Awesome, thanks for the info. Just placed my order for one!Since I keep my MES 40 on one of the chrome carts from Sam's, I just removed that back handle and the cover is much easier to get on and off. But even with the handle it stil fits well, just a little tighter going on.
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I realize this is an old thread, however, I wanted to share my opinion of the cover. Like tpalshadow mentioned, the cover I purchased would not fit either. I was able to get the cover about 2/3 of the way on but no further, it began to tear on one of the corners of the smoker. It may have fit if the handle was removed from the smoker, but that is not an option for me at this time.I have a 40" MES 2nd gen and I got this cover. I got the large size off Amazon and imho it is a few inches two small on all dimensions. It is tight to the point where it is difficult to put on and in fact the rear top corners of the MES punctured the cover in two spots.I also had to remove the handle from the MES to install.
The quality and look is great, it just doesn't fit.
Looks like it fits the first gen perfect, but not the new second gen MES40