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    Averaging temps

    I have a lot less temp swings using advice I found here. I pre-heat the box (MES40 Gen 2.5) by setting the temp to 235 if I want to cook at 250. When it gets there and turns off then let it coast up to 250+. Then reset the thermostat to 250. Insert the meat quickly and watch it come on but it...
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    Hello from Texas

    For a first post to include the recipe for your signature product is very generous. If you are ever in Houston or nearby then be sure to let us know. I would like to see the rig and taste your Texas Cheese Steak. Best of luck from your fellow Texans in the humid heat of the gulf coast to you in...
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    New from Houston

    Also in Houston and my background is a lot like yours only I am about 6 months ahead on learning smoking in an MES40, Gen 2.5.  You are in the place one could only dream of where a bunch of experienced buddies were always there offering what worked for them and helping you with what did not. The...
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    Texas here!

    Welcome from Houston. You have found a great group. I searched here this morning and found why a cook yesterday did not work like I expected. As this is a group that aspires to make fires--or at least smoke--you have found like-mind folks. Thank you for your service and willingness to put your...
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    Triple Dipped, Beer Battered "Fried' Chicken, off the grill?

    That is unreal. I bet they are good but that is the strangest "fried" chicken I have ever seen and I grew up in the deep south. If there is a prize here for the wildest smoke of the month you deserve it.
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    My gift to you.....

    Very good lesson for all of us. I will not forget it.
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    Hello from Spring, Texas

    ALLRIGHT...another Texas smoker and on the Gulf Coast. I also am in Houston on the north side. You have found the right group of very experienced folks who have provided an apparently endless source of info, advice and encouragement. You will get to know the wizards in the group. The one that...
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    Hello from the Bayou

    Looking forward to any "steamy Central Louisiana" twists with the Texas style you enjoy. I am in Houston and drove IH10/12 back here yesterday across LA and always enjoy the food.
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    Cleaning MES 40

    I do not want to misrepresent the effectiveness of the ACV--because it is not very effective. It only softens it and gets me to the point I only need to use the windex one time. I worry that the windex will leave a residue and taint the next smoke so use it to remove the heavy stuff. Maybe I am...
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    Cleaning MES 40

    Had not thought about flakes falling from the top. Thanks for the tip. The challenge is cleaning the glass. My goal is to keep the glass as clean as Bear's as can be seen in his Step-by-Steps. What I do is: spray with apple cider vinegar and let soak; scrap off with single edge razor; spray...
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    How do keep your logbook, if you keep one?

    Thank you.
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    How do keep your logbook, if you keep one?

    IdSmokeThat - I sent you a PM. Hope you got it.
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    How do keep your logbook, if you keep one?

    Ok..I am ready for the rolling of many eyes. I keep the journal and more in a WordPress blog site using categories, tags and the search box to help me find related cooks to decide about the next "experiment". Each cook is a post and sometimes, like last weekend, I did a post of the standing rib...
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    Got a belly from my Grandson, SO I MADE BACON , steps & q-view galore

    Great work on a beautiful piece of meat plus the excellent photography and descriptions. I tried curing a belly one time and look forward to trying it again with your guide for a backup. But, in my opinion the best part is the memory you gave your grandson. He will surely never forget the look...
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    Corn Bread (Bear’s Favorite)

    Try substituting bacon grease for some of the butter. We also like to add chopped green onion tops along with the jalapeno as suggested above. Of course, Cajun sausage sauted with the onions in the bacon grease can become very nice.
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    Will an A-MAZE-N tube smoker fit into the wood chip loader access for a MES 40"?

    Here is the 12" TS inserted all the way into the feed tube. Based on the good ideas in this thread I will first buy four feet or so of flexible duct and insert the TS in the end of it for cold smoking. With the TS I do not think I need the mailbox that is needed for the tray. Kurt's idea about...
  17. Will an A-MAZE-N tube smoker fit into the wood chip loader access for a MES 40"?

    Will an A-MAZE-N tube smoker fit into the wood chip loader access for a MES 40"?

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    Will an A-MAZE-N tube smoker fit into the wood chip loader access for a MES 40"?

    I have a MES40 Gen 2.5 and a 12" AMZNTS. I had not thought of inserting it into the chip loader hole as it would easily fit--The TS is maybe half the diameter of the loader hole. I planned to try it this evening as was excited about your idea. But, Dr. Kurt pointed out why it will not work for...
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    Wood chunks

    I tired one time roughly 1' diameter x 2" long pecan chuck with a few chips around to get it started. Added chips, removed chips and other tricks but it never go hot enough to get anything burning. My theory is that the pecan chuck absorbed so much heat nothing would start smoldering. Now use...
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