Pellet Smoker Tube -12" Stainless Steel Wood Tube Smoke for Cold/Hot Smoking for All Electric, Gas, Charcoal Grills or Smokers - Ideal for Smoking Cheese, Fish, Pork, Beef, Nuts, Bonus Brush

Fantastic product, can now turn my gas BBQ into a cold smoker. Have been smoking fish, cheese, pork with terrific results. Well worth the money

perfect for cold smoking

I have problems with this tube staying lit when laying flat--I think that's just a problem of physics not a problem with the tube itself. I find if I can prop it up to an angle--it's more likely to stay lit (and that's just part of figuring out to effectively use it).One thing I'll caution, because this is likely to be used with pellet grills. I prefer to put my smoke "close to the box" (so that the smoke draws through the smoker and over the meat). If you stick your smoke tube right next to your temperature gauge on the pellet smoker--it'll give it a "false high reading" and the smoker will start to cool off to compensate (incorrectly)...and this will only happen once the smoke tube's fire has gotten close to the thermometer. So be aware of that, if you put the smoke tube close to the thermostat.

I bought this to attempt to low and slow smoke on my gas range. I've had mixed success. On my grill (Weber Spirit) the unit fits neatly between the "flavorizer bars" and the grate and lasts for a good 3 hours when the gas is on low.Here are some things I've found.1. This works best with pellets. It will work with hardwood chunks but in my experience if you are using chunks the smoke will last longer if you are using packets made of aluminum foil.2. The device works best with the side with the fewest holes pointing towards the flames. I assume that this is the "bottom" but my unit did not come with instructions. I usually take this process a step farther and place it over a piece of aluminum foil that covers the bottom 3 sides. This seems to help it burn longer and a little more evenly and also makes cleanup a little easier.3. Starting it outside the grill is only really necessary for cold smoking. Once the pellet filled tube is in the grill you can use the burner to light it. Once you see open flames, blow it out and set the temp to low.4. Using pellets will slightly increase the temp of the grill as you are adding fuel, but using the foil method mentioned above mitigates that quite a bit.5. If you are expecting more than 3 hours out of this device, don't. Buy two and swap them when the first is nothing but ash.

I ordered this days before Thanksgiving 2020 to do a dry run in my electric smoker. I didn't have the smoker running, but I did have the vent opened at maximum. I just wanted to see if it would last at least the 5 hours if was intended to.I filled it up with pellets then used a food torch lighter (the one for creme brulee is what I used) to catch the pellets on fire. Any torch will work for the pellets, but you need some type of torch lighter. A hand held lighter for cigarettes won't work.So after about a minute, I could telI that the pellets on the end were smoldering and on fire. I turned off the torch and I let the fire sit for about 30 seconds then blew it out. Alot of smoke was coming out already so I put it in my smoker then went inside the house.I did this at about 6pm, and at about every 30 min, I checked on my security camera to see if there was still smoke. (It was about 40 degrees outside). There was still ALOT of smoke by the time it hit 11pm. It looked the same as if it were just lighted.For the price compared to others, I'd highly recommend.

The pellet smoker tube worked great for cold smoking cheese in a gas grill (without heat) and for smoking salmon and other meats using heat from a gas grill. The smoke tube is easy to use and to light the wood pellets it is best to use a propane torch. There are numerous videos on the Internet on how to light and use a smoke tube and how to cold smoke things like cheese, etc. When filled with wood pellets this smoke tube provides enough smoke for about four or five hours.