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| | Features | 2-1/2-cubic-foot electric smoker with powder-coated steel exterior4 smoking racks; push-button digital control panel; 24-hour timer; auto shut-offThermostat-controlled electric temperature; insulated for energy-efficient cookingAir damper; side-loading wood tray; removable drip pan and rear-mounted grease panMeasures approximately 19-1/2 by 18-2/7 by 34 inches
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| | Description | Known for quality and innovation, Masterbuilt's cooking products set the standard. With a powder-coated steel outer body, Masterbuilt Electric Smokehouse comes with four smoking racks that allow ample room for turkey, sausage, chicken, ham, pork, fish, jerky, vegetables, and more. It is 100° to 275°F thermostatically controlled for a perfect temperature every time. It features a push-button precision digital control panel and an 0-24 hour digital timer with auto shut-off. It offers a safe and convenient side-loading wood tray. This Smoker has 100-percent insulation for energy-efficient cooking. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 19.5 inches | | Product Width: | 18.3 inches | | Product Height: | 33.9 inches | | Product Weight: | 67.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 35.0 inches | | Package Width: | 18.5 inches | | Package Height: | 18.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 50.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 247 reviews |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 247 customer reviews )
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315 of 318 found the following review helpful:
Great for novice and experienced Jan 08, 2009
By Shazam
The Masterbuilt smoker is a wonderful product for the price. Whether you're new to smoking, or an experienced smoker who wants a less hands on, labor intensive smoke, this is simply the best you can get for the $$.
Pros:
1. Digital thermometer: If you've smoked much, you know keeping the smoker at the right temperature is often what takes the most attention. As an electric smoker with a built in thermometer, you can set your preferred temperature and then just focus on keeping the woodtray filled, the contents mopped, and you're good to go. (You will still want to use a digital thermometer on the meats themselves to check their internal temperatures, but that's a different matter.)
2. Well insulated: Unlike a traditional side smoker, bullet or most other form factors, the masterbuilt is nicely chunky and really doesn't care overly what the outside temperature is at (within reason)
3. Capacity: Four racks (though with chickens, big roasts, shoulders and ribs you may only end up using two at a time. Still, I've loaded it up 30+lbs of meat at a time which for a product that often drops under $200 when on sale, is not bad at all.
4. Economy: It runs on electricity and with small amounts of wood relatively speaking. Rather than going through large amounts of wood and charcoal, you have a much more affordable smoke, which if you want to smoke regularly (or smoke small batches) is great.
5. Customer Support: You'll find repeated reviews of this online, but Masterbuilt's customer support is second to none. Its hard to find companies that stand behind their products the way Masterbuilt does. If something is defective, they will fix it with little to no questions asked.
So why don't I give it a 5 stars?
1. Size: Masterbuilt has a 40" version, but it is very hard to find. Really, if they made the 40" the standard, that extra little bit of space would allow you to use all four racks more often even with larger cuts.
2. Temperature Range: The Masterbuilt only goes up to 275. This is excellent for red meats which will often cook between 220 and 250 and fish, but not as good for poultry, where you want it up to 350 to get the fat in the skin to render (and avoid chewy skin).
3. Power: The Masterbuilt's electric heater sometimes doesn't seem to have quite enough oomph if you really load it with meat. I've had a hard time keeping the temp up when its full. There are people online who add their own heating elements to help boost it.
4. Needs direct plug: Masterbuilt requires you plug directly into an outlet. So, given the relatively short electrical cable that means you need to install an outdoors outlet if you believe them. I did use it fine with an industrial extension cord, but talking to their customer support, they felt it might be a reason for problem #3 above.
So, what do you have? A great form factor for a smoker, with good capacity, that maintains a set temperature, with multiple racks for different products, and that gives a consistently result. On the other hand, they have a slightly larger product that is only distributed much more limitedly, and they have odd limitations on the product based on max temp and wattage to the heating element. Given the price difference between the Masterbuilt and its nearest competitors, perhaps these limitations are forgivable. I still regularly recommend it to friends, and have many, including some who run a couple of well respected restaurants loving the products that come out.
Things I'd love to see from Masterbuilt as aftermarket products or even just upgrades:
1. External smoke box that attaches to the wood feed hole, so that you can do cold smokes for sausages, cheeses and salmon and other products.
2. A higher wattage heating element that can be swapped out for the standard one.
3. A higher max temperature so I don't need to take the chickens and game hens out 30 minutes before done and toss them in the oven to crisp the skins.
