Smoking Gun Food Smoker Smoke Infuser to Enhance Taste Cocktail Whisky Beverage Cool Smoke Kitchen Outdoor BBQ (Silver)

Contents include the smoker which has a metal body and a small tray area to hold wood chips or spices. It also includes a small, flexible rubber hose that easily attaches to the body of the smoker. It has a battery compartment that needs 4 AA batteries (not included).How it works: after you insert your wood or spices, you need to use a lighter to light the chips. Then turn on the fan and the cool smoke starts billowing out the rubber tube. It is recommended to use a sealable bag to hold the meat and place the rubber tube in the bag. Seal the bag all the way to the hose, light your chips and turn on the fan. Smoke will fill the bag to infuse flavor into your meat, chicken, fish, or cheese.I first used the small, battery operated smoker on my dinner roast. I added Montreal Steak Spices in the chip compartment. The smoker was very easy to use. When finished, I removed the chips and cleaned with a damp cloth.I'm not s big fan of overly smoked meats, so I didn't smoke too long. I was very happy with the hint of smoke in the flavor of the meat.I'm excited to use it on chicken and cheese. I will update with my results.

My hubby has been into smoking ribs lately and then he decided he wanted to smoke other things as well. So when I saw this little device I decided to get it for him and give it a try. I must say that for such a small item, it really works well! Very easy to use as well. My hubby loved it! We smoked cheese and bacon. Mmmm bacon! Definitely recommend this for those wanting to smoke small items. Not sure how it would do with larger items.I do wish it came with some batteries, but it was no big deal.

So far so good. Have only used it once. Does produce smoke which is easily controlled, i.e. cocktail, food.

The product works great at making smoke. It Does get a little to warm to the point that it melted the tube with the orings. Will have to contact seller about replacement tube. Other wise an OK product.

Functions nicely. I just take wood chunks I used to use in a smoker and chop em into little bits using a hammer and chisel or cutters. Turn on the switch, use a long stem butane lighter held just above the wood and the fan draws the flame downward to ignite the chips. I use a glass bowl turned upside down on top of the plate and slightly offset to the side with the tube stuck up under the edge. Does a good job smoking steaks this way when I don't have enough to merit firing up the Traeger.

Tested this baby out last night by smoking some bourbon soaked oak on Asparagus before sous vide cooking them, it did a great job of putting out a ton of smoke, and the flavor really carried through.I am a somewhat concerned that inside the front piece they have used some kind of epoxy to cover the screws holding the wood chamber ("bowl") to the housing. So far the epoxy seemed unaffected by the first use, but it really has me questioning if chemicals in that epoxy will be vaporizing and mixing in with the smoke. It also means that the screen cannot be removed/replaced, turning this into a disposable unit that will only last as long as the screen holds up.Also the description says made from stainless steel, and judging by the weight the black bowl and front plate probably are, but the silver colored housing appears to be aluminum as it's not heavy enough to be made of steel, and has the dull reflective grain look and of sheet aluminum.Edit: I used this smoker gun again today to smoke some sea salts. I followed the instructions about not letting it run for more than 30 seconds, etc. After I finished, I noticed when I was cleaning it out, the epoxy was already deteriorating, and its not like I was scrubbing this thing hard, I was just rinsing with water and using a paper towel. Now I'm pissed because its very likely the salts I just smoked are contaminated and will need to be throw out.This really sucks because the price is right and it puts out a ton of smoke, but with the mystery epoxy coming off this really should not be considered safe to use with smoking any foods or beverages!Edit 2: As I was packaging this up to send back, I was looking at the inner housing again and comparing to the photos I took after the first use, and its now very clear that the epoxy didn't just scrub off during cleaning, it liquefied/vaporized and redeposited in the lower corner edge near the smoke exit hole (see 3rd/4th pics). Absolutely unacceptable, I wish I could give this zero stars

This thing is cool. I get it started before putting the smoke around my food so the fuel used to light it is not getting on my food. Stoke up a flame, blow it out and it should smoke up pretty good. I poked some holes in an old plastic food container and use it to smoke cheese, cocktails, whatever. It does the trick. Quicker than you think too. You can overdo it where it taste bad.

I bought this smoke gun about a month ago and used it twice. I followed the instructions closely and it worked well those two times. Third time I used it, it just wouldn't turn on. I tried changing the batteries; didn't work.I got a replacement unit. Used it once, no problem. Next time, wouldn't even turn on. Tried new batteries. Nothing.There's pretty clearly a design flaw with these, or a very high failure rate. I'm done trying my luck with these - is has already failed me TWICE when I was promising people I'd make them a smoked drink. I'll be trying out one of the nearly identical units from another Amazon seller and seeing if theirs work for more than a use or two. Save yourself the trouble and buy from another seller.