Here are some useful tips to help you get the most out of your electric smoker and produce incredible tasting kielbasa every time. This indulgent cooking process tends to be reserved for larger cuts of meat that need lots of time to tenderize.

The Char-Broil 140 722-Digital Smoker has a steel and aluminium body. Transparent glass is incorporated into the door for you to see through. There is also an internal light which aids visibility. This will allow you to clearly see the contents of the smoker.Dadipoor S, Kok G, Aghamolaei T, Ghaffari M, Heyrani A, Ghanbarnezhad A. Explaining the determinants of hookah consumption among women in southern Iran: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):1655. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7917-4 There’s something stirring about watching tender meats drip juices onto sizzling coals, however, traditional smoking produces a lot of pollutants. Doing this immediately after you remove them from the smoker ensures they don’t continue to cook on the inside and dry out. These gadgets can be expensive and, generally, smoking is considered more of a culinary hobby than just a method of cooking. If you want to store them for later, they must be plunged into an ice bath to stop their outer cases from shriveling up.

This has dimensions (HxWxD) of 85.5x53.1x50.3 cm, heating element rating of 800W and is well insulated. Elsayed Y, Dalibalta S, Abu-Farha N. Chemical analysis and potential health risks of hookah charcoal. Sci Total Environ. 2016;569-570:262-268. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.108 Pellets and charcoal-based fuels release carcinogens and may cause a slightly increased risk of cancer.

Some people like to enhance the appearance of their kielbasa by leaving it to bloom at room temperature. This simply means hanging the sausages in a space with good ventilation that’s not overly hot or too cold. As far as electric smokers go, the MasterBuilt MES13OB Digital Electric Smoker definitely ranks among the best. It is equipped with a digital control which enables you to regulate it easily. Also, it is designed to enable you load flavoured chip into it through a side loading system. This way, you don’t have to keep opening the door intermittently just because you want to add more chips. This will in turn keep the internal temperature of the smoker consistent. This will ultimately help to get better smoking results. With a heating element rating of 500W, the smoker has a considerable range of temperatures. This feature makes it versatile and you can use it to smoke several different types of foods with different temperature requirements. If you want your Kielbasas to look super authentic, by all means, flip them 2-3 times during cooking. It won’t do anything special for the flavor though. Masterbuilt smokers are high performing devices but they can be a little bit sluggish when warming up.

If you reach the required safe temperature of 160F (internally), your kielbasa should be fully cooked when they leave the smoker.Do this twice to completely fill the smoker’s wood tray. If you are filling it up, remember that more chips mean less smoke. Provided your electric smoker is working correctly, you shouldn’t need to turn the kielbasa during cooking. It’s more of a visual technique used for creating those barbecue style grate marks.

Traditionalists claim electric smokers aren’t the real deal and that, without charcoal, it’s not proper barbecue. Your kielbasa will taste different depending on the variety of wood used for smoking. Experts of the ‘low and slow’ method can talk for hours about their favorite woods and the incredible flavors they pass on to the meats. Additionally, the smoker includes a timer that enables you to preset the smoking duration. It will automatically shut off when this time elapses.

Total cooking time, variety of wood and the increments in which you turn up the heat are all open to experimentation. Firstly, steer clear of softer wood and any wood that produces resins. These varieties don’t produce enough smoke. The smaller the wood chips, the better. We find that the Masterbuilt electric smokers don’t function as efficiently when using larger, chunkier pieces. Kielbasa can be thin, fat, white, round, linked or made with blood. These sausages typically contain garlic, juniper and marjoram though you’re encouraged to experiment with different flavor combinations. Jawad M, Jawad S, Mehdi A, Sardar A, Jawad AM, Hamilton FL. A qualitative analysis among regular waterpipe tobacco smokers in London universities. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013;17(10):1364-1369. doi:10.5588/ijtld.12.0923