Hey all,
New guy with his first post here and the first thing I have to do is thank everyone here for the info on the A MAZE N smoker. I've been smoking for close to 20 years now and recently decided to try a Masterbuilt 40 electric so that I wouldn't have to light up the big side loader for doing smaller items or quantities. Just used my new smoke box this weekend in my Masterbuilt 40. I can't beleive how many problems the A MAZE N solved in one fell swoop. First of all, the Masterbuilt has always had trouble producing mellow, blue smoke. Because of the heat of the smoker box right over the element it flash burned chips and pellets, producing acrid, white smoke that only lasted 15 minutes or so with a lot of the smoke pouring out of the loader vents. To be honest, I was going to just use the thing for a warming oven for get togethers becuase I was simply not getting good flavor from this thing. Now I simply put the A MAZE N smoker box on the rails under the water pan so that drippings don't get to it and I have great thin, blue, flavorful smoke that lasts for hours. It also frees up the Masterbuilt chip trap so that when it gets chilly up here in New England, I can use the chip tray for lighting up a couple of chunks of hardwood lump charcoal to help the electric element to get up to temperature; something I would have to wait a couple of hours for before in cooler weather. Being an environmental engineer I'm always glad to see a simple design product that works come along and that is exactly what the A MAZE N Smoker is. Thanks Todd and the best of luck. Happy Smokin' to all!
New guy with his first post here and the first thing I have to do is thank everyone here for the info on the A MAZE N smoker. I've been smoking for close to 20 years now and recently decided to try a Masterbuilt 40 electric so that I wouldn't have to light up the big side loader for doing smaller items or quantities. Just used my new smoke box this weekend in my Masterbuilt 40. I can't beleive how many problems the A MAZE N solved in one fell swoop. First of all, the Masterbuilt has always had trouble producing mellow, blue smoke. Because of the heat of the smoker box right over the element it flash burned chips and pellets, producing acrid, white smoke that only lasted 15 minutes or so with a lot of the smoke pouring out of the loader vents. To be honest, I was going to just use the thing for a warming oven for get togethers becuase I was simply not getting good flavor from this thing. Now I simply put the A MAZE N smoker box on the rails under the water pan so that drippings don't get to it and I have great thin, blue, flavorful smoke that lasts for hours. It also frees up the Masterbuilt chip trap so that when it gets chilly up here in New England, I can use the chip tray for lighting up a couple of chunks of hardwood lump charcoal to help the electric element to get up to temperature; something I would have to wait a couple of hours for before in cooler weather. Being an environmental engineer I'm always glad to see a simple design product that works come along and that is exactly what the A MAZE N Smoker is. Thanks Todd and the best of luck. Happy Smokin' to all!