Side by Side Comparison of: Weber vs Char-Broil

Used this to smoke some ribs last weekend, I soaked them in water for about 30 minutes so they burn slower. They work, burn, and smoke as expected. Quality from Weber, thank you

I love these wood chips. Pecan and Beech are my favorite. These 2 give anything I have smoked in my electric smoker Masterbuilt 20070115 Bluetooth Smart Digital Electric Smoker, 40-Incha wonderful flavor but not as strong tasting as mesquite.

I had tried all of the types of chips that weber sells (pecan, mesquite, hickory, cherry, and apple). Of these I only disliked the mesquite; it had a slight bitter taste (which is to be expected from mesquite).While the flavors were not extremely pronounced I could distinctly taste each of the flavors.I've smoked pork loins and beef brisket using these chips, each turned out great (even the mesquite).

I recently started using wood chips in a smoker box to get a good smoked flavor with my gas grill. I'm sure that there are several good brands of wood chips, but I find the Weber chips work really well in my smoker box. The "chips" are the right size to generate smoke easily without their catching on fire and burning up. There's a variety of sizes and shapes in each bag, so the smaller, thinner ones start smoking first, but then the bigger chunks start smoking later. This keeps them smoking over an extended period of time.The Weber package is 3 pounds which gives plenty of chips for lots of meals. At this price, I can also buy a few other varieties (apple, hickory, cherry) so I'm not stuck with one.If you're not sure what variety of wood chips to get, you can't go wrong with Pecan for chicken, fish, salmon, or pork. Pecan has a slightly sweet smoke, but more subtle than apple or cherry. If I want to play it safe and be sure I'll like the result, I use the pecan chips. If I'm feeling a little more experimental, I mix pecan with apple or cherry. You really can't go wrong with any of these.

I bought these to use for some softer smoke flavor than you can get with the mesquite, hickory, or pecan. The first thing I smoked with them was a few racks of cheese. The smell is just wonderful. I plan on using these with some pork, chicken, and salmon as well.My brother was convinced that all smoked foods had the same harsh flavor but after sampling food I made with these, he is regularly asking me what I am going to smoke next.

I've been using this product for 6 years now. Here's what I've found. First off, I've also tried Cherry,pecan,hickory, & Mesquite. I favor the Apple. I've found that soaking about 30.min. or so in cool clean water yields the most flavor. Yes, I've tried without soaking and they burn too quick and flavor is slightly off (less). Soaking for 30.min. does get the outside of chips enough moisture to present the controlled burn to properly smoke. I have a Weber Summit 9 burner gas grill with a built-in Smoker box. I regularly smoke the following; Fish,Chicken,Pork,Corn,Zucchini, Shrimp, Clams, (Yes,Clams!). The only Red meat I'll smoke is Beef Burgers and never use the Apple, I prefer Hickory or Mesquite for that. If you care to know, I never cook as i smoke. I always smoke the food at hand ,RAW. I found that i get 2x the flavor if i lay food on the grill, raised a bit ,to be closer to the smoke. If you never smoked the meat,veg RAW, i highly advise it. You'll never go back! I let it smoke about 20 min or so,then cook. With this apple I've gotten my neighbor, who doesn't like fish or clams to try and like both. Love these Chips!! Go through 4 bags a season. Smoke on !!

Best gift I ever bought my husband. I benefit from it too, works well, nice and spacious.

Great little smoke that is easy to dial temperature in on.

This has been a great smoker. This is the 2nd season for my dad to use it and we love it when he does!

Worked like a charm, can't wait to SMOKE again!

Works great and can't beat the price!!

I am new to smoking and have only used it once so far but I see a lot of smoking in my future. I love my new smoker.

I was a little worried when I first placed my order as this was the least inexpensive of the chips. I really like the way the smoke flavors the wood and I don't feel like I have to break the bank and buy some esoteric wood to get great smoke.

provides great flavor

Bought these wood chips in different woods and flavors for my new smoker and I have to say that they worked out pretty well. I believe that they were add-on items and were at a good price. They were easy to use and burned completely and steadily. Adds a lot of flavor to the taste of the meat and I will be buying more in the future.

