Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion

Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion
From $199.00 NZD
From $199.00 NZD
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The Smokai Smoke Generator offers a practical, economical and versatile way to deliver a controllable volume of fresh, wood-fired smoke into your fridge smoker. With three sizes to choose from, there is a Smokai to suit virtually any fridge smoker conversion

Heavy Duty Stainless Steel

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Smokai Modular System™

Invented by our founders in 2011, the modular design makes mounting, assembly, disassembly, ash disposal and cleaning quick. The precision-engineered, heavy-duty components lock together in seconds, so the Smoke Generator comes off the smokehouse for cleaning and goes straight back on.

Made in New Zealand

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Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion

Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion
From $199.00 NZD
From $199.00 NZD
Sale Sold out
The Smokai Smoke Generator offers a practical, economical and versatile way to deliver a controllable volume of fresh, wood-fired smoke into your fridge smoker. With three sizes to choose from, there is a Smokai to suit virtually any fridge smoker conversion

Size

1L ClassicNo Size Selected

Not sure which size suits your needs?

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.

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.

Cordless Power

Complete your setup

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The Extra Long Classic Smoke Outlet Tube replaces the standard outlet tube supplied with the 1 Litre Classic Smoke Generator.  - Designed for thicker walled Smoking chambers.     

Great smoking and barbecue is about more than smoke. Temperature matters. Whether you’re hot smoking, cold smoking or grilling. The Smokai Instant-Read Thermometer gives you a f...

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Your Fridge Smoker: Fresh, continuous, controlled smoke.

Mount the Smoke Generator to the outside and your fridge smoker has a steady, adjustable supply of natural wood-fired smoke.

  • Up to 32* hours of smoke on one load (4 Litre Monster)
  • Mains or cordless battery air pump (up to 40 hours per charge) for smokehouses off the grid

*Up to 32 hours using 100% hickory hardwood pellets with the air pump on its lowest output and favourable conditions. Run time varies with pump speed, wood type, wood variety, brand and conditions.

Control Your Smoke™

Mounted to the outside of your fridge smoker, the Smokai Smoke Generator delivers a controllable volume of fresh, wood-fired smoke. Dial it from light to heavy to suit the fish, game or meat, hanging or on the racks.

Cold Smoking

Let the Smoke Generator do the work. Salmon, trout, bacon, cheese and butter, smoked for long sessions. Adjust to suit your taste, from light to heavy.

Smokai Modular System™

Invented by our founders in 2011, the modular design makes mounting, assembly, disassembly, ash disposal and cleaning quick. The precision-engineered, heavy-duty components lock together in seconds, so the Smoke Generator comes off your fridge smoker for cleaning and goes straight back on.

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™

Mounted to the outside of your fridge smoker, the Smokai Smoke Generator delivers a controllable volume of fresh, wood-fired smoke. Dial it from light to heavy to suit the fish, game or meat, hanging or on the racks.

Cold Smoking

Let the Smoke Generator do the work. Salmon, trout, bacon, cheese and butter, smoked for long sessions. Adjust to suit your taste, from light to heavy.

Smokai Modular System™

Invented by our founders in 2011, the modular design makes mounting, assembly, disassembly, ash disposal and cleaning quick. The precision-engineered, heavy-duty components lock together in seconds, so the Smoke Generator comes off your fridge smoker for cleaning and goes straight back on.

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

  • Bolt it to the outside of your fridge, fill the hopper with dry hardwood chips or pellets, light it and set the smoke volume. Your Smokai Smoke Generator delivers steady, controllable wood-fired smoke for hours on one load.

  • Yes. All three Smokai Smoke Generators mount to a fridge smoker conversion with no adaptor. Identify a space on the side and down low. Drill a hole for the smoke outlet and two small holes for the fittings, fit the smoke outlet through the hole and secure the Smoke Generator with the hardware supplied. Ensure you keep well clear of any wires, refrigerant lines, etc. It is critical to protect any in-wall insulation from the Smoke Generator smoke outlet tube.

