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I love this smoker and use it every weekend. Just started smoking some chicken breasts and will include a couple photos. I have made a few tweaks to mine. I have lined both pans with foil and then filled with sand, and then covered in foil. This provides thermal mass and gets the temperature right back up after opening/closing the door. I have not found the need for water, but some people like to use water...up to you. I have hung a wire grate from the second shelf and use it as a drip catcher with some foil under the meat. From the wire grate I have then hung wire loops to hold a square tube smoke generator. I can get ~5 hours of smoke with the tube filled to max capacity. However, I usually only fill it half-way and smoke for 2-3 hours, then eat or finish in the oven...depending on what I am smoking.
**EDIT 20/Aug, 2017**
Still rocking this smoker. I just smoked a 6lb pork shoulder and it came out perfect. I put it in the smoker around 11:00pm with the square smoke tube filled to the max. Set the temp on Low-ish setting (~225F) and went to sleep. Checked it around 7:00am and the meat temp was around 170. I cranked the heat up to medium (~280F) and the meat got up to 190F around 9:15am. Pulled it out and wrapped in foil and let it rest a few hours. Very delicious with the best bark I've had yet. No more wrapping in foil to beat the stall for me, I like a nice bark for burnt ends.
April 2017 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase