Hanhi 10L cold smoke generator for bbq grill smoker - $100 (Westcliffe)

Hanhi 10L cold smoke generator for bbq grill smoker We have a twice used - or should I say attempted to use smoke generator.
It appears to work fine but not at our altitude.
We bought this to do some cold smoking but we live at 8,000 feet and it seems like there’s not enough oxygen for it to work properly.
The air intake hole on the bottom of the unit didn’t seem to be big enough for this altitude.
I may have been able to drill it bigger but we just decided to go a different route.
I used some compressed air from the compressor hose and fed it into the air intake hole and it started smoking like crazy- so I know it works.
So it seems the engineering is correct, but just not for this altitude.
The way it is designed is to use a standard aquarium-type air pump to suck air all the way though the unit from the previously mentioned air intake hole.
I have the original pump that came with the system but never used because it’s got a European style AC plug.
Instead, when we attempted to use this, we bought a $15 aquarium style air pump from Walmart.
Unit comes with a couple bags of chips, instruction manual (if you read Russian) and air pump with a 230 European plug.
To get it up and running you need either a European AC plug converter or go buy an aquarium pump at Walmart with a 6 foot or so length of aquarium pump tube.
We OCR'd the manual and did a google translation from Russian to English, but it's all pretty basic.
Essentially, you light a smoldering fire in the large main compartment with wood chips.
The aquarium pump draws air from the top of the baffle tube which is connected to the main large compartment which pulls fresh air into the air intake hole on the large main compartment.
This keeps the fire smoldering.
Next as the smoke rises in the baffle tube, creosotes, tars and other smoke solids get trapped by the baffles, condensed into liquids and exited though the bottom of the baffle tube and into a cup for collection and disposal or for making liquid smoke.
Meanwhile the desirable flavoring smoke is exited though the large tube and into whatever grilling or smoking chamber you have purposed for this generator.
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