- Mar 18, 2013
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I have posted a few times about my MES taking forever to recover and such. I have diagnosed that my mailbox mod set up brings down the temp inside the smoker significantly. The smoke is flowing out the top vent so it seems the air is moving in the right direction, mailbox to smoker, but the draft that going in from the mailbox brings down the temp in the smoker [which makes sense since it's not hot air]. If I have the chip loader in the hole instead of the mailbox duct, the temp rises. If I remove the chip loader and attach the mailbox via the duct, the temp starts going down. Is there any way around this, or is this the price that has to be paid to use the mailbox mod? Is this just something that has to be adjusted for and lived with when using the mailbox mod? Thanks!