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  1. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    SmokinNH - I actually live just outside of Keene in one of the tiny surrounding towns.  I use Maxon Cinema 4D for design - it offers less in the way of functional simulation but more in the way of visualization (and at a MUCH better price). I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so our small tight-knit...
  2. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    My time has been a bit occupied as of late - my wife had our first child this past May! I've also been re-thinking the design after more discussion with potential customers.  People have been asking for features that would either force me to use half-@$$ components (to keep costs down) or...
  3. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hey Brett, Your project looks pretty cool! Ours will feature an electronically adjustable pellet feed for smoke/flavor, but the primary heat source will be a rear mounted electric element with convection behind a dispersion plate.  This will allow separate control of smoke and temperature.  It...
  4. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Back in action working on the smoker!  Still working on fabrication logistics, but we've settled on a temporary solution.  Invested in a nice new Hypertherm plasma cutter and sheet brake for sizing/shaping aluminum and stainless for the prototyping phase at my house.  TIG services will be...
  5. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hey fagesbp - Temperature will definitely be automated.  Probably won't have a smoke detector, just variable pellet feed rates which can be set manually or controlled as part of an automated cook process (varying intensity and on/off for different cycles set by the user or controller).  The...
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    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    danresqman - Thanks!  We hope to keep people posted on the progress as we have, and eventually we'll have a website up to go with our registered domain names.  We're definitely planning to go pellets, as these are the easiest to feed in increments that will allow us to start/stop smoking as...
  7. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Thanks for the posts, I know I haven't had a chance to update everyone as of late. Finishing up my engineering degree this semester (in addition to my full-time job), so my time has been gobbled up between those two duties.  Some discussion here and there along with some more planning for the...
  8. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Quick Update. We're still here!  Working on procuring some equipment right now, along with discussing design elements that will permit us to manufacture certain components economically - lot's of boring stuff that is necessary before moving forward. Also, our progress will be slowing a bit as...
  9. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hello all! It's been a couple weeks and I thought that I might give a quick update as to where the team is at.  We've been experimenting with various convection systems - namely torture testing units from Wolf, Jenn-Air, GE, and Bosch (it's been an expensive couple weeks too!).  We're learning...
  10. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hey Chef JimmyJ, It will definitely be a user-selected option to run the cycle, although depending on how well it works we will likely advise people to use it if they regularly use (either on automatic or custom) a cycle which is high-humidity and high-temperature as part of a cooking process...
  11. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hello, Lot's of research, experimenting, and discussion going on related to the design of the convection system - I expect this to go on for at least 2-3 more weeks. ----- Ribwizzard - While the smoker size will certainly affect the final price, the difference between a smaller unit and the...
  12. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Quick update! We're going to aim for nine cubic feet of useable space - 24" wide, 18" deep, and 36" tall. Heating element is going to be 1500W. The convection fan and element will both be located on the back wall behind a "plate" which pulls air into the fan, over the circular element, and...
  13. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    DiggingDogFarm - Looks like a little house, haha.  Interesting top-load feature, but probably not along the lines of what we're aiming to produce quality wise (at least by appearance).  I'm with you on the ability to load sausages however.  I think it's important that there be sufficient height...
  14. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Oops... called to dinner by my wife - I'll read  the other posts later tonight and get back sometime tomorrow. You guys are great!
  15. nick m

    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    Hey Chef JimmyJ, A few assumptions are made and a couple guidelines must be followed for the automatic setting which admittedly will not result in great BBQ if the smoker is loaded with multiple cuts of meat that are drastically different in size.  I'll briefly discuss how we plan to have an...
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    Engineered Smoke - High Quality Electric Smoker

    nozzleman - Gotcha... whole turkey, brisket, and ribs. ----- rabbithutch - Glad to hear you're also okay with the use of pellets.  I often use wood chips and chunks cut from old apple trees I've dropped on our property, and I recognize the connection to the process that comes from using wood...
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