Now for the negative part. The whole unit is made from durable materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, or porcelain plated steel, but the fire basket isn’t and after only a few uses it started to rust. Now, I know this isn’t the end of the world and won’t affect much, I just thought it let down an otherwise excellent product. ProQ Frontier Elite BBQ Smoker – Version 4.0 Review

It’s got plenty of weight and sturdy enough if you put it together well. It takes about an hour to setup and the instructions aren’t too difficult to come to terms with. You can easily be a rank novice DIYer and put this together with no drama. Overall, people have rated it one of the easier bbq smokers to assemble. The chimney baffle controls how much smoke is released and this also effects the temperature of the grill, only to a lesser extent. Whichever model you decide to go with, it is always worth spending a bit of time online watching videos on YouTube and such, to give yourself the best chance of getting your smoked meat just right.Using a BBQ smoker to get your meat just right can be compared to a fine art, and I know a few people who treated as such, taking it very seriously. With a 68cm long main cooking chamber, this model is large enough to keep family and friends topped up with more than enough food. The offset firebox measures 39cm long.

You want a BBQ smoker that is fairly airtight to prevent uncontrolled temperature fluctuations, and also one with easy to use controls for the baffles. When the lid is closed, you can keep an eye on the temperature inside the BBQ smoker by using the thermometer that is integrated into it, but I as always, I would advise using temperature probes to get a more accurate reading of the food’s temperature. With a similar design to the Azura BBQ smoker above, this TecTake model comprises of a barrel style barbecue grill and an offset smoker compartment. To sum up the TecTake BBQ smoker, I’d say you get what you pay for. You can’t expect miracles from something that costs less than 70 pounds, but it is good quality for the price and will allow beginners to practice using a smoker, well if they’re willing to put the time in that is. TecTake BBQ Charcoal Barbecue Smoker ReviewBBQ smokers can be fuelled by charcoal, wood, propane, or electric. Propane and electric models are the easiest to set up and use but you might find it hard to get that really authentic smoked taste with them, especially the electric kind. There are extra things you can buy that will give food cooked in an electric smoker more of that coveted bbq flavour but they usually have to be bought separately and the products offer varying levels of quality. Aluminium has been used for a lot of the smaller parts of the ProQ elite BBQ smoker such as the baffle hatches, and other parts such as the bolts are stainless steel. All together this makes the ProQ are well built and durable piece of kit. You use both the intake baffle and chimney baffles to regulate the temperature in the grill. The intake baffle controls how much air gets to the coals so obviously this has a large effect on the temperature and needs to be monitored and adjusted as needed. I have to say the test is a complete success. You really only have to look at the pictures to see just how well this came out. But I am by no means a professional – this is something that every one of us can achieve with a quality smoker.

Even the type of paint used on the barbecue can affect its durability. Ideally you want a model that is coated with weather and rust proof paint so you don’t have to panic every time it rains. Features Regulate and maintain the temperature. As we already mentioned, you want to maintain a temperature of around 225 degrees Fahrenheit at all times but it’s ok if it wanders up a little from time to time as long as it doesn’t exceed about 250 degrees. A BBQ smoker can be a stand-alone unit or a part of a barbecue grill. It is used for cooking food at low temperatures of around 110 degrees Celsius / 225 degrees Fahrenheit, and this keeps the meat tender and prevents it losing moisture. Obviously the environment inside a BBQ smoker is…smokey, and that’s where that extra flavour comes from. The reason that this model retains heat so well is its design and construction. The outer shell is made from porcelain enamelled steel which is not only extremely solid, but also does an excellent job of spreading the heat out evenly and also keeping it consistent. The water pan that you place inside the main cooking chamber is also made of this robust material.Temperature control is handled by adjusting the air vents in the side firebox and smoke levels can be adjusted by opening and closing the chimney baffle. Getting a food smoker right now is tough, not knowing who to trust. Well I review these bbq smokers on real life experience for meat smokiness, price, build quality, safety, and ability to keep a slow fire going LONG. The wheels are adequate for rolling the 33.4kg weight of the Azuma BBQ smoker around on flat surfaces or on even ground, but I wouldn’t want to try moving it over any particularly bumpy lawns or overly soft ground.