Carpathen Smoke Tube for Pellet Smoker - Cold Smoker Generator Tube for Gas Grill, Electric, Charcoal - Billows 5 Hours of Cold Smoke Ideal for Smoking Cheese, Fish, Pork, Beef, Nuts - Stainless Steel

I received my Carpathen Smoke Tube in time to smoke some Mozzarella cheese for a pizza recipe that demands it. To purchase already smoked mozzarella cheese is not an easy task in the e-market nor at stores. At first, I was in doubt the tube will manage the job but man, tell me about it. I was completely wrong in my appreciation. This little thing is incredibly amazing.I followed the instructions to light it up and in 10 minutes I had a non stop smoke column. I placed the tube inside my grill and after 2 hours guess what, I had two mozzarella cheese blocks nicely smoked.I read that home smoked cheese must be wrapped and store in the fridge for al least a week to soften the smoky flavor but when these were going to be used melted in a wood fire pizza oven I considered that wait unnecessary. End of story, the pizza was a full success thanks to the amazing work done by this little tube.It is made of high quality stainless steel that will last for years to come.I did not filled it up complete, just to 3/4 of his capacity. With that amount of Apple wood pellets it smoked for more than three hours. When after two hours I removed the cheese from the grill, the smoker kept going for 1.5 more hours.FANTASTIC device. I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS SMOKER. don't spend your hard earning money in anything else but this. The price is so good that somebody could think the thing is a crap. NO, IT IS NOT A CRAP!, it's a high quality smoker.I'm a fan of reading reviews but not a fan of writing reviews. In this case I am making an exception. I could keep writing more and more considering how amazed I was with this thing but I may sound boring and repetitive. If you want to smoke from a tiny little piece of cheese till a full cow, go for it, don't think it twice.Just warn your wife, kids and anybody else who leaves in your house that you yourself, your hair, your hands and arms, your clothes, THE WHOLE OF YOU! will get smoked same as whatever stuff you dropped inside the grill. In my case, my wife loves to eat smoky flavor food so, that night, when I finished smoking the cheese and baked and ate the wonderful pizzas, after having a long late shower, l went to sleep at a coach downstairs to avoid been bitten by my wife. (I'm joking). Next day in the morning, I was still smelling smoked.

good price

its easy to use and puts out a good smoke

I purchased a bag of apple-oak mix from Lowes for an inexpensive price, and used this smoke tube to smoke a variety of inexpensive cheeses for a party. My first attempt left my family drooling and sampling them like crazy. I had a little training from a web page on "Hey Grill Hey" to help me make a good first attempt, and that really helped.I found that the smoke rises very quickly and exits my grill (not turned on for this), so next time I'm going to try putting the smoke tube on the bottom of the grill, and plug my grill up a bit (it has really a big opening on the back side) so the smoke can fill the inside of the grill better (instead of rushing out).

For years I used a horizontal charcoal smoker. Amazing flavor, but I literally couldn't leave it for more than 20 minutes for the entire 6-10 hours I'd smoke things.I decided to get a dedicated pellet smoker, which maintains the perfect temperature indefinitely . . . but tastes WAY less smoky than the old smoker.Enter the solution: The Carpathen Smoke Tube!!! I tend to do pros/cons to make it simple, so here you go:Pros:Inexpensive, but not cheapVery easy to useAdds a tremendous amount of extra smoke (I'm guessing it would even work in a normal grill)Easy to clean and store (even comes with a sleeve to put it in . . . which I never use since I leave it in the smoker)Friendly companyEasy to transport (like if you are going to stay at a cabin with a grill)Cons:There's really one, and it isn't the fault of Carpathen. It still doesn't smoke as strongly as the old smoker. Is the temperature and ease worth the trade-off? 100%. But the fact is that the pellets just don't put out the same strength of smoke as whole chunks of dried wood. I like the variety and ease of the Smoke Tube, and I would highly recommend it to anyone with a pellet smoker or grill (or even other types, like electric or gas).I'm tempted to get a second one to see if doubling the smoke helps. I can't say enough good things about the Smoke Tube, and I've already gotten a few of my IRL friends to buy one.

Arrived Wednesday afternoon with pellets.We have the small weber gas grill. Took out the grates, put the smoker tubeon the burners. It lit up. Blew out the flames after 5 minutes, put the already cooked pulled pork (sous vide) on the smoker (grill would not close if using grates). Turned off the grill.With the lid closed, the smoker alone kept the grill at 205 degrees.Came back 2 hours later-- awesome. Shredded and served the pork.It's gone.

This works great for cold smoking cheese in m smoker and also works great when using the barbeque

Yesterday was the first time I tried Z-smoker. I filled it up with premium Bear Mountain pellets and lite as directed. I have a Weber gas grill ( 3 burner Genesis ). I smoked I slab of ribs cut in half, each half placed over one of the two unlit burners. I placed the Z-smoker over the third burner on low heat ( not on top of the burner but on the same level as the ribs ). This one burner maintained the correct heat of around 250. The Z-smoker put out plenty of smoke but burnt out after 2 hours . I was windier than usual and I tried to keep it out of the wind and only lift the cover sparingly . Not sure why only 2 hours ? Will try again but not sure I could recommend if a full Z-Smoker only last 2 hours. Will update again after my next smoke .