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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The Brinkmann Gourmet Electric Smoker is a cheapo painted steel bullet that comes in red or black. It has a 1500 watt heating element and lava rocks but, unlike the Meco or Char-Broil, there is no variable control or thermostat. We don't recommend this model.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
We've heard complaints about the bisquettes sticking the feed tube. And one must ask, what if they go out of biz? Where do we get bisquettes then? On the plus side, Bradley has an active user forum and their staff are there to help. Still, after reviewing, we don't recommend this model.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Brinkmann Charcoal Bullet Smokers are also known as El Cheapo Brinkmanns or ECBs for short. They come in a few different styles: Gourmet, Smoke 'N Grill, Sportsman and Cook'N Ca'Jun II. The El Cheapo price makes them very popular, but we can't recommend any ECBs.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Rome Industries' Adjustable Cooking Grate is designed to fit in a standard fireplace or a fire pit at a campsite. We reviewed this model and awarded our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Bronze Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Turns your existing wood fireplace into a grill. An up and down shaft bolts to your fireplace wall then raises and lowers the grate with a crank wheel. We reviewed Grillwork's Fireplacer and it is beautiful and high quality, but pricey for a fireplace insert. You get what you pay for and this one gets our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
We reviewed this device which is very similar to the popular Cameron's Stovetop Smoker. Put wood chips or sawdust in the Max Burton Stovetop Smoker, set meat on the rack, slide the lid on, turn your exhaust fan on high, turn the kitchen stove burner on high, and in about 30 minutes you have smoked, moist meat.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
We reviewed this indoor smoker and gave it our AmazingRibs.com Bronze Medal. Put two spoonfuls of hickory sawdust in Camerons' stainless steel pan and put the meat on the rack. Slide the lid on, turn your exhaust fan on high, turn the burner on high, and in about 30 minutes you have smoked, moist meat.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review. The Smoke Hollow 44" Dual Burner Gas Smoker includes sausage hangers, jerky racks, and a two-sided combination cooking grid/rib rack. At 44" tall x 24" wide x 16" deep, this two burner smoker offers big capacity and lot's of extras earning our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
You gotta love the versatility and price of Masterbuilt's M7P 7 in 1 Smoker and Grill. It can use either gas or charcoal as fuel. It converts into a brazier or a tripod for boiling water or deep frying. Versatility offsets the light weight construction earning our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Read our review of the Landmann (aka Great Outdoors) 38" Two Drawer Gas Vertical Smoker features a cast brass burner with rotary ignition. Lightweight construction give a flimsy feel to this cooker. The main door uses magnets instead of a latch and there is no insulation. We give this one our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Bronze Medal.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Read our review of Char-Broil's Big Easy Gas Infrared Smoker and Roaster. It has a clever, innovative design looks better on paper than in practice. It takes up only a small footprint, but the same can be said of the other cabinet style, front loading propane smokers, and they all work better including the one by Char-Broil.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
It is what it is. If you're looking for a cheap gas smoker Char-Broil is as good as it gets in this price range and you can easily find deals on this guy. Even Wal-Mart sells them for way under the manufacturer's suggested retail price. We reviewed this model and gave it our Best Value AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
The Camp Chef Smoke Vault 18" is the smallest of their two gas BBQ smokers. It comes with two 15"W x 14"D cooking racks. You'll have to cut slabs of ribs in half to fit, but there is enough headroom to use rib racks on both shelves. We reviewed the 18" and award Smoke Vault our AmazingRibs.com Best Value Silver Medal.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The Brinkmann All-In-One Gas & Charcoal Smoker, Grill & Fryer is a cheapo versatile bullet, but we don't recommend this model. .The newer Masterbuilt 7-in-One is modeled on this unit and is a lot better for just little more money.
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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester
Yoder is revered by competition cooks for well-designed, high end offset smokers and grills. We reviewed their Loaded Wichita which is a 20" offset smoker with their most popular options such as a cooking door counterweight and heat management plate. This is the real deal folks and we give it our AmazingRibs.com Platinum Medal Award.
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