I saw a post detailing a few faults
That will be a post I made a while back
It is not a Gasmate
It is similar setup to a gasmate....a 'budget' $199 special from the red shed
I can not comment on gasmate as have never used one.. but going on Catchelots knowledge reliability and experience to which I have a lot of respect for... would take is comments seriously.
Also to note is I operate my smoker indoors.. therefore any smoke leaks around doors, which would otherwise not matter, or nor be noticed, become irrelivent.
And it could well be because I have fully sealed the door, in doing so, restricted air flow, partly resulting on not being able to cold smoke at temps below 45 deg C, .. and removing the restriction of the little chimney, PLUS adding a 120mm diam vent duct some 3.5m height to the outside roof... fixed the issue.
As to replacing the tiny supplied chip box to extend time to replenish out to 4 to 5 hrs and improve burn with a cake tin.. thats not exactly a major issue... and a nil issue if one wishes to hot smoke over 50 degs.
The issue of a draft around the bottom, effecting a low flame/ consistent air/ smoke flow is also of minor issue... simply shield with a scape of sheet metal lent up against the open side... or move/ locate out of the draft...
And not enough shelves.. the gasmate has slightly bigger and an extra shelf....
Come home with a bin full, and the crew may want a lot of their share of the bin smoked as well....Any reasonable sized home smoker will fall short.
And what one can smoke up in a cabinet smoker/ cooker be it a elcheapo unit like mine or a gasmate is far greater than most other types....
Would I buy another one ... hell yeah....knowing I would need to find a old cake tin, drill a few holes... and a tube rtv ans spend a few minutes laying a good bead t make a perfect seal... and a couple good little magnets to hold the door closed better....
And espec now I KNOW these couple elcheapo, no tools required, stuff all time needed fixes work 100%