Go get yourself a tarp, the plastic ones, every hardware store sells them. What I do, when smoking with my Electric 30 inch MES, I place two patio chairs, one about a foot either side, Back of the chairs to the smoker, throw a 12 X 8 tarp over the chair backs, this covers the smoker, stays several inches above the smoker, but keeps the rain off. I can just lift one side of the tarp to access the smoker, when needed. I will place some form of weighty object on the tarp, on the patio chair seats to keep the tarp in place if a wind comes up.