G wrote:

> Hello I've been smoking on a side firebox
> charbroil from Home Depot for about a year.
> But I get tired of refilling the coals sometimes
> during the ball game and I started to look at
> some electric smokers.
> I found some that advertise as "insulated"
> and "sealed" to prevent drying of the meat.
>
> My question is .... do these type smokers release
> smoke thru a vent or are they in fact sealed?


None are completely sealed. What they have is a fixed size
vent, usually a single hole in the top of the cabinet. This
is one of the major disadvantages of this type of unit because
you can't vary the draft.

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