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The manual does actually contain useful information. My MES manual says: • You may use dry or pre-soaked wood chips in your smoker. Dry chips will burn faster and produce more intense smoke. Chips pre-soaked in water (for approximately 30 minutes) will burn slower and produce a less intense...

Auber is ordered, probably be here in a week. Next will be the mailbox mod!

@meatloaf This was my experience aswell. Using the same heating element for temperature control and smoke generation is a flaw in these tools. A mailbox mod or a Masterbuilt slow smoke attachment helps solve this problem.

Can't help you with that decision. Don't get rid of that MES40,add a PID and a mailbox mod and you get one hell of a smoker.

Welcome to SMF from Indiana. I think you will find a consensus here from most of the MES users that either going with a pellet tray OR taking it further with a mailbox mod and the tray are the ways to go. The chip method has a number of drawbacks.

There are a couple of mods that can be done to the MES that can make it a much better cooker than it is out of the box.PID controller and mailbox mod are something to consider in the future.

Wish I had known up front to not try to smoke with the MES30 in 95 degree ambient temps. Yea, yea, I know, dust smoker..mailbox mod...nope, I just stay the heck indoors...its too freaking hot!

I haven't posted anything at all in years... but I also haven't forgotten all you wonderful smokers :emoji_blush: I did some reading to learn a long time member(s), and the ultimate Prime Rib mentor passed on... sad :emoji_disappointed: I've had my own season of grief, but times are better in...

Have you tried Auto Tune ? It can give you a good starting point, but from there on if it still overshoots you'll need to do some adjustments. Just to let you know, the PID settings on different brands of PID controllers are not the same. Especially the P setting so read the manual or find a...

@gmc2003 I’ve got hickory pellets in a mailbox mod and a tray. MES 40. Tillamook sharp cheddar, Mild Cheddar and Kraft Pepper Jack.

I could never get chips to smoke decently when set under 200°. Completely removed chip tray and did the Auber and mailbox mod. Can smoke anything at any temps now. Can use chips, dust, or pellets. Did numerous batches of cheese this winter with temps well below zero. Just set the Auber for about...

Hickory is fine. Both my kiddos like their cheese smoked with hickory, and the mailbox mod should keep your smoke cleaner. See above post #11 for more suggestions, and good luck. Remember warmer outside temps will aid in a smokier profile on the cheese. Chris

Foil disposable cake pan on the rails the water pan was on from the Dollar Tree. The heat will find it's way on all four sides. I usually use pellets or sawdust in the mailbox mod but this was a rare apple chunk in the chip tray.

That's a hole worth entering!😲

U-bolt modified tube w/mailbox mod and Auber PID used with my MES. GrillGrates for both my Webers.

It's so easy it's hard . Lol . I remember when I did mine you were a keyboard away to give support . You've helped a bunch of people here . You're gonna be amazed . Like Norm says , you'll wonder why you questioned doing it .

Virtually everyone with a masterbuilt has had this problem. I think sometimes the chip tray sits slightly too far away from the element to smolder the chips at 130 deg. Some folks have had some success in reforming or somehow adusting the height of the tray. The next problem or annoyance will...

...P=7, I=600 and D=150 and the app smoker pic is this style smoker like a couple others. I believe Auber makes the PIDs for these style smokers so this is their default setting when you buy one of their PID. I hope someone has the time to do this and post for the Mes 30 and 40 with mailbox mod.

Thanks Mosparky! Anybody else?

I've mainly been running a Bradley with the mailbox mod and a pellet tray with decent results. I've found that I'm usually bumping against the upper limits on capacity and have thought about building a smoker for some time now, but I have been struggling with how to heat it. Well tonight, the...