Let's be honest. This is not a thousand dollar smoker.
It's meant for and functions for the casual enthusiast.
Workmanship/Craftsmanship/Design
Slight mis-alignment on welds for leg attachments. Could not fully tighten three of the eight leg fasteners.
Although I like the aspect of not being able to fully close the dampers, the fastener design could be much, much better. Tightening the nuts too tightly makes the dampers unusable...too loosely, and nuts drop off into the charcoal.
Usability
The biggest complaint I've seen of smokers in this class is the firebox's clogging with ash.
In the case of the Smoke Hollow smoker, the fire box has a raised grate to allow ash to drop through.
Granted, space restraints don't allow for much of an ash storage volume, but I was able to cook two 10-pound pork shoulders with three full chimney loads of charcoal and two 10-inch x 2-inch hickory logs without a problem.
I compare this to my old barrel smoker where I never could maintain good temps because of ash.
Overall
Despite some workmanship and design flaws, I'd recommend this smoker to anyone...novice or experienced.
No comments:
Post a Comment