Masterbuilt® Slow and Cold Smoker Accessory Attachment With Removable Ash Tray for Masterbuilt Vertical BBQ Smokers in Black, 10" x 10" x 18", Model MB20100112

Yes, there is, but this thing works great! It's the perfect upgrade to Masterbuilt electric smokers. I just don't understand why they don't build this into their smokers to begin with. Once added, the smoker works easier and better, plus gives the additional benefit of cold smoking capability. In my opinion, this device makes the Masterbuilt electric smoker superior to any other electric smoker. If you own a Masterbuilt electric, you need this. OK, so there "is" such a thing as too much smoke, which is probably why the regular chip tray is so small. Electrics need far less wood than charcoal or wood fire based smokers. If you run a full hopper of chips with this cold smoker accessory you may find your meat ends up too smoky. I used to fill the hopper all the way, but that was too much in my opinion. Now, I usually start with a cup of chips at a time. You can always easily add more if you need to without having to open the smoker, so it's no big deal. If you're doing something like pork butt you probably want a full hopper of chips. If smoking ribs and other foods like jerky, I would go with less. If you do load the chimney full the chips, eventually, the chips will get stuck inside, and you'll have to use a long screwdriver or rod to tamp them down during your cook. If you don't, the hopper will look full, but it isn't and the smoke will drop off. The chips get stuck away from the heat element. Creosote and moisture builds inside the chimney and the chips get glued to the inside of the hopper. Not a big deal, but be prepared to knock them down. Update: I started making jerky and this is the perfect accessory for that. Set your smoker thermostat for 160°F and six hours later you have the best jerky you've ever tasted. The crazy thing about homemade jerky is it is 10 times better than anything you can buy. Once you try making it yourself you'll be hooked, "I guarontee" - Justin Wilson. (Pro tip, always spray your racks with non-stick spray before smoking or making jerky, makes cleanup so much easier.)

Cold smoker works great! Dry wood chips last about 2-3 hours, soaked wood chips last 4-6 hours. You can even use pellets in this thing, just dont fill it all the way because the pellets expand and will push the cap open (lasts 8 hours!) It's a gravity fed system, wood chips or pellets are placed inside a square tube with metal screen bottom, you fill it while unit is installed over the small electrical element. The metal cap for the tube keeps most of the smoke from escaping pushing it into your smoker. It has an ash catcher tray that you can remove to view the element and screen, it works better if you tap the metal tube or its cap occasionally to make the ashes drop allowing it to breathe and keep the smoke production high (ash blanket blocks air flow). Keep your main smokers exhaust vent slightly open to allow air to move through the unit to produce the most smoke, otherwise the smoke will escape through the lid or door instead, and smoke will be lost. The temperature stays cold, like it should. Just remember to keep the main smokers hearing element from turning on by not setting time or temperature, this way you're only using it to tell you what the temp is (when smoking cheese)... I keep the water pan full of ice, too. When using it for hot smoking, use the main unit to control temperature and time (obviously), just keep the side attachment unit (cold smoker) full of chips or pellets and do your thing. No more messing with the tiny chip tray! Make sure everything is assembled correctly before operating the unit (no stray washers or bolts in electrical connections or switch area. It's a simple system that needs minimal attention to keep it producing that perfect smoke. As far as design, it has a couple of issues, none of which affect the performance of the unit, just a little oversight that could be improved in the future. For example, the lower electrical vents on the unit dont allow it to sit flush against the main smoker (see pic), and the paint under the lid bubbles off (some sort of reaction from smoke and moisture with the paint). Also, you can't use the legs or it will not sit flush with the smoker at the bottom, this won't matter if you're using the stand for the main smoker. Attach it to the smoker using the hardware provided and omit the legs for the small smoke box, and plug the holes with something to ensure proper air flow restriction. You dont want too much air flow, nor do you want too little. You'll get the hang of it after a while. Small tweaks here and there, and it will be perfect.

