Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Works great. I would just like to clarify one thing though that I have seen in other reviews that looks like it is in error. Many people mention getting too much smoke from this unit. Others have responded to use less wood, but I think the real culprit here is that they leave the unit powered ON after the chips are already lit. If you keep the unit powered on, the heating element will stay on throughout the smoking process and produce a much faster burn with a lot of creosote (white and/or black smoke). This leads to bitter food with an overly smoked flavor. I believe the correct way to use this is to load the chute with chips, turn it on until the chips at the bottom have lit (wait until you see a steady stream of smoke), and then TURN IT OFF (I only leave mine on for 15-20 minutes to get the chips lit initially). If you turn the unit off after the chips are lit, they reduce to a nice slow burn and keep the chips directly above lit as they burn down. This produces a nice thin blue smoke (TBS), which is exactly what you want. Using this method works great for me.