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Or maybe try the smoke tube Ubolt mod from @normanaj. I would get the pellets off the heat source. Or the mailbox mod above.

Another suggestion would be to put the tray outside the smokehouse and do something similar to the "mailbox mod" that many of use with our MES smokers. These give you the gist of the idea:

I agree, if all the pellets are all lighting at once they are to close to heat source. Mailbox mod would also give you cleaner smoke. Another possible suggestion would be a piece of metal to divert the smoke for even distribution. Without whatever is directly above tray will get more smoke...

...unplug for the duration of the smoke. On the subject of modding your MES. Besides doing the rewire to be able to use the Auber doing the mailbox mod is a good one, it's nice not having to load chips every half hour. Do a search for "mailbox mod" here on the forums and you'll come up with...

...My own hack for using a smoke tube either inside the MES or in the mailbox mod: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/u-bolt-mod-for-the-amnts.271846/ And the mailbox mod is pretty self explanatory all you really need to know is the chip loader hole is 3" dia. Below is just one example...

I could and have in the past. Now I enjoy having my choices and still need/want to add a couple more. We all do this for our own enjoyment! You do you.

I hear the words, but don't understand. I smoke my meat with my pellet tube in my MES40 with mailbox mod and get differences based on teh wood i use. The results are fantastic. That's good enough for us. We're not tying up money and space for multiple cookers, and do not want to mess with...

Good luck picking a replacement for your Akorn. All smoking platforms have their place and time. My wife prefers less smoke so I have to be careful even with just my pellet pooper as it can get pretty acrid in the smoke mode. The forced induction of a pellet pooper would blow all the smoke out...

Built a DIY PID with an Inkbird ITC-106vh controller. Wondering if anybody has used this on a Masterbuilt 40. I run a AMNPS tray in a mailbox mod . Looking for the PID settings that worked for you. TIA

Pellets tubes are also great to add more smoke flavor in a pellet grill. I highly recommend Norn's u-bolt add to a tube. Helps hold in the pellets when you start and helps add more airflow. Mine use to go out when laid flat.

MES 30 or 40 are great options. Especially like what @schlotz said with the mailbox mod or a pellet tube/maze

Mailbox mod.

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.

...from Indiana. Glad to have ya! Electric smokers can do the job but you end up having to constantly tend them a feeding chips. Most have done a mailbox mode to use them with a pellet tray which frees them from constantly feeding. Lots of threads here on the mailbox mod for MES electric smokers.

...use my offset or drum smoker. I will sometimes use my drum for one basket of wood coals, then transfer over to the pellet grill on long smokes, kinda a pain in the ass, but it works great. I wonder if you can add a mailbox mod to a pellet grill????? And use chips and chunks for flavor/fuel???

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.

I actually geeked out and measured it. Adds around 20F if directly 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...

...wood chips burning in the cabinet. Once they get going, they add a lot of heat that you can’t control. Do a search on smoke generators (Mailbox mod).These burn the chips outside the cabinet, sending the smoke in, but less heat. I think this helps the most. The next effective mod is adding a...

I run a MES40 Gen 2 since 2013. I recently added a mailbox mod with pellet tube or maze which solved many serious problems. I recently looked into a PID, but was not sold with advantages of steady temps over the usual +/- 20 degree swings electric smokers are known for. Our kitchen oven works...