Hey everyone. I know I am knew here... But thanks for all the info!!
On this topic and the main reason I have found this forum, I own an analogue
masterbuilt smoker and its produced good food for me over the last couple years, however I wanted to smoke some jerky and suasages and the unit I have wont do that because it gets too hot, or at low temps it wont produce smoke.
So I was looking at the
masterbuilt 40" that sams offered and we where there one week and I decided to hold off but they probably had about 50 of them, and the next week after I decided to pull the trigger, they where gone! I asked and one of the guys said they had been recalled... I asked another lady there who said they had all been sent back to the manufacturer because they where having problems with the door hinges, But they should have them back in about 2 weeks. So about 2 weeks later Which would have been Friday February 1st I called and the person on the phone said they where out of stock and they had all been sent back because of a recall.
So I then called the nice folks at
Masterbuilt (they were really friendly) and they told me they where simply out of stock in their warehouse because they did not expect as many orders as they got during the holiday season, and where trying to recuperate from all the sales from that, and also that they where revamping the 2nd gen 40" smoker, But they are looking for them to be in stock at their warehouses some time this month (February 2013).
Now the local cabelas, and local basspro shops had the unit in stock, when I looked last week.
So I am not sure what is going on as far as why the cabelas and basspro shops would have the same units in stock and not the sams club or walmart, also I asked the lady if the unit that sams club and walmart has where the same exact unit that cabelas and basspro has and how come such an extreme price difference of over $100 and I was told they are the exact same units just that walmart/sams has such buying power that they purchase a lot more units at less price.
I know this doesnt exactly clear anything up, just the information I have found out.
Edit: Location is Omaha, Nebraska