This is the perfect smoking setup for your Weber Q, Baby Q or Family Q BBQ/Grill. Cold smoke or hot smoke.
Power Source
Go cordless for complete freedom, or keep it simple with plug-in mains AC power. We recommend cordless for the most versatile Smokai setup.
Select your power source
Cordless Power
The powerful 6,000 mAh rechargeable option gives you up to 40hrs smoking time on one charge. And when it’s time to recharge, plug it in and keep smoking while it charges.
Complete your setup
The essentials that help you complete your Heavy Duty setup.
The kit includes a Smokai 1L Classic Smoke Generator and a Smokai Weber Q Adaptor to quickly mount it to your Weber Q and remove it after use. Hot smoke with the burners on, cold smoke with them off, while staying every bit the gas BBQ your Weber Q already is.
- Everyday gas grilling when you want it
- Controlled cold smoking with no grill heat
- Smokehouse-style hot smoking with the burners on
- Full grill capacity for meat, seafood, cheese and more
Control Your Smoke™
Attached to the outside of your Q, Smokai leaves your grill clear and delivers a fresh wood-fired smoke that can be dialed in from light to heavy depoending on your food, your taste.
Hot Smoking
Smokai delivers the wood-fired smoke, your Q the heat. From a quick touch of flavour on a steak or sausage to longer smoking sessions for brisket or ribs.
Cold Smoking
Leave your Q’s burners off and let Smokai do the work. From cheese, fish to bacon. Start cold smoking on your Q and you won’t by store bought any more.
Smokai Modular System™
Invented by our founders, the modular design makes mounting, assembly, disassembly, ash disposal and cleaning super quick and easy. The precision engineered, heavy duty components lock together in seconds.
Trusted by the Best
Smokai Smoke Generators are used everyday around the world by home enthusiasts, fishermen, hunters, pit masters, celebrity chefs, artisian smokehouses, butchers, a michelin star smokehouse and many more.
Control Your Smoke™
Attached to the outside of your Q, Smokai leaves your grill clear and delivers a fresh wood-fired smoke that can be dialed in from light to heavy depoending on your food, your taste.
Hot Smoking
Smokai delivers the wood-fired smoke, your Q the heat. From a quick touch of flavour on a steak or sausage to longer smoking sessions for brisket or ribs.
Cold Smoking
Leave your Q’s burners off and let Smokai do the work. From cheese, fish to bacon. Start cold smoking on your Q and you won’t by store bought any more.
Smokai Modular System™
Invented by our founders, the modular design makes mounting, assembly, disassembly, ash disposal and cleaning super quick and easy. The precision engineered, heavy duty components lock together in seconds.
Trusted by the Best
Smokai Smoke Generators are used everyday around the world by home enthusiasts, fishermen, hunters, pit masters, celebrity chefs, artisian smokehouses, butchers, a michelin star smokehouse and many more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will this fit a ‘built-in’ Weber Q?
The Smokai Smoke Generator for Weber Q is not compatible for use with any Weber Q™ "Built-In" model.
Which size is best for me?
For the Weber Q, Family Q or Baby Q, the 1L Smoke Generator is the only size option available. It's the smallest and lightest in the range, sized to suit a smaller smoking chamber like the Weber Q.
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GAS GRILL
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Smokai provides you with the benefits that you would expect from a dedicated hot smoker and more including the ability to cold smoke your hard earned fish, game or quality cut from the butcher.
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How it works
IT’S EASY TO SMOKE WITH SMOKAI
Step 01Add your wood
Fill your Smokai Smoke Generator with your favourite variety of hardwood BBQ pellets or 2–10 mm wood chips.
Step 02Bring on the smoke
Set the pump to high, light and let Smokai fill your Weber Q with fresh, natural wood-fired smoke while your Q continues to breathe through its side vents, just like a serious smokehouse.
Step 03Smoke it your way
Dial the smoke up or down. Leave your Weber Q off to cold smoke fish, cheese, bacon..... or fire up the burners to hot smoke brisket, steak, lamb and so much more.
Step 04Sit back with the people who matter
Enjoy food packed with authentic smokehouse flavour and watch every plate come back empty.
RATED 4.9 BY WEBER Q OWNERS WORLDWIDE
I've been smoking meat for 40+ years.... Attaching the Smokai to a Weber Q BBQ is a game changer.... Great piece of kit, which will last forever.
Alan M.
Smoked a few briskets and oh boy, they are smoked perfectly. I can recommend this product for the Weber Q. Happy smoking!
Terry S
What an amazing tool.... and what amazing delivery time. Would recommend this to anyone.... so impressed 👍👍
Robert P.
Have smoked a full chicken, chicken thighs and wings, sausages, silverside, cabbage, tomato’s and capsicum….. Very happy with it, creates great flavour!”
