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  1. beernuts

    Fire in the Box....

    I have to go with the thought I put too many chips in the box even though I followed the directions as written. I'll use fewer chips next time and take notes on what I'm doing.....
  2. beernuts

    Introduction from Doc Cox

    Welcome Doc.  You'll learn a lot here.  People are friendly and very knowledgable...
  3. beernuts

    Fire in the Box....

    This sucks... I was seasoning my MES 40 as it says in the book. At the end I put in my half cup of wood chips and made sure the vent was fully opened. Wouldn't you know that about five minutes after the chips are loaded I hear a little pop. I look inside and see flames coming from my chip...
  4. beernuts

    A couple of easy questions.

    I'm new to smoking and just purchased my first smoker, a MES 40. I seasoned it last night and am going to start my smoking career with a couple of racks of ribs next weekend. I do have a couple of questions: 1. How do I determine the right vent setting to use? Should it be wide open or...
  5. beernuts

    Hello from Minnesota

    Hello. My name is Mark and I'm new here. I just purchased my first smoker, a MES 40, yesterday. The smoking thing has had my interest for quite a while but I just recently decided to pull the trigger on my own smoker. I spent a couple of hours today seasoning the inside and hope to get some...
  6. beernuts

    How Many Mes Owners Here?

    I'm a new guy to smoking and I just picked my first smoker at Cabelas. It's a new model MES40. It was on sale and I had a coupon for another $15.00 off so it was very reasonably priced. I'm in the process of seasoning it right now. I really look forward to smoking my first racks of ribs in...
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