new here

[trucking13]

well i would like to start off by saying hello to all. my name is mark and i live just south of greenville,sc.. born and raised in new york city and am a disabled vet. i just got my first mes today and am looking forward to using it this weekend, just waiting for my a-maze-n to arrive. the model i got is a 20072514 purchased from qvc, seems to be a gen1 with control in the rear on top. guess i'll be going to homedepot tomorrow to get some wood to build a stand as it's just to low sitting. been smoking for about 8 years and my big black box gave out last weekend, so guess i'll fix it and give it to one of the kids. so hello again and looking forward to many happy weekends of smoke and learning from you guys.

 

[one eyed jack]

Welcome to the site Mark and thanks for your service. 

Congratulations on your new smoker and amazin smoke generator.  Post up some pictures of your smoke projects.

 

[tropics]

Mark Welcome to SMF Thanks for your service.Take a look in the MES group sec for some mods.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/groups/show/8/masterbuilt-electric-smoker-mes-owners

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/165489/1st-mac-cheese-in-my-mod-mes40

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/177393/keeping-the-amnps-lit

In the link above I have a small box to keep my smoker up a little,the top of the box has a big whole so I can put a big disposable pan into catch drippings. here is a sausage rack that is easy to make.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/174140/sausage-rack-mes40-w-step-by-step

 

[rmmurray]

Welcome Mark! :welcome:
Thank you for your service to this country that I love so much! We're glad to have you. Congrats on your new MES! You'll enjoy it.
- Ryan

Say what you will about the south, no one retires and moves up north! [emoji]128521[/emoji]

 

[gary s]

  Good morning and welcome to the forum, from a cloudy and warm day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary

 

[sota d]

Welcome Mark,thank you for your service. Congrats on your new toys. Enjoy your smokes and post some pics so we can enjoy them with you! David.

 

[trucking13]

thank you all, looking forward to posting pics

 

[joe black]

Welcome Mark, thank you so much for your service. You will find this to be a great site. There is lots of knowledge and everyone is always ready to share. Good luck and good smoking. Joe

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David