Emilia P.
It’s so easy to use and I love it 👍🏻👍🏻
Stephen A.
Our philosophy
SMOKE EQUALS FLAVOUR
Smokai’s product philosophy is simple: design the worlds best Smoke Generators and Accessories that give people control over natural wood-fired smoke that delivers authentic smokehouse flavour.
Every product is purposefully engineered using robust materials, modular construction and practical details that make it easy to use, maintain and adapt to different smoking setups. No unnecessary complexity. No disposable design. No gimmicks. Just dependable, beautifully made equipment built to perform season after season.
Can such a compact unit really produce that much smoke for so long?
The Smoke Generator runs on 2-10mm sized wood chip, or 100% hardwood BBQ pellets, available from most BBQ stockists.
On its lowest setting, the Smokai 1L Classic Smoke Generator runs for up to 12 hours on a single hopper of hickory hardwood pellets. Pellets are dense, compressed hardwood and burn longer than 2-10mm wood chip.
The 1L hopper holds far more burn time than its size suggests. The gravity-fed design and controlled airflow convert that wood into smoke at the rate you set. Exact run time depends on your smoke volume setting, your wood (chips burn faster than pellets), wood variety, and conditions.
Whatever you load, you're measuring smoke in hours, not minutes.
Why does “Made in New Zealand” matter?
Because we're relentless about quality: the materials, the component manufacturing, the quality control, the testing, the performance. Keeping production in our New Zealand factory is what lets us hold that standard at every step.
It shows in the details. Certified, heavy-duty 304L stainless steel, milled into tube on site to AS 1528.1, the standard for stainless steel tube in food processing and other hygienic applications. Every Smoke Generator passes through multiple checks at a tube manufacturing level, component production level, again as a completed assembly, and is then delivered assembled.
Even the few parts that we have to source offshore from the most reputable manufacturers are held to the same bar: air pumps custom-built to our specification to match the Smoke Generator, and independently certified high-temperature, food-safe silicone tube to feed the air to the burn.
We've built them this way since 2011. We do things right or not at all.
Won't it take up space on my grill?
No. The Smoke Generator mounts on the outside of your Weber Q. Only the small smoke outlet enters the grill, so your full cooking surface stays free for food and the vents stay clear for the airflow your Q needs.
Compare that with smoker boxes, which sit inside the Q, steam before hot smoking, take up cooking space, restrict airflow, need the Q’s burners on high to smoke, often go out and give you no control over their output.
A Smokai Smoke Generator adds smoke to your Q without taking anything away from it.
Isn't getting into smoking expensive?
It can be, if the path you take is a dedicated smoker. A Smokai Smoke Generator on the Weber Q you already own is a different path: a fraction of the price of a pellet grill, with more range than most dedicated smokers and doesn’t take up any more space outside than your Q.
It's economical to run, too. You only burn the wood each job needs: a small load for an afternoon cook, or a single 1L hopper of pellets for up to 12 hours of smoke.
No second appliance on the deck, no new fuel system. Your Q, doing more.
Isn't smoking food difficult?
If you can run your Weber Q, you can run a Smokai Smoke Generator. Fill the hopper, light it, dial in the smoke volume to suit the job. You're making smoke within minutes.
The food side takes exactly as long as you choose. A dry-rubbed steak can be ready for smoke in minutes; cold-smoked bacon means a few days of simple curing first. That's not a skill barrier. It's you picking the project.
Start with cheese or a weeknight steak. Work up to bacon and brisket. The Smoke Generator handles the smoke either way.
Can it do everything a dedicated smoker can?
Where it counts, it does more. Most dedicated smokers, vertical smokers and pellet grills included, are hot-smoking machines that produce whatever smoke they produce, with little control over volume. Pellet grills in particular, for all their convenience, are routinely criticized for light smoke flavour.
A Smokai Smoke Generator on your Weber Q gives you the two things most of them can't: adjustable smoke volume to suit your taste, and true cold smoking. Cold smoke cheese, butter, salmon, or bacon with no heat at all. Hot smoke low & slow with the Q supplying exactly the heat you want and the Smoke Generator supplying fresh, wood-fired smoke.
One setup: cold smoking, hot smoking, and full smoke control. That's more versatility than most dedicated smokers on the market.
Should I soak the wood first?
Soaking exists as a workaround for smoker boxes sitting over direct heat, with no way to control the burn. A Smokai Smoke Generator controls the burn with airflow instead, converting dry wood into consistent smoke at the volume you set.
Keep your pellets and chips dry. The Smoke Generator does the rest.
Smoke has to move
BUILT TO BREATHE WHY AIRFLOW MATTERS.
