Nothing But A E Message - FIXED And Smoking Right Now

[OldHoss]

Ah man this is bad.

Got off work at 1pm to find the new smoker on the front porch.  Went out and bought casings and pork to make sausages, 3 whole chickens, 4 leg thigh combos and some salmon.  I was set to go for the whole damn weekend boys.

I set up the smoker and turn it on to do the season burn and the display reads "E" not "E1".  I make sure I have followed the directions and do the plugs again.  Same thing.  I call customer service and they have me take the unit apart and redo the connections around the motor and press a button.  No motor sounds, no movement...nothing.   They say they are going to send me a new motor unit thingy next week.

I really hate this crap.  I have alot of money in meat in my fridge right now, some of it seasoned up already.   I really cannot believe this.  I am smoked but not in a good way.

EDIT:  I have solved the problem and I have achieved GOOD SMOKE fellow foodies.  I figured I would take a look at the box before giving up...I had really only looked at the two connections around the motor.  So I am looking at the whole of the thing - looking for something not right to tighten and bingo.  I see two wires with black connectors NOT attached.  I didn't undo them so they must have been that way.   So I do the obvious and now I have achieved liftoff.  I am into my second briquette thingy and the smells are good.  I am off to cut up some pork and season it for some sausage making.  The Grace Jerk seasoning is sitting on the leg thigh sections now for 3 hours or so.  It should be taken out of the fridge.  I do not work tommorow so this could be some session.

So very glad I took a look at that thing again.  I am not technical at all and my eyes are going on me.  I do like to eat good food though.....and am better than most as far as preparation goes.   I have had grown men swear about how good my food is.  To me that is a huge compliment.

Was just out back and the temp was set at 150f but was reading 185f - is this normal???

[Da4cylking]

Ah man this is bad.

Got off work at 1pm to find the new smoker on the front porch.  Went out and bought casings and pork to make sausages, 3 whole chickens, 4 leg thigh combos and some salmon.  I was set to go for the whole damn weekend boys.

I set up the smoker and turn it on to do the season burn and the display reads "E" not "E1".  I make sure I have followed the directions and do the plugs again.  Same thing.  I call customer service and they have me take the unit apart and redo the connections around the motor and press a button.  No motor sounds, no movement...nothing.   They say they are going to send me a new motor unit thingy next week.

I really hate this crap.  I have alot of money in meat in my fridge right now, some of it seasoned up already.   I really cannot believe this.  I am smoked but not in a good way.

EDIT:  I have solved the problem and I have achieved GOOD SMOKE fellow foodies.  I figured I would take a look at the box before giving up...I had really only looked at the two connections around the motor.  So I am looking at the whole of the thing - looking for something not right to tighten and bingo.  I see two wires with black connectors NOT attached.  I didn't undo them so they must have been that way.   So I do the obvious and now I have achieved liftoff.  I am into my second briquette thingy and the smells are good.  I am off to cut up some pork and season it for some sausage making.  The Grace Jerk seasoning is sitting on the leg thigh sections now for 3 hours or so.  It should be taken out of the fridge.  I do not work tommorow so this could be some session.

So very glad I took a look at that thing again.  I am not technical at all and my eyes are going on me.  I do like to eat good food though.....and am better than most as far as preparation goes.   I have had grown men swear about how good my food is.  To me that is a huge compliment.

Was just out back and the temp was set at 150f but was reading 185f - is this normal???

Sorry for your trouble mate !! Hope it gets goin for ya soon ! Glad to see it is kickin !!!!!!

[Da4cylking]

old school back up just in case the other fails  ;D

[mikecorn.1]

old school back up just in case the other fails  ;D

Nothing wrong with that. ;)


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[OldHoss]

old school back up just in case the other fails 

I had considered that.  I still have my grill, bag of lump charcoal and a whole whack of chips and chunks of wood.  This was my first smoke in the Beam 4 rack - it was good....as good as my standby setup..........no.  I'll try and do better.  I used 8 bisquette things but this was not enough.  I "wood" have thought it was.  Two and a half hours of smoke not enough for leg thigh chicken combos???  I used half hickory and half cherry.

[rexster]

That time is probably good enough for fish or cheese, but for me it's at least a 4 hour smoke, sometimes going to 6-7 hours for brisket and such