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I'm doing my first smoke on my new MES 30" today. (St Louis Pork Ribs). Should I fill the water bowl or leave it empty?
Thanks inadvance for you help.
Bob
Thanks again! After (only) 12 hrs 15 min, the butt reached 205 degrees. Tested the probe in boiling water and it is fine as it registered 212 degrees. Still not sure what the problem was. For the first 8 hours, I kept the temp in the 230-245 degree range, but then realized it was not working as...
Thanks to all. I'm still fighting this thing. I'm now at 11 hours and 20 minutes and probe reads at 190. We are now working on Plan B for tonight's dinner.
Am going to get another meat thermometer, but I'm currently using a Redi Chek Model ET-732.
Pork Butt - Can't seem to get meat's internal temp high enough. Using a WSM 18 1/2" and recipe from "Smoking Meat" by Jeff Phillips (pg 84). Should be a 10 hr smoke.. I'm at the 9th hour and internal temp (of the meat) is reading 171. The book calls for 205. I'm using the top rack in the grill...
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