Quote Originally Posted by Sawin View Post
I started to smoke some elk loin and chicken in a mesquite dry rub, but the damn smoker kept tripping the GFCI outlet... wound up having to grill them instead. Whats the point in a free electric smoker from a garage sale if I can't plug it in to the outdoor outlet?

I'd rather not run an extension cord from a non GFCI outlet and leave the door or window ajar letting in the smoke.
Uh....maybe there's something wrong with it and that's why it was "free"?