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    Water Pan in ECB

    If you want to run it in the middle of Ideal it will be at about 300 degrees plus, at least that is how mine is. At 225 mine is just getting into Ideal. Get a thermometer.
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    My DIY Smoker

    I use two 1000 watt burners from walgreens. ($10 a piece). Make sure you have a good extention cord also. The one in the picture looks like a cheap one. Which is fine for most things but when you have high watts you need a better cord. 10 or 12 gauge.
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    Tennessee Greetings

    Welcome, I am from Livingston, TN. Small world.
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    Home made smoker hotplate question

    I also converted my ecb to electric with 2 1000 watt hot plates from Walgreens, $9.99 a piece. Great temperature control. Just remove the elements from the base, buy some high temp electric wire (8ft $2.50) and you are good to go. I was able to hold 210 with one burner but added the second to...
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    Should I add another burner to my ECB

    Well I added another burner and was able to get the temp of the smoker up to 300 degrees within about 10 minutes (empty with no water). Smoked my first Boston Butt on Sunday. Once I got the smoker up to 230 I set the controls. I put the burner with the wood on high and the other one on low. It...
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    Conversion from Charcoal to Electric

    I am in the process of doing this right now. I will let you know how it turns out. I have the ECB but shouldn't be much different. I bought my burner at Walgreens for $10. I did remove the burner from the base and went to my local electric supply store and bought some wire that can with stand...
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    Should I add another burner to my ECB

    thanks for the reply. I am trying to avoid having to buy the burner from brinkman. I enjoy tinkering with things and trying to rig things myself. I think I will try adding another burner first. So i guess I looking for reason why I shouldn't try adding another burning. All thoughts and comments...
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    Should I add another burner to my ECB

    I am in the process of converting my ECB charcoal to electric. I bought a 1000 watt burner from walgreens for $10. I remove the element, bought some Hi temp wire and wired the base of the hot plate on the outside to control the thermostat. I just fired it up in the basement to see how hot I...
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