This build follows the very successful smoker [Brett] built last year. This year, he’s using the same toaster oven heating elements, only cut down to make the heater smaller and more efficient.

It uses the solid state relay seen in the bottom-right of this image to switch the smoker’s heating element. But all of the other goodies that are included add several features not usually found ...

A set of removable racks, usually two or four, are slotted above the heating element. At the bottom of the smoker, there’s usually a water pan that provides moisture, along with a grease pan to ...

They were so close to the heating element that I pretty much started ... but I was adamant about perfecting this oven-cum-smoker hack, so I revisited a couple of my chef school textbooks.

The maker said consumers should stop using the smoker immediately because the heating element/wiring is defective. The appliance prepares smoked meat, fish and vegetables. How do I identify if my ...

Your new smoker will come with instructions, but the process is so easy that you almost don’t need them. As you’ll see during assembly, the heating element at the bottom is accessible through ...