Is the house on fire?

[shadboy]

I love smoked salmon!

[DRPEPPER]

Guys I hear your concerns about the fire hazard but I am somewhat skeptical. This is a very low wattage electric smoker that had a pan of chips no larger than a handful. I had the garage door open about 2 feet during the first hour or two while the smoker started up, then I closed it to a foot for the rest of the evening. After the initial smoke period this was no more than having a crock pot burner on high at best. I'm having trouble believing it posed a hazard or I would never have done it. I won't do it again because the garage smelled like smoke for 3 or 4 days. I am going to build a cover for the smoker to help hold the heat in and then I can leave it outside.
I take safety pretty seriously and I remember the fellow who started his wife's car for it to warm up and left it running. She died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in the house. Don't won't to start a debate, I am not doing it again, but this was not an open fire that consumed oxygen or posed a fire hazard. Like I said, the small heating element in the cooker is nowhere near as hot a an electric stove top, it barely gets to 140 degrees in the smoker, so I think I may have misled some of you with how I described it.

I never thought about an electric smoker!!!!! I don't have any experience with them. Thanks for explaining. DP