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Haven't heard of the first one at all..and Brinkmann's are "beginner" setups really..and you'll soon want something big and/or better....maybe take both back and get yourself a WSM, or maybe a MES or something similiar. Just a thought.
Dan
I am with you Big...I don't know why guys are even complaining about trying to get their MES up to 275F. or beyond..it IS a smoker afterall..and that's what it was designed to do..NOT to cook or bbq.....the smoking range on all thermometers is 225-250..above that you are barbecueing.
So it it...
I don't know about the newer models with larger heating elements, BUT, my old 30" mess has the 650watt heater in it still and I LOVE IT! I live in Wisconsin as welll, and have NO PROBLEMS smoking with it in the dead of winter. The 650 watt element does just fine for everything that I cook in...
Here's some photos of my pork butt smoke. This was a 3.2lb pork butt. ENJOY!!
Sorry I don't have final shots of the finished product..as it was 4am, and the last thing on my mind was taking photos at that point, when I expected a 3lb butt to be done by about 11pm!!
Dan
Al..well it sat in aluminum foil from 4am - noon, as we were busy doing list minute christmas shopping, etc..and I finally took it out and it pulled apart with no problem. It did not just "fall off the bone" like most of mine do, but it still came off pretty easy. The outside bark was a bit...
I have both as well, and use them both. Just depends on what kind of mood I am in, and what I am smoking. I love to do snack sticks and game day buffalo wings on my MES, and the big smokes, like brisket, pork butt, or turkey on my stick burner.
Dan
Al
yeah...of all the butt and briskets I've done now, they have ALL been different..but never had one stall out at 196F..and sit there for 4 hours at the end of a smoke. Just weird
Course this is the FIRST time I've never foiled either. I did this smoke on a recomendation of another BGE...
If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last
time that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and a kiss
and call you back one more
time...
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