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I have a gas smoker, a Big Chief (which I'm using today to smoke bacon), and a modded ECB (my 1st), but what I "want" is a MES. One day!

I smoke for 3-4 hrs using Pecan dust. I'm looking for an old Big Chief smoker that I can use for cold smoking. Here's a blast from the past with a lot of info. Mr T's Smoked Cheese

I have two , a single prob ( for cabinet temperature) and a double prob ( one for cabinet temperature and the other of food temperature). The only thing to watch for is not to exceed the amperage draw. I did on my home made smoker and had to replace a internal buss fuse. I love it. I use a 120...

I have never used the flap or baffle. Being the exhaust pipe, it remains fully open (vertical). The reason I installed the pipe was because the propane smoker did not have a vent on the top which I wanted. It's stock vent is on the back panel towards the top. Also, since I run my temp probe...

I put them in a paper lunch bag and in the fridge overnight, then vac'd the next day. I do have a propane smoker, but I use it for butts, ribs, etc (larger cuts of meat). I now use my Big Chief for cold smokes (tube/tray only) and for more "controlled" smokes (if that makes sense) since I did...

I'm not for or against the idea since I have bought a lot of new stuff over the years with the sole intention to immediately modify it to suit my needs.

I put off getting an Auber for a LONG time (same model as chopsaw's above), but now that I have it, I wish I'd gotten it sooner. Works great in my hacked Big Chief smoker!

All really depends on the season and ambient temps, winter being easier than summer in my smokehouse. I generally start at 120F with smoke then gradually let it climb to no more than 140F, in winter I can get 4-5 hours of smoke but summer it’s usually a fight over 2 hours just because the temp...

Hi @Hapagrrrl and welcome aboard. I started with a Little Chief too! About 45+years ago :emoji_astonished: , then got a Big Chief. They now are mostly used for smoking fish and flavor smoking things like ham shanks and such. But they are cool units, and even though you will likely move into...

Update on your 3rd attempt? If it failed again, I would get the auber as planned and as what I did, I over rode my Masterbuilt's entire circuitry by attaching a power cord directly to the heating element, then plug the power cord to the Auber. Just like plugging a Big or Little Chief smoker...

What about "carryover" heat after the controller shuts it off? I did a test a month-or-so ago using the Inkbird ITC-306T...it shut on/off according to the programming (100F, 1def differential), but the cabinet temp kept on rising about 10 - 12deg before it started falling back to 100F. Am I...

I received it yesterday, unboxed it, and of course I had to leave it on my desk so I could give it the side-eye for at LEAST a day. :emoji_unamused: Decided today that I'd go ahead and hook it up to Big Chief BEFORE I change out the element basically to get a feel for how it works...I am...

Hey everyone! First time poster from Alberta! Not sure if this is the proper place to post. I recently took my Little Chief smoker out of retirement and decided to do a few modifications (just for fun) to see if I can smoke something other than perch in the thing...so I added a 1500W hot...

You know what they say...the best laid plans of mice and men-blah-blah-blah. BIL/nephew came over today and replaced the front lower ball joint in my truck (YEA! I'm mobile again!) and with them came my ex-BIL who I haven't seen in a long time, soooo... Anyway, didn't get to HD for what I...

Do you ever do whole chickens with this brine?

Not trying to spend your money, but consider the mes40 size. More room is very nice to have sometimes.

+1 That's what I would do. I have been putting off doing the Auber install but plan to do it soon. Got the wifi as well. Didn't see anyone say it but the performance of the MES+Auber is well known to be night and day from stock. Remember you can always use it if you get another smoker. For...

Good stuff. Search as I might, can not find out what PID stands for. I understand the technology but the acronym is a mystery. I am now smoking some shrimp and smelt and am about to revert to my open pit and inverted garbage can. Aside from temp problems, it is nonsense to have to open the...

I'm sorry I didn't more clearly define what I wish to do... I have a Big Chief smoker. I did a test with the hotplate on high "and" AMNPS inside the BC without the stock element plugged in and hit regular smoking temps when the ambient temp was in the mid-70s. I was curious more than anything...

I should have done this yesterday, before my first post! A big hello from Edmonton, Alberta! I'm just getting into smoking, mainly to experiment. I took my Little Chief out of the attic last week and decided to fiddle with it to see if I can actually turn it into more than a fish smoker! So far...