Electric Cocktail Smoker Kit

Smoked cocktails used to mean a torch, a canister of butane, and a small fire on your counter. This one runs on a battery and a button.

Set it on the rim of your glass, hold the button for three seconds until the light turns blue, then tap it. Twenty seconds later it shuts itself off and you have a drink with a layer of real wood smoke sitting on top of it. No flame, no hoses, no torch to refill.

What it does well

Six woods, six different drinks. Apple, cherry, pear, oak, hickory, and beech. Hickory and oak go bold with bourbon and rye. Apple, cherry, and pear stay lighter, which suits mezcal, gin, and anything with citrus. Blend two and you get something nobody else is pouring.

Cordless and quick to refill. A full charge takes about 2.5 hours and covers 150 or more sessions. One basket of chips lasts roughly five drinks, and the wood included is enough for around 600.

Fits the glasses you already own. Rocks glass, coupe, wine glass, mason jar. The body sits flat on standard rims with no adapter.

Clean enough to use indoors. Nothing burns open, so there is no butane taste and no scorched residue to scrub. The brush and spoon handle the rest.

Travels well. Small enough for a picnic basket, a camp table, or a cabin weekend where there is no bar to speak of.

In the box

• 1 electric cocktail smoker
• 6 boxes of wood chips (apple, cherry, pear, oak, hickory, beech)
• 1 loading spoon
• 1 cleaning brush
• 1 USB charging cable
• Felt pads
• User manual

Specs

• Battery: built-in 600mAh lithium, USB rechargeable
• Charge time: about 2.5 hours
• Uses per charge: 150 or more
• Cycle: 20 second auto shutoff
• Woods included: apple, cherry, pear, oak, hickory, beech

A good one to hand over at a housewarming, a groomsmen gift, or Father's Day, mostly because the person who gets it will use it in front of people and tell them where it came from.