Thanks all for the warm welcome. This forum is great. I started on an outdoor kitchen design about a year ago. I was hooked on smoking but couldn't figure a real good way to build in a nice looking wood smoker. I looked into a pellet smoker, but same thing. I had of course heard of electric smokers but thought that they were just a "cheap imitation" and not a good substitute for real wood fired barbeque. Then I met a guy who had just spent like $80k on his outdoor kitchen, I mean he had a 48" gas grill + side burners,, frig, warming drawer, coffee maker, sink...you name it. The funny thing is though, he opens a picture on his cell phone and shows it to me and says.."this is the best part of my kitchen". You guessed it, it was an electric smoker (I dare not say what brand here!). In any case he raved about it so much that I started investigating all things electric. After reading countless reviews on countless web sites for countless brands I started to home in on what I wanted. This forum tipped the scales and helped me chose the right size as well. I cant wait to receive it, but I've told myself I cant use it until I complete my kitchen build. This will likely be about another month though. I'll let you know if I can't hold out til then !!!!
