Smoke It Like a Pit Master with Your Electric Smoker: Recipes and Techniques for Easy and Delicious BBQ

Disappointing, I wanted basic techniques for using my electric smoker for meat. If you do not have an oven and want to know how to make cakes, cookies and smoked peach ice cream, this is cookbook for you. Of the 131 pages of recipes, 12 are dedicated to desserts, another 16 to appetizers, 16 to sides. There are 15 pages of poultry recipes, which sounds good, but spiced chicken wings and bacon wrapped chicken tends look like more appetizers to me. Chicken and rice stuffed-peppers, along with smoked butter chicken are also included. These involve 1) shredded precooked chicken put into the peppers and 2) boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into one inch pieces prior to cooking in an iron skillet on the smoker. And the print on the 131 pages is large, so a simple recipe may take up two pages. That leaves room for maybe ten recipes I might use.

I really like this book. There’s a good range of recipes. The flavors are on the mild side, so if you like stronger flavors, you can add more seasoning as you please. The recipes are on the simple end of the spectrum, so she’ll have you out in the yard in no time. Niiiiice. I have both an electric smoker and a charcoal kamado style smoker, and the recipes work equally well on both. 1) Masterbuilt electric smoker loaded up. 2) Mixed Vegetable Skewers – p 113. Simple and yummy. These are really mildly flavored. The ribs and mac and cheese are from other books, and the peaches were my experiment (worked!) * Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos – p 21. I forgot to take a picture of these. They’re yummy. I made them a second time with chorizo instead of sausage and that was nice, too. 3) Bacon-Wrapped Garlic Sage Chicken Tenders – p 35. I’ve made these twice. Love them. They’re totally craveable, and the kids are nuts about the honey mustard poppy seed sauce. 4) Barbecue Meatballs – p 27. Easy, tasty, and super flavorful. They’re chicken. 5) Killer Stuffed Potato Skins – p 25. Awesome. These are my favorite so far! I rub the outside with olive oil and sprinkle with salt before stuffing them. 6) Charcoal smoker all loaded (Not really. It has a second shelf.) 7) Cajun Salmon BLTs – p 88, Cajun-Lime Shrimp Skewers – p 95, and Simple Smoked Asparagus – p 111. That’s a great sandwich! The asparagus and shrimp were nice, too. Some other recipes I have flagged to try: Smoked Salt – p 15 * Beef Jerky – p 22 * Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates – p 28 * Spiced Chicken Wings – p 36 * Citrus Chicken Fajitas – p 42 * Sweet and Tangy Baby Back Ribs – p 52 * Apple Cider Brats – p 55 * Herb Crusted Pork Loin – p 56 * Classic Texas Brisket – p 72 * Cast Iron Chili – p 82 * Brown Sugar Salmon – p 91 * Bacon (7 days curing time!) – p 102 * Cast Iron Baked Beans – p 107 * Corn on the Cob with Smoked Pesto Butter – p 109 * I will update this as I play in the book more.

This book has awesome recipes!! I received it in the mail on Friday and made 3 recipes on Saturday and all were outstanding!! The homemade beef jerky was so easy and so delicious!! The stuffed bell peppers were pretty good. The jalapeno poppers were the best I've tasted!! I have previously cooked them in the oven and on the grill. The smoker was 10 times better!!

When I bought my smoker I expected it to have beginning info and some recipes, but it didn't. I was so glad I ordered this book (actually on the same day I picked up my new smoker), for when I finally unwrapped the smoker there was NO beginners info, no recipes, no suggestions on woods for smoking, and no fundamentals. Wendy's book has all of that. She starts with the basics, tells you how to prep your meats, what temperature to use, how long to cook, the importance of using thermometers, what woods to use with what meat or fowl, and all the basics for using and cleaning the unit. It just so happens that one of the two smoker brands she recommends was one that I bought, so her photos were spot on for me. I would highly recommend this book for first time users. Her recipes are great, too.

