PID

[sdkid]

What does a PID do?

[zueth]

Regulates the temp in the Bradley within a couple of degrees. Your Bradley smoker will be like a brand new smoker with one.


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[watchdog56]

I us mine all the time. You can program it to run various temps for various times. When I make sausage I usually preheat to 160 for 1 hour then down to 130 for 1 hour then 140 for 2 hours then 160 for 2 hours then 165 until sausage hits 152.
Love my PID.

[sdkid]

Can you set for lower temps for cold smoking? How hard to install? Can someone post a link to a basic unit?

[watchdog56]

You can set it for 80 degrees but that starts the cabinet temp. I have a 6 rack digital so when I cold smoke I attach a cardboard box with  a dryer vent hose connecting it to where the smoke generator sits. Temp in smoker still gets to 80 degrees except for winter months then it may hit 65-70. I am in Minnesota so usually cold smoke in winter months.

Some have made their own PID if you know anything about electricity. ( It is all greek to me). If you do a search on this site you should be able to check them out.

[zueth]

Can you set for lower temps for cold smoking? How hard to install? Can someone post a link to a basic unit?

The smoke generator it self will get cabinet too hot for smoking cheese without ICE in it. That is why most use a cold smoke adapter, either one from Bradley or one that is custom built.


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