good for amateur smoker
My husband received the Char-Broil Smoker for his birthday. He really enjoys using it. His complaints so far are that it is hard to get it hot enough and then maintain the heat. Most smoking recipes call to smoke your meat at a temperature of 250 degrees, however, just using charcoal, he is lucky to keep the heat at 200. With the addition of wood chunks, he is able to get the temp hot enough to maintain the 250 degrees. The price was amazing for this smoker. We bought a floor model so it was already assemble. It is easy enough to clean and is small enough that it doesn't take up our whole patio. It is fairly small inside and so we had to remove the grate to fit our turkey inside in a pan. It is a "good enough" smoker.
garrettsmama
Anaheim, CA