Masterbuilt Smoker? Father's Day....

My BF has one like the one linked by khaleesi. It stays outside on the deck year-round. It works well, and looks fairly simple to use.

We have a Masterbuilt. I got it from QVC several years ago. We love it!

We've had ours for 9 months or so. DH loves it- we smoke a bunch of meat and veggies at one time, eat some of each, then freeze the rest. We can get the chips at walmart, or many other places here. Ours is electric, so DH plugs it in in the sun porch and either has it sitting on the deck outside (if it's not too cold), or sitting in the doorway of the sun porch (with the porch door open) if it's cold, so the smoke goes outside and doesn't get in the house.

We did our Thanksgiving turkey like that last year and it only took about two two hours to fully cook- and it was a big turkey! The masterbuilt website has a lot of good recipes, and I've pinned a couple other sites with good stuff, too. I also found a book from the library that had a lot of good recipes.

khaleesi- DH got his at Cabela's, too (same model)- the guy was very informative and helpful.

CeeScraps- I can't think of any cons. Be sure to talk to someone who knows smokers who can give good advice and not just try to sell you the most expensive one. DH had been looking online for a while and went in to Cabela's to see what they had in person. 

anonrefugee- I think it depends on where you live and how covered the patio is. We keep ours in an enclosed sun porch, so it's protected from the elements, but it gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter in there.  We live in CO, so the only thing we keep outside year-round is our gas grill. Since the smoker is electric, we wouldn't want to keep it outside.