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The Best Meats to Smoke for Beginners

The best meats to smoke as a beginner are forgiving cuts that don't punish small mistakes. The three to start with: pork butt (pork shoulder) for pulled pork, ribs for a faster cook, and beef ribs or chuck roast if you'd rather cook beef than pork.

What Is Smoking Meat? A Beginner's Guide

Smoking meat is a low-and-slow cooking method that uses smoldering wood (usually sawdust or wood chips) to cook meat at temperatures between 225°F and 275°F over several hours.

How Does an Electric Smoker Work?

An electric smoker uses an electric heating element at the bottom of the chamber to heat the air, and a sawdust pan placed over the element to generate smoke. A digital controller manages the temperature, dampers manage the airflow, and the chamber circulates heat and smoke around meat on multiple shelves. No fire to manage, no charcoal to tend, no temperature swings to chase.

Pro Smoker Starter Guide: First Cook 101

Learn how to select, assemble, and get going with your Pro Smoker high-capacity, electrical vertical smoker.

How to Get More Smoke Flavor From an Electric Smoker

Get more smoke flavor from an electric smoker: match wood to protein, hit the 95°F to 135°F absorption window, and prep the sawdust pan to burn clean.

How to Maintain an Electric Smoker: A Pitmaster's Guide

Maintain your Pro Smoker Classic 100 S or Max 100 S by tuning it up regularly, cleaning and seasoning, and using the mobile app.

How to Replace the RTD Probe in the Pro Max and Pro Classic Home Smokers

Step by step video to replace the rtd probe in your Pro Smoker Classic 100 S or Max 100 S home smoker.

How to Replace the Burner in the Pro Max and Pro Classic Home Smokers

Follow this simple step by step video to replace the heating element in your Pro Smoker home smoker.

How to Read the Control Panel on Your Pro Smoker Dry Aging Cabinets

How to read and use the controller on your Pro Smoker Reserve 50 or Reserve 100 Dry Aging Cabinets.

How to Read the Control Panel on Your Pro Max or Pro Classic Smoker

How to read and use the controller on your Pro Max or Pro Classic electric, high-capacity, vertical Pro Smoker devices.

How to Get and Use the Pro Smoker App to Control your Pro Max or Pro Classic Smoker

Monitor and track your Pro Max 100 S or Pro Classic 100 S vertical, electric smoker using the Pro Smoker mobile app.

How to Assemble the Pro Smoker Pro Max 100 S

Step-by-step directions and video for setting up your Pro Smoker Max 100 S.

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