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Offset Smokers

Buying guides and tested reviews of offset smokers, measured on our own bench rather than copied from spec sheets.

How to season an offset smoker: the oil everyone recommends and the temperature everyone recommends cancel each other out photo · how-to-season-an-offset-smoker-the-oil-everyone-recommends-and-the-temperature-everyone-recommends-cancel-each-other-out
Offset Smokers

How to season an offset smoker: the oil everyone recommends and the temperature everyone recommends cancel each other out

Position one on this search is a forum answer describing five drops of mineral oil on a warm pit after every cook. Google's answer box above it says canola or avocado, sprayed everywhere, baked at 300 to 400°F. Those are not two versions of one method. Mineral oil never hardens, and the summary picks the one oil whose smoke point its own fire cannot reach.

Updated Aug 2026