First timer, no experience here so I have no idea what I'm doing. How close should the chip bowl be to the heating element? I assembled a cheap Masterbuilt bullet electric smoker and the instructions were... vague. If I install the heat shield (beneath the heating coil) one direction, the chip bowl sits maybe 1/2" or more above the coil. If I have the shield the other way, the chip bowl is basically sitting in full contact with the inner ring of the coil.
So which way should it be?
So which way should it be?