SMOKING NEEDS AIRFLOW
Smoking needs airflow: smoke enters the chamber, travels across the food, and leaves through the vents. Continuous, fresh, wood-fired smoke with airflow to flavour evenly. The Smokai Smoke Generator creates the smoke outside of the Q and delivers it through the side vent. The Q's venting continues untouched and smoke flows across the food and exits the far side vent, inline with serious smokehouse principles.
Smokehouse Science
Fresh Smoke Keeps Flowing
The Smoke Generator delivers a continuous fresh, wood-fired smoke into your Q.
The Q Breathes
The Weber Q’s natural air-flow helps distribute smoke across the cooking surface.
Consistent Flavour
Smoke exits freely through the Q's vents ensuring only fresh smoke is flavouring your food.
MOUNTING YOUR SMOKAI SMOKE GENERATOR
Step 01
FIT THE ADAPTER
Attach the Weber Q Adapter to the bottom bracket of your Smokai 1L Classic using the hardware supplied.
Step 02
MOUNT TO YOUR WEBER Q
With the adapter attached, simply mount your Smokai over the side of your Weber Q grill. Quick, secure and ready to smoke.
Step 03
START SMOKING
Fill with your favourite wood flavour. Turn the pump on high. Light. Adjust to your preferred smoke volume.
Meet Tony, the man behind the brand
THE HARD YARDS DESERVE A REWARD
Earned on the water, up in the hills, or from a walk down to the local store and back. That effort should end in something worth remembering. Raw ingredients turned into smoked food that gets eaten, shared, and talked about long after the plate's empty.
That's where Smokai started. I'm a fisherman and a hunter, and smoking is still the best way I know to serve up your hard-fought fish or game or a good cut from the butcher. In 2010, we invented the first Smokai Smoke Generator: modular, stainless steel, built to last. All these year later, that design remains largely unchanged.
Our mission is to put the right tools, woods, resources and knowledge in your hands, so you get legendary results every time you cold or hot smoke your fish, meat or any other suitable food.
We do the lot ourselves, start to finish, in New Zealand. We're a bit obsessed with quality. Compare our gear to anything else and you'll see it.
Today Smokai has shipped to over 65 countries and is used daily by backyard smokers, pit masters, chefs, butchers and artisan smokehouses. Same passion behind it. Same respect for what nature provides.
Because legendary flavour begins with quality smoke.
Cheers, Tony
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Your Smokai Starter Kit for the Weber Q will include everything you need to start smoking. You'll just need your favourite wood.
Smokai 1 Litre Classic Smoke Generator
Smokai Weber Q Adaptor
Hardwood lid
Variable speed air pump
Food safe, high temperature silicone air tube
304 stainless steel fasteners
Comprehensive owners manual
Smokai 1 Litre Classic Smoke Generator
Smokai Weber Q Adaptor
Hardwood lid
Variable speed air pump
Food safe, high temperature silicone air tube
304 stainless steel fasteners
Comprehensive owners manual
SMOKER RECIPES
Pork Recipes
Sticky Pork Ribs
These ribs are so damn good and easy to make, after the first lot, you'll be ordering a regular supply of fresh ribs from your local butcher for a ...
Beef Recipes
Beef Hot Dogs
If you’re craving homemade hot dogs with that deep, smoky flavor, this recipe is a winner. Combining lean beef and fatty pork with a bold mix of sp...
Lamb and Goat Recipes
Hot Smoked Lamb Ribs
Fire up your BBQ/Grill game with our awesome Smokai Smoked Lamb Rib recipe! We're talking about tender lamb ribs infused with your favourite flavou...
Lamb and Goat Recipes
Hot Smoked Leg Of Lamb
If you're going to cook a leg of lamb, then smoke it. This smoked leg of lamb recipe is bloody delicious and is very easy to prepare. Once you ta...
Fish & Seafood Recipes
Cold Smoked Trout
Wetting a line on a river in hunt of a rainbow or brown is something special. Mostly, we release our catch to fight another day, but every now and...
Fish & Seafood Recipes
Cold Smoked Salmon
We reckon that our cold smoked salmon is the absolute best. It is very easy to make at home with our simple to follow recipe and your Smokai Smoke...
Fish & Seafood Recipes
Hot Smoked Trevally
An absolute classic - hot smoked fish. Is it really summer without the smell, the taste and the joy of preparing and sharing your catch with friend...
Fish & Seafood Recipes
Cold Smoked Kingfish
There are not many saltwater fish species that lend well to cold smoking. Generally speaking, the fish needs to have a reasonably high fat content ...
Pork Recipes
Dry Cured Cold Smoked Bacon
Dry cured bacon is certainly the most delicious kind of bacon. It's how bacon has been made for centuries and once you make your own, you'll ever b...
Pork Recipes
Sticky Pork Ribs
These ribs are so damn good and easy to make, after the first lot, you'll be ordering a regular supply of fresh ribs from your local butcher for a ...
