Recent content by mikeg1218

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  1. mikeg1218

    Looking for new smoker

    have a master built and it's getting a little long in the tooth. was looking for replacement at some point. love the unit EXCEPT for the having to add chips every forty five minutes or so. a reak pain in a long smoke. A-maz-n fixed that just fine but looking at the new master built units the...
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    MES tripping GFCI

    Had the same problem crop up after a year and some. Read the posts played around with it, As with you all looked good. No Joy. Called MB, the young lady said no problem, sent me a new heat coil set up. Installed it and have been smoking for three or four months now with no problems. Twenty bucks...
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    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    Love my MeS but tired of feeding it every hour on long smokes. Read a lot of neg's about keeping the amzan lit in the Mes but took the chance. Get reliable hours of long good smoke every time, only use the onboard unit for the first hour or two if I want to add a different variety of chips for...
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    MES 30 and the A-MAZ-N

    If it works fine by me. Think I'll stick with my way if only because I'm only dealing with cold metal and no gloves but thanks for the alternative. MikeG
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    MES 30 and the A-MAZ-N

    Most seem to think it won't work or needs special conditions, Airflow or some such silliness. Got tired of feeding the chip hopper every hour during a long smoke and most of mine run four otr five hours or more and I got better things to do then check back to put some chips in the hopper. Took...
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    Masterbuilt smoker vent position?

    What ever works for some one is fine with me but I have to note that I had reason to call Masterbuilt customer service several days ago relating to another subject and since I have been following the thread I asked about the vent. The answer was that it is pretty much what ever gives you the...
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