Originally Posted by
Spartan1980
Never owned a pellet smoker so I'll limit my comment to the double walled aspect. I had a Cookshack double walled and insulated electric. It had no issue at smoking temps in any weather. I cooked a 15lb brisket one Christmas Eve in a raging blizzard, with high winds coming out of the north and just dumping snow and the smoker was on my patio, up under the eave and it faced the north. I plowed through a 24" snow drift to get to it after first light on Christmas day morning. That was one of the best briskets I ever cooked.
All that said, my smoker maxed out at 300 degrees so it was a smoking proposition only, and in strong winds in winter it had an issue getting over 275-280'ish, but I never usually went that high so it wasn't a problem. 225 was easy for it to get to regardless of temp or wind. Had it been single walled I would think it would have had issues. It had a 700 watt element IIRC. So the double walled would definitely be preferable in my experience and especially if you go to high temps for searing steaks and such. I only sold that one to buy a Big Green Egg for a way to do grill stuff in addition to smoking meats. I could cook pizza on it in that blizzard if I wanted to. :cool: