New take on the Terra Cotta smoker

Step 3 The guts of the smoker

I hacked apart my hot plate and removed the heating element. I was worried about having the heating element laying directly on the bottom of the pot, so I just add 3 crushed pop cans to serve as spacers. I added a quick-disconnect cable so I could easily take the electronics inside when finished smoking. This cable runs back to the control box. I put a hole in the lid to accommodate a temperature sensor that also runs back to the control box.