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  1. kentuckycal

    Hello from Kentucky

    Actually I recently moved to Shelbyville. Used to live right by that airport though. :)
  2. kentuckycal

    Goetta Pork Sausage

    Interesting, hope they sell it down here in KY too!
  3. kentuckycal

    MES Cold Smoker Question

    Yes, I have the same issue.  I use a bent coat hander to jam them down in there.
  4. kentuckycal

    "Say hello to my little friend..." My new addition... XL BGE

    The friend I mentioned in my post has told me about that also.  He said that and burping the BGE are the most important things a newbie needs to know.
  5. kentuckycal

    "Say hello to my little friend..." My new addition... XL BGE

    Subscribed, because I bought a Jacuzzi the other day and the dealer, who also happens to be a BGE dealer, threw in an Egg as part of "negotiations".  I happened to name drop a friend's name who is a massive Egghead and buys all his stuff from this store, and all of the sudden I found myself...
  6. kentuckycal

    Help - New MES30 Owner - Advice from Owners on Chips Burning Too Fast

    You're going to want to do something to supplement the MES's base smoke generator, which almost everyone feels is inadequate.  The next time I smoke salmon I'm going to try reverting to it just to see if it works for that since it's such a short smoke time compared to say a pork butt or a...
  7. kentuckycal

    Bugs & The MES

    ugh, I hate these things.  I have a stink bug 'problem' in my office at work!  Every so often one crawls on to me while I'm sitting there working.  I don't have them around the house but at this time of year I have Japanese beetles all over the rear patio including near and on the smoker when...
  8. kentuckycal

    1st Pork Butt Started

    Nice work chief.  I learned my lesson with pork butt and never cook it anymore hoping to serve it for any one meal... I just cook it till it's done and we have it at the 'next available' meal time (except breakfast). 
  9. kentuckycal

    hot smoked bourbon glazed salmon MES 30" w/QView

    I will have to try this.  I'm always looking for bourbon recipes, as I have an almost limitless supply of it because my wife works for Wild Turkey. 
  10. kentuckycal

    hot smoked bourbon glazed salmon MES 30" w/QView

    Did salmon again today, but this time I just bought a big old 2 1/2 lb salmon filet.  Made up a dry cure with dark brown sugar, salt, and black pepper and let it sit on that in the fridge overnight, and then took it out this morning and let it sit on a rack to air dry for a few hours. Smoked it...
  11. kentuckycal

    hot smoked bourbon glazed salmon MES 30" w/QView

    Ended up pulling at about 156 IT and it came out perfect.  Served with rice and quinoa
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    hot smoked bourbon glazed salmon MES 30" w/QView

    Went to Kroger today and saw they had bourbon glazed filets pre-made so I figured "why not?"  This is my first attempt at doing salmon in an MES 30". Set the smoker to 210 and loaded my cold smoke attachment with oak whiskey barrel chips Aiming for IT of about 145. LET'S DO THIS   
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  17. kentuckycal

    Masterbuilt smoker vent position?

    Bear, haven't tried to adjust it at temp yet... I'll give it a try and see. Skelly, will try that too, thanks.
  18. kentuckycal

    MES Cold Smoker Question

    My cold smoker has caught fire several times when I opened it to put more chips in.  One time there was like a jet of flame shooting out the top, which I thought was awesome (guess I'm a pyro).  Anyway, hasn't caused any problems and the unit has been great so far.
  19. kentuckycal

    Masterbuilt smoker vent position?

    I always leave the vent on my MES fully open now, which is working fine for me.  It's a good thing to because at this point it's jammed open and I'll need to give it a good cleaning to fix that.
  20. kentuckycal

    mes accuracy

    I have an MES 30 (2nd gen) and a Maverick and I've found that the internal thermometer of the MES, at least in my case, is pretty dang accurate.  Seems like not everyone has that experience, but it's been mine.
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