For Outdoor Use Only! -Stainless steel hood and body -UL-listed, 1650-watt heating element (Canada: 1500-watt,CUL-listed heating element) plugs into standard household outlet. Requires minimum of 15 amps. -Removable thermostat control with low-medium-high setting -351 square inches of usable cooking surface -Two nickel-plated cooking grids with handles for two-level cooking -Porcelainized, 5-1/2 quart water pan -Sliding access doors for checking and adding to the water levels. This item may take approx. 2-3 weeks to ship.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Bought as a gift
I use a charcoal smoker, but bought this for my father who really wanted the electric version. After a lot of trying, I could not convince him that an electric smoker was just a big old crock pot. He's glad he held out. He called me after using it and was thrilled with the results. Brownie points from dad are always a great thing!
Fine for most people most of the time...
I've owned and used both the black steel model (5030) and this stainless one (5029). There are 2 things missing on the stainless model that my black 5030 had: 1) There are no dampers in the lid to help regulate smoke/heat and 2) The body does not rotate a few degrees and come up-off the base. You have to reach down in this model to clean the pan around the element and empty ashes. I miss both of these features. Tips:
--Soak wood chunks overnight, at a minimum. As soon as you open the lid to take... more info
Wish to top fit better
This is a replacement for another (not stainless) smoker. It is as advertised, quite easy to assemble, however, the cover should fit more snuggly as to retain more of the heat. Other than that - a fine unit.
MELCO 5029 Stainless Steel Electric Water Smoker
The smoker was delivered as promised. It took around an hour to assemble it while I was having my morning coffee. If you are in a hurry, just buy your meats from the market already smoked. So far I have smoked beef tri-tip with apple wood, and king salmon with cherry wood. Both turned out fantastic. Beef takes a few hours and the fish takes around one hour; of course it depends on size and temperature, etc. It is nice that I only need to add wood chips and turn the electric thermostat on without... more info
