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Everyone is hitting it on the head with the temps being to high, you need to do a calibration test on them with boiling water and really iced cold water.
Ive done this one and it is great!
Maple Bourbon Ham
Mable Bourbon Ham. The recipe is from "Smoke and Spice" by Cheryl and Bill Jamison. You start with your basic grocery store precooked ham. The rest is magic.
Be sure to do a 1” Cross Hatch Score
Maple Bourbon Paste
2 tbs Pure Maple Syrup...
Well I can honestly say I have never seen anyone cook a steak like that. I was amazed it didn't seem to get more ash on it than it did. Try it out and let us know how well it works.
The only place I have seen it is the online sites like the one referenced by Dave. If you have a local place that makes their own sausages it might be worth asking, I didn't try that yet.
I have been wanting to try this one, yours turned out great. It seemed like you had no issues other than these size preventing you from using the MES. Do you have any words of wisdom that you learned from this? Was your pork fat ratio about right? Was the pork fat trimmings you had saved...
Welcome to the forum neighbor, sounds like we live close enough to throw rocks at each other....lol. Good luck with the cook and if you need any help consuming it just let me know. BTW: I am a MES 30 owner myself.
When you hit the temp you want pull it out and let it rest a little ( how long depends on the size of what you smoked), ususlly 15-30 minutes. This will let the juices redistribute throughout the meat. Now it's time to cut into eat and serve your masterpiece.
The MES certainly won't disappoint it put out some good food. As long as you are coking by internal temp of meat you will get a good end product. Sounds like you aren't afraid to venture out and experiment with different flavor profiles so you are well on your way.
Congrats