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Masterbuilt propels the art of smoking to the next level with its 30-inch electric smokehouse smoker. Masterbuilt pulled out all the stops with this smoker, starting with a portable design. The smoker goes where the crowd is, with built-in wheels and a rear handle for easy mobility. The smoker takes it a step further with a large viewing window and an internal light, so you can see the food smoking inside. Add in a remote control, four smoking racks, and a side chip loader and you have a true next-generation smoker.
Pushbutton Start at Your Fingertips
Enjoying drinks with friends on the patio and don't want to be disturbed? Use the remote control to turn the smoker on and off or set the temperature from up to 100 feet away. With the remote--which comes with its own belt clip--you can make fine adjustments without leaving your seat. As an alternative, you can control the smoker with the traditional pushbutton digital control panel, which offers a 24-hour timer with an automatic shutoff to keep your food from drying out.
The smoker cooks at a perfect temperature every time thanks to the thermostatically controlled heat, which ranges from 100 to 275 degrees F. The smoker body is also fully insulated, with a rubber sealed door that's top of the line in energy efficiency, helping reducing smoke and heat loss.
Let There Be Light
One drawback of many smokers is that you can't see the food while it smokes. The Masterbuilt overcomes this dilemma by redesigning its smoker to include a large viewing window. Not only can you now watch your food cook, but you'll no longer lose heat every time you open and shut the door. Masterbuilt also included an internal light to help you see inside during the smoking process. This is particularly helpful when using your smoker at night. (The internal light can also be controlled by the remote.) If you're still not sure your food is done, not to worry, as the smoker includes a built-in meat probe.
Slow Smoking as Easy as Grilling
The smoker is spacious inside, with four interior smoking racks that offer more than 2 cubic feet of smoking capacity. As a result, you'll have ample room for your ham, fish, sausage, chicken, or jerky--enough to feed extra-large crowds on special occasions, holidays, and family reunions. Also, you needn't bother opening the door to add more wood chips, as the smoker offers an easy-to-use side wood chip loader. Simply fill the loader with your favorite wood chips, slide it into the side of the smoker, and watch it smoke.
Spice Up Your Barbeque
The smoker lets you add juice, vinegar, or your favorite beverage to the removable water pan to infuse moisture and add another layer of flavor to your food. For a milder flavor, you can use the adjustable air damper to decrease the smoke level. Robust flavor lovers can instead leave the air damper closed to intensify the smoke levels inside. And the bottom of the smoker is lined with a removable drip tray to catch the drippings, which add just the right touch to any gravy or sauce. Plus, the drip tray makes cleanup easier than ever.
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1) Wheels that work when the unit is tilted, (caveat: the slide on grease drip tray must be removed before you can tilt and roll.)
2) A light inside the unit, (caveat, It's a little hard to see the meat with the smoke and smoke "grim" on the inside of the huge window but still very nice feature.)
3) The meat thermometer. It is a real needed item on this type of smoker. You never have to open the door to check the temperature. *I double checked it against my own digital thermometer and it runs true within a degree or two.
4) A handheld remote control. No AAA batteries included, (2 req.) You can program the time & temp as well as check the meat probe temp & switch the light on & off. You cannot see the current temp of the smoker, i.e.; watch it rise to the temp you set. To do this just look at the display on top of the unit for this info. Speaking of the top digital unit; it automatically alternates between the time left on the smoker and the current temp of the smoker. To see the meat probe temp, just push the temp button once.
The unit is well insulated and comes up to temp well within a reasonable time, (outside air temp = 46 degrees. The smoker came up to temp of 225 degrees within 17 minutes.) The unit appears well built and of solid construction. I did have a small warpage of the bottom back portion of the back metal panel. This impeded the grease tray a little. This could have been due to the shipper, (Fed Ex) but the unit very well packed. Assembly took 15 minutes. Very simple. The chip tray feature will lock in place after you dump a load into the smoker and the alignment mark for new chips is an easy step to miss when reloading, no bigge. It uses no more than one cup of chips at a time and seems to take a while at 225 degrees to burn them. The racks, water pan, grease pan all are easy to remove and somewhat easy to clean. The nice feature of the bottom grease pan is it is tilted to the back grease trap and comes out for easy cleaning. Overall, I like to keep my tools clean and I spent 15 minutes cleaning this unit, not bad.
I smoked two racks of baby back ribs last night and the unit seemed to cook it faster than expected. The internal temp was reached prior to the time I set. Of course it is not an exact science but the ribs were well smoked and delicious. I used hickory with some mesquite chips and the smoke flavor was strong. Mesquite sucks as opinionated by a lot of "experts." I also smoke some pork bellies, (bacon) that I had cured and they will be tried tomorrow after a 24 sit in the fridge. I am now smoking a brisket and we will see how it does. All in all I am very pleased with this unit and all the new features. I am really liking the fact that I can check the internal temp of the meat by using the remote. I can be doing something elsewhere and always click the "meat probe" button on the remote and know when its time to stop the smoking process. pros: all the features that you want from a smoker of this caliber, well built and good smoke. Cons, can't see the current temp of the smoker on the remote, just the "set" temp. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a smoker in this class.
I love my beef roasts rare and really appreciate how easy it is to get good results with the temp control and the internal meat probe this unit has. The remote control allows me to keep a close eye on things without being tied to the thing. A very nice feature.
I feel that this was a good purchase and represents an excellent value. It will see a lot of use!
***I just wanted to add a quick edit*** here to address what some others have been saying about the remote control.
While it is not obvious, you CAN get the temp reading for the inside of the smoker on the remote and it can be done in two ways:
Either push the temp set button twice which will cause the readout to flash between the temp setting and the actual temperature inside the smoker for ten seconds or so.
The other and best way is to press the meat probe button once which will cause the meat probe reading to be displayed and then smoker temp set and actual smoker temp reading to alternate on the remote display. It does not matter if you are actually using the meat probe for this to work.
The issue of the window getting too dirty to see through is a bit over blown. I find it easy to clean with some warm water and mild dish soap. The grime softens as you repeat the task of wiping it down a few times. The same thing for the light.
Hope these tips are helpful for everyone to fully enjoy this gem of a smoker. I love it more with each use.
It is super easy to use. The Remote control is amazing. It allows you to monitor the tempature of the smoker plus the tempature of the meat probe. The tempature control works really well. It heated a little above 225 after I added some wood chips but the tempature was easily conrolled by opening the vent up a little. Adding wood chips are a breeze. I plan on smoking a whole turkey soon and maybe some ribs.
The internal light helps when you are loading and unloading the meat into the smoker.
The only Con is the glass window. Once you start smoking meat it gets smokey and dirty fairly fast but you can still see in.
Masterbuilt has some really good youtube videos on this smoker and some tips for using their electric smokers. Thats where I got the idea for the smoked Mac and Cheese.
forward, everything fit very well. Read more
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