- Jun 28, 2015
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Now that we have a semi-permanent summer spot for the RV, I can put a chunk of Iron on it.
Craigslist find, it has the pneumatic wheels upgrade and custom cover. Just needs a good cleaning, touch up paint on a little surface rust, re-seasoned, and we she will be ready to go.
All it took for me to get it was 1 week, of begging, pleading, pouting, graveling, holding my breath, and every other trick from the married man's play book, then an 8 hour round trip in the truck, hearing how she doesn't understand why we need another smoker, why I would ever want to buy a 5 year old smoker, well you get the picture. Cashed in every chip in the marriage bank, but I think it was worth it!
I will get her cleaned up and seasoned today. Then play around a bit with some biscuits and my smoke probes and get a feel for her. At some point this week, I will do some chicken halves (my customary test smoke). But I got a whole packer in the freezer that has just been waiting for the right occasion, this sure seems like it.
The MES 30 will definitely stay in the arsenal, its just to handy for to many things. And it will still be the RV travel smoker for now, although I have been looking at and considering a Little Red Box smoker as the RV travel smoker, but definitely going to take a bit to build the marriage bank back up in order to do that.
Pre-Cleaning photos.
Craigslist find, it has the pneumatic wheels upgrade and custom cover. Just needs a good cleaning, touch up paint on a little surface rust, re-seasoned, and we she will be ready to go.
All it took for me to get it was 1 week, of begging, pleading, pouting, graveling, holding my breath, and every other trick from the married man's play book, then an 8 hour round trip in the truck, hearing how she doesn't understand why we need another smoker, why I would ever want to buy a 5 year old smoker, well you get the picture. Cashed in every chip in the marriage bank, but I think it was worth it!
I will get her cleaned up and seasoned today. Then play around a bit with some biscuits and my smoke probes and get a feel for her. At some point this week, I will do some chicken halves (my customary test smoke). But I got a whole packer in the freezer that has just been waiting for the right occasion, this sure seems like it.
The MES 30 will definitely stay in the arsenal, its just to handy for to many things. And it will still be the RV travel smoker for now, although I have been looking at and considering a Little Red Box smoker as the RV travel smoker, but definitely going to take a bit to build the marriage bank back up in order to do that.
Pre-Cleaning photos.