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I am enjoying one of the best birds I have ever smoked at the moment so a figured Id share the winged recipe as best as I can being I never measure anything. One 15.2 oz. bottle Minute Maid apple juice. 3/4 table spoon onion salt. 3/4 table spoon powdered garlic. about two teaspoons liquid...

I just thawed some dark meat Turkey I smoked Feb 9th which is very enjoyable. The turkey was brined in a holiday season brine so it has hints of orange, clove, apple and so on which made me think why not add some cloves to the wood in the smoker for such things as ham, fish, turkey and chicken...

Thanks Stovebolt! Great point! Yep all is good to go for the 220, 100 or 120 hertz or how ever you might like to phase or phrase it. The power factor will be far more friendly when the monthly bill comes around too. The bad deal is the expense of the romex, boxes, receps, cover plates (one in...

I just couldn't bring myself to hack up a nice hot plate like the Waring that showed up today. From what I seen when I burned off the machine oils I'd think it would work for a small smoker though. I did pull it apart and it is built nothing like the lower end jobs I had seen in the past, it has...

Hi Bud, I've tested a Presto deep fat fryer that had a 450 F degree rheostat and it didn't bring a 18"x18"x31" smoker enclosure up to smoking temperatures.

Old Murphy, me and his relatives gotta quit meeting like this! I spent weeks looking everywhere I could think of looking for materials to go electric with my smoker and today on Craigslist this pops up in the free listings and everything works on it. Got me some fine materials for my next smoker...

Ive decided to avoid any potential issues and go with the previously post 50 to 525 F thermostat controlling the hot plate. This means 86ing the hot plate controls all together. If anyone has interest in doing this be very aware of the exposed electrical terminals on the thermostat, you could...

Cool, thanks Chuck! I'm sure the element was done for on the last burner I had. It might be a little tight fitting the burner under the ECB, the interior height of my insulating box is only about an inch taller than the metal box. Being the issues sometimes had with the controls exposed to...

Thanks again Chuck! Way to getter done! I just pulled the trigger on the Waring and all there is to do is wait until it gets here. I figure I have a fair amount of time before the turkey is thawed and than it brines for a day and another 15 or so hours before it goes in the smoker. My next...

Thanks again JJ! That one is just a bit rich for my blood. I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on the Waring (1300watt) at just over half the cost and quit causing myself the search engine grief and make this a bit easier on myself! I figure if the controls go out I turn around and get...

Thanks Chuck! I was wondering if 500 watts would cut the mustard and than the wattage rating for the thermostat is 1350 watt, kinda thinking I might have fried the element too. I even went looking at a thermostat that ranged from 50 to 525, same manufacturer same make up. The last B&D hot...

Hiya folks, I have another post going on this subject but thought I might grab a little quicker interest and response posting here. I got a bit off track on that other post anyway and I have a turkey thawing in the fridge you know. Being I have a remote thermometer and plan to buy another...

Thanks Scarbelly, Just ordered an injector and that Wok Topper for a better breathing coal pan. I'm thinking I might hit the second hand stores window shopping for electrical burners. I might come across a good one cheap that way although I'm still not completely sold on going electrical yet...

Update on the build, besides somebody mentioned you guys like pictures. Being my element burned up and man must smoke meat I've carried on, life could be worse than meats smoked over charcoal! Even though my coal tray was already drilled with like a bazillion holes (< exaggerasion) I didn't...

Thank you southensmoker! I have been looking around some for elements and such, there really isn't much out there (mainly speaking of elements) and the thought of going 220 volt has crossed my mind too so I could open up more options. Meanwhile I'm smokin. I did three tiny beef roasts(later to...

Thanks again folks, the maiden smoke is under way as I type. Near 30 degrees F outside, the smoker came up to 227 in 15 minutes with a full bowl of water, 12 chicken quarter and a half dozen chicken thighs. Heat dropped a little here at the half hours point so I started up some more coals, I...

JJ, That sure looks like a nice burner! Dave, That looks a little closer to my usual budget. I just realized last night I better wait on spending anymore money on this rig for a while. I really appriecate the help and will keep your suggestions in mind for when I get the spare cash again...

Thank you folks! Right now I think I'm best to put the new element on the back burner so to speak, pun intended. The suspension on the pickup was bugging me driving into town last night and there Feb. coming up as well. Might be best I just stick with the brickettes for a while till I get some...

Thanks Shoney!