Recent content by jharstad

That all looks good. It’s the control box. If I posted a picture you’d see and probably chuckle at the way I treated the smoker. I reached out to masterbuilt to see what a replacement costs. Maybe I’ll try that. Either way I gotta decided if I want to jump on the full pellet train or stick...

It turns on. The protective cover on the controller fell off a while back and the weather eventually got to it. It powers on, just can set the temp or time. RF remote won’t chsnge it either. I was expecting this at some point but didn’t prepare... I can probably just get a new controller, but...

Hey all, Long time lurker in need of some advice. I have a 10lb shoulder in my fridge ready for the smoker.... and my MES 30 decided it’s had enough. So I’m trying to decide my best options: - cook it in the oven/crock pot but will need to cut in half due to the size. (Maybe cut it ways) -...

Trying out tapatalk for the first time. We'll see how this works. Like it said, I was experimenting and couldn't help but dig in/poke and prod a bit Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

First smoked salmon in my new and basically first (MES) smoker. Used the 4:1 dry brine. 150-190 for the temperature so I could get smoke from some apple woodchips. Since this was my first attempt I got to learn a lot. You'll see from my photo(if it works) I was focused on testing this round and...

Hello everyone. Found this site a couple weeks ago when researching smokers. Ended up with a MES 30 2.5 due to that QVC deal going on. Figured it wouldn't be a bad place to start. I'm currently living in northern California. I've got about a pinky'so worth of experience so I'm excited to start...

Hey. I found this site yesterday after the sale stopped for another version of the smoker. When I called this morning (about 11EST), I was told they had a few left but only in stainless steel. So maybe it depends on who you ask if you're still in search of one. But thanks for the info. Time to...