This was purchased as part of an add on deal through amazon. I have to say i was really happy with the wood. I had never smoked with apple wood before and I really liked the taste/ I do not know if it is brand specific as i have continued to use Weber but I can tell you i use apple wood a lot more than i did before. I tried to use some natural apple one time and it was not quite as sweet i think it was due to the bark so for me its not worth the trouble of taking the bark off, just to easy to buy the chips.

these are a little large for my electric smoker. not all chips are large, but definitely could be smaller chips. I think these are more designed for those who use a propane smoker instead, they still work but not all chips get fully smoked, some only 1/2 way. Either way was a deal for the price, as it was an add on pricing, so can't complain too much. My fish that I am smoking with these tastes awesome!

Have only used on pork (roast, ribs and chops) but the flavor is great. Compliments every time. My only complaint is that when used in a smoke box or in foil in a propane grill they don't seem to give off a lot of smoke. Instead what I've done is only used them in my charcoal grill and placed them directly on top of the hot coals. When added directly to the coals they burn great giving off a lot of smoke. If you are going to use with a gas grill or smoker and not burn the chips directly, you may not get as much smoke as you want.

Love this smoker, cord could be a bit longer.

Trial and error, but it's working well

Cons:* No vents mean that creosote builds up fast and create a bitter flavor in the cooked food. If you don't wash it out frequently, you will have a bitter creosote flavor that permeates the cooked food.*Pulling out the wood chips container while the smoker is cooking is extremely dangerous as there is no handle. Thus you have to manuver it with tongs and and a hot pad. This is a skin burn waiting to happen.* Heat does not remain constant. Temperatures fluctuate for no apparent reason.* Apparently, the interior is lead lined, which may or may not cause cancer. CharBroil is not forthcoming about this issue.* Will not produce smoke at low temperature setting.*Drip pan container is tipsy and does NOT CATCH DRIPS!Sadly, other similarly priced brands are not much better.

Great value. Door does not quite fit well since magnet is not strong enough to keep it shut tottaly.

I have used it one time. I am new to smoking but I was pleased with the results. A small recipe book would have been nice to be included along with the instructions.

Easy to assemble and use. Door has a slight problem staying completely shut, but if you're careful, it works. No worries about heat source or constant temperature with the electric model.

It's wood

used a few pieces for stove top smoking and it worked well...i discovered that i don't like mesquite flavored meat

good stuff, small bag

I much prefer the Char Broil chips. they are larger than this ground up crap. I guess it is a matter of what you are used to, but when I smoke in my Weber kettle grill, I prefer the larger chips, this mix of 1/4 inch chips and slivers mixed with larger chips burns out too fast even after soaking with water.

I like apple wood, but if you are serious smoker, I would recommend the chunks over the chips. I went through this entire bag in 5hours. The wood chunks burn much slower. I used a smokenator in my Weber charcoal grill.

Some of the chips have a dried up yellow wood mold on them. Not really what I want to be smoking.

When the item arrived the door was bent so it doesn't close like it should. Also it needs a bigger water tray. Have to keep putting water in very often to keep it smoking.

Smokes food good. Had for about a month and the thermometer broke. Also the door is not alligned right so it's sometimes tricky to close. Kind sucks

Works good but needs work. It has no air flow adjustment so smoking at low temp is hard. I ended up putting a wood chip in the top magnetic latch to get a little opening to let some air in and smoke out and it produced smoke at much lower temp (180). Thinking about trying to add a chimney somehow.

Works, but water holding area could be larger.

Came damaged but works okay.

I should have read the reviews before ordering this unit, as other have said no kind of recipe book or instructions for seasoning the unit included, pretty cheap of the company if you ask me i have had many smokers in my day and this is the first one ever with nothing included, no recipes no small bag of wood chips, total cheap and for what you get your paying top dollar, unit itself is not to bad it came with some damage, door corner is smashed in and side was bulged out, the sides pushed back together but the door is totaled however it seems to hold heat and closes,be fore warned wood pan has no handle and is small so replacing wood chips and getting rid of old ash will be a nightmare,also unless you like smoking at 300+ degrees use lower settings medium puts it at over 350 and I am currently in Northern Michigan.for fish thats a bit too high a temp to get a good smoke flavor, but that temp has benefits for other things. all in all its a functional unit but company is obviously very cheap,kind of a shame too because i will be buying a grill here next month i sure wont be getting a char broil brand what else have they gone cheap on in construction i cannot see yet they cant even include a basic instruction manual!

