Mike Bernardoni wrote:

> I was wondering..if you had an electric smoker that didn't have a
> temperature control, would you wire it with a temperature control from
> an electric skillet?? Could it work?? Thanks!! Mike

This is how a lot of people do it. You can buy controls from grainger.com,
sausagemaker.com, etc. They're higher quality then the ones you get off
an electric skillet.

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I was wondering..if you had an electric smoker that didn't have a
temperature control, would you wire it with a temperature control from
an electric skillet?? Could it work?? Thanks!! Mike
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No, I have a Cabelas Premium Electric Smoker, the heating element is a
1675 watt. Whne I make fresh Kielbasa I thought maybe I could use it as
a lower temp smoker??? MIKE

Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:25:58 -0600, Mike Bernardoni
> > wrote:
>
> >I was wondering..if you had an electric smoker that didn't have a
> >temperature control, would you wire it with a temperature control from
> >an electric skillet?? Could it work?? Thanks!! Mike
>
> The electric skillets I've seen only cycle the power on and off at
> different intervals and have no perception what the actual
> temperature is. That's probably what the smoker elements do as
> well.
>
> Do you have a problem with your electric smoker being too hot?
> usually they provide barely sufficient heat when pegged on full.
>
> -sw

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Grab your pig’s feet, bread, and gin,
there’s plenty in the kitchen.
I wonder what the poor people are eating
tonight?
Albert J."Fats" Waller