While it has its limitations, it is still a cooking marvel.
However, its not small in the realm of countertop appliances.
The unit comes with an internal probe to use for temperature cooking.
This innovative indoor electric smoker uses Active Smoke Filtration to turn real-wood smoke into warm air so you can prepare smoked brisket, pork butt, specialty cocktail ingredients, and more at any time from the comfort of your kitchen.
This is great for meats that cook for a really long time.
Using the probe with a brisket or pork butt on the lower rack makes the most sense.
The top rack is probably only useful for ribs or chicken wings anyway.
GE Profile melds together one heat source for burning wood pellets and one for accurate temperature control.
It calls this the Smart Smoke Generation System.
Essentially, the wood pellets infuse a smoky flavor while the electric heating element does the cooking.
Doing it this way also means using fewer pellets than a traditional grill.
Also, to be clear, this GE Profile smoker is not a grill.
It wont sear meat.
Thats not necessarily a fault, but it is worth noting.
The Smart Indoor Smoker has Active Smoke Filtration to turn the smokey air into odorless air.
The caveat to this is if you launch the door while its smoking.
That wont hurt anything, but it will dump smoke into your kitchen.
The solution to this is the Clear Smoke button that empties the internal chamber.
This process will take about 10 minutes.
Personally, I liked the faint aroma.
It was a reminder that meat was cooking.
And once the food is done, theres an auto-hold to keep it warm.
This can be turned off in the prefs.
I started my indoor smoking journey with a rack of baby back ribs.
I did have to cut it in half to get it to fit, but that didnt bother me.
The ribs cooked for about six hours, with smoke on them for about four of those hours.
The meat was tender and had a smokey flavor.
I also made a host of other things, like chicken wings and even baked potatoes.
Unequivocally, the GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker is a great way to smoke meat.
All of the meals I prepared came out nearly perfect.
Theres a drip tray at the bottom to catch grease and fat.
The burnt pellets fall into a small water reservoir in the side waste bin.
In practice, cleaning the drip trip wasnt fun.
But putting tin foil over it subsequent times made the cleaning process way faster.
There are evencustom-molded linersavailable (or available soon) if you want to go down that path.
Notifications are by far the killer feature, however.
I especially liked its pre-notifications that let you know that the time would be done in five minutes.
Price and Availability
The GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker is available now atBest BuyandWilliam Sonomafor $999.
Should You Buy the GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker?
Its not a comparatively good value for someone who has the room.
For those people, this is a game-changer.
For this smokers target audience, it is absolutely worth buying or at least seriously considering.
