Bradley 4 rack problems

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  Hello Robin, I had to replace the element on my first one,we used it so much we burnt the back out of it and had to do some tin work to build a new  back, Then the element crapped out, I ended up calling Bradley out of Vancouver, They had great cust. service. 
 
 
  Hello Robin, I had to replace the element on my first one,we used it so much we burnt the back out of it and had to do some tin work to build a new  back, Then the element crapped out, I ended up calling Bradley out of Vancouver, They had great cust. service. 
I hear ya. The issue I have is it gets up to 330f but when I put meat in it drops like a rock (which the temp should go down) and takes for ever to come back. My meat I leave out for about an hour to warm up also.  When I put water in i only use water that has come to a rolling boil. Maybe this time I will fire it up and use no water in the pan, see if the temp comes back quicker. Thanks for your info on cust. service though. I will contact them as well. 
 
  I have stopped using the water pan, I use it strictly to catch the burned up pucks, I have the temp drop but it comes back up well within reason after the meat is in, Let me know if there is anything different you find out, Thx. Charlie
 
I typically warm mine 25 degrees above the desired smoking temp to help compensate. It comes back pretty quick and I reduce the temp over time. I use the water pan because I don't like the smoke from the smoldering used pucks.
 
I typically warm mine 25 degrees above the desired smoking temp to help compensate. It comes back pretty quick and I reduce the temp over time. I use the water pan because I don't like the smoke from the smoldering used pucks.
I also preheat mine actually to 330f the hotest it will go. Once I put food in the smoker the temp drops down by like 100 deg even more some times. Maybe one to one and half hour to get back to 240f. I have changed out the element twice now. Could be one of those lemons you know. It still works great once back to temp. 
 
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