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...valve so it can be set to the lowest start temperature and not need electronic ignition to start each time there is a call for temp. An arbour PID will control the solenoid and temperature steps. I used black pipe except for the supply lines at each end. It was significantly cheaper that way.

...tonight I got to relax with a little help of Patron silver. Hopefully I sleep a few hours, I normally don't sleep well the night before a cook off, I always think that I'm forgetting something. I have everything I can prepped up, and your PID connected to my smoker, now it's up to me to execute.

This PID controller is from Auber Instruments and has all or most of the features used on the Smokin-it digital electric smokers and the Auber instruments plug and play PID controllers without Wi-Fi. It's just the PID controller so you'd need to be able to build a PID box like a lot of people...

...Thursday: About 1pm pulled salmon out and rinsed off brine, drying fish and then on the racks. Into the fridge. Friday: Smoker set to 100°f on PID unit. Pallet maze filled with apple pellets and both ends lit. The smoker is a modified MES unit changed over years back. Pellets set in the...

Thanks for all the help everyone! I did have another probe in yesterday reading the smoker temp and it was +/-5 degrees or so of the PID. It is a cheaper wireless thermometer but figured the PID was accurate. The fan kit I came across on aubers site when I was shopping for the PID. I initially...

I am doing something very similar to this thread for the gas supply: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/added-valves-plus-pid-controller-to-propane-smoker.282441/

Find a used 40" MES on Craigslist,FB market place or wherever.Rewire it for a PID then do the mailbox mod and use an Amazen tube/tray in it. You'll never have a better electric smoker for the money.

Looks great. What was your inside temp when you pulled them off the smoker?

I certainly understand the appeal! I specifically went with analog because our power is prone to outages and surges, figured it might be too easy to fry the electronics. Something to consider of your power supply is sketchy perhaps?

Welcome to SMF! Yes the MES units are known for being inaccurate. Most here have gone the way of putting in a PID which does an excellent job AND many have done the mailbox mod which frees up feeding wood chips.

...in smoker. Adds zero heat if you do the mailbox mod. Also, you can get a tray instead of tube and use dust which add no heat. If you add PID it becomes a BEAST. Will hold temps insanely good. Most of us set it up to run a "sausage ramp" of temp steps. Reminds me I want to change mine to...

Does the TC control the supply ?? Meaning if the flame goes out it turns the gas off ?? If not I STRONGLY suggest using a fail safe system like that... I remember that thread as well... I've also heard of others using a PID for gas...

...standard smoked fare like chicken/ribs/etc. Zero water for that stuff. I used my MES a long time for that stuff and it was good but wish someone woulda suggested a pellet grill as it really does a much better job than the MES. That said, MES + PID works fantastic for sausage (and cured stuff).

Myself I vote for electric with a smoke tube... With the right PID controller it can be set up to ramp temps up automatically... Meaning you don't have to go out and make adjustments every hour like you have to when using gas... Which I am totally against unless it's set up to be fail safe...

I appreciate the response, if you can pm me some links to these upgrades I don’t mind spending a few hundred lol, I use my big pellet grill all the time so this will be a learning curve as I know nothing about this thing other than turning it on, do you use the water pan on these?

...back to an offset, can't stand babysitting it anymore, so I'm back to a bigger pellet pooper, still use the drum for some things, but I use a PID stoker unit on it. 90% of my smoking is 90 to 100* + summer heat, and I just don't enjoy sweating over coals for hours on end anymore, so it's back...

...with thermocouple to sense when the fire goes out and cuts the gas flow. dont want your new smoker blowing up. yours is small enough chamber, you could use electric heat element. there are a few good threads on here for using a PID to control the heat with a solenoid valve to regulate the gas...

I have the MES sportsmen model. My unit at 2 different times got over 350°f without shutting down. One time it got over 375. This was a brand new unit at the time. I wouldn't trust the cutoff switch. I replaced everything with a pid unit I wired in and a better cutoff switch.

...working just fine after your cleaning. ie about 3-4 mins to initial fire (temp rise), the fan kicks on and 150 temp is hit in 2-3 mins, then the PID kicks in and slowing increase to 225 over about 20 minutes. The cold temp is the contributing "dips" in the climb when the auger or fan cycled...

GMG makes a nice smoker, I have the baby one, and many of my friends have bigger ones. They have a true PID controller and have a very nice smoke profile. Recteq is also nice (I love mine) but if the GMG is in your price range and the RT isn't I would snag one without hesitation.....