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    Another AMNPS-MES Question

    I had the same temperature last weekend - MES set on 225 for ribs, and Maverick read 331 for quite a while.
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    Masterbuilt smoker vent position?

    SmokeSavor, my MES 30 doesn't seal well along the top of the door - as much smoke escapes around the door as out the top vent, so I get plenty of air flow and no problem keeping chips and pellets lit. I wonder if you used a few short sections of dowel (or nails or bolts or similar small round...
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    Another AMNPS-MES Question

    First time today trying the AMNPS in my MES 30. I opened a new bag of Lumberjack pellets, filled it halfway around the track (and just short of full to the brim) and hit it with a propane micro torch for 30 seconds. I blew on it for maybe a minute until it was on fire, then blew the flame out...
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    MES Digital Smokers

    Maverick ET-732 ordered.
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    MES Digital Smokers

    Loaded up several thermometers in the smoker in a small piece of potato set one inch from the internal probe, closed the vent and set the temperature to 225, and after two hours got the following: MES 30 Display - 230 MES meat probe - 215 Meat thermometer - 190 Oven thermometer - 260 the...
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    MES Digital Smokers

    Oh great, this is a known thing? @!@#&*
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    MES Digital Smokers

    I only opened the door twice during the entire time.
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    MES Digital Smokers

    Cooked a 3.69 pound pork shoulder yesterday, but it took about 9 hours!  6 hours at 225 and three more at 250, to reach an IT of 205.  It should have taken only 5.5. hours, so I suspect the temperature readout is fishy already, after only three uses? I'll retest the smoker temperature vs. the...
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    MES Digital Smokers

    I open/close the door as quickly as possible, and if the temp drops I close the vent for a few minutes and it comes right back up.
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    Pork butt instructions for MES 30, other questions

    I find with my MES 30 that I have to leave the top vent wide open to get good smoke.  Otherwise, my chips starve for air and just turn into charcoal bits after a while.  The chips burn up quickly, so you have to plan on putting more into it every 45 minutes or so, or get the AMNPS for long-term...
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    First pork butt in my new MES 30

    Different models have different issues, and there's some old stock still in inventory at a lot of places, so it's hard to tell the model from the purchase date.
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    Subscriptions are something you sign up for yourself, even if unwittingly.  Go to http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/users/subscriptions/index/action/edit  and turn them off...  They are set to "Automatic" at first, and per thread, but you can set them for Daily Digest or just plain "off".
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    what did I get myself into?

    Around here, we seem to get more "sauce" than "smoke" at the BBQ places. But even though I like mine better, I do still enjoy Dinosaur BBQ, they've got some good "restaurant-quality" BBQ for these parts, and it doesn't take any work on my part.
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    MES 30 Meat Probe Accuracy

    I decided to test my meat probe accuracy, so I boiled a pan of water and stuck in the probe.  It read up to 206 before starting to settle, and I figure that's about right because the water had been off the burner by about two minutes by that time. I figure that's close enough, but what's your...
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    Anyone Smokin' in the Northeast?

    Awesome! Thanks for coordinating.
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