Smoke Daddy Inc. Magnum P.I.G. Cold Generator

We do a lot of cold smoking and have tried several smokers, all of them had the same problem the chips/pallets would compound and the fire would go out, thus the smoke stops, it was a nightmare. Smoke Daddy smokes for hours and hours without any problem, absolutely love it.

This heavy-duty USA-made aluminum smoke generator is seriously built like a tank and completely elevates your backyard setup. Installation on a Nexgrill Oakford 790 pellet smoker was straightforward, requiring just a quick drill using the included step bit to mount it directly to the barrel. Once attached, the way it works is brilliant: you load the heavy-duty aluminum body with your favorite wood pellets or chips, light it up from the bottom, and plug in the adjustable air pump. The pump feeds a steady stream of oxygen into the chamber, pushing rich, clean smoke right into the grill barrel without adding any unwanted heat to the cooking chamber. We fired it up last night to smoke some ribs, and the results were straight-up amazing—giving us that deep, authentic wood-smoked flavor that takes low-and-slow cooking to the next level. The generous two-and-a-half-hour burn time gives you plenty of consistent smoke duration before needing a refill, and when you're done, the whole unit is simple to clean out and maintain. If you want true control over your smoke profile without having to fight temperature spikes on your rig, this setup is worth every single penny.

I have used this smoke generator with my Pit Boss 850 for almost a month now with 6 cooks topping 8+ hours. I use high quality pellets that help with a better smokey flavor but this smoke generator takes it to a new level of smokiness. Not the bitter smoke flavor from a smoking tube but that of a clean smoke from unprocessed wood. It is a well build product. Easy to install and use (once you figure out how to properly start it up). Basic clean-up is quick. It needs a deeper cleaning after 3-4 long cooks. I love that most of it is made in the United States of America. Unfortunately some of the smaller parts like the bottom cap for example are made in China. After a little trial and error and online videos I learned when you want to pair this generator with a pellet smoker just run it for 30 - 45 minutes before you start to get clean smoke. I just started the smoke generator first then pre-heating my smoker. One more tip. Instructions say you should check the wood chips / chunks every 2 to 2 1/2 hours. But at the beginning of a smoke check it after an hour. Sometimes it burns through a lot of wood at the very beginning as it settles in. For me after the second wood refill it was going 3+ hours before needing for wood.

I'll admit, I was apprehensive at first ordering this, because I LOVE my Traeger Pro34, and the last thing I wanted to do was drill a hole in the side of the barrel of a $1000 pellet grill. But I'm happy that I did. I've used it for additional smoke on hot smokes (not that I needed it), just to try it out, and was pleased with the results. Now that some weather resembling winter has arrived here in Texas, I could put the true 'cold smoke' to the test. I've cold smoked a total of 18 pounds of cheddar cheese with it. The first 4 pounds the ambient temperature was 54 degrees, and the barrel temp when smoking only hit 76. Yesterday was 14 pounds, ambient temperature of 45, barrel temp didn't go above 55. It created a strange phenomenon (to me) at that temperature. Smoke was pouring out of the grease drip instead of the smoke stack for the most part, as you'll see in the video. It makes me want to get the new Savannah Stoker controller, that allows you to use the induction fan only, to help with smoke circulation. The drawback to me, with my particular grill at least, is that since installing it, the target temperature on my controller, compared to actual, the actual seems to routinely run 10 degrees lower at all times. I installed the unit as the instructions said to, but I'm wondering if heat isn't going into the pipe and the smoke daddy causing this temperature drop. This is the ONLY reason why I'm giving it 4 instead of 5 stars.

Would give this product 10 stars if I could. I’ve smoked meats for years with a “real” custom built refrigerator smoker built in Texas. My wife bought me a Traeger as a gift. I used it twice and was so thoroughly disgusted with the lack of smoke volume and flavor, I put it away in my garage and haven’t used it for 3 years - until today. I happened to stumble across the Smoke Daddy on Amazon. Did my research and it seemed to make sense and may give my Traeger a shot at actually being more than just a convenience grill. I installed it today and smoked a couple of whole chickens. The chickens came out perfectly. With the Smoke Daddy, I had continuous smoke - real smoke and flavor, not that pellet smoke where you think the meat may be smoked but you’re not sure. The Smoke Daddy is a total game changer. With it I get the convenience of thermostatically controlled temp and GREAT smoke flavor. I highly recommend.