Pork Recipes
Hot Smoked Ham
Transform your holiday feast with this Smokai Hot Smoked Ham recipe. A twist on the classic Christmas centrepiece that's easily achievable at home ...
Lamb and Goat Recipes
Hot Smoked Leg Of Lamb
If you're going to cook a leg of lamb, then smoke it. This smoked leg of lamb recipe is bloody delicious and is very easy to prepare. Once you ta...
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 418 reviews.
Absolutely amazing, so easy to use and creates amazing food. Extremely happy and already inspired others to get one
Pretty sweet goes well. Easy to set up and pack away after. I used about 2/3 of the pellets over about 5 hours of smoke time before I wrapped the brisket
Love it!
Used it on a Weber baby q.
Wood chips were mesquite.
The meat was boneless lamb half leg
Spiced with garlic, rosemary and thyme and seasoned rolled and tied.
It was delicious.
Can’t wait for this weekend I’ll try
Chicken with apple chips.
Cheers Craig.
Truly a brilliant invention.
Brisket had a beautiful smoky, dark bark and was ridiculously tender. On my baby Q bbq it was perfect and oh so easy to set up and get operating.
6 stars.
Bought this kit around three weeks ago and i love it !
I intended to use it on my Weber Family Q but instead mounted it onto my Traeger 1800, this now gives me the option to cold smoke in Traeger or hot smoke with both going.
I only need to use one half of air pump output for more than enough smoke for anything.
What amazing tool I have the one that goes on the side of your Webber Q and what amazing delivery time would recommend this to anyone who is looking into cool smoking works amazing and if u need any sort heat just turn the bbq on was so impressed 👍👍
Highly recommend. Easy to use. Modified my rotisserie shield so I could use both at the same time.
In the first 2 weeks I did a couple lamb rump roasts, beef ribs and a roast rump beef.
The flavour was amazing!
Great product. Great quality. Very happy overall. Thank you. 👍🤘🍻
Super easy to use. I'm still trying to find the perfect point for picanha but it's great with pork ribs. It would be good to have an alternative solution for the handle.
This is a great addition to my Weber Q! I've already experimented with both cold and hot smoking and can't wait to try different smoke chip flavours. The smoker was easy to install and is extremely easy to use.
The order arrived in Perth Australia at my doorstep within a week. Packaging was great with easy fitting and operating instructions. Quality of the smoker is excellent. It fits perfectly on the Weber Family Q and is easy to install and remove with the custom bracket. I hot smoked a chicken on the lowest air setting and it came out golden brown with the best smokey flavour. Kept leftovers left in the fridge and could smell the smoke every time I opened the container. The taste is rich and full. 100% satisfied with the product and the service. I can highly recommend this product and the company.
Love this. A novice but happy to practice a lot. So easy to use and was delivered very timely. I am going to order one as a present for a good friend. Happy smoking
Brilliant product!
Turns any BBQ into a gourmet experience.
Have smoked a full chicken, chicken thighs and wings, sausages, silverside, cabbage, tomato’s and capsicum.
Can’t wait to experiment with much more.
Perfect for everyday use, and works on a Baby Q. I also purchased the battery pump as well and the battery lasts ages, however our smoke time has not really exceeded 3 hours at any one time.
Very happy with it, creates great flavour and is compact!
So easy to use with instant smoke. I found different type wood chips burn at different temps and times. Maybe I should of bought the next size up for my Family Q
Genuinely impressed with this little rig.
Have had smokers before and with limited time these days its hard to get them set up and feed the family in time.
This thing doesn't disappoint , so easy and quick and the results are awesome!
Ya can't go wrong with the Smokai on the Webber. Even cold smoked some cheese! Was great on a pizza.
Highly recommend these for any bbq 👌
Finally got round to unpacking my smoker in prep for my first pork ribs on my Weber Q. The instructions for use were comprehensive but easy to follow. The assembly was easy as even for a sight challenged person like me. The smoker went together perfectly and fitted the Q like a glove. Just charging the air pump now and prepping the ribs. Looking forward to cooking / smoking soon. Ribs are on. What a game changer The smoke is plentiful now not like the box for the grate inside the lid that didn’t breath properly and added to the internal heat making the Weber Q run at a minimum of 150oC +. Now with the Smokai I’m down to 100oC and the cook is going just perfect. Nearly time to wrap in brown sugar and butter for another hour then add the bbq sauce to finish off. After my last attempt where everything was cremated I’m absolutely loving this. Who said you can’t do ribs on gas 😂😂😂😂😂
Because of the extreme heat we currently having I could use Smokai only once so far. I had satisfying results smoking lamb cutlets. I am impressed with the quality and fast delivery of your product. Thank you. Regards Joe