I did get it all put together, thanks for asking. The wiring was pretty strait forward, just 2 wires and a ground. I used a 4” shallow junction box and romex cover to give more room inside for the connections.
I also installed the optional cold smoker attachment. My thinking on this is, no hot coals burning in the smoker to generate smoke and heat. That should help the P.I.D. control the temperature inside the smoker more accurately. I did however run into a problem installing this MBS accessary. As it turns out, the hole on the 30” MES smoker is set to low to accept the cold smoker inlet. The 30” digital is the only model with this problem (MES knows about the issue). It was an easy fix though; I just ran down to the hardware store and bought 4 longer bolts for legs.
Today, I did a test run without any sausages inside. The ambient temperature was 15*F and the smoker came right up to temperature and held with no problems (Unlike any Bradley smoker ever). I introduced smoke at 120*F and the smoker temp did jump about 5 degrees. But, after about 5 min. settled right back down to set temperature.
All and all, I’m very happy with what I see. I’ll smoke up some sausages over the weekend to see how it preforms and let you know,
Happy Smoking!!