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Tube smoker vs. tray

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  • The_Stache
    The_Stache Posts: 1,153
    I started with the A-mazin Tube smoker... it was good for about an hour... depending on how much smoke you're looking for, it may be ok or you may be refilling it for a longer smoke.

    I ended up ditching it and create the smoke in my MM and then pipe it over to my Large...




    Kirkland, TN
    2 LBGE, 1 MM


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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    I have the AMNPS tray. I've gone for 4 hours on it and still had pellet left. Works like a charm.  :)
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    I have the tray - I do not have the tube, so a biased opinion. I like the tray. I’ve used it for smoking cheese and pork bellies. If I light both ends at the same time it lasts 4 hours or so (best I remember).
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    I have the tray.  I fill one of the rows with pellets and put a foil ball at the end so the pellets don't spread.  One row is perfect for cheese smoking - to my taste.
    Phoenix 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,796
    Golden opening here about SWMBO and tube smoking but I digress... ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,602
    lousubcap said:
    Golden opening here about SWMBO and tube smoking but I digress... ;)
    The Amazen boasts 16 hrs. Just sayin'.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,602
    The reason I like the tray is that it appears to allow for good control over duration (by choosing how many rows to fill). It also fits on the fire grate of both my L and MM. 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    I have a tube and the tray. I used to use the tube on my old Weber gas grill as it was meant to sit right on the flavorizer bars.

    I use the tray in other grills when cold smoking cheese.

    Results-wise I don't know that one is better than the other.

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Zaltydog
    Zaltydog Posts: 106
    Used the tray this weekend for my first try at bacon. Put it in the bottom of my large egg. Was still making steady smoke 12 hours later when I pulled the bacon. I like it.
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    I have the tray and burn pellets mixed with wood chips to smoke cheese.  Works great in my large egg.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 994
    I use the tray with sawdust. Works well for me, both with cheese and bacon. No complaints at all, but I've never tried either pellets or the tube so limited familiarity.

    I do sometimes mix a few chips in with the sawdust and that has always worked well too.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    Thanks for all the input. Anyone have opinions on dust over pellets. I know pellets are a lot more accessible. 
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