ProQ BBQ Smoker (Frontier V4) - 4in1 Charcoal Meat Smoker BBQ - Outdoor Smokers and Grills - BBQ with Smoker

Product Information

This compact BBQ smoker will have you grilling and roasting with confidence in no time, all year round. Get ready to be inspired and unleash your BBQ cuisine creativity, easily catering for large families and BBQ parties. The ProQ Excel is a firm favourite with professional chefs and BBQ competition teams. Take an empty, dry, clean water pan and cover over with heavy duty aluminium foil – this helps a lot with clean up and stops drips from burning onto the pan.

Burning charcoal creates carbon monoxide, which has no odour. Extinguish coals and ash after use and close all vents before leaving the smoker unattended. Even a smouldering fire can create carbon monoxide. Do not leave the smoker unattended and keep children and pets away from the unit at all times. Use common sense and caution when using this smoker. We highly recommend our ProQ Cocoshell Briquettes which are an all-natural, high-performance fuel suitable for all outdoor cooking. The quality of available briquettes can vary hugely, which can lead to varying results depending on brand. The same applies to lumpwood charcoal, we’d avoid anything that’s labelled “instant light” due to the accelerant chemicals used. Once you see flames coming out the top of the chimney and your coals are turning white, carefully pour your lit fuel into the centre of the charcoal basket using some good quality BBQ mitts. There are a variety of options for what to put into the water pan (if anything), and it really comes down to personal preference, so try a couple out and see what works for you.

Putting It Together

The water pan is the real secret to stable temperatures in your BBQ smoker, you can get several hours of consistent cooking time with the waterpan in & the vents set right. The ProQ Excel is the largest BBQ smoker in the ProQ family. The Excel provides a massive 30kg of cooking capacity. Loaded with excellent functionality for all of your outdoor cooking needs. Our ProQ Excel will not disappoint enthusiastic patio cooks either, it is our only smoker with a wok shaped water pan fully equipped with a removable handle, fantastic for live-fire stir frying.

After the 40 minutes test the internal temperature of the cauliflower with a probe thermometer, you’re aiming for 152°F/67°C – this will ensure the cauliflower is cooked but not too soft. If it’s not quite there, replace the lid and cook until done and if you prefer it softer, cook for a little longer. If you don’t have a temperature probe, you can take a sausage off the grill & cut it in half, it should be firm & juicy, and the colour should be brown all the way through. It shouldn’t be soft and there should be no pinkness in the centre.

Getting started with cold smoking food

Cleaning our smokers is pretty simple - all the parts are removeable and mostly porcelain coated or stainless steel.