These did not work for me, they were too small and burned to quickly, causing me to have to replace to frequently to keep smoke. I recommend the larger chunks.

Ordered the 3-lb bag of Weber Applewood chips. Seemed light when it arrived, so weighed and it was just 1 lb. 15 oz!! BUYER BEWARE. You WILL get the applewood chips, but not the 3 lbs that is advertised!!

Apple wood my eye. This is the second time using these wood chip and they sucks. It has a very strong natural wood smell and no favor on your food just and over powering god awful smell.

Disappointed not much of an apple taste I have had much better apple wood

This is a good quality wood, though there are a few bark chips throughout. However, being advertised as chips a large majority of them are actually more like shavings--very small pieces 1/4 inch in diameter or less. Not very useful for smoking, as they burn up in a few seconds and only produce a tiny bit of smoke. I also purchased the bag of hickory chips and they are much more uniform in size, with the majority being about one inch in size.

As these heated up in the grill, there was a faint odor like napthalene (moth balls). I've cooked three times with these and cannot taste any mesquite flavor in the slightest. Waste of time and money.

It takes a long time to smoke

the door warp the second time I used it then I had to pay to get a new one

Came with a couple dents, leaks smoke around door

Tried to smoke 9 turkey legs for a party....12 hrs later,the highest the temp went was 150 degrees in High Setting,highest internal temp from the turkey legs was 142 degrees..don't buy this for smoking meat... but good enough to be a Hot Holding.

bought this smoker for my father inlaw for Christmas. Here is a fair accounting of this smoker1. easy to assemble2. had various dents in the unit. packaging did not show any damage so i assume the dents occured before packing. none of the dents appeared to affect the opperation3. door was warped. would not seal. its held closed by magnets so when you push in the bottom to close the top pops open. we wanted to smoke a turkey for xmas so we tied a rope around top and bottom to seal. other wise the temp wouldnt rise above 195. if he keeps this unit he will need to add two latches.4.smoking tray lid only lays on top. a hinge of some sort would have been a better option. youll need a pair of needle nose pliers to add chips.5. it has a drip pan attatched below the unit. but beware it still leaks from the door and makes a mess.6.Does not produce enough smoke!!! Youll need to get creative to increase the smoke.

There is no way to regulate the air that is needed for smoking. You will need to get a pie plate and lay it directly on heating element to get chips to smolder. Wouldn't really recommend

to high over priced

Skip the mesquite. Get cherry or hickory.

Don't like the flavor at all.

Great, but only $3 bucks at my grocery store

Did not flavor meat as well as I was hoping

Buy local. Wood is wood.

This is a very cheap Chinese built smoker. I had high hopes based on some reviews. After ordering two both damaged in shipment? WE accepted a small discount from Amazon to assemble it and try. When you put the legs on it prevents the door from closing, not good. Also, did not sit level after legs were put on. I would not order this if you are expecting a REAL smoker. Has way to many issues including the metal skin that had dents everywhere. Amazon was great but this is a piece of junk, my opinion!.

first one was dented sent it back second one also dented sent it back for refund

Cheap and had pieces break

I received this product heavily damaged the box was patched in 2 different places . When I took it out I was checking it out and noticed that the door was bent and doesn't close right and the top piece is dented in three different corners and midline . I am very disappointed paying 44$ for shipping and handling .

After first use the door warped, causing it to ruin my tri-tip. Now I have to block the door with something heavy.The temperature controller has too big of a temp swing. I did two chickens, the temp is important with chicken, and the best I could get it to do was 235 high temp to a 190 low temp, and it swings pretty often. Same with a pork shoulder, best I could set the temps was 265-215.I requested a refund.

Worked good until today when I grad the handle and get shocked.I took out my voltmeter and with the negative lead on my concrete patio and the positive lead on the handle the voltmeter read 60 volts AC.