Bradley SmokerBTDS76P Bradley Professional 4 Rack Smoker

I bought my Original Bradley Smoker nearly 5 years ago and it has given me superb and trouble-free results. The digital version of this smoker depicted here is the next step up - the main difference between the original and this one, is its rather more precise digital control of temperatures and smoke timings.If you are going to operate a smoker like this, you are best advised to have something shed-like outside where it can "live" and operate. Mine stays in its mini-shed, with plenty of room around it, raised on a plinth so that the cold smoking adapter can be left permanently attached (you can still hot smoke with this attached by the way, just unplug the power cord to the main cabinet if you want to cold smoke). The idea is that even if it starts raining, you can still leave the door of the shed open a crack to let the smoke out but not short out the electricity. If its a dedicated shed, then you could also add a flu to the roof of the shed.Warning! If you use these smokers indoors you are going to need some really good extraction or you will "kipper" your house! Also, even though this is a largely automated device, always check on it regularly to make sure the bisquette discard bowl has plenty of water still in it for extinguishing the spent bisquettes.I have had many a wonderful dish using mine - my own smoked ham, salmon, lamb, cheese, garlic - and I hope to do many more things with it in the future - thank you Bradley!As you will see from my comment to the last reviewer - I think they have been very unfair about their review. Search out and have a read at the Bradley Smoker Forum to see how many happy smokers there are out there - I certainly won't be "giving this up" for the forseeable future!

I have had a 4 rack digital model for several years now but I had to purchase a new smoke generator early on because the original started to fail to feed the wood fuel discs successfully. It also occurred on my second unit soon after purchase. It would appear to be because a wood disc became jammed as did the feed motor whilst feeding and probably burned out the relay contacts as there is no fuse in the motor circuit to provide protection although there is one at the rear of the cabinet but it never blew. The reason appears to be that if you leave partly used disc packs exposed to the air for any length of time the discs swell due to absorbing moisture and jam in the slide feeding mechanism leading to the burner.I have made up my own timer circuit which is working well with a 20ma quick blow fuse for protection. I also think that the discs are probably all of the same basic species of wood dipped in flavourings to create different varieties. Read the text on the box.I would not buy another as the build quality is poor.

The idea is great, the concept is wonderful and I am sure that once upon a time, these clever machines were worth every penny you paid for them.But having lashed £400+ out for the full works that is the Bradley 4 Rack digital smoker and the cold smoker adaptor, I have to say I am hugely disappointed with what we have got.The machine has been built in China at the lowest possible cost, apparently using the cheapest of materials available. While I can quite see why a manufacturer would want to keep the retail price down to a minimum in this instance it seems to me as being somewhat self defeating to create a high end product out of such cheap materials.I would gladly have paid a little more for a more robust productWe have used it and it has worked well giving delicious results, but I fear that this machine that should have been built to last a lifetime, will die a long time before I do.