An electrically heated smoker device is configured from a previously used wooden barrel. The wooden barrel includes interior grills, a drip pan, and a support pan for isolating the elements of the heating device from other elements of the smoker device. A tray of flavor enhancing wood chips may be positioned on the support pan. The wooden barrel is of the type used to store, age and transport alcoholic beverages such as wine or whiskey. The reprocessing of a previously used barrel as a food product smoker includes the benefit of enhancing the flavor of food products being smoked in the smoker device.
