Hello, I'm a Smokin-it #3 owner.

[Lonzinomaker]

Hello,
I've been a MES smoker from a generation 1 for 15 years and a Little Chief for 5 years before that. My MES died last fall and I replaced it with a new one from a black friday sale for $79. I have a mailbox mod that made a world of difference in how easy it was to do a cold smokes and hours long smokes.
I started doing some Lonzino, warm smoked slab bacon and canadian bacon last year. But I wanted more room so I could do more than 4 slabs of bacon and full racks of baby back ribs. And I was never really satisfied with the ribs from the MES. I knew about Cookshack, but being retired and somewhat limited in funds, searched for an alternative. Found the Smokin-it smokers and after much dawdling got a #3. Made some ribs in the #3 and they were the best ever according my taste testers.
Soon to be building a Heater-meter to run the #3 soon.

 

[one eyed jack]

Welcome aboard. Sounds like you made the right choice with your new smoker.
Let's see some pictures when you get a chance.

 

[old sarge]

Welcome to the forum. Good to see you here. The SI 3, as you know, is built like a stainless steel tank.

 

[tallbm]

Hello,
I've been a MES smoker from a generation 1 for 15 years and a Little Chief for 5 years before that. My MES died last fall and I replaced it with a new one from a black friday sale for $79. I have a mailbox mod that made a world of difference in how easy it was to do a cold smokes and hours long smokes.
I started doing some Lonzino, warm smoked slab bacon and canadian bacon last year. But I wanted more room so I could do more than 4 slabs of bacon and full racks of baby back ribs. And I was never really satisfied with the ribs from the MES. I knew about Cookshack, but being retired and somewhat limited in funds, searched for an alternative. Found the Smokin-it smokers and after much dawdling got a #3. Made some ribs in the #3 and they were the best ever according my taste testers.
Soon to be building a Heater-meter to run the #3 soon.

Hi there and welcome!

Ooooh you will love the HeaterMeter. Feel free to go over my notes on my HeaterMeter setup here :)

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t...d-electric-smoker-mes40-mod-in-detail.264277/

 

[Lonzinomaker]

Here's a pic of my #3 on a 2nd hand food service cart I found- works perfectly.
Also included is a pic of the mailbox mod on my MES, it keeps the smoker within 5-10 deg of ambient temp when I used it for cold smoking.

 

[gary s]

Good morning and welcome to the forum from a cloudy, windy and warm day here in East Texas, and the best site on the web. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about everything.

Gary