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  1. geerock

    Brisket Again!

    Great looking brisket. That cherry wood really gives some smoke ring.
  2. geerock

    smoking brisket

    Number 1, how big is the brisket? Number 2, how do you know you are cooking at 240 and what type of smoker you using? Number 3, why are you only giing to 185 IT?
  3. geerock

    Baby back ribs tough and rubbery

    Try a maverick dual probe therm. A great tool to have and very accurate. Have a feeling you needed more time in the cooker. Masterbuilt, and most other dial therms are pretty unreliable. Were u smoking bb's or st louis ribs?
  4. geerock

    better than masterbuilt? please?

    Never seen the traeger off that much unless the temp sensor is bad or needs a good cleaning. May"be a bad connection or cut in the wire. If its cold and windy and you haven't put a gasket around the lid it will screw up temps also. Also have you cleaned out the firepot of ashes?
  5. geerock

    better than masterbuilt? please?

    Because of the convection fan in the pellet cookers, the tube works much better than the tray. More smoke and longer lasting. I've tried both. For me it adds the perfect amount of smoke flavor. As far as pellets....BBQ Delite. Back to electrics, if the Amerique makes you hot, look into the...
  6. geerock

    better than masterbuilt? please?

    Suzie Before you drive yourself nuts I truly believe that the amazn pellet smoke tube will get you great smoke flavor in that traeger. I use one in my traeger texas elite and lots of others do the same with their pellet eaters. And if you want to do true cold smoking add a smoke daddy smoke...
  7. geerock

    Pulled the trigger - now what?

    You're looking for advice so heres my 2 cents.....first, congrats on the new cooker. I owned one of those and it put out some good q. As for the maverick, consider the 733 as the probes are universal....you can monitor 2 meats or 1 meat and chamber temp. Regarding the amazn, instead of chips...
  8. geerock

    New York New Guy

    Welcome to the forum, railroad. Glad to have you aboard. Get that smoker seasoned and start smoking. A suggestion for a first tool to get for that cooker is a maverick et series remote therm to verify cook and meat temps. Sometimes the mes are not the most accurate readouts and the mav will...
  9. geerock

    Smoke House questions

    Welcome to the forum, Montana. As the guys said.... use that search forum for answers to just about anything. Would love to see some pics of that smokehouse, bud.
  10. geerock

    traeger fails.

    Actually you are correct....it is am issue with pellet cookers.  Because of the efficiency of the pellets in producing heat, pellet eaters certainly don't produce as much smoke as other cookers, especially at higher heats.  As discussed earlier, it is the reason why many folks, including myself...
  11. geerock

    traeger fails.

    Yeah, I've tried it too, but after 20 something years of smoking meats I tend to get over the 250 mark for almost everything.....and I'm pretty sure I'm doing it outside on my smoker and not in the kitchen. For some reason the suggested default smoking temp seems to be 225, until now where its...
  12. geerock

    traeger fails.

    Actually the hot rod goes thru the side of the firepot and is held by one screw. Very easy to swap out. And you don't need to order from Traeger. There are only a few hot rod sizes that are used by all pellet cookers. Theres a few American made ones that seem to last longer and can be had...
  13. geerock

    traeger fails.

    The hot rod is a unit that is in the pellet pot in the center bottom of your cooking chamber. As the auger (you call it the screw thing) pushes pellets into the pot the hot rod heats up to get the pellets going. Because of the intense heat of the pellet pot hot rods will fail.... on all pellet...
  14. geerock

    2012 MES 40 vs. Old Model MES 40

    Oh that didn't cost me a thing. MB sent me a refund and said it wasn't worth paying to have the units shipped back. So I put the units to good use.
  15. geerock

    2012 MES 40 vs. Old Model MES 40

    Thats what they did with mine..... 3 times.  Never got it to get any better.  Did you read what I just posted?  The new model is out. Why would you keep a new unit that is giving you problems?  It not like MB isn't aware of this issue. BTW....heres what I finally did to mine.  Got an Auber PID...
  16. geerock

    traeger fails.

    Traeger hasn't been made in the US since 2007 or early 2008.  There are all kinds of pellet grills out there now that beat the hell out of Traeger.  Lowes carries the Chargriller pellet smoker at a great price and its bigger thatn your little Tex.  Now I happen to own a Traeger so I'm not...
  17. geerock

    2012 MES 40 vs. Old Model MES 40

    Sounds like you already diagnosed it.  Sometimes its higher, sometimes its lower.  You have the one where the controller reads 25 to 40 degrees higher than actual temp.  The problem with that one is that you cannot smoke at temps higher than about 250 as when you set to the max setting of 275...
  18. geerock

    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    2.5 huh? Maybe cause its only a half step better than the gen 2. : ) Anyway thanks for the info, Bear. Alk the best to you.
  19. geerock

    Maverick 733

    Don't know what type of smoker you use but the factory dial therms on most are usually not very accurate. The Mav tends to be very close. Do the boil / ice water test and you'll know.
  20. geerock

    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    Well, well..... the Gen 3 is here.  Looks like they have taken out some of the lousy features that were in the gen 2 and put some back that worked perfectly fine in the gen 1.  Water bowl, drip tray, vent, etc.  If the controller is fairly accurate and reliable, I think they may have a winner...
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