Fish smoker

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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]I started out with the Little Chief many years ago. When the heating element died, I bought a Big Chief and used it for about 5 years. Doing some research on smoked meats and fish, I stumbled across the Bradley Smoker website and their forums. WOW![/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Loaded with absolute tons or useful information for everybody from novice all the way to expert. I still visit those forums several times a year. Any who, based on what I found out from that research, I bought my first Bradley Smoker – a 4-rack manual model in black. I used it for about 4 years and decided it might be easier to control temps with a digital model, so I upgraded to their 4-rack digital model, again in black. Bought it on sale (of course) from Cabela’s. That was 6 years ago and I still have and use it.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]About 4 years ago, one of the Bradley forum threads mentioned a PID attachment that the author used for exact temp and time control available with the PDI device and that the PID device is programmable to allow all kinds of control of the smoker. A PID device is a proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller. Here is a link to a definition if you’re that curious. [url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller"]PID Controller[/url][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]I found out that the PID device being used was a unit made specifically to work with a Bradley smoker by Auber Instruments. I bought a Dual-Probe PID Controller for my Bradley Smoker, Model: WSD-1200GPH. A link to that model is: [url "https://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14_28&products_id=380"]WSD-1200GPH[/url]. The second probe is to monitor internal meat temps and is very useful when smoking roasts and whole birds; not so much with fish fillets. Today’s cost for it is $170 direct from Auber Instruments. The temp variance with the Auber is plus or minus one degree. The variance of the digital Bradley without the Auber was plus or minus 20 degrees.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]And since the PID device replaces the Bradley temp controls, I wasted money by buying the digital model. Lesson learned. If you want to add the Auber PID Controller (highly recommended by yours truly), do not pay extra for digital controls on your smoker because the PID Controller replaces them.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]If you have your heart set on a Masterbuilt smoker, they have a PID for that as well: Model WSD-1501GPH at $213. If you are real serious about getting into smoking meats and fish, and regardless of which smoker you buy, do yourself a huge favor – buy a PID Controller form Auber to go along with the smoker. You will not be disappointed – promise.[/#800000][/font]
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