Hi All,
I've been lurking around the forum for a few days now, while also doing some research online as well. I'm a little confused with all the information available, and also unable to find some information i am looking for.
I am in search of an electric/digital smoker, however, I am still unsure as to whether to get one that uses pellets or wood chips, I've seen people comment on both but seeing as this is my first smoker, and I'd like to get something around the $500 mark, especially since Black Friday is approaching. One of my main concerns, is that I live in Canada, and I am concerned that electric/digital smokers will not be able to maintain the required temperatures to smoke chickens, briskets, ribs etc. Where I live we get temperatures between -10 to -40 on a cold day (obviously wouldn't smoke at -40 Celsius) (approximately 14 to -40 Fahrenheit with an average temperature of -13, or -25 Celsius).
Now I had an idea of building a shield of shorts to prevent too much cold air coming in or hot air escaping, not sure if that would make much of a difference.
I saw a Portable MasterBuilt one https://masterbuilt.com/product/portable-electric-smoker/
but it tells me how many output of Watts it has (1800) but not how high the temp rises. Would anyone be able to provide me some advice on purchasing a quality electric smoker that would do alright in the cold? Thank for any advice or input, it's greatly appreciated.
I've been lurking around the forum for a few days now, while also doing some research online as well. I'm a little confused with all the information available, and also unable to find some information i am looking for.
I am in search of an electric/digital smoker, however, I am still unsure as to whether to get one that uses pellets or wood chips, I've seen people comment on both but seeing as this is my first smoker, and I'd like to get something around the $500 mark, especially since Black Friday is approaching. One of my main concerns, is that I live in Canada, and I am concerned that electric/digital smokers will not be able to maintain the required temperatures to smoke chickens, briskets, ribs etc. Where I live we get temperatures between -10 to -40 on a cold day (obviously wouldn't smoke at -40 Celsius) (approximately 14 to -40 Fahrenheit with an average temperature of -13, or -25 Celsius).
Now I had an idea of building a shield of shorts to prevent too much cold air coming in or hot air escaping, not sure if that would make much of a difference.
I saw a Portable MasterBuilt one https://masterbuilt.com/product/portable-electric-smoker/
but it tells me how many output of Watts it has (1800) but not how high the temp rises. Would anyone be able to provide me some advice on purchasing a quality electric smoker that would do alright in the cold? Thank for any advice or input, it's greatly appreciated.