Been using a charcoal smoker that my girlfriends dad gave me for Christmas that got me completely addicted to smoking but was to much hassle to use in the NW PA winters. Sooooo I decided to purchase a propane smoker for myself. After hours and hours of reading reviews on many propane smokers I decided on the Masterbuilt 20051311 GS30D 2-Door Propane Smoker. It was a toss up between this model and its big brother 40 but for the amount of smoking I do at this point I decided on the smaller model.
Another reason for me choosing the GS30D was that it had 2 doors. 1 to access the cooking chamber and another to access the water and chip pan. I figured I would not be letting as much heat/smoke out when tending to the water and chip pans.
I have only used the smoker twice but I would have to give it a 4 out of 5 only because of the chip pan which gets extremely hot and just lights up the chips/chunks. I have found some mods for it with just putting tinfoil in the chip pan and it solved that problem. Others I have read that they just replace it with a 8" cast iron pan but I think i will stick with the tinfoil
Another reason for me choosing the GS30D was that it had 2 doors. 1 to access the cooking chamber and another to access the water and chip pan. I figured I would not be letting as much heat/smoke out when tending to the water and chip pans.
I have only used the smoker twice but I would have to give it a 4 out of 5 only because of the chip pan which gets extremely hot and just lights up the chips/chunks. I have found some mods for it with just putting tinfoil in the chip pan and it solved that problem. Others I have read that they just replace it with a 8" cast iron pan but I think i will stick with the tinfoil
