Electric Smoker Recipes

Easy electric smoker recipes are here for you to try and enjoy. Tips on how to use an electric smoker and easy marinades and rubs for fish, beef, and chicken too. If you’re new to smoking meats and fish you are in for a real treat!

We LOVE to cook outside! Where we live it is quite warm year round, so the last thing we want to do is turn on an oven inside the house. For years we have used our BBQ, but recently we got the opportunity to try the brand new Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker. We were amazed at how good the food turned out! Let me show you some tips, tricks, and great electric smoker recipes we’ve come up with thus far. 😉 This post brought to you by Char-Broil. Then check out our roundup of easy smoker recipes. (originally published 7/16, affiliate links present) 

Here it is…..I know, a beauty right??!! 😉

It reminds me of the college fridge I had.

• Nice looking, compact, and really easy to use. I’m all about easy electric smoker recipes when it comes to cooking. 

Let me show you how this Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker works. Any brand works for these, have a masterbuilt electric smoker, or pellet grill, no problem.

What to do when using a smoker for the first time:

• You need to “cure” it.
  • That means you’ll want to set it to a high temperature (about 275 degrees). Turn it on for approximately 2 hours.
  • Make sure you have the vent open all the way. Set in a well ventilated area as it will billow quite a bit of smoke.
  • It removes the oils, dust, and other materials left over after it’s been manufactured.
• Once that is done and cooled just wipe the inside down with some water, leave the door open so it can air dry.
• When your electric smoker has been cured you are ready to cook!
• Just add water in the container on the bottom. It even has a fill line so you don’t add too much. Add wood chips to the bottom bin on the right. Add your food on the racks and you’re done!
• Like I said, the Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker is super easy to use.

It also includes the washable temperature probe that monitors the meat temperature. Then automatically stops cooking once it reaches the pre-set done temperature, reducing to a warm setting until you’re ready to eat.

• There are many types of wood chips. You can find them here or at your local hardware or grocery store.

Each one creates a unique flavor for your food. Depending on what you’re going to cook you will want to try a few different types along the way to see which you prefer.

We like a heavier smoky flavor so we typically use mesquite. But for fish apple wood chips are really great too. We used this to show how to smoke salmon.

Many times it will say on the bag whether they are best for beef, fish, or chicken.

• But with any electric smoker recipes you should use the chips you like personally.

The next night we cooked 2 tri tip steaks and used a rub consisting of salt, pepper, and some garlic powder. This time we didn’t rinse it off but rather left the rub on when putting them in the smoker. It took about an hr. using the same method as we cooked the salmon. They came out great!

• First look at a meat smoking chart and find the temp. needed.
• Then make sure you use a non stick spray on the shelves.
• You can also put some olive oil on a paper towel and rub it down.
  • Or we have sliced an onion in half and rubbed the sliced side of the onion on the grates to make them non stick naturally! 

We only had a large piece of fish that we cut in half this time. If you have a lot of meat make sure that the majority is on the top shelf. You’ll want the least amount on the bottom to avoid blocking the smoke from rising. Now just close the door and come back in the allotted time according to your dish (it took about 1 hr. for this salmon).

Electric smoker recipes

• This is the best way to smoke ribs where they come out oh so tender and flavorful with this dry rub recipe.
  • We like pork but you can use baby back ribs too
• Smoked pork steaks
  • Use the best dry rub here for over the top steaks.
• The best Smoked bacon wrapped pork chops, with smoked bacon is amazing!!
• Amazing dry rub then use this Smoked pork recipe
• Smoking a boneless pork loin

• Appetizer Smoked jalapeno poppers are a great made in the smoker 
• We have made Smoked chiles and put them on top of burgers
• This is how we made our Smoked burgers with a dry rub that tastes amazing 
• Have you tried smoked baked potatoes yet??!!
• We made this smoked beer can chicken in our electric smoker as well as our pellet grill

• Pulled pork in your smoker, well enough said there!
• A snack of Smoked beef jerky is great and totally different than using a dehydrator
• Tender Smoked chicken drumsticks
• Try a smoked turkey for the holidays
• You can’t go wrong with smoked chicken wings
• Fabulous Smoked prime rib is great for Christmas dinner idea.
• Try these Smoked pork chops

I know….amazing right?? I hope you find some electric smoker recipes you love. If you could smell and taste this through your computer you seriously would be sold on this Char-Broil Digital Electric Smoker and this easy recipe of ours. 😉

Like I said, we cook outside a lot and use our charcoal grill all the time….but for an easy set it and go smoky flavor a smoker is the way to go.

I think it’s now my husband’s favorite appliance. I hope you will try our electric smoker recipes too and let us know what you think! 😉