| BBQ Smokers are great cooking units that not only | | | | fueled by gas, like propane. Anyone who knows |
| cook food, but add a unique aroma and flavor to the | | | | propane knows it is an odorless gas, how do we get |
| food. This makes them unique among all cooking | | | | the "smoke" in BBQ smokers then? Well the answer |
| units. The best part in today's markets is that | | | | to that is to use wood pieces and charcoal. The gas |
| depending on your needs you can get BBQ smokers | | | | smokers are designed to provide the right amount of |
| of all shapes and sizes. This article will introduce some | | | | heating and smoking to deliver the best results. |
| of the more popular models. (Electric, Gas, & | | | | Charcoal smokers |
| Charcoal) | | | | These are the more traditional smokers. The biggest |
| Electric smokers | | | | advantage of charcoal smokers is that they can |
| The electric smokers (generally upright) make the | | | | reach very high temperatures and hence can cook |
| cooking and smoking very convenient. The electric | | | | large meat pieces that some of the other smokers |
| unit gets started rapidly and it heats up fast too - | | | | mentioned above can not. The good thing of these |
| this brings down your cooking time to a great extent. | | | | smokers is that you do not have to cook your meat |
| Most electric smoker models are designed to be | | | | at the higher temperatures all the time. You can use |
| compact and yet provide lots of space for cooking. | | | | a mixture of flavored wood pieces and charcoal to |
| They are designed to place the meat pieces on the | | | | attain lower temperatures and cooking the food |
| smoker and take it out safely without burning you - | | | | slowly for a longer time. During this cooking time the |
| which is nice! | | | | smoke from wood chips will penetrate the meat. This |
| Gas smokers | | | | is possible only with charcoal smokers and not so |
| As the name suggests, these BBQ smokers are | | | | much with the other more modern smokers. |