AMNPS Maze Pellet Smoker, Hot or Cold Smoking, 5 x 8 Inch
Brand | A-MAZE-N |
Power Source | electric, propane, charcoal |
Color | Silver |
Outer Material | Stainless Steel |
Item Weight | 14.4 ounces |
Inner Material | stainless_steel |
Fuel Type | Electric |
About this item
- FULL SMOKE - Get a full-bodied smoke for up to 12 hours using a-maze-n pellets. Smoke time will vary depending on what chips or pellets you are using
- PERFECT FOR ANYTHING – Great for use on salt, cheese, poultry, fish, pork & steak. Add a mouthwatering smoky flavor to anything you can fit in your smoker
- RUST FREE – Stainless steel construction prevents corrosion to preserve the life of your pellet smoker
- ONLY 12.6 OZ - The lightweight design makes A-MAZE-N Pellet Smoker easily transportable from the grill to the campsite
- CONVENIENT SIZE - 5" l x 8" w size makes it easy to use with almost any grill
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Easy to use | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Flavor | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Easy to clean | 4.6 | — | 5.0 | 4.4 | — | 4.6 |
Sold By | — | R&D BBQ | MaxWarehouse | FinderS | R&D BBQ | LFSEMINI |
fuel type | Electric | Wood Pellet | — | Charcoal, Wood | Wood Pellet | Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electric |
power source | electric, propane, charcoal | — | — | charcoal, wood | — | propane, wood, wood pellet |
material | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel |
weight | 0.9 pounds | 1 pounds | — | — | 1.78 pounds | 1.43 pounds |
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Brand | A-MAZE-N |
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Power Source | electric, propane, charcoal |
Color | Silver |
Outer Material | Stainless Steel |
Item Weight | 14.4 ounces |
Inner Material | stainless_steel |
Fuel Type | Electric |
Product Dimensions | 5 x 8 x 1.5 inches |
Manufacturer | A-Maze-n Products |
ASIN | B007ROPJ1M |
Item model number | AMNPS5X8 |
Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #227,339 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden) #597 in Outdoor Smokers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
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A-MAZE-N smokers(amns) are light weight, durable and portable smoke generators, that produce great quality smoke for cold and hot smoking. They are versatile enough to be used in just about any smoker or a grill. The original A-MAZE-N smokers were designed to burn sawdust for cold smoking, but customers quickly found them useful at higher temps. The "new" A-MAZE-N pellet-smoker(amnps) is also a light weight, durable and portable smoke generator, but it's designed to burn pellets or sawdust. The new pellet smoker will produce smoke during cold smoking and hot smoking, tested up to 275°! Designed to supplement smoke in an electric smoker, but can be used in just about any smoker or grill.
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Customers like the quality, smoke, and cold smoking of the food smoker. They mention that it works great for cold smoking, and that it comes with an unusually thorough user's guide. They also appreciate the smoke taste, and ease of lighting. However, some customers report issues with the lighting.
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Customers like the quality of the food smoker. For example, they say it's effective, simple, and perfect. Some say it performs flawlessly, and is better than wood chips. Overall, customers are happy with the results and the price.
"...It's sturdily made and simple; I expect it to last for many years...." Read more
"...It is also welded together like a tank, this will last a long time...." Read more
"...The tube worked well each time I used it. The first time I used the maze I filled two-thirds of the path so that I would get about 6-7 h of smoke...." Read more
"This pellet smoker tray works pretty good and is generally as described, but in my experience there are some things you should know if you are..." Read more
Customers like the smoke produced by the food smoker. They say it produces plenty of smoke, with one filling, it can generate smoke for long enough to last overnight. Customers also say it's a steady-burning smoke generator that produces more smoke in less time. They mention that it performs flawlessly and makes smoking in an electric smoker a breeze.
"...This one works perfectly. With one filling, you can generate smoke for long enough to last overnight, and whenever you use it, you don't have to..." Read more
"...Once the pellets are well lit at one end it burns evenly for hours consistently producing smoke...." Read more
"...Ten minutes later, it was smoking good. It was in my Weber genesis propane barbecue. It put in a coho salmon filet to presmoke before grilling...." Read more
"...The pellet smoker performed flawlessly -- great blue smoke with no supervision required. Man! was I stoked to cook a brisket...." Read more
Customers like the cold smoking capabilities of the food smoker. They mention that it's great for cold smoking, keeps the grill at the perfect temperature, and barely warms the surface underneath. It works amazing for keeping a steady heat, and can sometimes screw with smoke production. It's also great for smoking cheese, nuts, and other foods.
