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    Meco (5031?) Please Help!

    Problem is they won't return it so now we're stuck trying to make the best of it. Second cook went alright, difficulty maintaining temp of course but implementing my digital thermometer was definitely a huge help. Both the stock and replacement thermo I got for it are way off. I ended up making...
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    Meco (5031?) Please Help!

    Went through with tonight's Q, it actually held temp for me after figuring out how they intend the damper system to work.  No pro smoker, the temp wavered between 230 and 250, but I made a juvenile mistake and did not refill the water pan, had a bit of a grease fire and some burnt product...
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    Meco (5031?) Please Help!

    Thanks for the input guys; so neither of you have heard of any mods for the door on this or anything then?  I think I'll go pick up the WSM pretty soon here, but I may actually hold on to this as a project.  Seems like a challenge no one has addressed yet, and for such an economical selection...
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    Meco (5031?) Please Help!

    Hey ya'll, So my room mates are getting in to smoking this season, too, and have pushed for a new smoker.  Cost is coming before quality here due to impatience and they selected a Southern Country/Meco (I think 5031, it's a charcoal water smoker with 2 openings in the body and 1 sliding panel...
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    ...Pet litter?

    So I heard from a friend that a friend of his told him that they found apple wood shavings are being marketed as pet litter at some pet stores right now and are therefore dirt cheap.  Does anyone here have any experience with this or anything similar?  Any red flags, things to look out for, or...
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    First Real Post

    Excellent info, thank you Joe!
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    Yummy Spare Ribs

    Looks great Bryce, makes me miss my ECB that I had out west (working with, and figuring out, a cheapo horizontal offset right now).  I never got into the Texas Crutch, glad to see someone agrees with the unfoiled smoke!  I wanted to ask, though, I notice you have a pot with coals and your wood...
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    First Real Post

    Thanks for the feed back Joe.  I cleaned it out very thoroughly using Simple Green (recommended on here) and then tightened up some screws, added a chimney extender, and made sure to keep the smoke stack full open, using only the damper on the firebox to moderate temperature.  I loaded about a...
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    First Real Post

    Hey ya'll, My name is Steve and I'm from Maine, I signed up for these forums and then posted in the Roll Call section a few weeks ago but I've been radio silent since.  I'm not accustomed to being a member of an online community so I recognize it's going to get some getting used to, and I...
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    "Banger", Maine

    Thanks for the warm welcome guys!  I've actually got a message out right now about a Charbroil offset smoker that, with luck, I'll be picking up tomorrow!  As the summer progresses and I get my smokes on I'll make sure to post some photos.... Hopefully this season will be fruitful and I'll have...
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    "Banger", Maine

    No particular make or model so far, but for style I'm most interested in a horizontal smoker with a side firebox.  I've used mostly the UDS so far, and had great results specifically with a bullet style smoker, but I've seen the horizontal in action.. I really like the access you get to your...
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    "Banger", Maine

    Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum.. My name is Steve, I live in Bangor, Maine, and yes, we are indeed a part of the United States!  I work in the mental health field, I'm into the outdoors and I love to fish.  I've also traveled a lot, lived in a lot of difference places, and eaten 'cue...
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