Realcook 8" Cold Smoke Generator, Hot or Cold Smoking on Any BBQ Grill and Smoker, Perfect for Smoked Salmon, Cheese, Pork and More, Smoke Time up to 4-7 Hours review and price compare 2025

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Brand	Realcook
Power Source	Corded Electric, Charcoal
Item Weight	0.44 Pounds
Item Dimensions LxWxH	8.07 x 7.48 x 1.77 inches
Fuel Type	Electric, Charcoal

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This smoker accessories is perfect for cold and hot smoking. You can put it into any gas grill, pellet grill, electric grill, charcoal grill or any smokers.
Add the Wood Sawdust you like (apple, pecan, hickory, mesquite, oak, cherry or different species of fruit trees). This Cold Smoke Generator provides unique smoky flavor to your smoked meat, cheese, pork, fish, turkey, ribs and more. It will give you the best smoking result.
If you are a smoked lovers, you must know that the perfecet way of smoking is low and slow. The Round Shape Design can let you put more wood sawdust and space saving. Up to 7 hours smoking time is longer than the other pellet smoker tube. Smoke time will vary depending on what sawdust you are using.
You can easy to transport the cold smoke generator with 2 handles. It makes the smoking process easy and accessible to anyone. We know that enough smoke is the important part during the barbecue time, if you get a pellet smoker grill that does not produce enough smoke? Our smoke generator is your first choice!
This cold smoke generator is made of steel which is safe and durable. It's straight forward to set up and use.

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Size:8.07x7.48x1.77Inch

Metal Type: Steel
Product size: 20.5x19x4.5CM(8.07x7.48x1.77Inch)
Package size: 22x19x5.5 CM (8.66x7.48x2.17Inch)
G.W.of a piece: 0.3KG

Package Include: Cold Smoke Generator x 1
Note: You can buy the wood dust in your local store

What should you do if the wood dust keeps going out?
1. Light the wood dust with a small kitchen blowtorch. You need to burn it about 15 minutes (relighting as necessary during those time) to keep a flame going and gently blow it out. Less than 15 minutes it was not enough flame to keep going
2. If the wood dust is damp, a minute or so in the microwave can extract the moisture.
3. During cold smoking, make sure to check the food every hour by lifting the lid. This allows fresh oxygen to enter which will stimulate the smoking process.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems!

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Questions about Realcook 8" Cold Smoke Generator, Hot or Cold Smoking on Any BBQ Grill and Smoker, Perfect for Smoked Salmon, Cheese, Pork and More, Smoke Time up to 4-7 Hours

How much sawdust does it take to fill it? About how many cooks would a twenty pound bag last?

Answer: This holds about 1/4 lb of sawdust, so I would expect 18 hours of cold smoke

whats the best wood to use for salmon?

Answer: Hickory, Hickory, Hickory

Answer: applewood

Answer: Alder

Do you pack the sawdust in or keep it loose?

Answer: You do not need to pack it, I pour it higher than the edges then using a ruler or something with a straight edge, screed it flat

Answer: Did not pack it, just shake and pat down!

Answer: somewhat loose

What kind of blow torch should I get for this ? Butane or propane ? Does it change the flavor ?

Answer: The kind of torch won’t affect the flavor. You just need a torch that will light the wood dust. Once they are lit, it’s just burning wood dust and the torch is turned off.

Answer: No problem, you can use both torch. Never changes the flavor. Also you can use the short candle. Enjoy!!

Answer: I think either one should work. You just have to make sure that the embers keep going. I doubt that it would change the flavor. I used a propane torch and didn't taste anything.

Answer: Neither. Use a tea lite candle. Small candle that fits on that little platform.

Where is this made?

Answer: I’m not completely sure, but sadly I’m assuming China...

Answer: China

Is this for smoker grii

Answer: Sure. You can use it on any smoker grill, charcoal grill, electric grill. Please open the grill air vent to provide enough air during the smoking time. This 8" cold smoke generator can burn it up to 4-7 hours. Thank you!

