Vents open or closed?

[gjfrenchie1]

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• gjfrenchie1
• Oct 22, 2016

Hey All!

I just got a MasterBuilt Electric smoker and I'm excited to start SMOKING! I'm a retired police officer. I live just north of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

My question: When smoking meats is it best to have the vents closed down with little air flow or opened all the way?

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to the forum!

Glad to have you with us!

Keep the top vent open all the way, you want to keep the smoke moving thru the smoker.

Al

 

[mike5051]

Welcome to the forum!  Like Al said, keep the upper vent open.  Happy smoking!

Mike

 

[Bearcarver]

 

Frenchie.gif

• gjfrenchie1
• Oct 22, 2016

Hey All!

I just got a MasterBuilt Electric smoker and I'm excited to start SMOKING! I'm a retired police officer. I live just north of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

My question: When smoking meats is it best to have the vents closed down with little air flow or opened all the way?

Like already noted above, I keep my MES (Masterbuilt) top vent wide open all the time, except when preheating, done smoking, or storing.

It also sometimes helps when windy to close the top vent about halfway.

Welcome to SMF.  

And here's a bunch of "How-To" Step by Steps, all done in MES Units:

 Just click on "Bear's Step by Steps".

Bear

 

[chad miller]

Welcome to the forum!

Glad to have you with us!

Keep the top vent open all the way, you want to keep the smoke moving thru the smoker.

Al

Stupid question, do you leave the bottom vents open as well?

 

[SmokinLogs]

Welcome to SMF from Indiana!

 

[Bearcarver]

Stupid question, do you leave the bottom vents open as well?

There is no Bottom vents in an MES, except for the Chip Dumper which can be pulled out 2" or 3" & rotated to get more air flow to the AMNPS Smoke Generator.

Bear