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I don't know about patting it into strips but they make a jerky cannon that is like an oversized caulk gun set up that extrudes it out in flat ribbons or round snack sticks. You just season the meat put it in the tube and push it out onto your racks and dry it with or without smoke. When I...
It will produce great food and I concur it is working normal for an electric. I have a Masterbuilt and it has the same kind of temperature swings. I always figure my temp on the average of the swing.
The "juccartti thing" works great when used on a cheap cut of meat like sirloin. It takes a little bit of getting used to using it, you can over do it and ruin any texture but after a time or two you get the hang of it and can make a great steak out of sirloin. When I have a high quality steak...
If cookshack interests you try looking into the smokin tex it has the same quality at a cheaper price. My buddy has one and he loves his, I use the MES and I love it and a cheaper cost.
Add another vote for the you don't need to open the door to have a good smoke with this unit, why don't you just try it instead of saying you don't see how that can be so.
Old School BBq touched on what I was thinking. If you are opening the door to the MES every hour you were killing the temps. I hardly ever open the door to my MES, sure not every hour. Doing so you kept dropping the temps down below your target. Past that a stall is a stall and you must wait...
I'll stand up with the masterbuilt crowd, it is the best investment you will ever make. If you are not doing cold smoking you wouldn't necessarily have to get the Amazn Smoker because it makes plenty of smoke on it's own. The Amazn Smoker will give you longer periods of smoke without having to...
"I was under the impression that the 40-140 in 4 hours went both ways. You have 4 hours to get over 140 and then once is goes back down below 140 you have 4 hours to get it back over 140 or under 40."
I agree, I just wouldn't push the limits to far past this. I have before and was fine though.