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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this smoker! My favorite cooking tool...,
By Alex Izmailov Jr. (Lafayette, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brinkmann 810-7080-7 Gourmet Electric Smoker and Grill with Vinyl Cover, Black (Lawn & Patio)
I spent a lot of time looking and researching smokers and decided to go with this one. I have smoked pretty much everything so far including salmon, trout, ribs, chicken leg quarters, steak, 15 lbs of pork loin (one piece), and much more. It is very easy to assemble and clean up. You are actually able to smoke up to 50 lbs of food at once, but so far my record has been about 30 lbs. One really nice thing about this smoker is that you are able to use the broth that is produced after the smoking inside the water pan, especially if you are smoking something for a long time (4 hrs), you can use the broth as a base for soup or stew. All the deliciousness drips down into it and produces excellent flavor. You are able to put vegetables like potatoes, carrots, etc into the water pan right away so that they cook in the broth right away, but I haven't tried that yet. However, I have made delicious stews with the base broth already.
My favorite wood so far has been hickory wood chunks. They are fairly big size. I use about 4 - 5 pieces. Make sure you soak them for about 30 minutes. I stay away from wood chips, because they are too small and burn out really fast. I usually don't write reviews, but I was recommending this to my friend, and notices that this smoker has bad reviews. Most of them are for missing parts which doesn't reflect its performance. I had to go on here and tell everyone how much I love this smoker. I have used it about 20 times or so, and even brought it to friend's houses to smoke there. You won't be disappointed. Another great thing about it, is you don't need to watch it like traditional smokers. You just prep everything, plug it in, and forget about it for the duration of cooking time. One word of advice: Don't cover the steel grills with foil, you want the smoke to penetrate all the food. I did this a couple of times just to save on cleaning time, and the food ends ups steamed this way. Cleaning is easy either way.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Shoddy workmanship,
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This review is from: Brinkmann 810-7080-7 Gourmet Electric Smoker and Grill with Vinyl Cover, Black (Lawn & Patio)
Although I have previously owned a similar Brinkman Elcetric Smoker with a temp control dial and a thermometer, this new smoker appears to have been designed and built by people who have virtually no idea of the word craftsmanship. Besides having a missing part from the sealed plastic bag, I had to bend all three handles so I could line up the pre-drilled screw holes. I had to jerryrig a missing V clip--a support for the water pan. Because of all this, it took more than two hours to assemble. Shoddy workmanship, no temp gage, and no heat control make it a reach for me to even give this smoker two stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Electric is the way to go.........,
By L. Carbonaro (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brinkmann 810-7080-7 Gourmet Electric Smoker and Grill with Vinyl Cover, Black (Lawn & Patio)
I like the Brinkman Electric Smoker because I dont have to keep checking the temp on it like I had to with my charcoal smoker. Once you plug it in it keeps the temp pretty constant. I just check it every hour to see if it needs more wood to make smoke. (Which it usually does).This one has 2 grill shelves to put food on and I have found it to be plenty of room. Only design flaw I feel is, the door on the front is suppose to be so you can check the wood status, and add more if needed. Which in theory sounds great, but you cant put the wood on the heating element so it must be placed very carefully around it. There isnt much room around the heating element and it takes some maneuvering so as not to burn yourself and not get the wood on the heating element. Would have given it 3 1/2 stars if I had the option.
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