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I bought a used Cookshack #105, converted it to a PID/SSR controller and use it all the time. It is really plug and go. Mostly I smoke briskets (overnight), chickens (whole and thighs), Bostons and have experimented with all kinds of things (vegies, whole garlic, etc.). I have had some luck...
A couple of years ago I replaced the dead brains in my ~1995 Cookshack #105 with a TA-4 PID and 25 Amp SSR. It worked just fine until a couple of weeks ago. In the middle of the night and the middle of smoking a pork butt, the electric element failed. (Interestingly, I have no idea how long it...
Bummer - Was set to do my autotune and first new smoke... but apparently in putting everything back together and moving it back outside I pinched one of the element lead wires (how did I miss that one?) and as soon as I turned up the temperature the SSR went poof. Problem with everything being...
As mentioned on the Roll Call forum - I live in Houston and several years ago I bought a well-used Cookshack (Model 105 circa 1995) smoker when the historic downtown Houston Club closed/moved. Unfortunately the motherboard died and replacements were pricey.
So today I swapped out the guts for...
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