  • The 3 Litre Magnum and 4 Litre Monster are the natural choices for most fridge smokers. Choose between them based primarily on smokehouse size, the smoke volume required and how long you want to smoke on one load. The 1 Litre Classic is a good option for smaller fridges such as bar fridges or wine coolers, while the 4 Litre Monster provides the greatest fuel capacity for larger fridge smokers and long smoking sessions. Also consider the food being smoked and your fridges wall thickness.

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How it works

IT’S EASY TO SMOKE WITH SMOKAI

Step 01 Add your wood

Fill your Smokai Smoke Generator with your choice of 100% natural hardwood BBQ pellets or 2–10 mm wood chips, in the wood variety you prefer.

Step 02 Bring on the smoke

Turn on, light the wood and let Smokai deliver a controllable volume of fresh, natural wood-fired smoke to suit your food and your taste.

Step 03 Smoke it your way

Dial the smoke up or down. Cold smoke fish, cheese, bacon and more, or fire up your separate heat source to hot smoke brisket, steak, lamb and beyond, introducing as much fresh, wood-fired smoke as you choose.

Step 04 Sit back with the people who matter

Enjoy food packed with authentic smokehouse flavour that brings friends and family together and keeps them coming back for more.

Installing Your Smokai

RATED 4.9 BY SMOKERS WORLDWIDE

Converted a stainless steel fridge to a great smoker. This Smokai 3L unit can really pump out the smoke.

Matt S. USA
Matt S. USA

Trial run with my first Smokai gen. on an old refrigerator that I repurposed into a smoker. Since this video, I have converted 2 more old fridges and ordered 2 more Smokai gens. I will be starting my fourth project soon and intend on ordering my fourth Smokai gen. I believe that repeat customers says it all! Thank you Smokai! I love your products! Kel in Kansas

Kelly G. USA
Kelly G. USA

Modified a mini-fridge. Works great!

Mathew D.
Mathew D.
Our philosophy

SMOKE EQUALS FLAVOR

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.

  • The Smoke Generator runs on 1/16 to 3/8 in (2 to 10 mm) wood chips, or 100% hardwood BBQ pellets (with no binders or additives), available from most BBQ stockists.

    The gravity-fed design and controlled airflow convert that wood into smoke at the rate you set. Exact run time depends on your output setting, your wood (chips burn faster than pellets), wood variety and conditions.

    Whatever you load, you’re measuring smoke in hours, not minutes.

  • 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.

  • Yes. You can either disassemble the Smoke Generator while leaving its built-in mount attached to the fridge, or quickly remove the entire Smoke Generator.

    The Smokai-Modular-System™ is designed to make disassembly, ash disposal, cleaning and reassembly quick and straightforward. Its precision-engineered components lock together in seconds.

    The supplied fittings also include wing nuts, so if these are used correctly, the entire Smoke Generator can also be removed in seconds when required.

  • Yes. Smokai Smoke Generators mount directly to the side of most fridge smoker conversions. For fridges with particularly thick walls, an extended smoke outlet tube (1 Litre Classic) or an XL Baffle (3 Litre Magnum and 4 Litre Monster) is available to extend the outlet through the wall, ensuring smoke is discharged only inside the smoking chamber. Note: Always ensure the insulation after drilling is protected from the heat of the Smoke Generators smoke outlet tube.

    Smokai 1 Litre Classic: Maximum Smokehouse Wall Thickness

    • Standard: 30mm (1 3/16″)
    • With OPTIONAL Extended XL Smoke Outlet Tube: 105mm (4 1/8″)

    Smokai 3 Litre Magnum and 4 Litre Monster: Maximum Smokehouse Wall Thickness

    • With Baffle: 25mm (1″)
    • Without Baffle attached: 25mm (1″)
    • With OPTIONAL Extended XL Baffle: 190mm (8″)

WHICH SMOKE GENERATOR IS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR ME?

