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    Add more water - LEM stuffer

    How much water do you add you ask? Well it's a feel thing and if you have wrecked 3 stuffers I think you need to work on your feel. Next time you stuff something only fill the hopper up a 1/4 to 1/2 run the stuffer, does it take a reasonable effort to crank the handle or do you need to stand on...
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    Paracord

    If your just making play places for the kids there are a lot better and cheaper cord options out there then Paracord, just about any cheap larger diameter cord will work better. Unless you purchase cheap knock off Paracord the real stuff is somewhat expensive for cutting up to make forts, knots...
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    Thermo for chamber and meat??

    I've been using an off brand 6 probe Bluetooth unit I purchased off Amazon 6 years ago for around $35. If you don't have the money or don't want to spend a ton on a thermometer just be aware that there are cheaper options out there that have about the same features as the high priced units.
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    Need quick info/opinion on MES MB20074719

    So you get a damaged item, didn't contact Sportsman's right away for the issue, used the smoker before hearing back from Masterbuilt and now Masterbuilt is the bad guy for a dent that you have no idea were it came from? Maybe Sportsman's had it out of the box on display or could they have...
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    Thermo for chamber and meat??

    I just use a food probe for my pit temp, no need for a special probe.
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    Cast Iron Pizza Pan very rough

    I sanded a Lodge 12" griddle and started using it about a week before I purchased the pan I used the metal scrapper on and I would say the non sanded pan is taking a better seasoning then the sanded pan. 15 or so years ago guys were talking up the cheap rough iron as they thought the rough...
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    Cast Iron Pizza Pan very rough

    Before I used my last new Lodge pan I took a metal spatula, metal scraper works as well, and pushed it around inside the pan to knock off any high rough seasoning. Pan smoothed out quite a bit just by doing this as a lot of the roughness is just the factory pre seasoning. Season the pan a...
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    time to try whet-stone sharpening again.

    Wet / dry sand paper on a 2 x 8 inch board with a leather strop glued to one side. Cheap, easy and just as effective as any wet stone without the wet mess. Use 400 grit for heavy work, start at 800 grit for normal sharpening then move up in grits as you see fit. I go with 800, 1000, 2000 then...
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    Masterbuilt electric project

    The dryer hose between the mailbox and smoker plus having the mailbox lower then the smoker just a little helps with the cold smoking draft, most of the time mine drafts great but for the days when things don't want to draft I have a small computer fan I set over the outflow vent to help it...
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    Masterbuilt electric project

    I find that the round or square pellet tubes https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pellet+tube&ref=nb_sb_noss_1&tag=smokingmeatforums-20 held up with a U bolt at each end work better then a pellet tray in my mailbox mods. I push the tube to the back of the mailbox so its close to the outflow pipe for best...
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    MES smokers are a pile.

    Every other post on this forum is about a MES not working, I would say a working one is an anomaly. Normanaj Thats kind of my point, I paid what $250?, O and mine is a MES 40. Dropped another $125 for a PID, spent time rewiring and another $30 ish for the mailbox mod. Should have found an...
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    MES smokers are a pile.

    Just stopped by and I see a bunch of MES threads and I have to say I figured out shortly after I purchased mine that they are basically a pile of junk, or at least the electronics are a pile. Right off the bat I had problems with the control unit, thermal cut off switch and meat probe. I ended...
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    Advice on what Grinder to purchase

    O bull. I have the $100 lem #8 575 watt grinder that has run over 2000 pounds of meat through it with no issues. Mostly frozen to cold meat it doesn't care, chews 1/2" wide strips as long as I can cut them faster then I can feed the grinder. I don't even waste my time with the second grind...
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    Do I want a pellet grill?

    All right guys, thanks for the help. Yesterday I made a trip to Home Depot and they just happened to have a Weber Spirit II 310 stainless grill setting around on clearance so I purchased it, definite win win since I got it at a good price plus it was already assembled. Grilled up some elk back...
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    Do I want a pellet grill?

    Thanks guys. Sounds like I don't want a pellet grill. Like stated I've got smokers so I don't need another smoker that I have to add a side grill to or other grill parts just to cook a burger. As a plus I just saved myself a few $100 bucks since pellet smokers are way more expensive then a...
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