Smokin J's PIts
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Ok Brethren, since I can’t justify spending the money right now on a stoker like the Guru, I have decided I am going to make one. I have been doing research for a couple of months now and have narrowed it down to a couple of different designs, and I wanted to see if anyone out there has made one or something similar, and if doing it over what if anything would you change. My plan is it will be hard mounted in the smoker, so it will not be removable, and when not in use will be stored out of the weather in a garage. The two designs I am leaning towards is either an automated PID controller type of set up, or going way old school with a quality oven thermostat as the control unit. Both ways seem to work very well from the research that I have found, but my concern is with the PID controller is the electronics failing, on the other hand with the more reliable oven thermostat will probably out live the PID controller you cannot change the high low/ on off range, its preset. Both can be operated off of 110V, and I have the option to use either a 110V fan, or I also have a 24V fan, so I have the fan covered for both types of set ups, that isn’t an issue, I just can’t decide on which controller to use. Any feedback or thoughts or ideas I am open to.