Electric smoker vs Toaster: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Electric smoker
- Typical watts
- 1500 W
- Hours/day
- 1
- Monthly est.
- $8.09
- kWh/mo
- 45.0
Toaster
- Typical watts
- 1200 W
- Hours/day
- 0.2
- Monthly est.
- $1.29
- kWh/mo
- 7.2
Electric smoker is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.