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...below set temp then 1/2 degree below set temp switches for 50% power and off at set temp. For 265 smoking in the Mes 40 volume with mailbox mod and open top vent there's no over shoot and gets up to temp in an hour or less with a 17lb brisket, butts or ribs. It may over shoot preheating empty...

Yours look great too, ironic that we had almost the same specs. I like the little bit of crust I got from the long smoke time, do you still get that with the shorter smoke? Also, I hung mine vertically. I worry about the grill contact rendering a little fat at the contact points and heat being...

...ceiling for snack sticks. I just hang them on dowels and then hang the dowels on the magnets and it works great! Definitely recommend the mailbox mod. I use it for everything now. I don't like the built-in smoker, or the attachment cold smoker. With the mailbox, I can even get it smoking for...

Is there any advantage of the mailbox mod to the Masterbuilt Cold Smoke attachment other than a few bucks?

Someone made a post on here but I can't remember who it was a few years ago but I did have the picks on my phone of basically how to do it.

...like my Mes 40 with the flipped heating element. That mod for even heating and not baking the insulation in the right rear corner, mailbox mod and PID are fantastic. That reminds me I need to get my back up heating element prepped in case my current one fails. I cut the aluminum flat...

I was thinking about that. I have someone picking up my 30” today because I’m moving to a suburb of Houston next weekend. Keeping my MB cold smoker attachment. I also have an Amazon smoke tube for pellets. I rarely use it though. It’s a bit of a pain to get and keep going and I like flipping the...

I tend to rest my meat in a MES smoker. Bought it a few years ago because I was planning to mod it with a mailbox and cold smoker. Never got around to that, but it does hold temp and can be set as low as you could want it. You can also add water if you want higher humidity.

I have the same issue! I just got mine a few days ago, and I hate it so much! Totally over-smoked my last batch and there was nothing I could do to reduce the smoke. Maybe in a larger smoke house, but for a little MES 30 I think it's way too much. Going back to mailbox mod with maze.

Thanks so much for the help. I looked at some YouTube videos on the trays and tubes. I didn’t see any that featured the U-bolt mod though. Out of curiosity, what is the benefit of adding that mod to the tubes?

No problem. This thread is pretty big now so it's not easy to come in at any point and sort through the info. The initial post incorporates most of the necessary info but it may miss a small percentage of things needed or people just have questions. You are asking and getting things fixed...

One of the things with the tray is you really need to hit it with flame for about 5 minutes before blowing out the flame. The u-bolt mod has had great reviews. I went with the mailbox mod. And haven't had an issue since.

...have a 15 degree swing when first turned on but over a little time it settles in and maybe I get a 5 degree swing. Also check out the mailbox mod, works great for cold smoking or longer smokes with continuous smoke for 9-12 hours. I also have a pellet smoker/grill but in my opinion the mes...

Thank you for your responses. I am not familiar with the mailbox mod, but just by looking at the pictures I am assuming that the mailbox is a separate smoke generating chamber. The box holds a tray or a tube that holds pellets or chips, and then said pellets or chips are started manually with a...

Mailbox mod and or a pellet tube/maze will have you covered!

That's the gist of it. You may have to tweak your mailbox mod with adding holes or covering up existing holes, etc. but that stuff is simple and is honestly just part of tweaking your BBQ setup/system to work for you and your situation. For instance I have my MES and mailbox mod in a plastic...

...has just the bite you want, a nice pop, so I don't think it is a problem with the casings. I have also tried a pan of water in the smoker. I am using a fridge smoker with a mailbox mod, that I built with a pid controlled 1500 watt heating element. Please give me an idea what I am doing wrong!!

Thanks! What is an MES?

Yes the mailbox mod is a smoke generator but with no heat source. I typically use the AMNPS tray that is slightly elevated off the floor of the mailbox. The mailbox floor has maybe 9-12 1/4" holes in the bottom. The door of the mailbox has 4 holes. Yes a 4" hole in the back which the duct...

I have an AW-1520H so it is 15A. I'll give those settings a shot and adjust where I'm putting my Auber probe and see how that effects things after my other tests just to make sure the smoker itself is functioning properly. I did make a new exhaust dead center in the top and my top probe always...