Any cold-smoker will work (ie a smoker with the firebox seperate from the smoking chamber, you want to smoke the chiles, not cook them!). You can even build one yourself using a couple of cardboard boxes (1 medium, 1 large), a couple feet of duct, a small battery operated fan, and an electric skillet. Cut a hole in the side of the smaller box near the top, and a hole on the side of the larger box a little higher than the first hole, attatch the duct (you need to make sure the duct is long enough to give the smoke time to cool, I like to make sure it coils or winds around a little bit to acheive this). Then attatch the fan on the other side of the hole in the larger box to suck the smoke in from the duct. Make a trap door in the side of the smaller box at the bottom large enough to slide the skillet in and out. Place the skillet in the smaller box with your prepared wood chips on an aluminum pie pan. Place chiles in larger box (you'll probably need to construct some kind of shelving or platform, I use those little rubbermaid storage shelves). Turn skillet on high until you see smoke, turn down heat, and place another pie pan with holes punched in it on top of wood chips. Replace chips as needed, and smoke until desired flavor is acheived. Instant Ghetto Cold-Smoker for under $30!!! I personally like this method compare to traditional smokers because I can't see spending that kind of money on something I'll use maybe twice a year, but if you plan on using it more than that, definetly go with a store bought model.

>...mainly for peppers.

Rick,

And what else? How big? Electric or wood? Good advice on the off-set fire box.

Luhr Jensen for an electric smoker & am very happy with my smallish Char-Broil from Wally World.

jt

Here is a link that might be useful: Char-Broil

I also have the Char-Broil unit to which I've added a propone burner to the firebox called the Afterburner. It makes it very convenient to use it for either peppers or meat. You can still use the main grill as a charcoal grill. See link below. Beth at Peppermania also has some good photos on her website of smoking peppers & meat.
John A

Here is a link that might be useful: Afterburner

I got a gas camping stove and took the burners out for my black diomond years ago to use to light my fire faster.
they had a punch out in the back of the firebox like electric boxes have so if you wanted to buy a propane burner you could install it easily.

For starting I just light a propane torch, stick the end in the firebox & shut the damper slider to hold in place. Does the job quickly.

I recently bought one of the linked smokers from Home Depot, after reading all kinds of reviews all over the place.

This is a good thing (apologies to Ms Stewart). You can smoke a whole lotta stuff easily. And grill a whole lotta stuff easily. And it doesn't cost all that much. Uses about 1/3 the charcoal I'm used to, and you can fire it up with wood pieces, like cord wood, just as easily.

Here is a link that might be useful: serious bang-for-da-buck