Some of the recipes sound pretty tasty and I may try them, but you'll have to almost completely ignore cooking directions and temperatures. I started reading through the entire book, but pretty much stopped when the author said to only cook pork butt to an internal temperature of 165 for pulled pork. Just out of curiosity, I checked out what she had to say about beef brisket. Same thing - 165. Her directions for ribs were also off. This is a clear indication that the author really doesn't know too much about properly smoking meats, and probably shouldn't be writing books about it. For those of you who don't know, pork butts need to cook to an internal temperature of 195-200 to be moist and to properly pull, and beef brisket needs to cook to an internal temperature of 203 degrees. If you follow the authors directions, you will be sorely disappointed in your dry, TOUGH meats.

It is a great book but I am wondering why they put this insert in the book?

Okay recipes, but more like gourmet type recipes than I was looking for. I want to learn to use the electric smoker with basic recipes. These are more polished than I wanted.

Not much to say for this limited how-to and variety menu book. Likes to show off exotic menus rather than how-to use the electric smoker for time, temperature and degrees on most types of meats, etc. I had to google pork loin smoke time for my 6.5lb pork loin. Thankfully there are other electric smokers that give you accurate info.

My dad is going to be so excited for his new smoker so I had to get him some kind of cook book to help him break it in. This was a good fit with a lot of easy recipes and ideas for an electric smoker.

Just a little less than hoped for. Was looking for better instructions on the recipes, I guess, since I am very new to a smoker.

Disappointing, I wanted basic techniques for using my electric smoker for meat. If you do not have an oven and want to know how to make cakes, cookies and smoked peach ice cream, this is cookbook for you. Of the 131 pages of recipes, 12 are dedicated to desserts, another 16 to appetizers, 16 to sides. There are 15 pages of poultry recipes, which sounds good, but spiced chicken wings and bacon wrapped chicken tends look like more appetizers to me. Chicken and rice stuffed-peppers, along with smoked butter chicken are also included. These involve 1) shredded precooked chicken put into the peppers and 2) boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into one inch pieces prior to cooking in an iron skillet on the smoker. And the print on the 131 pages is large, so a simple recipe may take up two pages. That leaves room for maybe ten recipes I might use.

I really like this book. There’s a good range of recipes. The flavors are on the mild side, so if you like stronger flavors, you can add more seasoning as you please. The recipes are on the simple end of the spectrum, so she’ll have you out in the yard in no time. Niiiiice. I have both an electric smoker and a charcoal kamado style smoker, and the recipes work equally well on both. 1) Masterbuilt electric smoker loaded up. 2) Mixed Vegetable Skewers – p 113. Simple and yummy. These are really mildly flavored. The ribs and mac and cheese are from other books, and the peaches were my experiment (worked!) * Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos – p 21. I forgot to take a picture of these. They’re yummy. I made them a second time with chorizo instead of sausage and that was nice, too. 3) Bacon-Wrapped Garlic Sage Chicken Tenders – p 35. I’ve made these twice. Love them. They’re totally craveable, and the kids are nuts about the honey mustard poppy seed sauce. 4) Barbecue Meatballs – p 27. Easy, tasty, and super flavorful. They’re chicken. 5) Killer Stuffed Potato Skins – p 25. Awesome. These are my favorite so far! I rub the outside with olive oil and sprinkle with salt before stuffing them. 6) Charcoal smoker all loaded (Not really. It has a second shelf.) 7) Cajun Salmon BLTs – p 88, Cajun-Lime Shrimp Skewers – p 95, and Simple Smoked Asparagus – p 111. That’s a great sandwich! The asparagus and shrimp were nice, too. Some other recipes I have flagged to try: Smoked Salt – p 15 * Beef Jerky – p 22 * Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates – p 28 * Spiced Chicken Wings – p 36 * Citrus Chicken Fajitas – p 42 * Sweet and Tangy Baby Back Ribs – p 52 * Apple Cider Brats – p 55 * Herb Crusted Pork Loin – p 56 * Classic Texas Brisket – p 72 * Cast Iron Chili – p 82 * Brown Sugar Salmon – p 91 * Bacon (7 days curing time!) – p 102 * Cast Iron Baked Beans – p 107 * Corn on the Cob with Smoked Pesto Butter – p 109 * I will update this as I play in the book more.

This book has awesome recipes!! I received it in the mail on Friday and made 3 recipes on Saturday and all were outstanding!! The homemade beef jerky was so easy and so delicious!! The stuffed bell peppers were pretty good. The jalapeno poppers were the best I've tasted!! I have previously cooked them in the oven and on the grill. The smoker was 10 times better!!

