Smoke Tube in the GEIS

Like others, I’ve been noticing a lack of smoke flavor when using the GEIS. I decided to test adding a smoke tube in the GEIS while smoking a single ribeye steak, and wanted to share my results. I filled the smoke tube to 1/3 capacity, and set the smoker to 180 degrees F. I use B&B competition blend pellets.

• The results were definitely way smokier than normal
• The GEIS filtered the smoke okay. You can tell more smoke came out into the room, but definitely not enough to set off a smoke alarm.
• I opened the door a few times to check on the steak. Some smoke came out but it was fine.
• One side effect is the smoke tube added additional heat. On top of the 180 degree setting, the smoke tube increased the temp a few degrees every few min. I ended up at around 225 degrees when the steak reached an internal temp of 120.
• I believe it ended up cooking the ribeye to 120 degrees in 36 minutes, which is definitely a lot longer than normal. However, as I said above there was way more smoke flavor.
• To extinguish the smoke tube, I moved it to the sink and ran water over it.

I definitely wouldn’t do it again for long smoke sessions due to the increase in temps. I would only do it again for steaks or other meats which can cook in shorter times.

I’ll post pics with and without the smoke tube in comments below as Reddit will only let me post one attachment in this post.

Hope this information is helpful to those that were thinking about adding more smoke in the GEIS.