Amazon.sg:Customer reviews: Bradley Smoker BTDS108P 990223 Bradley Digital 6 Rack Smoker, 11.50" L x 33" H x 15" W, Silver

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J-Bam

I cooked it over 9 hours and it still did not reach the recommended temp until I pulled it and baked it in ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 12 April 2015

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Bought this before Easter Weekend 2015 so I could smoke a 13lb brisket on Saturday to be ready on Sunday at 2pm. Started the brisket at 1pm on Saturday and set the temp at 230 degrees (increments of 10 degrees only so i couldn't set it at 225), woke up at 3am to view temps and it was on point. By the time 10am came around on Sunday the internal temp of the meat was only 145 degree(ish). 1.5/hrs per pound is the avg +/- I've always smoked (low and slow). I turned the heat up to 260 and still didn't help. There was a big difference from the LCD compared to my thermometer that I place in the smoker to compare the internal temp. I made a 2nd attempt during the week to cook a whole chicken at 250 degrees. I cooked it over 9 hours and it still did not reach the recommended temp until I pulled it and baked it in my oven. So today (4/11/2015) I bought a 4.87lb brisket, left it out for an hour prior to smoking, set the temp to 230 degrees and started smoking at 8:45am. Currently it is 8:24pm, I've set the oven temp to 320 degrees (max it'll go) at 5:45 pm and there is a 40 degree difference from what the digital display is saying compare to what my thermometer is reporting. The brisket at this time is saying it's at 155 degrees. Almost 12 hrs later for a 5lb brisket & it's still not done. I really wanted this smoker to work. I think the heating element in the smoker is too small (the size of a jumbo straw). I previously had a Brinkmans Smoker which had a larger heating element and the food cooked as it should have - even during the winter. I've requested a refund from Amazon and will be shipping this item back (even though I've used it). $500+ is a lot to spend on a product that doesn't work and unfortunately you won't know until you try it.

Note: The smoking attachment of this product works great. The heating element just doesn't heat the food as it should and undercooked meat can be harmful.

I read the reviews and was hoping the Negative reviews was due to climate, but that's not the case and agree. Maybe if I bought the 4-rack smoker it would have worked better since it was more compact to hold heat in a smaller area. I also bought 3 120-pks of the bisquesttes and will be sending 2 of them back. Sorry Bradley - I'm disappointed in this product.

Pics show:
50+ degree difference between internal temp and smoker setting.
Internal temp of my 5lb brisket at a different section when pulling it out of the smoker 12 hours later
Pic of the meat still cold/rare on the inside
* The same thing the previous 2 attempts when smoking

Sad Fact: I'm ordering out tonight

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K. P.

Misses the Mark

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 10 October 2015

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The best thing about this smoker is the automatic feed of the wood hockey pucks used for smoking. They are a little expensive so you have to get them in bulk and when you can find a deal on them. The heating element has gone out on me twice in four years and I use the smoker about 4-5 times per year. The hinge and plastic trim, yes I said plastic, around the door cracked within 3 years and now I have T-hinges holding the door on my unit. The cords to the backside of the unit are very touchy and if not in just right or you have used the unit a few times, you will get an error message on the digital smoker. Check those closely when you start and periodically after you start your processing. I once thought my unit was operating only to check on it after a few hours and discovered it had shut off at some point. The lone heat element at the back of the unit will cause the meat at the back of the unit to heat much faster than that at the front of the unit. Rotation of the meat is a necessity if you want consistency. The temp readout on the unit is as worthless as ....... (you know what) on a boar hog. Such a small element with a large space to heat. You have to have a meat thermometer to know the actual temp. For me to give this 5 stars Bradley would need to make the unit all metal, keep the digital smoker, use a more reliable loop heating element and put a small fan of some sort inside to make it like a convection oven and disperse the heat evenly. This is a hobby smoker for someone who may only try to smoke something once or twice a year.

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Larry Ellis

Came very damaged

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 3 August 2020

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It came with a large dent in the side. So deep that the racks would not fit in the slides and the inner and outer metal sheeting had separated allowing insulation to be seen coming from the gap between the two sheets of metal.

I needed to use it for my Daughters wedding food prep so I didn't have time to send it back. So I just took it to the shop and used my auto body tools to reshape things enough to work. Everything is a little "wonky" now but it worked, I just have to get used to the idea that it will always be "wonky"

J. Charlier

Poor quality.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 19 August 2018

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I thought the quality should have been better for the cost. This is supposed to be the best smoker on the market. Has the price tag to go with it. Label with the serial number and specs was damaged when they put it in the styrofoam package. Trim or bottom of the door is uneven. Bisques get stuck in tube. I am using the Bradley bisques and they were not opened until just before I loaded the tube. So they should not have expanded from moisture.

I do have to say it maintains temperature in colder weather and wind with no problem at all.

sleadham

Mixed Luck..

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 26 November 2018

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this is my 3rd Bradley, they are the only one that I know of that stops the smoke before it is carsinagenic (puts smoke puck in water), but... that also means an undersized burner that struggles to keep it to the correct temp and a sub standard electrical board... My brand new one now thinks its 368 degrees all the time and is throwing up E1 errors in addition to that issue... great for health bear to work with ... hoping for good support from bradley... best for what it is but they really need to improve the product...

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Captain

WEAK heating element. Unit never reaches proper temp

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 14 August 2018

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This would be the most amazing unit if it had a heating element matched to it's interior volume.
No matter what I did, I could never get the temp up to 270 deg F.

The wood wafer feed system was excellent. This could easily be made into a 5 star smoker if the company will upgrade the heating element.

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bradley

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 4 April 2020

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all kinds of problems with the door cracking and falling off. problems with the temperature control sensor, the smoke box working, can not smoke very much meat at one time. i would not buy again.

Ilya karpukh

poor construction

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 4 August 2013

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I've purchased this smoker in August of 2011.
When it came in the door was broken on the bottom where it sits on a hinge.
Amazon picked this one up and sent another
Now exactly 2 years latter the whole bottom of the door just came apart.
This smoker is made out of cheap plastic and the bottom of the door has no reinforcement

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boehler424

heating element

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 23 December 2011

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The smoker worked great until!! on the first outing the heating element quit in the middle of smoking 25lbs of salami. They did overnight a new element saying they had some defective elements and charged me for the shipping. Nice!!

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tradersavy

The pusher arm for the bisquettes will not completely clear ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 30 August 2016

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The pusher arm for the bisquettes will not completely clear the opening creating error messages. The digital box must be defective. The bisquettes will not advance correctly and they will not burn completely.

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