Smoke pistol smoke generator

[gbguy71]

The [color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]AMNPS looks very interesting.  I'm curious if you could use chips in it, or a mix of chips/dust/pellets?  (Always looking for cheaper ways to do things [/color]

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[domapoi]

If you have a MastertBuilt with a small chip tray don't bother to do the mod to cut out the plate between the heat element and the chip tray. Just contact MasterBuilt and have them send you the free upgrade to convert it to the bigger tray. This provides the shelf the tray slides into that does not have the bottom plate.

 

[volcanowatcher]

I have just bought the AMNS 6X6 version and I love it.  The first time I smoked butter, cheese, almonds and oatmeal (my grandson's request) and they didn't even reach room temperature. I at first had a little trouble lighting it up, but it was just a need to get used to the lighting method.  I put it into my Brinkman Gourmet Charcoal Smoker and it performed really well.  I highly recommend these products for those who want to get into cold smoking.

 

[xxlt250rxx]

I use a Bradley smoke generator on mine.

 

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• xxlt250rxx
• Nov 12, 2012

 

[putcz]

I have tried the smoke pistol and was not at all happy with it, could never keep it going. I purchased the cold smoking attachment that MES makes and that works real well. That is all I use now as it smokes for a much longer period of time 5hours plus and can be used for hot or cold smoking. Well worth the fifty bucks. Just use the attachment for smoke and the MES for temp control.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Drop the pistol and the daddy at the dump and go with the AMZNS

 

[daricksta]

I'm a huge fan of the A-MAZE-N Pellet Smoker (AMNPS). Not only is it a great product, Todd Johnson (inventer and company owner) provides the best customer service there is. I own the MES 30 and I've used wood chips and the AMNPS and by far prefer the latter. With wood chips, I'm re-stocking the wood chip loader every 20-30 minutes. With the AMNPS, I can get 6 hours of smoke if I want. There have been a couple of times it went out and I had to re-light it. Todd's advice was to stop using the water bowl. I followed his advice and the last two times I used his smoker I had pellets in the tray left over for a future smoke. His wood pellets are also outstanding.

 

[rickyldd]

If you have a Masterbuilt smoker the greatest thing for it is the Smokepistol.  You then have a HOT and COLD smoker and you can't do that with anything else.  There has been such demand for it that the SmokePistol people now make a quick adapter to just put the Smokepistol on the side of the Masterbuilt and you are going. An electric, insulated smoker with a thermostat and a continous, adjustable smoke source blowing out cold smoke.  The combination is great for hot smoking, cold smoking or starting with cold smoking then turn on the heat and hot smoke.  That is what I do with salmon.  I cold smoke for 3 hours and then turn on the heat to 170F and hot smoke for 45 minutes.  There are lots of people out there trying to sell junk but you cannot beat this combination and anyone that says something different hasn't tried it.

I do that with my new A-MAZE-N pellet smoker

 

[russg]

The only one to have is Todds AMAZNPS...You do not need anything else....And the VERY BEST is also he cheapest !!!!!

DITTO for the AMPNS!!!

 

[brandx35]

I gave my smoke pistol away quite a while back. I kept on having to many problems keeping those cartridges burning. It wasn't worth the aggravation. I was hoping it would be a solution for controlled cold smoking. It never happened!

 

[linguica]

I gave my smoke pistol away quite a while back. I kept on having to many problems keeping those cartridges burning. It wasn't worth the aggravation. I was hoping it would be a solution for controlled cold smoking. It never happened!

I took mine apart. When you see how it's built, you wonder how it can be expected to operate as advertised. Ditto with Grill Kicker.

 

[aland]

I bought 1 and it was ok the 1st time. I called them about the problems and got ahold  of a guy named Paul. Pretty much got the run around. Told me he used it all the time and tried to make me think it was me. I feel I wasted my money. I've got the AMPS and Bought the 18" tube. With the pistol, I had to keep jacking with it. My dad told once you get out of school every lesson you learn will cost you money. Again Dad was right cos that lesson cost me. I WOULD NOT reccommend  the pistol!!!!!! Very dissatisfied! 

 

[flareside92]

I purchased a smoke pistol and mounted it on my Smoke Hollow electric. It was ok but I always seemed to have issues with it but mostly because of inexperience and stubbornness.

After joining the SMF I found out about the A-MAZE-N smoker and figured I would give it a shot.

I was hooked immediately and have used it ever since.

I would highly recommend it and the best part is the customer service, not to mention the number of people on this forum that use it.

 

[aland]

It was  not because of your inexperience. It is a piece of junk! I've had the same troubles and Paul tried to make me think it was me! Salesmen- I mean marketing engineers!

 

[roddy]

Go with Todd's Pellets smokers and pellets. You will not go wrong. I'm new to smoking but theses items have been a godsend for me. They really make smoking so much more fun.