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    My 2nd smoke on a MES30 might be a 14 pound turkey for Christmas

      I have cooked  Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, for a decade, for family and clients who are staying in my small RV park and bungalows.  Plus another 20 years in Illinois before I moved to Mexico.  I can humbly say I do a pretty good bird.    The past 10 years I have used a 3 burner gas...
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    First Smoke on my new MES30

      After months of waiting for my MES 30 to arrive I am up and running.   I plan to light smoke a turkey for Christmas, may be a pork loin also, but for a first time smoke I am doing a 4 pound pork roast using adler chips brought down from Oregon along with the smoker.    I bought a Polder...
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    How Cold Are You?

    Oh Yeah, steel toed shoes..... a lesson in pain.  
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    How Cold Are You?

    A chilly 67 at 5 am, we should hit 80 for a high.   as usual this time of year.
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    Best Electric Smoker Between $100 and $200

    The masterbuilt 30 is now at $169 on Amazon ...with free shipping. 
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    Curing a pork leg and then smoking it

    Although my MES30 will not arrive until mid December, I am making plans. I have been studying the process of curing a leg and the smoking seems understandable.   My plan, and I hope the experts here will help me out, is to buy a pork leg early december. I plan to use TenderQuick, a 5 gallon...
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    MES 30 VS ......

    I'm not sure we allowed links so first the info.................from Amazon...AGPtek Digital All-purpose Temperature   controller. they have 6 or more units from various manufactures, this is rated over 4 stars and mentioned in other forums that deal with dry curing.   $20 .... if my (...
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    MES 30 VS ......

    yes, you are correct. my friend went back to the store and looked closer in hoping to answer my questions.   The $99 was gas and the $159 was electric.    that pretty much sealed the deal for a MES30.
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    MES 30 VS ......

    I actually have a digital temp controller I bought for another  project.   I will need to check the amp rating but it only cost $30 or so from Amazon and came highly rated.   So if it does not draw too many watts/amps I could make an analog into a digital pretty easy. Hmmm
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    MES 30 VS ......

    The big hang up is the temperature control.  I really don't care how accurate it is since I will be using a couple thermometers to follow along with what project I am working on.   The question I can not seem to find is, will the smoky hollow control allow a cold smoke? does it dial down to the...
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    MES 30 VS ......

    I have been leaning towards an MES30 , now my friend tells me he can buy at a local hardware store a Smoke Hollow  for less than half the price,.  I have no doubts the MES is good but... is it twice as good as the smoke hollow?      They, the local hardware store, is selling a 40'' ( more or...
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    Cant smoke anything at all where I'm goin

    I really think you need to bring a couple sticks along for smoking.  there will be times for stories, times for work and times to design a cheap, easy smoker to tame the wild beasts.     Good luck and good times. stay warm. 
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    Air conditioned cold smoker.

    thanks for the help. I have been leaning towards the smoker tube for a couple months.   Although the Doctor just shakes his head when I mention bacon, there is an irresistible pull to smoke some.  may be I'll bring him some to try.
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    Air conditioned cold smoker.

    I have yet to do any cold smoking but it is in my future so excuse me for not understanding. From off the top of my head, cold smoking is around 80F, give or take. Am I correct?    So those of us who live in warmer climates, 60F , would work for cold smoking or am I missing something. I may...
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    help to buy a smoker

    both smokers look pretty nice. I have nothing to back this up but #1 looks pretty nice.  You will find the right one so let us know your final decision.   What woods are you planning to use for smoking?  Being quite a ways higher in elevation you probably have access to some woods that I can...
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