Best Smoker Black Friday Deals 2026

The Searwood 600 is the smoker we would buy if we could only own one outdoor cooker. Smoked BBQ Source named it the best pellet grill it has tested in its October update, and AmazingRibs gave it a Platinum Medal for smoke flavor that held up from low-and-slow cooks to searing heat. That combination is why it beat the Traeger Woodridge Pro, which reviewers found less smoky and weaker at searing.

Skip it if you want charcoal flavor or have less than $500 to spend; the Weber Smokey Mountain and Cuisinart below cover those.

At $999 it costs about $18 more than its 90-day average, so this is not a deal yet. It sold for about $875 in early December last year, and that is the price we would wait for.

This is the simplest way to start smoking meat. You plug it in, set a temperature and feed wood chips through the side loader without opening the door, so heat and smoke stay inside. Smoked BBQ Source names Masterbuilt's digital line its best electric smoker, and with more than 11,000 Amazon ratings it is the most-reviewed smoker on this list by a wide margin.

The 275°F ceiling means no crisp chicken skin and a softer bark than charcoal gives. Owners also report that the built-in temperature readout can drift, so a separate probe thermometer is worth the small extra cost.

Ignore the list price on the card; this smoker sells for about a third of it. At about $237 it sits roughly $13 above its 90-day average, and it reached $200 a week before Thanksgiving last year.

The Smokey Mountain is the charcoal smoker reviewers keep coming back to. Smoked BBQ Source rates the 18-inch model its best charcoal smoker and its best smoker for beginners, and America's Test Kitchen picked the 22-inch version as its winner after it ran about 10 hours on a load. It suits anyone who wants real charcoal bark and smoke and is happy to learn the vents over a few cooks.

The access door leaks out of the box, which an inexpensive gasket fixes. If you cook whole briskets, the 22-inch gives you the room the 18-inch lacks.

Weber barely discounts this one. It has sold for $419 for the past year, so buy it on merit and treat any Black Friday cut as a bonus.

The COS-118 is the cheapest smoker we would recommend. Reviewed named it its Best Value smoker after a brisket came out with a good smoke ring, and it uses the same bullet design as the Weber Smokey Mountain for about half the price. It suits a first smoker for someone not yet sure how often they will use it.

The trade-offs show on long cooks: the steel is thinner than Weber's, the cooker is a little shallower, and you will need to add charcoal partway through. Some owners struggled to get it up to temperature until they learned the vents.

At about $210 it costs a couple of dollars more than its 90-day average. It dropped to $148 in February, so a price closer to $150 is what a real deal would look like.

The Gravity Series 600 is for people who want charcoal flavor without tending a fire. A hopper feeds charcoal down to a fan-controlled firebox, so you set a temperature on the controller or the app and it holds it, then you can turn it up to sear. Smoked BBQ Source calls it the best of both worlds on its beginner list.

We kept it on the list despite an Amazon rating well below the rest, built on fewer than 50 reviews, because no other Pick does this job and testers rate the design. The complaints are real, though: owners report fan and controller failures, and the warranty is one year. The Barbecue Lab took 90 to 120 minutes to build the larger Gravity 800, so plan an afternoon for this one too.

At $749 it costs about $14 more than its 90-day average. It sold for $649 in late May.

This is the Pick for a balcony or a small patio. The Woodfire Pro Connect Premium XL is an electric grill with a small box that burns wood pellets for flavor, not heat, so it needs only an outlet. TechRadar found its smoked food as good as the original Woodfire's and the app reliable, and Reviewed got strong smoke flavor on wings. The listing we track is the blue finish.

Do not expect the smoke of a real smoker. Smoked BBQ Source found the flavor mild, AmazingRibs got little smoke ring from the original Woodfire, and the grill area feeds about four to six people. Anyone with a yard and a bigger crowd should look at the Searwood 600 instead.

At about $500 it costs $24 more than its 90-day average. It sold for about $400 in mid-May.

The Ironwood is the Traeger we would choose if price were no limit. Smoked BBQ Source calls it the sweet spot of Traeger's range, and Reviewed's pick for best pellet grill is its larger sibling, the Ironwood XL. Testers got brisket with a good smoke ring and plenty of smoke at low temperatures, and the Super Smoke mode helps on shorter cooks.

It is slow to reach searing heat, so if you want one cooker for brisket and steaks, the Searwood 600 does more for less. Buy the Ironwood for the smoke, Traeger's app and its accessory range.

At about $1,690 it costs around $67 more than its 90-day average and nearly $500 more than its mid-July low of about $1,200. We would not buy it at this price.

The GE Profile is the only smoker here you can run in an apartment kitchen. It burns a small charge of wood pellets and filters the smoke before it leaves the unit. Reviewed named it its Best Indoor smoker for smoky, tender brisket and ribs with almost no smoke in the room, and CNN Underscored agreed it delivers real smoke flavor indoors.

Engadget found the flavor less intense than an outdoor smoker's and had to flip and rotate food during cooks. Reviewers also found it hard to clean, and some owners report units sticking in preheat.

At $699 it costs about what it has averaged for three months, and the $999 list price on the card is not a guide. It sold for about $424 over Thanksgiving weekend last year.