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Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoke Hollow Propane-Gas Smoker Review

Posted on: September 29, 2011

The Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoke Hollow Propane-Gas Smoker (Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker) is great for smoking pork, beef, fish, poultry and more, and it can all be done in the great outdoors and at any particular season, with some shelter provided, of course. This Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker seals in smoke from any preferred hardwood chips producing moist, tender meats, every time.

The 38208G Smoker is built as tight and stout as a brick smokehouse, the Smoke Hollow Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker brings out all of the delicious flavours in pork tenderloin, beef brisket, and more.

Fish lovers have plenty of room for halibut steaks thanks to the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker four adjustable height cooking grids that ensure plenty of elbow room between pieces. The heat flows steadily upward in the smoker which gives even cooking from top to bottom.

Not only do the cooking grids inside the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker offer plenty of space for chicken breasts and thighs, spare ribs, baby backs, and prime rib for the whole family, they're also chrome-plated for easy cleaning after the cooking activity is over.

In addition, the smoker has a porcelain coated steel wood-chip box that resists scorching and corrosion even under extreme heat from Pecan, Hickory, White Oak, Apple, Alder and Mesquite woodchips.

The porcelain coated steel water pan on the smoker defies corrosion through years of use and is very easy to clean. Other features of the smoker include a simple push-button ignition system, a cast-brass burner, a readable temperature gauge, and a door handle that remains cool. The propane-gas smoker measures 21 by 15 by 39 inches.


The Outdoor Leisure Smoke Hollow Propane Gas Smoker comes equipped with a cast brass burner with four chrome plated cooking grids that have multiple adjustment levels and a porcelain coated steel water pan. The smoker has a cool touch spring wire door handle and has a single push button ignition system.

Features and Specifications

  •     The smoker is suitable for outdoor cooking of meat, vegetables, and more
  •     The Push-button ignition system of the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker makes it easy to start, the cast-brass burner and very readable temperature gauge are also added features.
  •     It has 4 chrome-plated adjustable-height cooking grids including convenient stay cool door handle
  •     The smoker has a porcelain coated steel wood chip box and water pan, which is very easy to assemble
  •     The smoker measures 21 by 15 by 39 inches

The Pros:

  •     The smoker is straightforward to assemble if the directions are followed carefully. Tools needed are a screwdriver and pliers.
  •     The Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker lights easily and the propane tank connector is a quickconnect style,  and people find it very easy to use.
  •     People say the smoker does a great job of smoking even after being on for over four hours, there was still ample water remaining.
  •     The cooking grids on the smoker are very strongly  constructed, and clean easily. The wall shelf attachments can be adjusted so that the shelf heights are completely changeable.
  •     The wood box on the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker is large, with a nice cover. Both this box and the water container are porcelain coated steel which clean easily

The Cons

  •     Some people find the regulator on this smoker burned too hot, even on the lowest setting, the interior temperature was 350 degrees which for certain types of food is often too fierce, considering some food is better cooked at slightly lower temperatures. This seems to be a common problem with the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker as has been reported by numerous users of the smoker.
  •     The temperature gauge on the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker was not very accurate, which means that it is difficult to time the food adequately, to ensure optimum results..
  •     There was not a lot of smoke coming out of the box on the 38208G Smoker when cooking. The smoke stayed pretty much inside the unit.

Overall Rating

Despite the issue with the gas regulator on the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoker the product is still recommended.

In fact many people have found that if they were to go out and purchase a new regulator for the Outdoor Leisure 38208G Smoke Hollow Propane-Gas Smoker that this issue of excessive heat can solve the problem considerably. This has been a fairly unanimous decision made by those people who otherwise consider this smoker to be very good value for money, and providing a very good consistent result.


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