Answer: This is for cold smoking meats, fish and cheese, it’s used at temperatures below 75°

Does it really take 15 minutes with a blow torch to start this thing? It seems like in 15 minutes you would burn all of the wood dust.

Answer: In my experience, once you get it burning with a torch (about 15-30 seconds) you can let it go naturally - however, blow out any flame that might exist after 15 minutes...the idea is to get a good portion of the material smoldering so there's enough heat to continue around the whole path.

Answer: I tried to start the burn on this unit . it never kept burning , it just kept going out. I returned the product and ordered a slow electric cold smoker.

Answer: With a torch like 5 seconds! Just need to start the outside end.

Answer: I don't know about fifteen minutes but it does take several minutes to get a good steady burn going.

Where can I get Alder sawdust? I only see chips

Answer: I made my own and used cherry! Order online?

where to find bech wood dust for smoker?

Answer: Why limit yourself to beech wood? These do work with wood chips or pellets...

Answer: i don''t know whereto look for it. maybe a woodwoorkin shop near you

Will this work with the “saw dust” from a chain saw?

Answer: The problem is that a standard used chainsaw discharges bar oil with the saw dust, so you'd be smoking your food with, essentially, motor oil and wood. If you purged it maybe. In. But best to buy the cheapest chainsaw you can get, and use vegetable oil as the bar oil...

Answer: It works best with sawdust.

Answer: Don't use just any sawdust. Use sawdust intended for smoking food

Does this require wood dust to keep burning, or will it work with pellets as well?

Answer: It works best with dust

Answer: no it does not.make sure it is completely dry otherwise it wont burn

Answer: I personally use dust

Does the saw dust in the parallel channel catch fire as well or will this actually just burn in one lane or channel only ?

Answer: It burns one lane for the most part. there is a little bit of lane jumping happening. Starting the fire with a propane torch was easy. than k

Answer: After trying several methods to utilize the smoke generator I have found that if you start with a one layer bed of smashed briquettes, light them with a burnzamatic torch. Let the briquettes get good and glowing. Place the filled (pressed down with chips) smoke generator on top. It smokes very well.

Answer: It does burn as one channel. You'll need a tea candle under it to start.

Answer: Don't waste your money. This thing is a piece of junk .

To use, just put it in the bottom of a Weber, instead of charcoal, light candle, and let it go for 18-24 hrs? What is temp in the grill?

Answer: This product can adds awesome smoke flavor to everything, like meats, fishes, cheese and so on. It is perfect for cold smoking and hot smoking. But the product does not the heat source. For hot smoking, you still need the charcoal.

Answer: It’s a cold smoke generator,, what heat? This isn’t for BBQ.

Product reviews of Realcook 8" Cold Smoke Generator, Hot or Cold Smoking on Any BBQ Grill and Smoker, Perfect for Smoked Salmon, Cheese, Pork and More, Smoke Time up to 4-7 Hours

John J. Zekany : It's decent

Not a bad device, the spot welds are a little weak in my opinion.
It's straight forward to set up and use.

Grover : Great for cold smoke!

You can make your own saw dust (save money)
get your favorite flavor pellets & a coffee grinder.
That's all you need.

David Perez : Works great!

Works great, lasts over 24 hours. Tip....use wood pellets to make the saw dust. Soak them in water, break them up, then dry them out. Works great!

LynnB : Does NOT stay lit or it burns up. NO SMOKE.

This does NOT stay lit. I've used it on at least a dozen cooks and it either does NOT stay lit and smoke, or it just burns up. It got so hot it burned the paint off the top of my grill lid. Had I thought about return, I'd have done so, but am now 5 days too late.

The zig zag square "maze" works so much better even though they both are the same concept.

Amazon Customer : Five Stars

Used it a few times works really well, hope it lasts.

LynnB : Does NOT stay lit or it burns up. NO SMOKE.

AMZ Contributor : Wonderful product & great value. Look no further!