Your ideal Smoke Generator size depends on what you’re smoking, whether you’re hot or cold smoking, the chamber you’re working with and your typical smoking time.

Smokai 1 Litre Classic Smoke Generator
Smokai 3 Litre Magnum Smoke Generator
Smokai 4 Litre Monster Smoke Generator
Size

SMOKAI 1L CLASSIC
SMOKE GENERATOR

From $199.00 NZD

SMOKAI 3L MAGNUM
SMOKE GENERATOR

From $299.00 NZD

SMOKAI 4L MONSTER SMOKE GENERATOR

From $369.00 NZD

Run time per hopper load*

Up to 12 hrs*

Up to 24 hrs*

Up to 32 hrs*

Wood fuel

100% hardwood BBQ pellets, 2–10 mm wood chips, or a mix of both

100% hardwood BBQ pellets, 2–10 mm wood chips, or a mix of both

100% hardwood BBQ pellets, 2–10 mm wood chips, or a mix of both

Smoke output

Standard

~70% larger burn area than the Classic. More smoke.

Same as the Magnum.
~70% larger burn area than the Classic. More smoke.

Smoke diffuser

None

Included

Included

Maximum Chamber Wall Thickness

Standard: 30mm

With OPTIONAL Extended XL Smoke Outlet Tube: 105mm

With diffuser: 25mm

Without diffuser: 25mm

With OPTIONAL Extended XL Baffle: 210mm

With diffuser: 60mm

Without diffuser: 25mm

With OPTIONAL Extended XL Baffle: 210mm

Mounting hole size required (excluding fittings)

Steel or block wall: 20mm (¹³⁄₁₆”)
Wooden chamber wall: 30mm (1 ¹⁄₄”)

With Diffuser:
Steel or block wall: 40mm (1 ¹⁄₂")
Wooden wall: 55mm ( 2 ³⁄₁₆”)

Without Diffuser:
Steel or block wall: 27mm (1 ¹⁄₁₆")

With Diffuser:
Steel or block wall: 40mm (1 ¹⁄₂")
Wooden wall: 55mm ( 2 ³⁄₁₆”)

Without Diffuser:
Steel or block wall: 27mm (1 ¹⁄₁₆")

Net Weight (Smoke Generator only)

~ 1 Kg / 2.2 lb

~ 2.25 Kg / 5 lb

~2.65 Kg / 5.8 lb

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* Smoking times vary depending on pump output, wood type (2-10mm wood chips or 100% hardwood pellets), size, variety, quality, manufacturer, altitude and other environmental conditions. Pellets last longer than wood chips.

MOUNTING YOUR SMOKE GENERATOR

Select a suitable location on the outside of your fridge smoker conversion to mount the Smoke Generator. It should be low down, easily accessible and positioned in a well-ventilated area.

Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion - Step 01

DRILL

Drill a 20mm (¹³⁄₁₆”) hole for the 1 Litre Classic, or a 40mm (1 ¹⁄₂") hole for the 3 Litre Magnum or 4 Litre Monster, low on your fridge side wall. Then drill two small holes for the mounting fittings.

Your fridge smoker needs airflow like any good smokehouse. Consider installing two Smokai Vents. One near the base and another in the roof of the fridge (a chimney in the fridge roof is a good alternative).

Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion - Step 02

MOUNT TO YOUR FRIDGE

Pass the smoke outlet through the hole and fix the Smoke Generator with the bolts and wing nuts supplied.

Smoke Generator for Fridge Conversion - Step 03

START SMOKING

Fill with your preferred smoking wood. Turn the pump to high. Light. Once lighted, leave burning for 5 minutes, then 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?

Mount the Smoke Generator to the outside and your smokehouse has a steady, adjustable supply of natural wood-fired smoke with no separate fire pit to feed.

  • 1L Classic Smoke Generator
  • Mains AC Power - AUS/NZ 220-240V
  • Hardwood lid
  • Variable speed air pump
  • Food safe, high temperature silicone air tube
  • 304 stainless steel fasteners
  • Comprehensive owners manual

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