If you REALLY want to cheat, these are great in the summer. Mine has trouble holding 250* below 70* OAT. In the middle of summer in the sun it easily hits 300*. Though mine's top setting is 325* the new ones only claim to hit 280*. Its basically a mini-fridge with a heater inside. Cool design really.
Yes its electric, but its truly set and forget. And hey, this was free. A buddy upgraded to an auger fed pellet smoker, so he gave this to me.
It uses proprietary (but reasonably priced) wood pucks that it passes across a heating plate, dropping them into a pan of water as the next one comes along. (20 min per puck) Only complaint is you waste two pucks unless you buy aftermarket aluminum spacer pucks. ($15 for 5) The pucks can either be alternated to provide longer, less smoky interval smoking, or putting 2 at the end of the stack so that they push the last puck onto the burner so you dont have to waste any wood pucks. (they say once the pucks go through the machine they shouldnt be re-used due to swelling)
https://www.bradleysmoker.com/us/product/4-rack-bradley-digital-smoker/?v=7516fd43adaa
Yes its electric, but its truly set and forget. And hey, this was free. A buddy upgraded to an auger fed pellet smoker, so he gave this to me.
It uses proprietary (but reasonably priced) wood pucks that it passes across a heating plate, dropping them into a pan of water as the next one comes along. (20 min per puck) Only complaint is you waste two pucks unless you buy aftermarket aluminum spacer pucks. ($15 for 5) The pucks can either be alternated to provide longer, less smoky interval smoking, or putting 2 at the end of the stack so that they push the last puck onto the burner so you dont have to waste any wood pucks. (they say once the pucks go through the machine they shouldnt be re-used due to swelling)
https://www.bradleysmoker.com/us/product/4-rack-bradley-digital-smoker/?v=7516fd43adaa