"...I haven't tried this yet, but I hear it is great for cold smoking cheese, since it generates so little heat to produce the smoke.Get one!" Read more
"...It scarcely warms the surface underneath...." Read more
"...However the chips did provide some extra heat to warm up the BBQ as well as the smoker, so all in all not bad...." Read more
"...Fortunately, it seems to work well in low heat, too...." Read more
Customers find the food smoker easy to use. They say it's a simple tool, but very well made and useful. They mention that it'll produce great blue smoke with no supervision required. Customers also appreciate the user's guide, which is unusually thorough. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...Why should I?The smoker comes with an unusually thorough user's guide that tells you how to use the smoker for hot smoking and cold..." Read more
"...pellet smoker performed flawlessly -- great blue smoke with no supervision required. Man! was I stoked to cook a brisket...." Read more
"...It produced smoke the entire time and required no babysitting...." Read more
"So much easier than using wood chips. No more adding wood chips every 20-25 minutes...." Read more
Customers like the smoke taste of the food smoker. They say it adds great flavor to smoked ribs, and is a great way to test flavors of different woods. Customers also say it produces great smoked cheese and nuts, and that it smoked up some truly fine bacon. Overall, customers are satisfied with the smoke flavor of the product.
"...It even has recipes that look very good...." Read more
"...but for now I have a giant bag of these others and the taste from them was just fine...." Read more
"...that half hour, but the smoke produced was astonishing, quite sufficient to flavor the fish...." Read more
"...It does help the taste. I prefer the smoke taste over doing propane only grilling.You do have to plan ahead...." Read more
Customers find the food smoker easy to light and get going. They say each side lights in under a minute and that it requires no flame to be lit. Some mention that the initial lighting is key.
"...It's sturdily made and simple; I expect it to last for many years...." Read more
"...buying one, they work like a champ once you learn them, they are not all that hard and do a good job, just need a little encouragement to get them..." Read more
"...This smoker is so simple, inexpensive, and effective that it might be a bit disruptive to the industry if and when it really "catches on." I..." Read more
"...This device requires no flame to be lit. You do however need a torch. Like a crème bru le thing. Holding the torch over the pellets...." Read more
Customers find the lighting of the food smoker to be difficult. They mention that the cherry is difficult to keep lit, and with a lit coal, there is not enough oxygen to keep it lit. Some say that the product works for 12 hours, but getting it lit is a little iffy. They also mention that too much air and it burns out fast.
"...reviews before purchasing that stated it was difficult or impossible to keep the pellets lit, and several people were dissatisfied...." Read more
"...I like a lot of smoke. I'm having some trouble keeping it lit...." Read more
"...It didn't last the rated 12-hours. More like 7 when completely full. I filled it again to finish it off...." Read more
"...to cook yet so no drippings were falling on the tray, it simply would not stay lit...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the food smoker. They mention that the pellets struggle to stay ignited, and the flame goes out. They also say that the burn times are not what they describe, and that the fire spreads across the whole thing.
"...concentrated and reflected the heat being generated, and the pellets reignited, and then the remaining pellets just burned rather than smoldering..." Read more
"...Despite the shorter smoking time than I expected, and wanted, I am still relatively happy with this item...." Read more
"...After a few moments it works out well and burns quite good...." Read more
"...Nothing! I read on the directions that cherry wood doesn't burn very well by itself... this would've been nice to mention before I bought my pellets..." Read more
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Smoke generation has been an issue with all of my smokers. I've tried lots of approaches, the methods supplied with the smokers and other methods as well.
This one works perfectly. With one filling, you can generate smoke for long enough to last overnight, and whenever you use it, you don't have to check it every hour. It uses pellets, which are widely available in a variety of woods. If your smoker uses sawdust, that's less available, and less convenient to handle.
The smoke generator is easy to light. I just aimed a culinary torch into the open hole that's on one end of it, let it burn for five minutes as the instructions suggested, then put it into the smoker. Very soon, I saw smoke pouring out all around the door. I'd estimate that one load of pellets could give you easily 12 hours of smoke. That was for a cold smoke; for a hot smoke it would be less time.
The smoker is quite well made. Happily, it's all stainless steel, which gives it a good chance of standing up to the job of holding things while they burn. It's sturdily made and simple; I expect it to last for many years. I'll no longer use the wood chip box that came with my smoker, and will use this instead. I get much more smoke, and of course for much longer.
