and was soon in his ebay shop, where my twitchy mouse fingure clicked on 'buy it now' Costing �32, including shipping (customs left me alone) I think it represents great value for money.By the time you have driven around finding the parts it would probably cost half that, plus your time- though I realise there is satisfaction in making things yourself.
Never the less this makes things easy, just get a dustbin, drill a hole, attach the smoker and your away.The unit is well constructed out of heavy gauge aluminium and holds enough pellets or chips to run for about three hours, though larger units are now available that give eight hours burning- perfect for taking advantage of low night time temperatures.The body is filled with pellets, to below the outlet pipe (take care this doesn't become blocked), and ignited with a blow torch at the bottom.Once lit (about twenty seconds) you attach the bottom cup, tighten the clip and switch the aquarium pump on.I chose the battery version as it is nice not to have to worry about extension leads.Once a steady stream of smoke is produced I turn the inline valve right down, to maximise burn time.Using it for the first time I placed a max/min thermometer in the smoke box and was pleased to see it was barely one degree warmer inside.My only criticism is that a little smoke escapes from the bottom cup seal- I am wary of over tightening the clip, but this soon seals itself with tar products.I think this smoker is great value, fifteen quid for a dustbin and you have an idiot proof smoke house for under fifty quid.
Apologies for the amateurish layout of this review, it took me half an hour to figure out photobucket, and P.P's site has better images any way!
