Customer Reviews

Brinkmann 810-7080-K Electric Gourmet Grill and Smoker

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I've used this electric smoker many times, and it gets the job done, but a problem is the lack of control of heat. The electric unit just plugs in with no dial for selecting heat. It would always hover around only 200 degrees, which is too low for correct smoking (most of the time 220 to 250 degrees is desired. So after several tries of smoking and having to finish up the meat in the oven, I tried a remedy. I bought a water heater insulation kit and used it to insulate the round body of the smoker and lid to try to raise the temp. It worked, maybe too good. Now the temp stays at 300 degrees, a little to high for my tastes. I may try to remove some of the insulation to bring the temp into the 250 degree "sweet spot" range. I've also considered just getting a gas smoker with adjustable heat. Be warned, this unit works OK except for the lack of temperature adjustment.

This smoker has one fatal flaw, there's no way to turn the heat up or down, Brinkmann says it's made to be a constant 250 degrees but mine was burning as high as 375. We gave it a shot anyways and it smoked a 10 pound butt in 8 hours (should have been 12). I called Brinkmann and they offered to send me a new heat element but I decided this was the wrong smoker. Also you place the wood on top of the lava rocks next to the heater, not only did I have to get another bag of wood chunks about 4 hours in, it's a pain the clean the ash mixed with the lava rocks. I replaced it with the Brinkmann Verticial Electric Smoker, it was about twice the price and twice the value.

Product shipped in orig box with no packing matl so bent in shipping but still usable. If instructions say item will take 4 hrs to smoke, it will take 8 hrs so put item in in a.m., smoke all day, and it should be done when you get home from work!

I purchased one of these about 15 months ago, during that period of time we have used it at least once a day for nine of those months - many days it was twice. The element has finally gone out. Given the abuse compared to what I had paid for it I am satisfied with it's performance. It would cook a quarter pound burger in twelve minutes. Large frozen chicken breasts in about half an hour. So it has been used and abused. The smoker itself looks nice, is quick to put together and start using. We did smoke something in it initially and it did well, but loved it's performance as a grill.

This is a waste of money. Nothing on this grill fits right. The top falls thru the base of the grill. It stinks. It arrived with no fitting parts, the seller would not respond to inquiries for help. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS OR DEAL WITH THIS VENDOR.

This is a fantastic smoker/grill. We are getting ready to purchase our second. The inside has finally burned through the inner wall. This is an easy grill for smoking and grilling, just plug in, warm up and you are good to go. No charcoal to wait on, no gas tank to run out. We highly recommend this product.

We bought this smoker around 2 years ago now and have been very happy with it. This came in a timely manner and in tact and we were very satisfied.

There is no temperature control on this grill, and it varies greatly and shuts off frequently. We've had it less than a year, and the cord caught on fire last weekend. It's trash and I want my money back toward a new grill!

bought this as a gift but have used a Brinkman smoker for years with no problems