Wonderful product & great value. Look no further!

Jesse Martin : Absolute Garbage, buy ANYTHING else

This product is pure trash. I have literally never used it successfully. The whole tea light candle thing is just an abortion, lighting it with a blow torch like most of the internet recommends is no better. It never stays lit, I've tried every thing I've read on the internet about how to make this thing function - soaking the pellets, baking the pellets in the oven, using the candle, using the blow torch, letting it "burn" for a half hour before trying to use it.

Garbage, garbage, garbage. This product has so consistently not worked that I'm honestly questioning if any positive review about it is even real.

Updating January 12th 2021, nothing in this review has changed.

Amazon Customer : Very long smoking time with good sawdust

I bought this 13" smoker, because I already own several smaller ones. Those need more attention, because they finished too soon for my taste.
I tested it first time in a couple days ago, and it is STILL SMOKING! I have excellent dry beech wood sawdust with some juniper berry mixed with it. Looks like this fine dust will reach the 48 hours mark I had in my whislist (only 2 hours left).
I prefer beech wood, because it is not easy to find good quality cherry or hickory in this fine grade.
I recommend it for some long term cold smoking.

Robert Murphy : potential

Could be a very awesome tool. Need to figure it out. Could not get wood to burn properly.

Fray : Extremely Disappointing Purchase

I had to refill three times in twelve hours. After a quick check, the size is not as advertised. I ordered 13+ inches but I received ~ 12 inches.

Hotena : Must use dry and small sawdust or it will not work

Must Use dry sawdust to work . TIP if you need more smoke light up from the end and the center at the sametime . Also you can use hair dryer to egnite sawdust faster to the max till you see a flame .

Levi : Doesn’t work.

Doesn’t work.

Javier (. : Muy sencillo de usar

Me funcionó perfecto, lo encendí en una estufa de gas

Bob Arizona : Doesn't work as described! Doesn't work period!

After the product arrived I checked you tube for information on this product and guess what! Doesn't work. Even the reviewer couldn't keep it let. Burned about 25% of the way for him. Then I noticed there were half as many 1 star reviews as 5 star, so 11 out of 3 thought is was nonfunctional. I had trouble keeping it going for 20 minutes. Tried a fire starter, tea light and kitchen torch. The humidity here is around 15% so the wood dust is not damp. I have to completely unload my smoker to relight this POS. Hellooo Amazon, goodbye Real (no) cook. Hope the other two guys are happy with theirs!

Edmund Woods : Five Stars

great product

Texas Hill Country : This smoke generator does not generate smoke.

I would have given this product zero stars if Amazon allowed it. I have made several attempts at cold smoking using this smoke generator and hickory sawdust. The sawdust will simply not stay lit no matter what I try. First attempt was using the sawdust straight out of the bag and lighting with a tea light as per the instructions. No dice. Would not stay lit. Plenty of air flow into the smoker so that was not the issue. After searching for solutions I tried several, including baking the sawdust to ensure that it is totally dry, microwaving for the same reason, and grinding the sawdust into finer dust. None of these things worked and this smoke generator simply does not generate smoke. Anyway, I'm pretty bummed that this is a worthless product because I had very high hopes for it.

Christopher : GREAT!

I don’t know what anybody else is talking about this thing not working but if you put the correct items in there and do exactly what it says it will be fine I was actually able to make this with a stick like without using the candle this thing is and absolute wonder to cold smoke. It kept my smoker 2 1/2 days

Adramalech : Easy to use

Great tool for cold smoking. Super easy to use and get great results.

Hilary : Worked great

Worked great
Ps supper cool Hak If you can’t find hickory sawdust Buy an $8.00 25 pound bag from Walmart of pellets soak them in water and then let them dry out perfect sawdust an eighth of the normal price

Amazon Customer : Use with fine sawdust

It was a gift but we purchased one previously and it works great with very fine sawdust

Rev. Pat Robbins : thank you

nice

ahmed : Not bad

Did the job but it is not easy to start it up it needs more time

John W. : Great product

Just what I was hoping for

lynne g. : Worked like a charm!

