Hi all, I was able to do my first smoke after making my mods and am very pleased with the out come. Thank you everyone, I am so thankful that I found this forum and was able to read about the many things that made this possible for me. Below is a link to my new mods and the end result today, Thanks again
http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/myrsdavedave01/library/Bradley%20smoker
From seeing the end result it looks like the mods were a huge success. Got any leftovers willing to share? :)
(http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a508/myrsdavedave01/Bradley%20smoker/P1080086-Version2_zpse52b786b.jpg) (http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/myrsdavedave01/media/Bradley%20smoker/P1080086-Version2_zpse52b786b.jpg.html)
Nice job! One of the great things about an element upgrade is that you can permanently set up your smoker for cold smoking because you don't need heat from the element to maintain box temperature.