Louisiana Grills LG-001000-1750 WH-1750 Country Smoker Whole Hog

This thing is AWESOME!. I've been messing around with several different cold smoke generators and none of them really worked well. This thing works really super! I wasted too much money and time on those other things.After following the directions to "season" the tube and burn off left over oil from manufacturing, I put a couple pounds of cheese in my Masterbuilt Electric smoker and the Tube Smoker in the bottom. I filled the Tube Smoker half full of pellets and fired it up.I DID NOT use any heat from the smoker itself for this test. In fact I never plugged it in. The cheese will melt at just over 100 deg (F). I wanted to see how much heat the Tube Smoker would generate because I want to use it for cold smoking. I have a larger barrel style smoker I normally use for cold smoking because the heat source is well away from the food to be smoked. Trying it in this smaller unit was just a test.The pellets lasted about 2.5 hours (half full). There was enough heat generated to cause the cheese to soften but not melt. I didn't think to put a thermometer inside so I don't know the exact temp.If I were to use the Tube Smoker in a BBQ grill for example, I would make sure the food to be smoked was as low as possible and plenty of air flow. It does generate too much heat for a small, closed in space for cold smoking.It would work great in a BBQ grill to add smoke to your food. If you're cooking steak, burgers, chicken. I like to throw a couple pieces of Tri Tip (tied together) on the rotisserie and add wood chips to the coals. I plan to use the Tube Smoker next time in the BBQ.This is a really wonderful product and for price and my needs, I prefer it over the A-MAZE-N Smoker. That's the "maze" style, wood dust smoker. Such a simple but useful idea.

Overall a decent smoker however I thought I was receiving the digital temperature controls as seen in the advertisement and ordering the controls have been a nightmare. It has been two months since I order the controls and they still can't provide a ship date.

This is a great product. Works perfectly, i filled my tube 2/3 full and it smoked for over 3 hours. Great for making smoked cheese, spices, bacon etc... possibilities are endless!