As discussed above with an electric smoker you have to add either wood chips or pellets into the base of the smoker to actually get a smoky flavour into your food.
Electric smoker wood chips or pellets.
If you have an electric smoker just throw them in the tray.
Use chips one time pellets the next and then compare.
Some woods such as many fruit woods produce a mild muted flavor.
The actual flavor of the smoke will depend entirely on the type of wood you are using.
When it comes to smoking food in an electric smoker the two main wood choices are wood chips and pellets.
Rather than providing an even smoking flavor as wood pellets do wood chips provide bursts of its natural smoke flavors.
Both smoking tools are great offer a naturally smoky flavor and are relatively inexpensive to purchase.