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Masterbuilt 20070106 Smoker for Sale, Black
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After reading several complaints about the heating elements failing in these units and the inability to replace these elements, I was very leery about buying one.
But I finally jumped in and made the purchase and could not be happier. First off, the Model number listed in the amazon listing, #20070106, is not the unit you receive. You actually receive Model 20070110. The newer model you can swap out the heating element if it fails. A huge plus.
I have had this unit for 4 weeks now and have made briskets, pork shoulder, and ribs. The unit is super simple to operate. Turn it on, set the time and temp, and add a small amount of wood chips every hour or two.
The smoker is well insulated. On a 40 degree day, it heated up to 275 degrees in about 40 minutes. I added my meat, lowered the temp to 225 degrees, and it easily maintained a temperature range of 215 to 225 for the entire 12 hour cooking period. On a 60 degree day, it preheated to 275 in about 20 minutes and again easily maintained temp even though it was very windy out. It also recovers quickly when you open the door to check on your food. The built in electronic thermometer is a nice touch. Shows you what the current smoker temp is. You can also run a remote temp probe through the vent in the top of the unit to monitor your meats internal temperature as it cooks.
The smoker puts out a moderate amount of smoke with a very small amount of wood chips. And it uses wood chips, no expensive wood disks. I choose to clean out the chip tray every 3 hours or so just to keep them from piling up in it. The smoker does a great job of hanging onto smoke too. You son’t get a smoke ring, mainly because there is not enough carbon monoxide generated from the chips to pink up the outer layer of meat. Only wood and charcoal smokers will get you that. But the smoke ring offers no more flavor, just a smoke ring.
So far all the food I have made in this smoker has come out fantastic. Nice smoky flavor with very little work. You basically set it and add wood chips every now and then. The water pan keeps things nice and moist and the heating element keeps a nice even heat. Clean up is not too bad if you prep a bit first. Place foil in the water pan and in the drip pan. This will allow you to just take the foil off and give it a quick wash with soap and water. The racks do require a bit of scrubbing, nut that is to be expected. Just don’t foil your racks. The interior is just wiped out with clean water, no soap.
So if you live in a colder climate, and are looking for an electric smoker, I would not hesitate to purchase this unit.