I can attest to how well the tube smoker works in a propane. I have the 18", 12", and 6"
AMNTS. They all work great in the propane smoker.
Question for you, have you done a needle valve mod? I can run my propane smoker from 100°-500°+ with little fiddling. At the lower temps (below 140°) I do need to watch it.
Here's my set up, this is the 12"
AMNTS in action. Water pan used as a diffuser. One note if you try and smoke above 285° the pellets will ignite in the tube. For higher temp smokes I also made a mailbox mod for the tube.
This was at low temps, 140°-180°
Here is a shot at higher temps and you can see I moved the
AMNTS I did this to get it away from the burner.
Just firing up. You need a flame like that to burn for a good 5 minutes then blow out. I light the tube outside the smoker then move it in and blow it out.
As for other smokers I too will recommend the UDS or the
WSM. Both set and forget, especially if equipped with a blower and pid. On my UDS and
WSM I maybe have to make 3-4 adjustments early on as temps settle and that's fine by me.