new smokintex electric smoker

[buzzard]

ok im visiting a friend of mine in hawaii and he just bought a smokintex electric smoker, my experience is with a barrel type smoker with side fire box.

when i smoke a pork tenderloin i ususally maintain 200-220 temp and it takes around 3-4 hours. as i have read on here that is prety much where it needs to be.

HOWEVER when we used his smokintex we put the temp at 210 it cooked it within one hour. we also did ribs and they cooked extremely fast too and came out kinda tough.

since either of us have experience in electric smokers i am looking for advice. i assume i need to maintain a much lower temp to get food done correctly, but i dont know.

we have some pics i am going to share with you all later once we get a few good smokes in.

i do thank all my brother and sisters for any help you give.

 

[roksmith]

..was the temp gauge calibrated?..my first thought was that the gauge was off and you were actually cooking at a much higher temp.

I would put a calibrated thermometer probe in there next to the meat to verify the temp is correct.

Rock

 

[Dutch]

Aloha Buzzard, What kind of controls does this smoker have? Can you post a pix or a model number?

 

[buzzard]

its the smokintex 1300 it has one dial on top for temp control

 

[bob-bqn]

buzzard, I looked at these http://www.smokintex.com/p_smokers.html but can't figure why the cooking was so fast. Only thing I can figure is either the temperature dial or the thermometer is wrong. Have ya'll tried to contact the manufacturer?

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[Dutch]

That's my thinking too, Bob. The temp regulator could be out of adjustment. I know on most electric ovens there is adjusment screws under the knob so that you fine tune the oven temp up or down. Don't know if the Smokin Tex units have any means for adjustments or not.

 

[buzzard]

i never realized you could adjust the temp control. i may play with that later. we made some tuna and smoked some cheese last night. we just turned the temp down to where we thought it would be good, and everything turned out finaminal.

once i can get him to give me a pic of the fish i will post it.....it looks so good in the pic its scary.

thanks brothers and sisters for the help so far. i will let you know what happens when i adjust the temp control. im now glad i brought my digital temp guage with me. i figure im going to need that to get it right or at least close.

 

[shellbellc]

a little late in the reply, but my el smoker really takes temp changes with the flu. If I open it all the way, the temp can really drop (30 degrees)