Recent content by reaboy86

Good to know, hadnt really thought of it that way.....biggest pain on working on any broken electronic item is how tightly packed things can be. Thanks Todd

Agreed on the cost, but I may be approaching with a different intent. We are pretty well set up for any fabrication :) My youngest is a junior in HS and loves to fabricate - wood/metal/weld/electronic etc. I might just give him the assignment and see what he comes up with? Lack of...

I ordered up the wi-fi version today (last day of sale). I purchased with the free hanging cabinet probe, and two standard food probes (2nd one added $20 to total) per Tallbm recommendation. Total came to about $250 with tax/shipping/probe upgrade. Now to order the improved stainless...

So i received a brand new and made inoperable MES 340G from a friend. It was replaced under warranty and I "in-op'd" for her with a spare cut cord and some photos to MasterBuilt. The problem turned out to be a folded over temp sensor in the back center interior of the case. This thing would...

Update: I noticed that the internal temperature sensor was bent over and damaged on this non-working smoker (showing ERR1 code). I scrapped one of my old MES smokers and I cut it open and removed the same style of sensor ~1" steel and the leads. I cut open the back of the MES 340G and...

It shows the code immediately when the power button is pushed. Jumpering the snap temp switch also does nothing.

Got this smoker from a friend. They received it as a wedding gift and it sat around forever as they receive a Green Egg for their wedding also. I unboxed it and receive the ERR1 upon start up. I have had a couple of MES smokers before and they have all been junk and died within a year or...