Is this feasible? I have a Blackstone griddle, now, and probably won't use the grill like I used to. So I was thinking of turning it into a smoker just so I don't have to get rid of it.

I've read a bit on it and everything I read said to keep the burners in there and just use pellets; turn on the burners on one side then put the meat on the other side so it gets indirect heat. But I was thinking more along the lines of removing everything from inside (burners, tubes, igniter, etc.) and just using it strictly like a regular smoker. Can that be done and it work as a smoker should? Or do I need to just buy an actual smoker?

If you take everything out how will you generate and control heat ? If all you want to do is cold smoking it will work.

I guess I'd do it like a traditional smoker (like we had when I was a kid). Put in some coals/wood/pellets, light them, then let it do its thing.

The kind we had looked sort of like a barrel. It stood upright and had a dome-shaped lid. There was a door on the side at the bottom where you put in the charcoal/wood/whatever, then a grate up top for the meat. We had it for quite a while, but my dad never kept it covered so it eventually rusted and he threw it away.

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But that's why I was asking about turning a grill into a smoker. If it can't be done, I'd rather just buy one. BUT, it seems I now have to by a new range (oven). The element on my current one went out yesterday and it can't be replaced (part isn't made, anymore and there isn't a replacement).

It would be easier just to get an electric smoker.

I’ve smoked meats on my gas Weber several times.

Wallyworld has Pit Boss Lexington electric smokers for $294. I got an assembled one during rona on clearance at the end of the season for $130. I dont think trying to convert your gas grill is going to be as cheap or easy as you think it will and the results may be disappointing. Gas grill arent made to be air tight or funnel the smoke properly

I wouldn't bother, because I've cooked many things on a gas grill, and if things cook for very long, I can taste the gas exhaust in the food.

I mean, part of the point of smoking food is to impart some smoke flavor to the food. It does that, and gas smoke isn't tasty.