Product Description

Four adjustable oven style chrome plated cooking grids; Three fully adjustable dampers for best cooking performance; Five adjustment levels; 18,000 BTU's; Cast nameplate w/full range heat indicator; Push button ignitor; Fully welded heavy gauge steel cooking cabinet; Cast iron smoker box; Cool grip, locking front door handle; Full size door opening

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #231632 in Lawn & Patio
• Color: Charcoal
• Brand: The Great Outdoors
• Model: 3605BGD
• Released on: 2007-02-10
• Dimensions: 16.00" h x 24.00" w x 36.00" l, 94.00 pounds

Features

• 18,000 BTU
• 3 fully adjustable dampers
• 5 adjustment levels
• Full size door opening
• Boxed

Customer Reviews

My final smoker
I have had this Smoky Mountain gas smoker with Stainless cabinet for over a year after using many short lived Brinkman/Mecco type charcoal and electric versions.
(The electric version was terrible with the heating elements failing about every third use.)
This gas smoker works like a champ and I'm only on my second propane bottle after using it almost every weekend. The temperature control is great (hot smoking only)You load the meat and walk away for hours without worry.
There is one issue though and that is my neighbors always want to come over and eat with us.
I was so proud of showing off this unit with a turkey, pork shoulder and ribs all in this cabinet at one time for our first big party. Just before dinner I would open the door and let my guests see all this great smelling barbecue still inside. I was totally ego inflated for weeks.
With use I have learned to use less wood in the smoke box and usually use water soaked pecan chunks now and only one at time. The smoke ring is about a 1/2 inch. When first loading the meat with "rub" on the meat I have the smoker very hot with vents wide open close the door wait 20 minutes and then turn the gas control valve down to low and close down the vents and smoke for atleast six hours for ribs and chicken. Briskets and large turkeys take more time. All meats should fall off the bone and register at least 160 degrees internal temperature.

My First Smoker
I bought the Great Outdoors Deluxe Gas Smoker for my first smoker and the first time I used it, I cooked two Pork Boston Butt's. I have never used a smoker before and I was worried about the heat fluxuating,(I think thats how you spell it),alot. Once I got the heat set(in about 20 minutes) I put the two pork butt's on and left it till the next morning. I woke up and checked the temp and it was perfect. Everyone who had some of my smoked pork thought I was a proffesional at smoking with my Great Outdoors Deluxe Gas Smoker. I am doing some beef brisket this weekend to see how it turns out. Alot of people have been saying that thier Smoker was in bad shape because of the packing from the manufacturer but the Smoker I bought from Lowe's was packed in a cardboard box with foam supporting everything and nothing was damaged or scratched on my Smoker. I would recommend this Smoker for anyone that wants a Very Good and easy to use Smoker. OH Yeah' It's also easy to clean!

Sometimes you get what you pay for. This isn't one of them.
My smoker arrived dented and chipped, which I wasn't happy about but I could live with -- I don't expect a relatively inexpensive outdoor oven to maintain its new look after some wear and tear anyways. However, the rails along the sides that hold the shelves are not welded together well. In fact, two rails arrived completely broken off (opposite sides and at different levels) and a third was tenuously held in place by a single weld. I thought that the broken-off rails were parts to be used in the oven's assembly; otherwise, I would not have unboxed the smoker and put it together. I would have returned it.

Because I had assembled the unit before realizing that it was broken, I thought that replacing the broken parts would be easier than disassembling the unit, re-crating and returning it. I called the distributor three weeks ago to order replacement parts that have not yet arrived. I've already waited longer than the distributor indicated I would have to before receiving the parts.


If alternative gas-fueled smokers didn't cost a multiple of what this costs, I'd be really angry.

Hands down, this is the most unsatisfactory purchase I've made from Amazon.

In spite of the impairment of not having a fully functioning smoker, I have seasoned it and used it once. The chicken I made was promising. (My hope that my experience with this smoker will improve lets me award a rating of 2 stars based on this one use.) If I ever get the parts I need, I think the smoker will be adequate for initial experimentation with this kind of cooking. If I like the results, I'll replace this smoker with a better one.