When I bought my smoker I expected it to have beginning info and some recipes, but it didn't. I was so glad I ordered this book (actually on the same day I picked up my new smoker), for when I finally unwrapped the smoker there was NO beginners info, no recipes, no suggestions on woods for smoking, and no fundamentals. Wendy's book has all of that. She starts with the basics, tells you how to prep your meats, what temperature to use, how long to cook, the importance of using thermometers, what woods to use with what meat or fowl, and all the basics for using and cleaning the unit. It just so happens that one of the two smoker brands she recommends was one that I bought, so her photos were spot on for me. I would highly recommend this book for first time users. Her recipes are great, too.

Some of the recipes sound pretty tasty and I may try them, but you'll have to almost completely ignore cooking directions and temperatures. I started reading through the entire book, but pretty much stopped when the author said to only cook pork butt to an internal temperature of 165 for pulled pork. Just out of curiosity, I checked out what she had to say about beef brisket. Same thing - 165. Her directions for ribs were also off. This is a clear indication that the author really doesn't know too much about properly smoking meats, and probably shouldn't be writing books about it. For those of you who don't know, pork butts need to cook to an internal temperature of 195-200 to be moist and to properly pull, and beef brisket needs to cook to an internal temperature of 203 degrees. If you follow the authors directions, you will be sorely disappointed in your dry, TOUGH meats.

It is a great book but I am wondering why they put this insert in the book?

Okay recipes, but more like gourmet type recipes than I was looking for. I want to learn to use the electric smoker with basic recipes. These are more polished than I wanted.

Not much to say for this limited how-to and variety menu book. Likes to show off exotic menus rather than how-to use the electric smoker for time, temperature and degrees on most types of meats, etc. I had to google pork loin smoke time for my 6.5lb pork loin. Thankfully there are other electric smokers that give you accurate info.

My dad is going to be so excited for his new smoker so I had to get him some kind of cook book to help him break it in. This was a good fit with a lot of easy recipes and ideas for an electric smoker.

Just a little less than hoped for. Was looking for better instructions on the recipes, I guess, since I am very new to a smoker.

Maybe I got the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket of cook books, but the copy I received had several duplicates of the same recipes in it. Many of the recipes left out items in the ingredients list and later mentioned to add them but didn't say how much to add. I love cook books and generally only use them for recipe ideas. This cook book has lots of good recipes but it seems to have been written by a good cook and not a true pit master.

Great read. A lot of different ways to smoke meat.

my husband brought the smoker before he brought the book the meat he cooked was like leather then I saw the book and I order it I made him look at it the brisket the pork shoulder me made just melt in your mouth the instruction were so simple to follow

Limited content and too much cutsy recipe stuff. Not expensive so okay. Left Phillips book is more comprehensive

Had a lot of good info for the beginner. I liked the need jerky recipe and the brisket ones are great as well

Average and suggests things that my charbroil e smoker does not require, such as soaking the woodchips..

Don't agree on temperatures and times in this book. I use The Complete Electric Smoker Cookbook and have not found a fault in that one yet, 2 years later.

Lots of great recipes. Nice layout and great pictures.

I have smoked for roughly one to two years and picked up some tricks of the trade in that time. This book is mostly filled with basic recipes for using your smoker, and it really lacks the good tricks of the trade that you want to learn when you first start smoking. Take ribs as an example - you really want to smoke ribs somewhere around 225 for 3 hours (anything beyond that you're potentially drying it out and not gaining that much smoke), but since you still need to cook the ribs for another 2 hours to break up the tendons and membranes (resulting in a less tuff rib), you might want to consider laying off the wood for the remaining 2 hours and hitting it with a spray or mop sauce (to prevent it from drying out) or wrapping it in foil and putting it back in the smoker (again, without wood).

Bought this for myself love this book... Smoked my first turkey it was amazing... Would highly recommend... Great descriptions an pictures... Lots of GREAT tips....

Some new spins on old recipes that I already make. Nice to see how other people smoke/cook foods. Some new recipes that I will definitely try!

I use this book all the time. It's seriously the best as a base for electric smoker cooking. I have yet to jack anything up using this book as a guide. That gets anything 5 stars. ha!

