My first smoke in my mes 30 was some split chicken breasts last week, http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/128981/mes-30-first-smoke-with-q-view#post_872573 I now have a 7.4 lb butt in progress along with dutch's baked beans which i smoked yesterday. I will also be making the finishing sauce today as well. I followed dutch's recipe for the beans minus the jalapenos as the wife doesnt like spicy
Smoked around 230 deg for 2 1/2 hours stirring every 30 min with pitmaster pellets loaded in one row of the amnps. They came out great and are now in the fridge for later today! I will add the jalapenos to my portion as the hotter the better for me and they are a bit sweet for my taste without the peppers. The butt was trimmed and rubbed with mustard and Jeff's rub and then plastic wrapped in the fridge overnight. Loaded the amnps full of pitmaster pellets after nuking them for 60 sec. Lit the amnps per Todd's instructions and away we go. The butt went in the smoker 9:30 pm last night and is currently at 183 internal via my mav 732 (a little over 12 hours in). I do not plan to foil and plan to remove at 200 internal (hoping by 12:30 but no rush) then foil and towel wrap and into the cooler for 2 hours or so before pulling. For the first few hours i had to set the mes to 245 to achieve 225-230 on my mav 732 im assuming due to the large mass of cold meat. Around 1 am the temps stabilized between the mes and mav and i set the mes to 230. I set the alarms on the mav for 216 low and 242 high and hit the sack. Was woken once at 5 am when the low alarm went off at 216 deg. Adjusted the mes up a few degrees and went back to bed till 8:30 am. One concern i have is what looks like creosote condensation in my chimney mod. I had what looked like tbs that ended about 9 am. The temps dipped in the mid 40's here last night so that may have played a factor, not sure. I had the chip drawer pulled out about 1 in and the loader pulled out 2 in for the first hour then pushed the loader back in. Below is a pic of the inside of the chimney, what are your thoughts? Some other pics are posted as well. I will update later today/tonight with the final q view and taste impressions. Thanks for looking!
Finished beans
Rubbed and ready for the smoker!
amnps starting to smolder a bit
Chimney, hard to see but there is a brown/yellow liquid on the inside.
Finished beans
Rubbed and ready for the smoker!
amnps starting to smolder a bit
Chimney, hard to see but there is a brown/yellow liquid on the inside.
