Masterbuilt John McLemore Signature Series 710-Sq. in Black Electric Smoker

Returned after first use

I previously owned a Masterbuilt 30” electric. Had it for about three years before an electrical problem made me get rid of it, but I was very happy with it while I had it. That one had a good heat range that would produce smoke. I used it at 160 to “cold smoke” salmon and trout, and at 250 for ribs. It worked very well at each temp that I set it. This model is a redesign of what I had, and I didn’t like it at all. I’m not sure if it’s the new design, or if I had a problem with my specific unit....

Great with some reservations, and 1 admonishment.

Got this unit from my Local Lowe's Store 02-08-18. I had shopped my tail off about smokers and decided this one was for me. Sophisticated enough, without the troublesome things I'd read about. I've been around various smokers since my early 20's, all home made, all electric. This is my first ever 'store bought' smoker. Assembly was very simple for me, remove a lot of packing, and attach the feet. I decided they spot would be beside my Char Broil Gas BBQ (Natural Gas). I also put down 4 bricks to...

good smoker for the money

I received this smoker for Christmas 2016.I have 5 other smokers,grills,and cookers. I seasoned it like the instructions required on Christmas day.The next day i went and bought 3 racks of baby back ribs. My first initial run with a electric smoker. meat preparation:I removed the membrane off the lower bone side and preheated my smoker to 235% with some Hickory chips added.I filled the water/juice tray to the fill line with apple juice. I had to cut the ribs to fit the smoker,cutting about 1/3 ...

Great smoker for the money!

Man this smoker is awesome! As they say on television with cooking products "Set it and Forget it." The meat taste like you would get from your local BBQ restaurant. Most of your BBQ places smoke/cook with electric smokers also. My first try was baby backs and chicken wings. I set the temp to 225, timer for 3 hours, shut the door and went about my business, added wood chips to the tray every hour. Next time I will use a sweeter wood such as apple versus hickory. I'm not big on the really heavy s...

Gets the job done, but FAR from a quality product.

This is my second Masterbuilt basic digital smoker. My first one performed well and even smoked chips at 225 degrees. Flood waters came, and that was the end of the smoker. Like almost every other review, paint around the door flaked, and the rubber gasket around the door melted in many areas, but smoking continued. I bought this MES 130B, hoping for more quality smokes, and after my first, here is my review highlights: - CHEAP! --Legs were not manufactured straight, leveling was a challen...

Great choice to begin the "Meat Smoking Experance"

This model (# 20079015, Electric Smoker) is only marketed through Lowes (special deal between Lowes and Masterbuilt… or so I am told)… Lowes does sale other Masterbuilt Models, and other brand smokers. Anyway, this special Lowes unit is a 2nd Generation (Keyboard in Front) Masterbuilt Smoker (no window, no Stainless Door). However, this Lowes version is somewhat of an enhanced entry level, 2nd Gen, Masterbuilt Smoker (Smoke Vent on Top Back/Left, 2nd Meat Thermometer Probe, rear wheels for easy ...

Why did i wait so long to buy this!!!

I bought this after doing some extensive research on electric smokers and this one always came up on top of the list of reviews. So I went to out local Lowe's and bought her! The gentleman there said his dad had one and loved it. I got it home and 2 days later I was making smoke rings around some mighty fine rib, wings, stuffed jalapeno peppers wrapped in bacon, asparagus wrapped in bacon and yes smoked mac and cheese!! if you have a facebook account make sure you check out the My Masterbuilt El...

Nice features, has a reaccurring problem

I purchased this almost one year to the date (a Christmas gift to myself in 2015). I used this about 4 times and went to plug it in to start it and it kept setting off my GFI. I went online to see if there's something I need to do and found that Masterbuilt has a huge problem with this. Person after person had the same problems for the past few years -- they use it <5 times, they plug it in and the GFI goes off. They call Masterbuilt and they are told they need a new heating element. Why do...

Broken out of box and MB Customer Service is TRASH

I bought this smoker after getting fed up with trying to rig my gas grill up to smoke. This smoker is garbage. The control panel reads 280 when actual internal temp wont break 240, and thats the high end when empty. This thing struggles to even hit 220 if there is anything inside it. I have placed two tickets with Masterbuilt about the issue (which they say they will reply in 5 days). It has been three weeks and still no response. The reason I bought this smoker is because Masterbuilt customer s...

Trouble after only 6 uses

Purchased 8/29/2019. I went to smoke some spareribs today and the unit keeps turning off. I unplug and wait 10 seconds like the manual says, reset temp/time and within a couple of minutes the unit turns off again, the temp. readout is showing 300F, you can't even set the temp. for 300F, the highest it will go is 275F. So now I have the spareribs I can't cook and 10 lbs of salmon in brine that I was going to cook tomorrow, which I also can't cook. I can't cook the ribs/salmon because we are trave...