I called Cookshack. They have the 500 watt heating element for it. Bill believes it never had a wood box. He was looking at a picture of it, and said it appeared that a chunk of wood was just placed on the heating element.
I’m also attaching a picture that shows a shield/roof of some sort that came with it.
While it doesn’t have a pointy top like current wood box “roof,” it looks like it may have once covered a wood box. It is the right width to cover and shield the element area to prevent grease from landing on the element, but because of the back part of the bracket sticking out, (arrow in above picture), the “roof” in the pictured position can’t slide back far enough to close the door. Can anybody confirm whether this had a wood box, or how this “roof” was used?
Below is a picture of a device on the outside back of the unit.
Bill believes this was the thermostat, but it only reacted to the temp of the back wall. Does anybody know if this had a control of some kind on the top of the box? It sounded like Cookshack has nothing available for controlling the element.
I have a PID controller I use with my other smokers, so I’ll use that to control the temp in this box. It’s a cheap Chinese knockoff, but for less than $40, I’m not complaining! It’s done a stunning job on my other smokers. I’m looking forward to finally having an insulated box so smoking when it’s 5° out will be the same as smoking when it’s 70° out.
Any info about this unit that anybody has would be appreciated. Any surplus parts (free or cheap) for this unit would be appreciated.
Thanks
Blair
