Smoke Tube

I picked up one on Amazon but it's not a tube. It is a rectangular maze with an open top that has channels to load the wood pellets into.

You light one end and it will burn for 5 hours at a time. I think I paid under $25 for it a couple years ago.

I love it for when I do cold smoking salmon or cheese. It generates almost no heat as the pellets burn and it gives off a lot of smoke.

Genuine question:

I’ve been considering adding a pellet grill for ease of smoking when feeling lazy. Why would you need a smoke tube added to a pellet grill? Is the smoke generated not enough?

I’ve never seen this discussed.

Thanks

Amazon has these on sale for $18 for 2 of them. I bought a set a couple months ago. Sturdy built out of stainless and puts off good smoke.

I had that one for my GMG and it worked well. You need a torch to get it lit though.

I use mine mainly for smoking chicken. Brisket and other meats that take more than four hours get enough smoke without it I have found.

I have an a-maze-n pellet tray (rectangular) maze like the second post for my masterbuilt electric.

Each row does about 4 hours of smoke. Ive found you need to do about 1.5 times longer to get the same smoke flavor. So if you typically smoke something for 4 hours to get the smokey flavor you want, you'll need 6 instead. I do 8 hours of smoke with it for butts, then just heating element to finish it off. But if you are using it to add to what you already have then it'll definitely do that.

Works great if you do a couple of things.

1. Dry the pellets for 30 minutes in the oven or microwave for about 2 minutes before using.

2. Pack them tight in the tray so they stay light.

3. Light them with a propane/butane torch till they glow, then hit them with a hair dryer or hot air gun for about a minute until it ignites like a jet engine, lol. There are youtube videos showing this, bit once you've seen it you'll get what I'm saying.