Does anyone sell "adult" juice boxes for beach use? If not, they're missing out on a great market, IMO!
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I'm in the do it yourself camp, but unless you have the chops to do a safe build, I'd advise buying a complete solution. A fire, injury, or death will cost you a LOT more than $150.
And it really is true that a properly modified smoker will be worth a lot more to you than what it might have been right out of the box.
HAhaha, the adult juice boxes for TX beaches are mostly made by Franzia :P
Yeah I'm with you. If not knowing or capable of building a PID the $150 plus the simple rewire makes the MES a whole new machine!
I'm in agreement. I think the average Joe would be best off just buying a plug and play unit and then tackle the simple rewire of the MES themselves.Um yeah. You do need to have “basic” knowledge for wiring. Put it this way, if you don’t know how to check oil on you car, don’t buy one of these. If your on a low budget and “think” you could do it, download a video on this install. There are several on YouTube.
Hi there and welcome!I bought a thermomart pid with time and temperature control and a built in 30amp relay for $50 off amazon. Used a new thermister from my thermoworks smoke kit. This PID does not use a thermocouple. Just gutted out all the masterbuilt electronics and rewired it with the pid. Nothing to it really. A couple of runs of high temp appliance wire and remove the masterbuilt temp sensors and replace with the new ones. Mount the controller in a plastic box and install it with the same screws that held the masterbuilt controller in place.
Now my PID controller and thermoworks smoke agree on temperature within a few degrees depending on where in the smoker i place the smoke sensor. Set it on 225 and it goes from 221 to 228 for a complete 12 hr smoking cycle
Cool little unit, I just looked it up. Does it have a heat sink built in as well?