It was exactly what I expected.
No assembly required and worked perfectly.

Rhonda H. : Short term life span product

While it worked, I did not know that after 6 uses the metal mesh on the bottom of the smoker would burn out and not be able to hold the wood chips. Very disappointed.

Jordan Camacho : Trouble staying lit

Wouldn't stay lit. Great idea, but kept going out.

lynne g. : Worked like a charm!

It was exactly what I expected.
No assembly required and worked perfectly.

Christian : Not impressed at all.

Been trying to keep this thing lit for over four (4) hours. Keep relighting the saw dust and minutes later it goes out again. I would NOT recommend this product for Cold Smoking.

StpCollabr8nLstn : Needs the right sawdust!

I bought this smoke generator with the sausagemaker sawdust, it would not work or stay lit, this sawdust was too coarse. I just bought pellets and let those soak and dried them at 175 for like 6 hrs. That did magic! I lit up the generator and it’s smoking away. Also I used a blow torch to light it

Baker : Would not buy again

Was a lot smaller than the picture and what they advertised.

SARGIS AGAZARYAN : very good

a +

Gus Hillenbrand : Five Stars

The best

Rev. Pat Robbins : thank you

nice

Amazon Customer : No good

Didn't work with anything I tried

Alan G. : doesn't stay lit

Just got this, and tried it twice. One time I tried to get it started with the tea candle. The second time I used a blowtorch. Both times, it wouldn't stay lit. I don't know if perhaps I packed it wrong? Or maybe it needs some super special type of sawdust -- I used a bucket of smoking sawdust from Amazon.

Anonymous002238 : Such a pain in the butt to light.

Either this thing doesn’t work well, or they just don’t work with green eggs. Been trying to get this to stay lite all night with my vitamin torches. Lame.

Amazon Customer : No good

Didn't work with anything I tried

Kevin Bento : The candle is useless. I used a blow torch

The candle is useless. I used a blow torch. I'm having trouble keeping the embers lit properly even with plenty of air-flow.

bobTheObserver : Good Smoker

Using with sawdust I made from Pit Boss pellets. Today is my first use. It lights and burns just fine, but it also started burning the sawdust in the adjacent coil. If anyone has a tip to prevent it, I'd love to know what you do. I'm using this 8" model inside my old, unplugged Little Chief smoker to do a cold smoke. My goal is a thin line of blue smoke, and I feel I'm close. I adjust the door at the bottom and the lid on top to modify the airflow. Now I just need to figure out how to keep the burn from jumping because it gives too much smoke and gets too hot for a cold smoke.

To make the sawdust I use 1 Cup of the Pit Boss pellets, add 6 Tbl of water, stir and let it sit for a few minutes. Then stir a few times. The pellets turn to sawdust very easily. Then I spread the moist sawdust on 1 or 2 cookie sheets and put into a warm oven (170F) for an hour. Stir it a couple of time during that hour. Any excess is stored in a sealed mason jar and then heated in the microwave a minute or two to make sure it is bone dry before using.

Baker : Would not buy again

Was a lot smaller than the picture and what they advertised.

Chris Michael : Difficult to keep lit

I have only used this product once with specially purchased bone dry apple wood sawdust. So far, over two hours, I have had to relight it 8 times. When first lit it produces an adequate amount of smoke which then tapers off over 10 minutes or so to an amount inadequate for cold smoking. I am looking for other options.

KEN MATSUO : best for cold smoking

best cold smoke generator, very simple and easy to use.

PC : Um...No

The concept is great. The reality blows and getting a response to return the item...nada.
Use larger chunks of whatever wood, and rest them in a pan of the shaved wood they proport you use.
That said, too much smoke can steer folks away.
This is a cold smoke use tool only. Act accordingly.

Grover : Great for cold smoke!

You can make your own saw dust (save money)
get your favorite flavor pellets & a coffee grinder.
That's all you need.

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