While an older thread, I can say that the Bella does produce more smoke, and probably because of the added air flow via the pump. I have A-Maze-N pellet smokers, other similar tubes, and a square a-maze-n pellet tray. I smoke cheese all the time when the temperatures drop outside, and folks ask for it frequently. Typically, I smoke for 3 hours and pull the cheese because it becomes over smoked after that. With the amount of smoke coming off the Bella, I might drop that to 2 hours. I'm going to run a test after the holiday this year and see how it performs, but definitely provides more smoke from what I saw last weekend, (again probably due to the air flow).