Interesting. I bought the 3L Smokai Magnum with the SKB-3 pump. The Smokai folks confirmed that the pump can be operated with a USB cable if the battery is flat. It seemed to me to be the best of both worlds.
Any progress on clogging of the smoker? Did you find a pellet or chip that does not clog or is there any other method you’ve discovered to reduce, if not, eliminate clogging? I would like to be able to set my smoker while I’m at work, obviously clogging would pose an issue for me.
I'm going to be conducting some experiments with different size chips and pellets to see if there is a marked difference. Watch this space. There will be a video to follow.
@@ThalerHefel i think the clogging is an issue and also bridging of the wood chips as they become a little caked in tar. i do need to try a few alternative forms of wood before i make a definitive choice but as things stand its the maze style burn tray for me.
@@Coldsmoking I would like to smoke while I’m at work, which would mean that on occasion the smoker would not be producing smoke for a short period of time, maybe be a couple hours before I get home and can relight it. Is that OK?
I got a 3 xl magmun and the plug in pump came with it.
Its adjustable and excellent, no complaints.
thanks for the comments 👍
To further this analysis, it would be interesting to see the smoke production from each pump.
yes, that’s on the list. a great suggestion 👍
Interesting. I bought the 3L Smokai Magnum with the SKB-3 pump. The Smokai folks confirmed that the pump can be operated with a USB cable if the battery is flat. It seemed to me to be the best of both worlds.
Thats good so long as it remains dry, its air output is quite low though.
The smoke from smokai is excellent for bacon.
Also, excellent for fish, i really like mine.
thats good to hear
Any progress on clogging of the smoker? Did you find a pellet or chip that does not clog or is there any other method you’ve discovered to reduce, if not, eliminate clogging? I would like to be able to set my smoker while I’m at work, obviously clogging would pose an issue for me.
I'm going to be conducting some experiments with different size chips and pellets to see if there is a marked difference. Watch this space. There will be a video to follow.
@@Coldsmoking despite this issue, would you recommend the smokai as a best in class cold smoker? Where would it fall in your opinion?
@@ThalerHefel i think the clogging is an issue and also bridging of the wood chips as they become a little caked in tar. i do need to try a few alternative forms of wood before i make a definitive choice but as things stand its the maze style burn tray for me.
@@Coldsmoking ok I’ll start with the maze. I love the simplicity.
@@Coldsmoking I would like to smoke while I’m at work, which would mean that on occasion the smoker would not be producing smoke for a short period of time, maybe be a couple hours before I get home and can relight it. Is that OK?