I indicated that it's easy to clean, and you could just put it into the dishwasher, but it never touches food, just hold smoldering wood pellets. So other than dumping out ash, I don't plan to ever clean it. Why should I?
The smoker comes with an unusually thorough user's guide that tells you how to use the smoker for hot smoking and cold smoking. It even has recipes that look very good. Today I made smoked deviled eggs--all who tried them liked them, saying that they were something different, that the smoke flavor complemented the seasonings in the eggs.
This pellet tray design completely eliminates that problem. Once the pellets are well lit at one end it burns evenly for hours consistently producing smoke. I found that in my smoker one row of pellets burns for 4 hours, so it is easy to figure out how many rows to fill depending on the anticipated time of the cook. It is also welded together like a tank, this will last a long time.
There are a few things to keep in mind for best results. First, make SURE the pellets are dry and well lit. Keep hitting them with a torch as needed to keep a small flame going for 10 minutes or so before you put it in the smoker and they will burn on their own and won't let you down. Don't rush this Also, if you have to place your food so that it could drip juices onto the tray, make a small drip shield by cutting a disposable aluminum pan in half and putting it loosely over the pellets. It does benefit from good air flow, so in my smoker which it quite tightly sealed (like a fridge) I just pull the side loading tray out slightly to let some extra air in, and leave the top vent open all the way. You can use any pellets you want, but most are only blends of the flavor wood, like 25% Maple and the rest Oak or Alder. The A-maze-n pellets are 100% the type of wood they are labeled for extra flavor. You can buy your pellets in smaller quantities since even a full tray that will easily burn all night long will hold less than a pound of pellets. I haven't tried this yet, but I hear it is great for cold smoking cheese, since it generates so little heat to produce the smoke.
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It is not a problem with the product. It was operator misjudgment. The second time I moved the grid/maze away from the corner so that there would be more cooling. I got through a 6 h smoking cycle without a hitch. The manual does suggest that if you are hot smoking, and running your gas grill to cook something, the pellets may ignite, and you may need a heat shield. Just something to consider when you use it.
I'll just point out that although there are products geared for 2 h, and intermediate length smoking cycles, this maze can get you a wide range of smoking times. All you need to do is adjust how long your fill line is. It has three rows if you will. If you fill just the first row, you will get about 3 h of smoke. Fill two, and you get 6 h. Fill it all the way, and I suspect you will get close to the 10 h that the product advertises. Although I bought both products and don't regret it, if you want to buy just one, this is the more flexible one in my view.
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I intend to use this mostly to cold smoke meats, vegetables, and cheeses. Also works great for low temp. hot smoking.
I don't think I'll ever need to own a more expensive smoker unless I'm doing serious volumes and need the racking space. Brilliant and simple product!
5+ stars because it's saved me the money and space of a stand alone smoker unit.
So far as lighting it, I'm using a small butane culinary torch. It takes some time to get the pellets lit well enough to hold a flame. One thing I've done to help is take some plain paper (I use the amazon packing paper) and fold it up into a 1" wide strip, about 2" long. Put that under the pellets right at the "entrance" to the pellet maze (bury it completely). It seems to help get things moving. Do hold the torch on the hole until the pellets get a really nice cherry to them, and a flame, though. Also, make sure you're following the directions and letting that flame keep going for a good 15 min before you blow it out and let things smolder.
This AMNPS puts out as much, if not more, smoke than the original Bradley pucks did. Only the smoke using those Perfect Mix pellets is much nicer. I'm not sure what filler base they use for those Bradley pucks are, but they're nothing like "real" wood pellets used in the AMNPS. The quality of smoke is like night and day, especially with cheese or cold smoked salmon where quality really matters the most. The AMNPS burns good and never went out on me even once when placed in the well-ventilated Bradley cold smoke adapter. Another great thing is that the AMNPS doesn't put out as much heat as the Bradley electric wood burner does, so it allows me to smoke even cooler now.
My biggest regret was not knowing how much trouble I'd have over the years with my Bradley digital, and not throwing out that puck burner from day one. Even when it worked well, those Bradley pucks cost $10 Canadian for just a few hours smoking. With my $40 pound bag of pellets and the AMNPS, one pound of pellets gives me at least 10 hours of trouble-free smoking, so a total of 400 hours for $40! Since the AMNPS doesn't use constant electricity, I save an unknown amount there as well. And did I say, MUCH better smoke too? By being stubborn, I literally wasted hundreds and hundreds of dollars over the years. I just wish I knew sooner.
Well fellow Bradley owners, now you know too.