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  1. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    @bill1. I really like your idea of the heat shield... a lot. I'm going to install that tonight! Additionally I looked pretty hard for an acceptable heating element. I found it pretty tough to find one in the 500W range which is what I was shooting for.
  2. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    This is the bracket. PN102591
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    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

  5. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    Here is the best pic I can get with the unit put back together. You can see how the bracket is attached to the back wall and the element just floats resting in the bracket.
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  7. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    It's model 20070411, so it's a gen1, 800w element. I'm guessing that the tag on the back probably has a fudge factor. I'll get some pics up tonight maybe.
  8. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    I have a gen1, with the digital control on top. (at least I'm pretty sure that's what I have) I swear I heard they upgraded gen1's to 900-ishW elements at some point, and I'm fairly certain the tag on the back says 950W. I may be making all of this up, I can't remember off the top of my head...
  9. miatawnt2b

    How do you fine tune your smoke entering your smoker?

    For those of you with external smokebox mods such as mailbox, paint can with soldering iron, etc., how do you regulate the smoke entering your MES? I personally use a paint can with soldering iron attached to an elbow... basically no different than a mailbox mod, but I fill the can with chips...
  10. miatawnt2b

    Mod to my underpowered MES30.

    Some of you read my thanksgiving stories and how I modded my MES30 to hit 350*, and also how I feel the heating element in this unit is grossly underpowered for the size of the unit. So my thought was to add an additional heating element to this thing as well to help speed preheat and recovery...
  11. miatawnt2b

    350* in a MES30? Yep. Here's my mod.

    It's a Gen1 MES30
  12. miatawnt2b

    Lessons learned about the MES after Thanksgiving

    http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/238214/350-in-a-mes30-yep-heres-my-mod
  13. miatawnt2b

    Lessons learned about the MES after Thanksgiving

    I have modded my MES to reach 350* You can read about it in my other thread.
  14. miatawnt2b

    350* in a MES30? Yep. Here's my mod.

    I have not had an issue with the thermal switch on mine and i've taken the smoker to 350. I had considered that may be an issue, but new thermal switches like that are really cheap. The integrity of the foam is a concern, I've probably had the smoker to 350* 6 times now and haven't noticed any...
  15. miatawnt2b

    Lessons learned about the MES after Thanksgiving

    One thing I learned today is the MES30 is grossly underpowered for cooking anything larger than 10lb or so. Today my ambient temps are in the 70's-80's and even after preheating the MES to 350* It never recovered after putting in a 19lb bird at 60*. The MES needs a larger element, even if it's...
  16. miatawnt2b

    350* in a MES30? Yep. Here's my mod.

    I will start off by saying that this mod will void your warranty and could well... smoke your smoker. I am cooking a 19lb turkey in a couple hours and as this is the first time the wife has allowed me to smoke the turkey, I needed to do my homework. Sure, the LiLi market and restaurant is...
  17. miatawnt2b

    problems with smokebox mod on new MES30... too much smoke I think

    ok guys... after a succesful 4 hour test I think I'm ready for my second run. I have one 1/4" hole in the baffle, and I filled the quart paint can about 1/3 with a 50/50 apple/pecan mix. Pre Heated teh MES and lit the iron. once I started to see smoke i turned the iron off and let the draft feed...
  18. miatawnt2b

    problems with smokebox mod on new MES30... too much smoke I think

    I'm a tinkerer. So stock MES was out of the quetion... even for the first run. I made a new baffle ths evening with a single 1/4" hole instead of 3. So far I'm an hour into the test and have perfect smoke. I'll try to get a pic up soon. -J
  19. miatawnt2b

    problems with smokebox mod on new MES30... too much smoke I think

    Let's see if I can explain this since I don't have pics. Just got a 1st gen MES30 from santa. I immediately modded it. I put a plate above the smokebox to deflect heat over to the left side. I also made an external smokebox using a 1qt paint can. I took a 3" elbow and stuck it in the hole in the...
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