A lot depends upon your expectations for smokey taste. I have an Ironwood 885, which does have the super smoke setting, but I have never used it. I came to pellet grills from using gas grills with the addition of a smoker box, so the smoke taste from the pellets is enough for me. I purchased a couple of smoke tubes, but only used them one time as I found the taste too strong. If you are used to the smokey flavor from an offset smoker then you might get closer to that flavor with the smoke tubes.