Was not quite what I expected, (was thinking more beef jerky instead of cooking) but I will try all of the recipes.

Really good reference material with many tips and techniques. Handy for a novice or experienced smoker.

Bought this to go with the smoker we gave to my husband. Will be very useful as he is not familiar with electric smokers. Already used a couple of recipes and pleased with the results.

As the first-time buyer of an electric smoker, it contained lots of suggestion.

This lady knows her stuff about smoking and cooking. Love the down to earth receipts and instructions.

I have a masterbuilt 40" this book was made for such a smoker. You will love the recipes and they are easy to make.

good book to have but some off the wall recipes for electric smoking. Not a lot of common southern style cooking.

Great info on how to make some delicious smoked dishes. It's simple to follow and it works. I'm sure you'll find some dishes in there that you would have never expected to make with your smoker.

Not the best cookbook I have seen. Recipes were not much.

This should be an included item with all electric smoker purchases. Is it the best cook book/recipe book ? Maybe and maybe not, but it gives you a basis for how to use your smoker and it's capabilities, plus make some good food.

Great book! Smoking our way through it. It's the perfect basic recipes and directions for smoking whatever you want.

The book I purchased is missing pages, jumps randomly and has duplicate pages? I don’t see how this even made it through a quality check... Update- I sent the original back and got a replacement...more issues with pages going from 23 to 41

Good stuff, Fast and Affordable

Excellent and I recommend

Need more variety on brisket. Otherwise, very good book.

Bought this to go with our Masterbuilt electric smoker, Great basic tips for smoker newbies, and PERFECT recipes! Easy to make with regular ingredients, and the temp/timing suggestions were right on. Highly recommend.

very helpful

My go to before I attempt any smoking.

One of the better recipe books for smoking. Full of tips and tricks and rub recipes and regular recipes and hints. I liked the rib recipe!

like it

Gift

Great introductory guide for electric smokers (only not for charcoal or gas smokers). Good selection of basic recipes and withheld one star due to the short 132 pages. Recommended, especially for newbie's to electric smokers.

Bought as christmas present for husband. He has used some of the recipes in the book and really likes it. One of his go to smoking books

BEWARE. NEVER REICIEVED IT. LOST MY MONEY. NOT HAPPY

We bought our1st electric smoker right before Christmas. We had no prior smoker experience but with the easy to follow recipes & great photos this book is great! We have tweaked a few of the recipes to increase the spicy "hotness" a little bit to fit our taste.

This was a Christmas gift and the recipient likes it.

Only book I could find that had recipes specifically for the electric smoker. I've only tried the pulled pork, but so far so good

Shipping was fast. Many different recipes for different meat. Easy to follow.

This book is good if you've never smoked anything before. I learned maybe one or two things.The recipes are OK, but nothing special.

A great guide for beginners or experienced smokers, lots of pictures

Good book, I liked the pictures.

Awesome

This is a great book it tells you how to smoke meats and gives you recipes

nice recipes

Use the book often; great recipes and easy to follow.

Heck yeah.This is a must have for anyone using an electric smoker

Great starter book. Good reference tables. No reference for use of the cold smoker attachment.

Good book as a smoking guide with specific recipes on wood, temperatures, prep, etc. I constantly refer to this book over my others.

So far I'm not having good results as a smoker, however, I have cooked sweet corn in husk, backed beans and had great results.

Book was very basic. I thought it would be better

Awesome book! Husband loved this as a fathersay gift and great content

Got this for my father & he’s having fun picking out things to cook in his smoker!

Great book to get me started with my new smoker!

great book

Liked the book. Was very helpful but would have liked to have seen more recipes.

Gift

could use more Vegan recipies

Good

Great book! Excellent information on cooking and cleaning.

very good

Great book

Has great recipes and tips....I even bought 2 more for friends.

good

Very good cookbook and helpful to a newbie smoker.

Got this as a gift for my dad. He uses all the time as he smokes all sorts of stuff

Great book for smoking, I did salmon and it was a hit, everyone loved the flavor and how tinder it was

If you are going to use a new smoker and have no experience, this should help you.

It was a gift and he loved it

Very Good however, did not accommodate recipes for different weights of meat.

GREAT EXPERIENCE. WILL USE AGAIN.