Regardless, to come full circle. If you want to dabble in smoking and are intimidated (which is easy), this is a perfect smoker to make things easy. And if you are experienced in smoking and just want to have either a more affordable smoke so you can do it more often, or a less labor intensive one, once in a while, this is the perfect supplement to your existing set up.
115 of 116 found the following review helpful:
Model # Is Important Apr 22, 2010
By J Grant
A friend of mine has a Masterbuilt smoker that looks very similar to this one and it works very well. His experience, along with everything I've read is very positive for all Masterbuilt smokers, with the notable exception of heating element replacement. Given that, my decision on which model to purchase will be based on whether the heating element can be replaced without replacing a large segment of the smoker.
From my research it seems the heating element is the one part that's most likely to fail, so you'd expect them to be replaceable. After reading in these Amazon reviews that the heating element of this model may not be replaceable, I swapped e-mail with a Masterbuilt rep and here's what I found.
The rep claimed the heating element can be replaced on all of their smokers, although some require a new body assembly - and replacement parts are no longer made or stocked for some of their older models. All of the electric smokers sold on their website allow for replacement of just the heating element. The heating element of this model (#20070106) requires a new body. (sixty bucks plus s&h)
The rep made it clear that model #20070910 is their newest 'standard' 30" electric smoker, and it does allow for easy replacement of just the heating element. It's hard to find on their website, so just search the web for the model #.
The rep also told me there's no way to know when a particular smoker, and thus replacement parts, will be phased out. She said some of their models have been sold for over five years, implying that's a long time.
The following models were mentioned in our correspondence.
30" Electric Smokers
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> Model #20070106; sold here on Amazon.
For heating element replacement, you must replace the entire body - and the customer can do this. The cost for the new body is $60.00 plus shipping and handling.
> Model #20070110; smoker with window and meat probe
The heating element alone can be replaced by the customer.
> Model #20070910; standard 30" edition
The heating element alone can be replaced by the customer.
40" Electric Smokers
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> Model #20070710; smoker with window and meat probe
The heating element alone can be replaced by the customer.
The rep I corresponded with was very helpful, and I still plan on purchasing a Masterbuilt smoker - just not this one.
144 of 148 found the following review helpful:
 Masterbuilt customer service - things have changed Jan 26, 2009
By Robert D. Simmons
"Bob Simmons"
Hello Folks,
This used to be a five star review for Masterbuilt with me raving about the awesome customer service I received from them.
I hate to do this but times have changed and so has the service. I have read numerous accounts here and on a smoking forum I frequent of smoker owners with bad units being ignored. This is an awesome unit when it works but the weak link is the heating element and when it goes bad there is no replacement offered. This fault has been problematic since the first models and as far as I can tell not addressed. I'm guessing there are too many bad units in the field to repair now and the company is providing no solution or repair.
Before you buy check the warranty to see what the company will do for you should the element go bad. Maybe Masterbuilt will get back to taking care of the customer, I certainly hope so but seems now they have joined the majority of producers who only have eyes for the bank once the money is in their hands. Pity.
69 of 74 found the following review helpful:
Fine until it breaks Jun 16, 2009
By J. Richter
"jrichter1"
This is a good product...until it breaks. My heating element went out so I thought it would be simple to get a replacement. I was wrong. The sympathetic people in Customer Support told me the heating element cannot be replaced. The entire unit except for the racks and electronic control had to be replaced. They said they could not quote me a cost since they had no replacement units in stock but hoped to get some in stock "in a few months". So if you buy this product expect to throw it away in a year or so!
28 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 DON'T BUY! DON'T BUY! Apr 28, 2011
By Robert S. Miller
"Bob"
I bought the Masterbuilt 20070106 from another source, the one that has it's own TV station. It was purchased in 2008 and used maybe 6 or 7 times. It stopped working. My experience with customer no service at both places was bad. I researched the problem on the web and found I was not the only one with the problem. In my search, I found one person that said you can fix it. It may not be the element but the wiring. You have to drill out the rivets on the back, I used my trusty dremmel, remove some screws, and pry open the box in the bottom left hand corner of the unit and there you are! One of my wires had been fried! I went to my friendly Ace and spent $6.34 and I was back in business. The only problem was the fitting I put on was only rated for 221 degrees. You can look around and you should be able to find one rated higher. You will also need 20 1/2" self tapping screws. Try this fix before you pitch the unit. The wiring they use is the wrong gauge. When you get the back off, they have used spray foam for the insulation. On my unit the foam looked like it had burned. I'm hoping that this will help someone with the problem and prevent others from buying this piece of junk. The new models have an access door so you can get to the heating element. My guess is that most of what I have read this is the solution. I used my smoker last night!
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