While shopping in the local Sam's Club the other day I found that they
are now carrying Bradley Smokers at a pretty good price of around
$350. And that is about 15% better than any other price I've seem for
them.

I was wondering if anyone here as used one and in general what you
think of them.

One clear downside is that you have to use their little proprietary
compressed wood disks for smoke generation. This could be expensive in
the long run.

On the plus side, it seems the smoke generation is a separate function
from the heat source which is electric. Besides promising a steady
thermostatically controlled temperature, it should allow me to do
cold smoking. I would like to try my hand at making my own bacon and
smoking fish. We catch a lot of mackerel up here in the summer and it
seems like a good way to use them.

As I've said , I live in Maine, and for a large part of the year it is
just too damn cold to use most smokers. Does anyone have experience
with a Bradley in the cold?

Thanks in advance,
Jim