Obviously not what I'd hoped for.

Product as described

Great book for beginners.

The recipes in the book are very simple, too simple. Also, the temperatures listed for the meats are incorrect. You can get better recipes and correct temperatures from google.

step by step guide to help you smoke like the pros

Just another favorite for my husband. He loves to cook!

Great basic and easy instructions

This book really helped me with my electric smoker skills.

Good recipes

Lots of good information. I would reorder.

cant read too much, makes me hungry,

Just what I needed

Gave the gifted ideas for a new smoker.

perfect for smoker

Good for normal smoker

Great smoking cookbook. We've already tried several recipes and they all turned out amazing!

Fun purchase filled with lots of great ideas to try!

Bought this as a gift and my mom loves it.

item as described. in very good condition

A must for anyone who is a novice at smoking...

OMG I can't wait to make things! I have already tagged my first recipes!

good ideas

Husband was very happy with this cookbook

Nice book. Easy recipes and easy to follow directions.

Great recipes

Good beginner smoking representative information provided. Wood selection helpful. Wish this information was provided with the smoker

They have you cook it too hot of temperature for too long. My meat was coming our dry and over cooked.

was a gift for a friend

Good tips and recipes!

Great tips to use for the beginner electric smoker!!

Good book

Just what i needed ....

It is very good have made 4 things from it,only problem we live at high altitude and everything takes longer to cook,any suggestions would help

Great recipes and tips! Very good for a newbie smoker like me! I would be chew on boot leather without it!

Good information in this, worth buying.

go to book to have!!!

We swear by this recipe book. It hasn't steered us wrong yet.

I like the way it showed you have a fix just about anything and you're like to smoke or

Good quality book, given as a gift he has not used it yet

Used poppers and ribs recipe. Both turned out great.

Very good I need to cook more.

Husband needed it for his new electric smoker

Great cook book, fantastic recipes and great helpful hints!

Another book that my husband really likes

Great cookbook with good recipes.

Has some good recipes

Good guide

Give you what you need for begi ming smoker

Very satisfied

Great hints and tips.

goes good with my electric smoker

Very Nice cookbook! Easy to understand!

Interesting perspective on use of electric smokers and others as well. Tried one recipe already and was delicious and excellent. Almost all the other recipes in the book look great and look forward to trying them. Highly recommend.

Did not till you you about water or how it really works for smokeing

Great for beginners

This book has now become my “go to resource “ to use with my electric smoker!

A very nice book but unfortunately the couple recipes we tried so far were not really to our liking

Good recipes. We have used several so far and everything has come out good.

A very well written book with great tips and recipes!!

Great first cookbook for those new to using smokers.

Missing pages 24 thru 40

Pros: The book is nicely made. Decent pictures, quality, and clear writing. Cons: - Not many recipes; I wish it were a bit beefier in terms of quantity. - Also, the actual recipes themselves are a bit odd -- several call for MUCH lower temperatures than virtually every similar other recipe I could find for an electric smoker. I'm still not sure why this is?? - Many of the recipes were a bit simplistic and I wanted a bit more detail, explanation, or possible variation information.

Not a whole lot of info on cooking times.

Great recipes, have cooked 3-4 things from this book that turned out great. Easy to scale up or down as well.

have not tried any recipes yet

Gift

Good easy recipes

excellent recipes and tips on using your smoker

Disappointed, thought there would be more meat tips and recipes, not who knows what to desserts, I can do desserts in my oven, not my smoker!

I love the book and have already tried some of the recipes!

The guys love the cookbook

could have a few more recipes...but for the price, it is worth the purchase. Used the dry rub recipe on my first set of pork ribs and they turned out amazing! They only thing that would have bumped it to 5 stars would be a few more recipes.

Good recipes used a few already EASY to follow..

great book

As described

I bought this as a gift for my husband for Christmas, he has already tried several recipes from this book. There are a lot of good options and easy to follow instructions for those new at using an electric smoker!

Has lots of great recipes

Good advice and good recipes.

Great information and recipes

Great price. Fast delivery

Great recipes

Has helped me smoke my meats. Really good tips.

Good buy

Could do without the "Dessert" chapter, but otherwise every recipe made so far is excellent! Very clear, very complete. Definitely recommended for beginner smokers.