Recent content by riptides

Well my Sunday smoke was ruined by this issue, and I'm done using the MES bluetooth app for good since it happened with me just two days ago. The only way to fix this when it occurs is to turn off the MES and turn it back on and manually reset temp/time via control panel and NOT use the app. I...

Early in my quest to learn smoking (20 years ago now) I had someone argue with me that the purest way to smoke was to use split hickory smoldering in a smoker all day long to cook the food. Anything else was "slow cooking" like a crock pot he told me condescendingly.. Later he treated me to some...

I've got a minute here and wanted to express my final thoughts on last nights (afternoons) snap decision to make some ribs. I've always been one of those traditionalists thinking that an electric smoker cannot blah blah blah.. but honestly, if I can produce ribs like that on the MES every...

Final Baby Back outcome... they were hard to get off the smoker, until I realized I can just pull the grates and gently slide them off onto the pan. And they're magical, even with no sauce... an easy 9/10 Also, I am a damn liar, but the wife helped, it always starts with.. Let's just...

So I hear you folks love this... Bought my MES 30" on clearance on 08/11/16 - Thread HERE for reference. In that I mention we were doing a Butt smoke for my mom's birthday.. well why do one when you can do two? It was a real surprise for both my parents to show up after lunch on the previous...

Thanks guys, am looking to get one of those AMAZE-N thingies that hold the wine corks.. wait.. those aren't wine corks? Anyways, added some hickr'y it's down the final 25minutes on the 'seasoning' and smells good.   The bluetooth works okay, i don't know why the app wants to keep my phone ON...

Well this took me nearly 2 hours to get together, not because me dumb, though sometime me dumb, but I had to fix things along the way, which is typical of chinese made stuff when built to a price via Walberts.  Oh what the heck Gong Zu... well if you dock his pay for a dollar a day he'd still...

Hey everyone I'm a 40 year old southern male who has worried himself over making the best damn BBQ in my area, for myself and family, for over 20 years now.  Started out in my late teens with an old school kettle smoker that required babysitting with another grill going to keep it fed, moved up...

Hi, I'm a new user but have been reading this forum and agonizing over getting an electric smoker... On my way home today I walked into the Walmart garden center and was greeted with seeing: I don't know what gen this is.. or what difference since it's using a Walmart labelled part number...