I bought this for a neighbor since he has a Masterbuilt MES 130 with the window. Small chip try only allows for approximately 30 minutes smoke and he didn't want to babysit it. It's probably fine for smoking fish, but Turkey legs are going to take around 4 hours and this was the answer. I read the negative 1 star reviews and have a couple of suggestions. 1. The directions that come with it are pretty much crap. Throw them away. Lay the smoker on its left side with a 2X4 or something underneath or at the edge of a table, so you can open the door. The Slow Smoker Kit will drop down into the hole and be pretty close to flush against the smoker. The hook will grab the edge of the square slot where the chips drop into the pan. NOT the edge of the locking track for the round chip loader. Removing the chip tray from inside, you should be able to see the hook properly catching the square slot. We decided this was a poor design and went with a couple of 3/4" self tapping screws at the top with an aluminum spacer. (see pics) Now the unit is solidly mounted and it is not going anywhere. You can move the entire unit without any worry the Kit is going to fall off. 2. Once the chips catch fire and start to smoke, TURN THE BURNER OFF! Open the top valve on the Smoker for enough draft to bring in the smoke. Once the chips have caught fire and are smoking, you shouldn't need the burner to be on all the time. (This is only a guess right now as we're not able to fire it up until later this week. I will return to edit if anything goes wrong.) But, I doubt very much if the chips will extinguish and go out as long as there is enough oxygen leaking in to keep them smoldering. The smoldering chips by themselves shouldn't create so much heat that it burns the paint like people are saying in the reviews. We'll find out later this week! We did try smoking some Salmon before getting this Kit and we found it easiest to take a propane torch and just light the chips in the tray before a low temp cook (about 120º) to form the pellicle. The chips will only light and start smoking after about a half an hour at 275º. Obviously, too hot to cook Salmon. 180º until inside temp was 160º and he had some delicious Smoked Salmon! Update: Apparently there is not enough oxygen to keep the chips lit and the burners need to be left on. One would think once the chips were smoking they would continue. Maybe opening the ash door will help. More experimenting. By the way, when operated properly, the paint did not peel or burn under the lid.

I really like this smoker overall. I like the ability to set the temp and not worry to much about fluctuating temps. I do use an after market probe and place it on the rack I am currently using. If I use more than one rack I typically place the probe on the lowest rack with food to determine the temp. There is about an 8-10° difference between probe and smoker readout. I purchased the attachable cold smoker as I did not want to add chips ever 15 min. I do like smoker attachment, but like others, the paint peels off the inside and makes a big mess. This should be fixed with higher quality paint. Also the chips stick to the inside of the chip holder and you have to push them down ever so often. Not as bad as the very tiny chip tray, but still requires a bit of baby sitting. I did modify the connection with some extension pipe and 90° elbows. I feel it allows the smoke to cool a bit more and not create as much soot buildup. It would be nice to be able to adjust the cool smoker burner a little. It's on or off and when on creates a lot more smoke then necessarily IMO. Overall I really like the total package. Will attach pictures a bit later.

Been putting off buying this for a while and I love it now that I got it works great can keep temps down and keep smoke on for a longer time

I think the idea of this unit is great, and I was able to use it twice, each time for a few hours. At the end of my second use, I noticed less smoke, but didn't bother to check the switch since it was daylight and it was hard to see if it was lit up. However, the next weekend, I was getting ready to have 20 people over and was getting ready to use it for smoked chicken when I noticed that the power switch would not light. I tried different outlets known to work. Still no power. I cleaned out the ash and wood and took a close look at it. It is a fairly simply device, so I suspect that something happened to the power switch, which would not light up. I kept it outside but under a cover when not in use and I never used it in the rain. I tried to call the company, but after being on hold for a long time, gave up and called Amazon. I explained that I had just bought it two weeks ago, had used it, and wondered if I could send it back used as a defective item. They said it was no problem. Thanks Amazon! So, they sent me a replacement. We'll see how it goes. Oh, and I did have all the black paint bubble up under the lid (see other reviews). This didn't bother me too much, but I was surprised, since I assumed that this happened after long smokes and/or long usage, not after two uses of about 3-4 h each. Finally, if you use the hook that comes with it to connect to a Masterbuilt digital electric smoker, the hook interferes with your sliding the smoker tray into the digital electric smoker. Basically, you can then only use this slow smoker to generate smoke. However, if you want to use charcoal or wood chunks (to get that smoke ring, see YouTube), you still need to use the smoke pan on the digital electric smoker. The chip feeder in the slow smoker is not big enough to accommodate a wood chunk, charcoal, and wood chips. One reviewer suggested using metal screws to fasten it, but I found that it still inserts and stays well enough connected without the hook. So my suggestions to the company are: 1) Use heat-resistant paint 2) Elminate the hook and come up with another way to fasten it. I don't know if the anyone else has had this power switch issue. So I hope that this is a one-off.

Very nice! I wish I could find a cover for it.

With the cold weather I am now able to smoke cheese. It works wonderfully, but you must age your cheese in the fridge for 2-3 weeks after smoking. Also, be ready to deal with creosote. It's messy, sticky, smelly, and not much fun, and it really builds up in this cold smoker. I usually clean it after each smoking event. There is a plus to this though, you will have far less creosote inside your smoker and thusly far less on your food. All in all, I like this thing, but it does require maintenance to keep it functioning. You do not want a creosote fire.