Masterbuilt bullet are real stable and heavy duty. Platform pads give the legs great stability.
Can't wait to fire this thing up..
Need the extension cord and a day off..
Give this a . 4 out of 5 so far. Can't beat this deal for $29.00