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  1. winkster2005

    I'm having a catastrophe right now with my masterbuilt 30!

    My thermometer read 319 and 393 while my smoker read 240. I think I just freaked out. Things look good 5 hours and 155-160. Thanks guys for helping a greenhorn. I'll let you know how things go!
  2. winkster2005

    I'm having a catastrophe right now with my masterbuilt 30!

    Maybe I'm overreacting a little. This is only the aecpnd smoke ive done and im nervous. I'm in hour 4 and I still have some smoke and the internal temp is 150 per my old kitchen thermometer. That seems like a good temp for 4 hours in right?
  3. winkster2005

    I'm having a catastrophe right now with my masterbuilt 30!

    So I fired it up this morning to put my pork butt in and got it to 230 degrees. I put my amazen 5x8 tray in half full and my 6 lb pork butt. I checked my thermometer and it went to 319 degrees and then it even went to 393 degrees which I find impossible. So I put it in the kitchen oven and it's...
  4. My first smoke, burgers!

    My first smoke, burgers!

  5. winkster2005

    My first smoke, burgers!

    Well I grabbed a pound of ground chuck and 4 strips of peppered bacon for dinner tonight. I set my masterbuilt 30 to 250° and went to it. Surprisingly I hit 155° in my burgers after about a half hour. I have a feeling it's because I had them on the bottom rack and because of a flare up. I put...
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  7. winkster2005

    Greetings from PA!

    Hello everyone, My name is will I'm from southwestern PA. I've always wanted to get into smoking. After a bachelor party where one of the groomsmen did a pork shoulder and Chicken in his smoker I had my mind set that I would start. After doing a lot of research and surfing on the forum...
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