Electric smoker Lil red honda

"...the kettle grill is a jack of all trades but certainly a master of well, maybe direct heat grilling?"

Simply can't argue with that. I had a Weber grill that sat outside continuously for probably 7 years and the kettle itself looked great. The legs were starting to rust through, but the kettle was untouched by the weather. And it was fantastic as a BBQ. One of the great things about it was when the meat was done, put the lid on, close the vents, and the unburned charcoal would be there for the next use.

We usually try to pick up 100-200 lbs. of charcoal when the box stores run it on sale early in the spring @ $9 for 40 lbs.

fj12ryder wrote:
I hate to try to use a regular grill to smoke. It would be hard to keep the heat indirect while maintaining correct temperatures, and adding wood for smoke, and water could be a bit of an issue too. Could be done but not as easily as a purpose built smoker.

Valid points ... the kettle grill is a jack of all trades but certainly a master of well, maybe direct heat grilling?

I've never run out of water while smoking, usually a 12 oz beer poured into an old pie tin is overflowing at the end with all fat and water rendered from the flesh

Adding wood for smoke isn't an issue, all the wood goes in at the beginning, while laying out a snake of coals for 3-6 hours.

Maintaining the temperature is the hard part, fussing with vents, etc. Advantage to the electric smoker here.

MEX's Home Style Smoked Mango Slices...

I hate to try to use a regular grill to smoke. It would be hard to keep the heat indirect while maintaining correct temperatures, and adding wood for smoke, and water could be a bit of an issue too. Could be done but not as easily as a purpose built smoker.

I just use my Weber Kettle grill to smoke, no generators needed.

2oldman wrote:

ScottG wrote:
The eu2000i can pump out 1600 watts continuously so that should cover just about any of them that run off 1500 watts.

I wouldn't
want to listen
to that for very long.

Good point. I hadn't considered that, and most meats will take 4-6 hours to get good results.

ScottG wrote:
The eu2000i can pump out 1600 watts continuously so that should cover just about any of them that run off 1500 watts.

I wouldn't
want to listen
to that for very long.

How "Little" is your Little Red Honda?

EU-1000i is good for 900 Volt-Amps (Watts in a resistive system like your smoker)
The EU-2000i is good or 2x that (1800 watts) the smoker as someone pointed out will be 1500 (the most you can plug in) or less.

What part of "smoker" don't yous understand ??
13-1500 watts is a cooker, not a smoker
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Big Chief Top Load Vertical Electric Smoker - 50 Lb. capacity for smoking fish, game, or fowl. Plugs into any standard 3-prong (grounded) 110/120V electrical outlet. The heating unit is 450W and will heat the smoking chamber to approximately 170 deg. F
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And that's the big one,....the little chief is 200 watts

Tal/IL wrote:
Check out Green Mountain's Davy Crockett pellet grill. It is very low draw, either straight 12 volt or 120 volt adapter. Also, it's small enough with the legs folded that it stores in one of my basement compartments.

Great portable smoker. Very efficient with the pellets while smoking and it can get hot enough to sear a steak. Fits in our basement easily, the only downside is that it weighs 56 pounds