The Bradley BTIS1 Automatic 4-Rack Electric Smoker is a great tool to have for those who enjoy set it and forget it BBQ and want the option to smoke or cold smoke their favorite beef, pork, chicken, fish, or vegetables. The Bradley electric smoker features powder epoxy-steel exterior for durability and a 2,288 cubic-inch aluminum interior to give you the space that you ever need. The adjustable shelves slide out for added safety.
This automatic electric smoker has a 500-watt cooking element and a 125-watt smoking element. It can heat up to 280 degrees Fahrenheit for smoking various foods from meat, fishes, fruits to vegetables.
Consistency is the name of the game with the Bradley BTIS1 electric smoker. The Bradley flavourful briquettes burn for 20 minutes and sold separately. The smoker also comes with drip bowl and tray, and each shelf has 11 x 13 inches cooking space. This smoker helps you prepare perfectly-cooked or roasted meat and operates up to 8 hours without the need of refueling.
Features of the Bradley BTIS1 Fully Automatic 4 Rack Electric Smoker
- 500-watt cooking element
- 125-watt smoking element
- Heats up to 280 degrees F
- 4-rack fully automatic food smoker
- 2,288-cubic-inch interior
- Unique smoke without fire system features wood-flavored briquettes that burn for 20 minutes each
- Briquettes sold separately
- Measures 14-1/2 x 17 inches x 31 inches
- Bradley BTIS1 Weight: 42 pounds
- Runs for up to 8 hours without refueling
- Tray and drip bowl included
- 1 year warranty
Reviews of the Bradley BTIS1 Electric Smoker
Many of our readers here on the BBQ Smoker Site have found the Bradley BTIS1 electric smoker to be very impressive. They really like the size of this unit, as it is roughly the same size as a mini fridge – sealing closed in much the same way by using a magnetic strip.
The automatic briquette loading tool is great and saves you the trouble of reloading the smoker with more chips halfway through the cycle. Cleaning is a breeze, as you do not have to reach into a tube structure that is a standard design of most smokers.
Bradley BTIS1 electric smoker impressed the majority of its users with its good features and performance. Having received an average of 4.3 out of 5 stars, it’s one of the electric smokers in the market that’s worth buying.
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The following answer comes from Mike Wozniak from TEAM BAR-B-QUAU, winner of Jack Daniels 2010 World Championship (press release 2010 Jack Daniels Championship BBQ Grand Champion Press Release), 2010 Winner of the Kingsford Points Chase, and Winner of KCBS team of the year for 2010. As you can see, it was one impressive year for Mike and TEAM BAR-B-QUAU!
It’s a pleasure to have his response included as part of this one question interview question series about what he would do differently if he had to buy his first BBQ Smoker setup again. Be sure to check out the TEAM BAR-B-QUAU website, their Facebook page, and their featured BBQ Cooker manufacturer, Peoria Custom Cookers.
The first cooker set ups I had were all similar uninsulated offset cookers. While at a contest in N Kansas city in 2003, where it was fairly cold, I realized that most of the heat from my cooker was being wasted. Heat was escaping through the uninsulated fire box, and the unsealed gaps in the doors. That winter I undertook to modify my cooker so that the air flow through the cooker would be more efficient and to also insulate the firebox.
Originally, air could feed the fire from any direction at the back of the cooker. After modification the fire only got air from underneath the fire, the optimal direction. Feeding a fire from the top with air will eventually smother it out and coals or wood underneath will remain unburned.
I was able to insulate about 90% of the firebox, with double walls and ceramic isulation. The first time I used the modified cooker I was very impressed! It naturally wanted to cook about 275 degrees and I literally was only using 1/4 of the fuel I had been before the mods.
When I switched to the Peoria Custom Cookers, which I have used since 2006, we incorporated the same concepts in the firebox. The Meat Monster cooker from Peoria is available with what is called a “competition ” firebox, it is an option that is more expensive than the standard box but well worth it! It is almost an exact copy of the modification i made to my previous cooker, although we did make it bigger so you could do some grilling in it.
In addition to the firebox, Bill the owner of Peoria Cookers, decided to fully insulate the cook chamber also. The result is a cooker that can be burned very hot and uses very little fuel compared to other offset cookers. The advantage of all this is that the hotter and cleaner you can burn your cooker the better the bbq products that come off the cooker.
QUAU
UPDATE: See responses we received from those interviewed here.
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