Smoker

A smoker is a block that smelts foods twice as quickly as a furnace but cannot smelt anything else. It also serves as a butcher's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

A smoker can be picked up using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it does not drop itself.

Smokers drop their contents when broken.

Block	Smoker
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Smokers can generate in butcher houses in villages.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae + Furnace

Usage

Smokers cannot be pushed by pistons.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Smelting

Smokers are used to cook food items twice as fast as a regular furnace. It is the counterpart to the blast furnace, which is used to quickly smelt ores, metal tools and armor. When a food item and a fuel item are placed into the smoker, the block state changes to lit and the item cooks. Fuel is used at double the rate of regular furnaces, so the number of items cooked per fuel stays the same. The product can then be collected by pressing use on the smoker or by collecting the output using a hopper.

Smokers cannot cook chorus fruit, as popped chorus fruit is not edible.

Changing profession

If a village has a smoker that has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby villager who hasn't chosen a job site block has a chance to change their profession to butcher.

Light source

Smokers emit a light level of 13 when active, just like normal furnaces.

Custom name

By default, the interface of a smoker is labeled "Smoker", but this name can be customized by naming it in an anvil before placing it, or by changing the CustomName tag using the /data command‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Lock

In Java Edition, a smoker can be "locked" by setting its Lock tag using the /data command. If a smoker's Lock tag is not blank, the smoker cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item with the same name as the Lock tag's text. For example, to lock a smoker at (0,64,0) so that the smoker cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item named "Smoker Key", use /data merge block 0 64 0 {Lock:"Smoker Key"}.

Note blocks

Smoker can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Smoker smokes	Blocks	Randomly while lit	`block.smoker.smoke`	`subtitles.block.smoker.smoke`	1.0	1.0	16
Butcher works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a butcher is working	`entity.villager.work_butcher`	`subtitles.entity.villager.work_butcher`	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
Chest locked^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	When a player attempts to open a smoker locked using the Lock tag	`block.chest.locked`^{[sound 1]}	`subtitles.block.chest.locked`^{[sound 1]}	1.0	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b ^c MC-98316 — Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Randomly while lit	`block.smoker.smoke`	3.0	1.0 ^{[sound 1]}
	Blocks	Randomly while a butcher is working	`block.smoker.smoke`	3.0	1.0 ^{[sound 1]}

↑ ^a ^b Except fire_crackle4 (the last sound), which is 0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Smoker	`smoker`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.smoker`

Name	Identifier
Block entity	`smoker`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Smoker	`smoker`	`453`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.smoker.name`
Lit Smoker	`lit_smoker`	`454`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	—

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.
↑ Unavailable with /give command

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	`Smoker`

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the smoker's opening faces. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the smoker.
lit	`false`	`false` `true`	If the smoker is lit.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
facing_direction (Deprecated)	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`3`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction the smoker's opening faces. 2: facing north 3: facing south 4: facing west 5: facing east
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	`south`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	`Unsupported`	The direction the smoker's opening faces. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the smoker.

Block data

A smoker has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities
- BurnTime: Number of ticks left before the current fuel runs out.
- CookTime: Number of ticks the item has been smelting for. The item finishes smelting when this value reaches 200 (10 seconds). Is reset to 0 if BurnTime reaches 0.
- CookTimeTotal: Number of ticks It takes for the item to be smelted.
- CustomName: Optional. The name of this container in JSON text component, which appears in its GUI where the default name ordinarily appears.
- Items: List of items in this container.
  - : An item in the smoker, including the slot tag:
    Slot 0: The item(s) being smelted.
    Slot 1: The item(s) to use as the next fuel source.
    Slot 2: The item(s) in the result slot.
    - Tags common to all items
- Lock: Optional. When not blank, prevents the container from being opened unless the opener is holding an item whose name matches this string.
- RecipesUsed: Which recipes have been used since the last time a recipe result item was manually removed from the GUI. Used to calculate experience given to the player when taking out the resulting item.
  - recipe ID: How many times this specific recipe has been used. The recipe ID is the identifier of the smelting recipe, as a resource location, as used in the /recipe command.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

History

For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see /Asset history

Java Edition
1.14	18w44a	Added smokers.
		Smokers are currently obtainable only from the Creative inventory.
		The GUI of smokers can currently be accessed only through Spectator mode.
	18w48a	Smokers can now generate in some plains village houses.
	18w49a	Smokers can now generate in some savanna and snowy village houses.
	18w50a	Smokers can now be found in some desert and taiga village houses.
		Smokers are now functional.
		Smokers can cook food items twice as fast as a regular furnace.
		Smokers can now be crafted using 4 logs and 1 furnace.
	19w03a	Sounds have been added for smokers.
	19w11a	Smokers now serve as butcher villagers' job site block.
1.16	20w13a	Smokers can now be crafted with stems and hyphae.
1.17	21w11a	Changed the top texture of smoker.
1.17	21w11a	The bottom texture is still unchanged.
1.19	22w11a	Changed the bottom texture of smoker.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.2	Added smokers.
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.2	The texture for the lit smoker exists, but it is unused.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Smokers are now craftable.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Smokers can now generate in the butcher houses in villages.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Added lit smokers.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Smokers are now functional.
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.50	Changed the top texture of smoker.
1.20.30	beta 1.20.30.20	Smokers now use the `minecraft:cardinal_direction` block state instead of `facing_direction`.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91		Added smokers.