Amazen Smoke Tube Reviews

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Since all Amazen smoke tubes work by the same principle and the only difference is the length of the tube we will review one of them and that is the most popular 12 inches. They are also available in 6 and 18 inches. You have to decide the size that is the best for your situation.

I use this one myself on the grill to add more smoke flavor. I also use it for my cold smoking.

Read the rest of the Amazen tube smoker review:

Fact: Did you know that Amazen smoke tubes are part of Pit Boss Grills?

Sizes

The Amazen tubes are available in:

  • 6 inches
  • 12 inches
  • 18 inches

Customer Reviews

“Love it! Simple, small to store when not in use, and very effective. I find I’m smoking everything from cheese and fish to peppers from the garden. I bought it because a friend has one and recommended it. I’ve since recommended it to a number of my friends. Some in my family will probably be getting them for Christmas….”

“There are a lot of positive reviews on here and if you’re a cynic like me that raises a red flag and the BS-O’Meter starts going off. Take this review for what it’s worth but oh my heavens to betsy! This made my smoking experience from an electric unit leaps and bounds better! I’ll be using my MES much more now that I have this thing. I purchased the `12” tube’ in hopes to keep a good smoke going for about 4 hours and it gave me almost 9 hours w/o a refill @ between 205-235º fahrenheit. Never once did I have a flare-up nor did it become extinguished due to lack to airflow….

Amazon Rating: 4.8

Pros & Cons

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Pros:
There are many pros to this product I found, but they all boil down to the same things.
Easy to use, small, hours of smoke, etc

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Cons:
The only con I could find was about the price, but like with anything else. You get what you pay for I guess.

Video of the Amazen tube

Tips From Real Users

Short Smoke Session

Sometimes, I want a short duration of smoke – say, 30 minutes (as the saying goes, you can always add a smoky flavor, but you can’t take it out). However, you can’t just throw half the number of pellets in, because they have to be tightly packed to work properly. What to do?? Roll up some aluminum foil, and pack it into the bottom half of the smoker, in effect reducing the volume by half. Then load the remaining space tightly with pellets, fire them up, and bingo.

Amazen Smoke Tube Instructions

There are several methods to start an Amazen tube, but the most mentioned is to use a torch, and I do that, and make sure it gets started pretty well before closing the lid of your smoker.

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The A-Maze-N pellet smoker is one of the many products they have to add more smoke to your smoker. Very easy to use and can even be used for cold smoking since it produces smoke and not so much heat. If you do have not enough room you can have a look at the Amazen smoke tube we reviewed also.

The size of this Amazen pellet smoker box makes it very easy to use in about any size grill or smoker.

It is also useable on electric smoker.

I still think it has to do with airflow over the pellets or maybe even the pellet being too wet.

In the Amazen tube smoker reviews, I have not read anything about this problem.

The 2-star raters, also about 5%, had similar problems but some of them had the opposite and complained about the pellets burning up too fast. Again in my opinion an oxygen problem. Too much will let them burn faster, just as your charcoal.

The 3 stars were much more pleased with the product and still, some had the problems mentioned in the 1 and 2-star raters, but they kept trying and experimenting with airflow and amount of oxygen.

The 4 and 5-star raters, who added up to about 83% of the total, were obviously more pleased with the pellet smoker.

One remark I found mentioned that smoking and especially beginning with smoking can be intimidating and that trial and error is one of the things you have to do.

One of the problems seems to be getting this pellet smoker to get started. Someone even mentioned that the opening to light it was on the wrong side.

A tip was to light it in the hole, but also on the side, this seems to work better to keep it light.

Most of the higher rates mentioned that at first they had some problems and had to figure out how to use it in their setup and situation.
One even mentioned 12 hours of smoke from it and someone else used only 2 rows and got over 5 hours out of it.

Amazen Pellet Smoker Box – My Experience

Overall this pellet smoker tube gets better than bad reviews.
The most mentioned problem is to get it started and to keep it going. It seems that the key is to get it light really good and then make sure the airflow is getting through the pellet smoker to keep it going.

Most experienced users say to keep the top vent open and the bottom vent using a regulator.

This pellet smoker is good for cold smoking. Even in a little bigger smoker. It still gives a nice amount of heat to be used for cold smoking on a smaller grill.

Eddie van Aken

Eddie van Aken has years of experience in running his full-service restaurant and with this came working with using and dealing with all types of kitchen equipment. With his experience, he can find all the pros and cons of grills and add them to the grill reviews he is doing. You can read more on the about page for Eddie van Aken

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