Adding wood to your fire is the only way to get the true smoke flavor in your smoker.
Electric smoker chips or chunks.
Pellets are specifically designed for use in pellet smokers and can cause wild variances in temperature if used in your masterbuilt electric smoker.
Chips chunks or charcoal.
The ones above are just some of the most popular ones.
W orking with a professional chef we tested five of the top electric smokers smoking over 40 lbs of pork butt 25 lbs of baby back ribs and 20 lbs of chicken.
Because electric smokers often have inbuilt temperature controls soaking wood chips isn t really necessary.
Bark makes great fuel for a campfire but not for smoking meat.
We found the masterbuilt 20071117 to be the best electric smoker overall producing succulent flavorful and tender smoked meats that could easily rival professional results.
Avoid using wood chunks electric smoker pellets or wood chips with the bark still on them.
Wood chips wood chunks and pellets have been used for centuries to add smoke flavor to meats however with all of the different types and flavors of wood available today it can be a little confusing at first when trying to make a decision on wood chips.
Whether you have an electric gas or charcoal smoker you can add wood for the authentic barbecue flavor fortunately wood chips and wood chunks come prepackaged for your convenience but which should you use.
In most models the electric heater is surrounded by a wood chip tray where wood chunks from selected hardwood varieties slowly burn and produce smoke.
At nearly double the price our runner up is the smokin.
If you have an mes 400 electric smoker you can use either wood chips or wood chunks depending on which smoke setting you are using.
Feel free to.
However soaking wood chips can do much more than help regulate the temperature in your smoker.
If you want to add real flavor to your meats then finding the right wood chips for masterbuilt electric smoker can make all the difference.
Every smoker has its personality quirks and the masterbuilt electric smoker is not without some quirks.
You can even take it camping with a small propane burner making it easy to smoke fresh fish or steak in the great outdoors.
Our electric smokers and cold smoker attachment are designed to operate with the use of wood chips only.
While any charcoal grill will impart at least some smokiness adding wood chips or chunks with smoking especially in mind will make a huge impact on the flavor and aroma of your meal.
Let s take a look at why you might not want to prepare your chips for electric smoking.
Still the masterbuilt electric smokers are by far one of the easiest to operate.
That special smoky flavor is one of the most sought after features of great bbq food.
There are also smoking chips that are made from avocado wood beech olive willow persimmon carrotwood bay chestnut guava fig etc.
