Bobby Que, Thanks for the reply. Your post was the one I was talking about. The picture you stuck in there answered half my question. Your point is well taken that this is a comprimise, but that cold smokers don't do hot smoking very well anyway. I am interested in your thoughts that cold smoking w/ the smokette damages the thermostat...
The Bradley Smoker claims to do cold and hot smoking equally well, and I tend to believe that considering the design of that system. But there is no way I'll buy a smoker that costs $10+ per use. I wonder if there are other units similar to the Bradley that don't require use of expensive Bradley-biscuits...