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I've got to make, or get to make, 9 fatties for Christmas! And more for the new year. It looks like I could get 8 or 9 on the MES 40. Anyone know for sure?
I would guess that if you were organized about it you could put 4 per shelf without any problem, so 16 total in the 40". I once had 8 butts in mine and everything fit well and they're about twice the width of a fatty give or take.
I would be sure to preheat first (and I would preheat higher than what you are going to smoke it at to adjust for the drop when you add the meat) and expect it to take a bit longer than it normally would. That much meat mass will "absorb" a lot of heat and will take longer for the MES to recover and get back to the temp you want it to smoke at.
I think you are correct, I always preheat my MES's to 275° then put meat in and then set to the temp I want to smoke at and then add wood chips and I would also figure 4 per shelf so 16 total
I know you can sart stacking them and you could get like 20 or so. I guess if you place them just right you should be able to fit 9 but even if you cann't thy re-heat better then almost anythiing we smoke here. Well except PP.