Beef Brisket

[Habanero Smoker]

Do you have the digital or standard model. That will help others trouble shoot for you. Are you sure the outlet you were using has power?

If you have the standard model, did you check the fuse located at the back of the generator? Does the cabinet element works if you plug it directly into the outlet?

[cingnut]

Bad luck today.  I had everything prepared and wanted to get a jump on smoking this weekend.  I was going to do a chicken for dinner tonight and also use that as a warm up for my Bradley.  The power indicator light never turned on.  Serched the forum and almost tore apart my Bradley looking for loose connections.  I now have a brisket cooking in the oven.  :-\  I plan on contacting Chez Bubba on Monday.  I will at least pretend the oven is a Bradley (minus the smoke of course) and see if I can follow the general procedure used on the forum.

I have a 6 Rack DBS, when I unboxed it and assembled it I had the same issue with mine.  I was able to get the oven button to work but when I pressed the smoke generator button I got nothing...  Turns out I just needed to press a little harder!  By the satisfying "click"I was feeling, I assumed I was pressing the button, it wasnt till I press harder that I felt the actual button behind the touch pad, the "click" I felt was only the touch pad flexing.  LOL

[DocBJB]

I have the standard model.  The power indicator light is not coming on and the heater element is not getting hot.  I have tried the various things from the forum from unplugging cords and using different outlets.  The Smoke generator part and the bisquett advance all work fine.  I have had some very nice spills before where juice has run down the front of the Bradley.  I am sure that the slider switch electronic plate is fried or something along those lines.
PS: I did use the tender quick on the brisket that I was forced to use in the oven.  Color around the edge was what I was looking for.  Put it in the oven at 6:30 at 190 degrees, used alittle applejuice and tent at around 10:30 ish.  The brisket reached an internal temp around 5:00am.  I thought that overall the time was a little fast, so I dropped the oven temp down to 170 and continued like that until 8:30am.  I then FTO (since the oven was already preheated).  The oven was off and I took it out around 1:00pm to eat.  All that was missing was my Bradley smoke taste.
Thanks,
DocBJB

[Wildcat]

To bad it is already too late.  Since the smoke generator was working, you could have cold smoked for a couple of hours or so and then finish in the oven.  The end result would have been similiar.  Lessons learned.

[Habanero Smoker]

Sorry to hear you haven't found a solution. If the heating element did not come on when you plugged it directly into a socket, the only thing left that I can think of is try tightening the screw that secure the heating element to the porcelain mounts. Sometimes they come loose during shipment. Just tighten until snug, don't over tighten or you could break the porcelain.

[DocBJB]

Ohhhh sure! Rub it in why don't you.  I guess that is why I'm the newbie...Wildcat.  I don't know why I didn't think of that simple solution.  Like you said Lesson Learned.  I won't make that mistake again!

DocBJB

[Wildcat]

Was not trying to rub it in.  I played golf today and was late in reading your post.  By the time I did you already had it at least partially cooked.  Tried to help, but I figured it was a good lesson for the future.  I am still learing as well.  I have not owned a BS for very long myself, although I do have some experience with wood smoking.  One thing that makes the BS so wonderful is its ability to cold smoke.  With that thought in mind, you can cold smoke and then grill or finish in the kitchen.  Real handy when the weather turns bad. ;)