Masterbuilt Digital Electric Water Smoker

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Masterbuilt 30-inch Digital Electric Smoker simple to use. The temperature control is spot-on and you don't have to open the door to add more wood chips. I've had a lot of different smokers over the years and I'm sticking with this one!

Decent for price point. Doesnt hold consisten temp in my experiences so far. Ive been smoking for 20 years, this isnt the best or worst ive used. It will make due now that i know i need to have it on 275 degrees the whole time. Also slows down smoking when youve put a couple trays worth of wood in so plan to dump the ash at least once on an 8 hour smoke but thats explainable.

I've used my smoker a few times since purchase. On the second use the heating element would not come on and shut the smoker off. I opened the control module and it was soaked from the water pan steam. I didn't use for a week or so and tried again and it came back on and worked fine. I would like this to be a reliable product but would not trust it for overnight smoking for family events. Any suggestions?

I went from a 40 inch with digital remote and temp probe to this plain, stripped down model only because of price and availability. It smokes ok, just the other and so far only 2 complaints. No place to store when not in use and difficult to level with the cheap feet. BTW, the only reason I needed to replace my old one, was because masterfully no longer had replacement parts especially the chip tray

I bought the 40" electric smoker specifically to smoke kielbasa amd other sausage. After about 6 weeks, and 40 pounds of sausage, I'm more than satisfied with the results obtained for what I consider to be a bargain price unit! I use a ThermoWoeks Smoke to monitor internal air temperature amd it is rarely more than a few degrees off the digital readout. My only minor disappointment is not getting smoke below a smoker set point of 185F.