So the display on my smoke box went all wonky. Looked like hieroglyphics. Guess it got wet. Anyway, found a placement here..https://www.appliancefactoryparts.com/gasgrillparts/masterbuilt/20078715.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgrWWtZr44wIVBYbICh2oFA4GEAAYAiAAEgKM9fD_BwE..
But as long as I was going to have to work on it anyway, I went looking around for alternatives.
Enter the PID controller. A proportional–integral–derivative controller.
In human being speak, it turns your heating element on and off at a set temp. range.
This is the one I got and have been using for the last few months.
Install was a snap. Used the MES power cord directly wired to the heating element You plug it into the PID and you plug the PID into wall or extension cord.
Install done.
Took all of 5 minutes to program it to start heat until hitting 250 Deg. Shut off until cooled to 245 deg. and come back on.
Total time from install to use, less than an hour.
This thing rocks. So glad I got this and not any OG replacement parts.
So, if your electric smoke box control system takes a hike, you could do a whole lot worse than going the same way I did.
But as long as I was going to have to work on it anyway, I went looking around for alternatives.
Enter the PID controller. A proportional–integral–derivative controller.
In human being speak, it turns your heating element on and off at a set temp. range.
This is the one I got and have been using for the last few months.
Install was a snap. Used the MES power cord directly wired to the heating element You plug it into the PID and you plug the PID into wall or extension cord.
Install done.
Took all of 5 minutes to program it to start heat until hitting 250 Deg. Shut off until cooled to 245 deg. and come back on.
Total time from install to use, less than an hour.
This thing rocks. So glad I got this and not any OG replacement parts.
So, if your electric smoke box control system takes a hike, you could do a whole lot worse than going the same way I did.