Recent content by Jcarter93

I had issues with the pastrami smoke. The tray wouldn't tun the corner. I ended up burning one side and then rotating the tray and burning the other about 4 hours later. With 8 hours of smoke the pastrami came out fantastic (sorry, I forgot to take pics) but I was still disappointed in the tray...

Traeger signature maple cherry artisanal hardwood blend

Thank you! I did end up adding legs and I have the 3 holes you've shown. I added a smokestack too and things are going well this morning. The tray has burned for 3 hours, with a flare up into flame around 1.5 hours and is turning the corner now.

I have 3, 1" holes and 6, .5" holes. I think that is enough if I can just round the corner. I'm doing a pastrami smoke this morning from a 4 pound corn beef I bought on sale. I piled the pellets high like you suggested. I'm an hour in and so far so good! I'll keep everyone updated on how it does...

Maybe I celebrated a little early. I ran the smoker for 5 hours. 1:45 in I saw there was no smoke. The issue was a flare up. I blew it out and put the tray back in. 1:30 after that, the tray was out. It stalled at the beginning of the turn. I relit and let it go the remaining 1:45. When I came...

Thanks for the tip! I'll keep that in mind.

I think we may have solved it team! I added legs to my tray and a smoke stack to the smoker. You cant see it in pics but if I look against my dark garage as a backdrop I can see the smoke! Now I'm just letting it run to see if its successful for a whole smoke

I think I will add a 3" diameter stack opposite the mailbox. Maybe about a foot tall. That should help improve draft and pull air past the AMNPS tray right?

I think I have about 12 sq in of inlet and 9.6 sq in of exhaust. You may be right.

Comment #5 in this thread shows the exhaust as it is. They are on the sides near the top of the smoker.

What do you think about the number, size. Placement of the exhaust holes?

The only holes in the bottom are mounting holes. The setup currently doesn't have the box on legs so I didn't add holes there. There are 3 holes at bottom of box level per side right in the middle of the box and 1 hole near the top of the back wall of the box. The duct comes right from the...

1800 watt. Sorry about that...

Hi all, I'm having some issues. I have an uninsulated analog MES. It has an 1800 watt heating element. I've insulated it with foil/bubble wrap and use an inkbird PID with it. Before I did the mailbox mod i tried a smoke with the tray in the smoker box. After about 4 hours, i had a flare up and...

Thank you. I decided to go with an inkbird that could handle the element. For your peace of mind, it's on a 20 amp breaker.