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  1. dogwalker

    Preheating new 40" MES. Low temp questions??

    Thanks, guys.  Bear, I've tested it empty, and after adding the deflector, I got the temps to all work very well with the MES when it's empty.  That's why I was so shocked on Thanksgiving.  And I think I know what you mean about the toggle thing.  I remember seeing it, it's just below the second...
  2. dogwalker

    Preheating new 40" MES. Low temp questions??

    Bear, I'm not near my smoker right now, but I remember seeing a few things on the back, one looks like a very thin cylinder and is toward the right, below the second rack from the bottom.  The other thing I recall is round and rough, maybe dime-sized, on the left side.  Is it one of those or...
  3. dogwalker

    Preheating new 40" MES. Low temp questions??

    FWIW, I bought the same MES at Academy, and mine is running much colder than that.  When my MES reads 275, my Chef Alarm and three oven thermometers all read 225 at various points in the smoker.  I love the smoker, but that bothers me a great deal. Here's my question, though.  So far, I've...
  4. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    LOL, you bet!
  5. dogwalker

    My First Thanksgiving Smoke

    This was my first attempt at smoking turkey, and I'm pleased and surprised to say that it was an overwhelming success!  I'm thankful to the people over on my first post ("noob trying to grasp all this") and to Kenji at The Food Lab / SeriousEats.  Our family and extended family generally don't...
  6. dogwalker

    preheating MES 40

    Good deal!
  7. dogwalker

    shoot, I hope this won't be a disaster

    [UPDATE - see bottom] Dang.  I bought the MES 40 at Academy a few weeks back, and I noticed the temperature was 50 degrees (!) off, but then I experimented with deflectors and tried to get the temperatures to stabilize and thought I had. So today, I'm having the same problem - as a result, I'm...
  8. dogwalker

    preheating MES 40

    You got me thinking, I wonder if it'll preheat faster with the vent closed?  I know we want the vent open when smoking, but I may try closing it to preheat tomorrow. Your temperature probes sound nice!  I should have bought something I could monitor from inside the house.  I bought a...
  9. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    LOL!!  I resemble that remark! "Dogwalker, are you crazy?" "Not as far as you know!"
  10. dogwalker

    preheating MES 40

    Thanks, guys! Great!  Thanks!
  11. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    Ok, I *literally* laughed out loud!  People are looking at me now as if I'm strange.  Wait, they always look at me that way.
  12. dogwalker

    preheating MES 40

    Thanks, guys!
  13. dogwalker

    Gameday Smoked Chicken Wings

    Thanks, looks awesome!!
  14. dogwalker

    preheating MES 40

    In preparing for tomorrow's big first-ever smoke for extended family, I've been dabbling with my new MES 40, and I found Bear's suggestion on managing the temperatures to work great.  If I want 250, set it at 220 or so and watch it as it passes through 220.  Eventually, I set my temperature to...
  15. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    Dang, I can't think of any witty (or even half-witted) reply!  I was raised a little farther east of San Fernando,over in Georgia.  The only waves I saw were from people on their front porches!
  16. dogwalker

    A-MAZE-N Products Thanksgiving Giveaway

    Grats, all, and I'm glad to have found out about the good A-Maze-N folks!
  17. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    You guys are nuts!   I'm certainly good with it!  This is a great forum and great guys.  I hope I'll be able to contribute something at some point!
  18. dogwalker

    deflector in MES 40?

    Thanks, Bear!
  19. dogwalker

    deflector in MES 40?

    Hey, I'm experimenting with different deflector configurations, using aluminum foil, and I've had it flush against the back and flush against the right wall, but I saw on another thread here to not flush up against the right side.  I've read that Bear has a good deflector, could someone send me...
  20. dogwalker

    noob trying to grasp all this!

    Please do!  We've decided, especially since my wife bought a frozen turkey (we didn't realize they're already injected) that we'll definitely tone it down.  We'll create a wet brine with brown sugar, a little kosher salt, and some other things (still TBD).  I think it's going to be good - at...
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