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    Master Forge Smoker

    I purchased a Master Forge Charcoal Vertical Smoker from Lowes , the 15" for 69$ , this past weekend , I done Chicken on it and it came out juicy and great tasting , No Mods , Has anyone done a Turkey before on this smoker , if so would you let me know step by step  on how it was done so I can...
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    Rub Help

    Does Jeff's Rub get spicier as it is stored , I used it before as soon as I made it on ribs and chicken and it was just fine and did not store it but this last time I made some I put it in a plastic container with lid and stored it for 4 weeks and this past weekend I used it on pork chops and it...
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    Pellets

    Thanks ,  I did the chickens today with Jeffs rub and pitmasters pellets , did not have the flavor in the white meat for some reason , I will be doing the ribs tomorrow with Jeffs rub again should I go 50/50 with apple and cherry pellets or only apple or only cherry or only the pitmasters , I...
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    Pellets

    I am going to do 4 chickens on my MES 40 Saturday with an AMNPS and mailbox mod. , I have pitmasters ,oak , apple , cherry and mesquite pellets from Todd , which one of these should I use for the chickens and Sunday I will do 4 Ribs , what choice of pellets on these ,
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    Charcoal Basket

    Oldschoolbbq ,  Are you meaning to put the vent above the one that is on the side of the firebox now , the firebox door swings up on the firebox so it cannot go above the fire or can it , open for anyones suggestions to enjoy my Char griller ,
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    Charcoal Basket

    JIRIGUEZ ,   I did two whole chickens today on this Char Griller and they came out great and tasty , what I did was filled my charcoal basket with briquettes and moved it all the way to the right side of the firebox and than on the left of the basket in front of the opening I also put charcoal...
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    Char Griller 5050

      I have a char griller 5050 with firebox and am wanting to take the firebox out and just use the gas and charcoal unit , my question is what do I need to do about the oval tamper plate that was knocked out at Lowes because they assembled the firebox  and I do not have the plate , I tried to...
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    Charcoal Basket

    Thanks JIRodriquez , I believe you are correct , I tried the basket all kinds of ways and it did not get over 200 , I will have to try the expanded metal or if anyone knows what else that I can buy to use as a basket and what to use , lumps , logs or ???? for the heat .
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    Charcoal Basket

     I have a Char griller trio , gas part , barb q part and a firebox , I am about to try it again since it has been months since I have used it , I have the vent extended down to about 1" from the cooking crate and I turned the pan inside the cooking chamber upside down and have it against the...
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    Temperature Difference

      I just used my Masterbuilt 40 smoker with window ( No Q View ) and used a ET 732 and noticed that before the MES recycles my MES Temp. was only 10 degrees off compared to my ET 732 but when it came back on it was as much as 25 degrees hotter compared to my ET 732 and stays hotter until before...
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    Pro Bowl Ribs

    Oops , yes I meant 171 , I did check the probes and they were only 2 degrees off so that is why I depended on the Mav.  THANKS
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    Pro Bowl Ribs

    Marty ,   I will measure my original racks and go from there , getting back on my turkey halves today I had them between 240 to 260 and in 3.5 hours the internal meat temp was showing at 271, I had the Mav. 732 and an Accurite and also the MES one and they were within 4 degrees apart but the...
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    Pro Bowl Ribs

    Marty ,   Thks for the info , I will try to locate some of the pans , maybe that would help some of my problems with the MES , i have been trying to find a link to get help with the MES smoking but have not come across one yet , not even with the Masterbuilt site.
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    Pro Bowl Ribs

    Marty ,   Ooh those Ribs looks Yummy , I just finished a couple of turkey halves on my MES 40 but not worth to send any Q View  on still learning and experimenting lessons but on a a better note , what kind of foil pans were you using on the GREAT LOOKING RIBS and seems like you had rack trays...
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    Smoke Fayitas

    That is very tasty for sure , but I was wondering if I can only do the meat , You did post to do it at 200 for 1 hour I do not do the Tequila lol just want to try it simple lol what temp. to finish these at
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