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  1. mcockrell

    Smoking a chunk of pork for the evening meal MES 30 & AMNPS

    nice smoke! i orderd the amnps last week. should be here tomorrow in time for some weekend smoking! i cant wait.
  2. mcockrell

    My first fattie as well... what ya think???

    i, too, did a fatty over the weekend and need to post pics. yours looks really good. i did a pizza one and it turned out pretty amazing in spite of me overfilling it and not really "rolling" it up, but basically just sealing it. come to think of it, i have about 4 qviews to post dating back to...
  3. mcockrell

    Newbie question

    put them on in the beginning. 3 hours isnt long and it wont come out real smoky unless you keep the vent closed. personally i think hickory and mesquite both are a little too harsh on their own so i always mix them with something else like apple or cherry. youll definitely be able to tell the...
  4. mcockrell

    Practice meats for learning smoking without breaking the bank

    dollar for dollar you cant beat a sale on pork butt. chicken is great too because at around $5 a chicken it is pretty economical. and they are relatively quick to smoke. but there is also a lot of waste in a chicken with bones and carcass and such. for my money, pork butt would be the way i...
  5. mcockrell

    Tips for wood chips catching fire in new MES 30

    i had the same problem. my problem turned out to be two things: 1) too MUCH air. it would spark up whenever i opened the vent or opened the door. the first time i used it i left the chip loader on "unload" and it actually shot out of the chute several inches. 2) adding too much chips in the...
  6. mcockrell

    CAJUN INJECTOR vs. MASTERBUILT 30"

    i dont think its the old style, i think its just a different style. but im not 100% sure about that. i did some research here and other forums and the consensus was that if you get an mes30, get that model. i have that same model MES 30 and i couldnt be happier with it. i live in the south and...
  7. mcockrell

    smoke in my mes 40

    its the solid truth though. i was trying to order the amnps online and my order wouldnt go through so i emailed the address on the site. Todd replied to me personally and gave me the same number. so i called yesterday and he answered. we went through the order process (even gave me a $5 coupon...
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  9. mcockrell

    my first smoke (qview)

    so i had a pretty ambitious design for my first ever smoking session. my plan was to do a precooked ham in the rack above a fresh turkey. i was going to start this thursday morning and hopefully be ready in time for thanksgiving dinner. so wednesday night i decided that i couldnt wait to start...
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  14. mcockrell

    MES 30 inch Do you soak the wood chips?

    this is a very informative post. thank you very much. i think its mostly trial and error. some people like this while others swear by that. but this definitely gives a good starting point. MC
  15. mcockrell

    ham + turkey

    Turkey is in the brine in the fridge. ham is chilling out in the rack above it. im planning on taking lots of pictures of this and posting the results. since there is going to be ham and turkey cooking together i was pondering which wood to use. i was thinking of going with a mix of either...
  16. mcockrell

    ham + turkey

    thanks guys. i really appreciate it. this will be my first turkey and first ham. actually its my first anything on a smoker. been a griller all my life and i love cooking. stumbled on this forum looking for something else and decided that i MUST get myself a smoker. Q-View pretty much made me go...
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    ham + turkey

    hi guys. i am planning on smoking my first turkey on thanksgiving. but im a little scared of it so i got a ham as a backup plan (the precooked ones). i have done lots of research on this forum for the turkey as well as the ham (thanks everyone you guys are the best!). my question is this: would...
  18. mcockrell

    Masterbuilt Electric Smokers 30" versions

    i, too, was in the same boat. i had my eye on the MES 30 that was $177. i could have ordered it from walmart but it would have been a two week delivery to the store. home depot were sold out, plus they were $50 more. Bass Pro was sold out (locally) and they were $80 more. amazon had the same...
  19. mcockrell

    Favorite beers

    i live in mississippi and they just recently passed a law so we could have high gravity craft beers. before july 1 we couldnt have anything over 4.2 i think it was. being a beer fan this meant that we couldnt get any of the beers that ive grown to love while traveling. my favorite is Fat Tire...
  20. mcockrell

    Hello and thank you

    Hi, im new and just purchased my first smoker (New model MES 30). when i first started my search for a smoker i really had no idea where to look or what i was looking for. i would like to thank all of you for educating me to the point where i felt safe making my own decisions. i have friends...
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