Pellets in Masterbuilt Cold Smoker Attachment 

Thanks for doing this. Had the same idea today when I saw the large bag of pellets.

THis totally works, but you HAVE TO OPEN THE VENT on the main smoker ALL THE WAY! I closed it a little bit and the steam went back into the cold smoker and made all the pellets expand and get wet.

another tip for the mesh that separates the chips from the heating elements...eventually the mesh will erode ...simple replacement mesh at home depot...it is the 1/4 in. hardware cloth galvanized..(Everbilt) for about $10.50 and you get 2ftx5ft. just cut a piece into approx. 3.25 in. square and slide it in.

It's not about price, to me. Tge chips have a more better flavor than pellets. Do a taste comparison

Yes... this is intended for those who want to smoke meats, or those who like to have a lot of smoke flavor in what they are smoking.

I tried this over the weekend, it looked like too much smoke to me, my sample bite of cheese almost tasted like creosote.

I use pellets in mine. I clean mine after each use and mine never get stuck

I've never tried pellets in the cold smoking attachment...I'll give it a try after watching this. The chips leave a lot of sticky residue and I'm wondering if all the shaking and poking was because of residue from past smokes with chips. If you really cleaned and scraped it maybe the pellets would go down easier.

First, I put a light coat of crisco on the inside of mine, then filled it half way and turned it on. That seasoned it. Next since my smoker is on legs, I went to home depot and got some aluminum vent tube and used that to attach the cold smoker to the smoker. I open the ash tray a bit and open the vent on my smoker all the way. I also turn the cold smoker off after an hour or so. No problems yet. And yes I use pellets.

you need to clean that shoot, it has creosole build up, like tar, clean it really good and you will be good for awhile

Drove over an hour today to sportsmans warehouse and all theyhad in Alder were pellets..I bought a bag I'm glad to see they will work,,Thanks for the video

If you have to come out to agitate it every 45 minutes to an hour then why bother with the attachment? I add chips that often in the smoker. There are cold smoke tube smokers for $20 that will get a long smoke. No stoking or agitating. They can be used for cold smoking or a long cooks. Some claim 4-6 hours.

I have the same set up now after my Bradley Smoke Generator finally died. I had it connected to my MasterBuilt electric smoker. The Bradley was almost maintenance free during a smoke session. I could go 6-7 hours without doing anything to the smoker. The problem with the Bradley is that it is mechanical. Every 20 minutes it would push a wood disk onto a hotplate which caused the last smoldering disk to be pushed ahead to drop into a bowl of water. After a few years the smoker started slamming out the disks one after another wasting the disks. Never had a problem with the smoke getting too hot and causing creosote build up on the food. Always great tasting results. So, I bought the MasterBuilt Cold Smoker Box and did a pellet test as you did except I had it connected to my MasterBuilt smoker. I thought I would season the cold smoker box for a couple hours and then smoke some salmon. I didn't notice any sign of too much heat (yellow tinted smoke) when seasoning the cold smoker box before smoking the salmon. Long story short, I had to disconnect the cold smoker box and use the tube feeder of the smoker to finish the salmon. I quickly realized that the cold smoker box was generating too much smoke, too hot and a yellow tinted smoke was flowing out of the smoker vent. When I opened the door of the smoker it billowed out a cloud of nasty yellow creosote smoke, not the usual sweet bluish colored smoke. I had the air vent/exhaust wide open as I always did because I once ruined a pork roast by closing the vent by three quarters. There was so much smoke it couldn't escape fast enough and eventually that would give the salmon a terrible bitter taste, if I had left it alone. I imagine there's a reason why MasterBuilt actual spells it out in the manual. NO PELLETS! THE SOLUTION: I decided to order a heating element control and install it on the cold smoker box. Hopefully, this will help to control the temperature of the burn to smoldering, thereby producing a much healthier and cooler bluish smoke. NOTE: I also had a quality control problem with the cold smoker. The inside of the top was painted with the wrong type of paint and it started burning and peeling off. I had to remove the top and tape off the outside of the top so I could use a paint remover to clean off the inside, then rather than repaint it I let the smoker do the job for me with an hour of smoking. I would think burning paint chemicals are a definite health hazard! Anyway, I'm not happy with the lack of quality, but hopefully I can remedy that. I hope that helps and God Bless America!

Do you keep the burner ON all the time? I just got the Masterbuilt smoke generator and I am doing a dry run to get rid of the smell of new metal and paint. With the element ON I am getting a lot of smoke. 45 min into it I had to use a wire hanger to push them down and I beleive the pellets were actually burning.i turned OFF the heating element and now I have less smoke. What is your experience?

Have you had issues with the lid burning and tainting your food? I want to get one but I'm worried of ruining food in the middle of a party.

Smoking Beard, I notice that the cold smoker attachment has feet on the bottom for self leveling. I also understand it has a hook to hold it in place. My new MBS has legs with casters so the attachment would be suspended. Do you think the hook and bolt would be strong enough to hold it in place? I am thinking it weighs about 7-8 lbs?

i mix pellets and chips in my smoker. Have not had any problems

How hot does a masterbuilt smoker get inside when running this slow smoker attachment thanks

I wouldn't do this personally. I think this thing does absolutely fine with wood chips. Plus it has the right amount of airflow for chips. I'd be very concerned of a fire using pellets to be honest. When I use it, I just turn it on for maybe 2-3 minutes until I see smoke and then I shut it off. Don't need more than that. It'll burn for hours after that unless you hit a really bit chip. But I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Question for you... If you're using this to cook meats as a burner instead of cold smoking I've read that some people have supposedly successfully been able to accomplish a smoke ring on certain meats. Have you ever tried this or been able to accomplish this?

its not really a good idea, the smoker causes moisture as it burns then the pellets expand as it takes on the moisture. When it expands, it stops falling down to the burner, so you will have to baby sit it more and poke it from time to time. Maybe its better not to fill the hopper with that much pellets. perhaps 1/3 at a time?

Smoke some food with it and compare the taste I hear that the pellets give a great smoke flavor thanks for ur videos

great advice! iwent right out and bought 2- 20lbs. bags $8.88 ea. at Walmart! also a great tip in the comments to shut it off once you get a good smoke going on...when I did this it resurrected my thick smoky requirement!

I use the Amazn tube with pellets inside the MES 40 and I find that the smoke has a undesirable creosote flavor. What is your opinion on the cold smoke attachment compared to the mailbox mod with tube or tray? I'm looking to get rid of creosote flavor. Do you have this issue with the cold smoke attachment?

I use pellets in my cold smoker and love them. Is there a good way to clean that stack between smokes to keep from having to agitate it?

pellets are crap for smoke flavor. garbage. wood chips are WAY better.

7:37 thank you so much dude! You are awesome :)

Wow awesome I guess I now have a pellet smoker

well, i have tried everything i could read up on and have decided this smoke mod is a lot more trouble to deal with than it is worth..the longest i have had it go without prodding the chips is two hours. it for sure does not function like they claim in the masterbuilt you tube promo...if dick's will take it back this thing is outta here...

Thanks for your videos

Pellets turned the inside of my smoker black. Have you seen this?

The pellets get moisture from condensation and swell