Portable Smoker for Outdoor Cooking - Compact & Lightweight BBQ Smoker for Camping, Tailgating, and Backyard Grilling - Perfect for Ribs, Chicken, and Fish

I got this because I wanted to try smoking salmon and some other kinds of fish and I don't have enough room for a full sized smoker. I needed something I could use on the balcony of my apartment without burning the place down. I've seen some Alton Brown tutorials on using a cardboard box as a smoker, but this seems kind of dangerous, so this all metal smoker is the next best thing and folds into a very small package when you aren't using it.This has everything you need including two levels of racks and an alcohol burner. You just need some smoking chips and food to smoke. You could also run this over any kind of low fire, camp stove or electric hotplate if you are using it at home, just make sure the heat source is adjustable. If you want to use it at home a thrift-store hotplate will probably work fine and avoids having to supply any kind of fuel.The only downside to this is that it is uninsulated stainless steel. This may make it more difficult to keep the whole thing at the right temperature compared to a full-size smoker. I'd say that having some kind of thermometer is a must so you will know the inside of the box is at the right temperature for smoking. Ideally, some kind of dual thermometer would be great, one to monitor the temp of the smoker and the other to stick in the food so you will know when it is fully cooked. This will save you time and fuel compared to opening up the box to check the food.This is probably better for shorter smoking sessions and not things like 18 hour briskets! I'm sure you could do it but it's not going to be ideal for long sessions. In general a full size smoker would be better and there are some for about this price, but they take a fair amount of space to store and use.This smoker is going to be best for use when camping, traveling or just for people who don't have space to store a full size one. It folds into such a small space you could store it just about anywhere.I'd like to say I've given it a test run, but unfortunately I can't. Since I got it the weather has been too cold and windy to run an alcohol burner on my apartment balcony. Once spring gets here I'll give it a go and probably find an old electric hotplate to run it on so I don't need to worry about fuel.