I am in the market for a new smoker. I have been looking at the Amerique SM066 for a while. I discovered the Lone Star Grillz (LSG) Pee Wee on accident. I really like the SM066 for the set and forget and temperature holding capabilities. I do not care about the lack of a smoke ring concern using an electric smoker either. But with that said, I have some minor concerns about the SM066. 1. I've seen posts about the smoker tripping GFCI outlets. It's going on my porch and both sets of outlets...

Does anybody know if the SM-066 controller can be put on a SM-045 smoker? I don't need the extra room of the SM-066 but would really like to have more features of the SM-066 controller. I sent a message to Auber controllers to see if they had anything that would work on the 045 but since it's digital I may be out of luck.

I purchased the SM025 on 5/21/2022. It's been used several times a month with great success. Yesterday (Christmas Day, 2022) I smoked a very expensive 7.76 pound prime rib, this was a prime grade cut of meat. I ordered it from my local butcher without asking about the price - I probably would have gone with choice if I knew prime was 24.99 a pound! Caveat Emptor and all that. - but a frick'n amazing roast. Anyway, put it on the smoker at 225* at 10 AM. Used about an once of cherry and...

I currently have the large Kamado Joe and it’s a great cooker. I’m just tired of messing with charcoal, and buying charcoal. But I do love the taste of the food that comes out. I also need more space. I thought about buying an expander rack, but Mike I said, I’m getting tired of messing with charcoal, and periodically checking on temp. I’d rather sleep, or play with my kids. Lol. So I was looking at the cookshack sm025. That’s what my budget allows. I’m after the same wood fire/smoke taste I...

So tonight is the night for the first cook on the sm 045. I have 2 questions, is 3 oz of apple wood too much? Also does anybody put a drip pan under the butt or just line the bottom with foil and let it drip? I usually don't trim the fat cap much, but was thinking maybe the juices dripping on the smoker box might produce some flavor. Thank you

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Any way to Calibrate the temp on the controller? Runs about 16 degrees hot and can't get the holding temp down under 156. Checked with 2 probes and thermoworks signal. Probes are within 2 degrees of each other. I bought this as more of a warming oven than smoker.

Seems that rather than smoking, the trays of chips catch fire and burn. Causes a spike in the temp but more importantly, the burning is causing dirty black.smoke on the product. The door gasket looks good. Any ideas?

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Is there a way to record time and temperature with the SM260? We have a requirement from the state to record specific time and temperatures while smoking. We have found the current export from the smoker to be unusable. Ideally we could just have an export of date, time and temp at set intervals. We have contacted Cookshack and the fix was to manually enter the times in the spreadsheet, but that defeats the purpose for us. If anyone is using some type of monitoring device that can provide an...

Is it possible to plug in the controller backwards, Bought a brand new sm045 from Marketplace and it is kicking the GFI off just after it starts to heat. It's on a 20 amp circuit with nothing else running on it should handle this with no problem. Thank you

Do any of you use a surge protector for your smokers? I’m thinking about buying the SM025. And if you do use a surge protector, which one?

Anyone done them in this smoker? Did you hang them or put in racks? Gonna use sheep casings not collagen casings. Made them before but not with sheep casings and not in this smoker. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks