Hello folks, just recently finished building a diy trash can smoker. Took about a week and really turned out better than I thought it would. This is a new endeavor so I'll be asking questions and absorbing knowledge.
It has 2 problems, I'm using a 1000w coil that I dissected from a hot plate. I can't get the temp above 200. Do I need a stronger coil?
Also during a test run I through some chips in a tin, I think I used to much which was about 4 handfuls. I got so much billowing smoke that my neighbor called the fire department. Lol. Alil help ironing out these details ould be great. I'm a newb to this but willing to learn.
Hot plates have a thermal limit switch. If it's still in the assembly, that will shut off when it reaches a certain point (it's a safety device in case the hotplate is used in too confined an area and starts to built up too much heat in the hotplate cabinet. If you have an absolutely bare heating element from the hotplate (ie, no thermal limiter included), then it's not enough wattage for the air volume you are heating.It has 2 problems, I'm using a 1000w coil that I dissected from a hot plate. I can't get the temp above 200. Do I need a stronger coil?
Also during a test run I through some chips in a tin, I think I used to much which was about 4 handfuls. I got so much billowing smoke that my neighbor called the fire department. Lol. Alil help ironing out these details ould be great. I'm a newb to this but willing to learn.