hello folks...great site ! i been lurking around the site for awhile now trying to decide which smoker i wanted to get...i decided i wanted a cheap but functional electric smoker..so i bought the ECB electric at home depot for $56........i'll be cooking for myself and maybe couple more people occassionally so i figured going cheap and easy would be the ticket for me...also didnt want to tend fires the whole time..
my main uses will be to smoke fish, spanish and king mackeral that i catch...and the occassional pork butt, ribs and chicken.......my cholestrol #'s are not good enough to eat smoked meat more often lol
my main questions are what the best mods that i can do to this unit to make it as good as it can get...and for a cheap as possible...i would like to put a rheostat on it to control the heat as i heard these units run 240+ most of the time.. i'd like to get to to 175 to smoke fish without cooking or drying it out too fast.......where can i get a cheap rheostat for it? or which do you recommend?....can i just cut the electrical cord and install a rheostat inline on the cord?...any tips or info is appreciated..thanks
my main uses will be to smoke fish, spanish and king mackeral that i catch...and the occassional pork butt, ribs and chicken.......my cholestrol #'s are not good enough to eat smoked meat more often lol
my main questions are what the best mods that i can do to this unit to make it as good as it can get...and for a cheap as possible...i would like to put a rheostat on it to control the heat as i heard these units run 240+ most of the time.. i'd like to get to to 175 to smoke fish without cooking or drying it out too fast.......where can i get a cheap rheostat for it? or which do you recommend?....can i just cut the electrical cord and install a rheostat inline on the cord?...any tips or info is appreciated..thanks