HELLO FROM PITTSBURGH PA
I AM FAIRLY NEW TO SMOKING. JUST BOUGHT A MES 30 ANALOG. PICKED IT FOR $99 ON CABELA'S.COM. CHOSE IT OVER THE DIGITAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE LESS THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG(AND IT WAS LIKE $40 LESS) I.E. ELECTRONICS BUT I DID NOT REALIZE THEY ARE COMPLETLY DIFFRENT MODELS. THE ANALOG DOES NOT HAVE A DAMPER VENT NOR DOES IT HAVE THE WOOD CHIP PAN THAT ALLOWS ACCESS WITH OUT OPENING THE DOOR.
THAT BEING SAID I HAVE SMOKED (OR TRIED TO SMOKE) THREE TIMES EACH TIME GETTING A LITTLE BETTER BUT NOT GREAT. THE MES 30 SEEMS JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OXEYGEN AND THEREFORE NOT ENOUGH SMOKE.
SO I JUST ORDERED THE A-MAZE-N PELLET SMOKER THAT EVERYONE RAVES ABOUT. GOT PACKAGE #3.
SO I HOPE THIS SOLVES MY PROBLEMS. B/C I AM GOING TO BE SMOKING A TURKEY/TURKEY BREAST FOR CHRISTMAS.
OH AND I LOVE THIS FORUM SO MUCH INFO. ITS NICE TO SEE THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT LOVE TO SMOKE AND GRILL.
MY EQUIPMENT:
MES 30 ANALOG- WITH HOLES IN THE BOTTOM AND TOP FOR MORE AIR
A-MAZE-N-PELLET SMOKER- COMING SOON
BRINKMAN GAS GRILL- NOT A BIG FAN DOES NOT PUT OUT ENOUGH HEAT
CHAR-GRILLER CHARCOAL GRILL WITH SIDE BOX- 5YEARS OLD AND WERE I DO MOST OF MY GRILLING.
THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALOT OF GOOD SMOKED FOOD.
I AM FAIRLY NEW TO SMOKING. JUST BOUGHT A MES 30 ANALOG. PICKED IT FOR $99 ON CABELA'S.COM. CHOSE IT OVER THE DIGITAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE LESS THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG(AND IT WAS LIKE $40 LESS) I.E. ELECTRONICS BUT I DID NOT REALIZE THEY ARE COMPLETLY DIFFRENT MODELS. THE ANALOG DOES NOT HAVE A DAMPER VENT NOR DOES IT HAVE THE WOOD CHIP PAN THAT ALLOWS ACCESS WITH OUT OPENING THE DOOR.
THAT BEING SAID I HAVE SMOKED (OR TRIED TO SMOKE) THREE TIMES EACH TIME GETTING A LITTLE BETTER BUT NOT GREAT. THE MES 30 SEEMS JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OXEYGEN AND THEREFORE NOT ENOUGH SMOKE.
SO I JUST ORDERED THE A-MAZE-N PELLET SMOKER THAT EVERYONE RAVES ABOUT. GOT PACKAGE #3.
SO I HOPE THIS SOLVES MY PROBLEMS. B/C I AM GOING TO BE SMOKING A TURKEY/TURKEY BREAST FOR CHRISTMAS.
OH AND I LOVE THIS FORUM SO MUCH INFO. ITS NICE TO SEE THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT LOVE TO SMOKE AND GRILL.
MY EQUIPMENT:
MES 30 ANALOG- WITH HOLES IN THE BOTTOM AND TOP FOR MORE AIR
A-MAZE-N-PELLET SMOKER- COMING SOON
BRINKMAN GAS GRILL- NOT A BIG FAN DOES NOT PUT OUT ENOUGH HEAT
CHAR-GRILLER CHARCOAL GRILL WITH SIDE BOX- 5YEARS OLD AND WERE I DO MOST OF MY GRILLING.
THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALOT OF GOOD SMOKED FOOD.