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  1. cekkk

    New Mav not transmitting

    I hit reset different ways, meaning toggling between C & F, and depressing it for several seconds.  Tomorrow I'll go out to the shop and get the small phillips head and pull the batteries.
  2. cekkk

    New Owner Needing Help

    Thanks Geerock.  
  3. cekkk

    MES 30 Chip Tray - Tight Fit

    It seems that each time I withdraw and insert the wood chip tray the fit gets tighter.  I've only used the smoker three times.  First was to season it, then to make meatloaf and brats and Sunday with the butt.  I hate to force anything, as it usually means there is a problem.  But everything...
  4. cekkk

    New Mav not transmitting

    Fired up the MES 30 Sunday and smoked my first butt.  Learned a lot.  One thing I learned is that the 732 receiver wasn't receiving.  The transmitter blinked as though it was working, but the receiver just had those vertical bars on the screen.  I had it set for both the meat and the internal...
  5. cekkk

    New Owner Needing Help

    Not trying to HJ, but my MES 30 has a max setting of 275.  Does the 40 go to 350 or higher?
  6. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    Thanks Turnandburn, that'll go in my bible. Sodak, You aren't much newer than me, but you've discovered the beauty of smoking IMHO.  Foil.  Don't foil.  Water. No water.  Sand, etc.  The fun of this is going to be doing whatever you want to try, because there don't seem to be any absolute...
  7. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    I'm going to do another when this one is eaten.  There's only two of us, and Herself doesn't eat seppin on tues. and Sats!  Sprits with beer or apple juice, etc., or just water?
  8. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    The meat pulled off very easily and I was pleased with that.  Is that an indication it was not dry?  Maybe I expected juiciness than I should have.  I've never done it before so it may be just right.  The replies have me thinking things went better than I thought, the vent mistake...
  9. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    CHEF JIMMY, that reply took some time, thank you.  That info and recipes are going into my growing Beginner's Bible and I'll use it next smoke!  I will search or post on the amnps to find out which is right for my 30" mes. Closing was my bright idea.  The temp on the deck was high 50s all day...
  10. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    Dave, I didn't leave the vent open very long, then closed it between half way and 90%, so, charcoal. I'm learnin', just keep up the advice.  Thanks.
  11. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    Thanks for the quick response.  I can go with those suggestions completely.  I was going with the Maverick temps because I was able to test its accuracy.  It was good to have you say to use dry wood.  When I did the meatloaf I forgot to soak them and I got plenty of smoke.  Should have gone with...
  12. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    Everything went fine until I turned on the MES 30" this morning.  Preheated the smoker and it showed 275, which turned out to be about 250 per the Maverick.  I had a 4 pound butt rubbed over olive oil and some mustard and injected with apple juice in a disposable aluminum pan that had sat on the...
  13. cekkk

    Retail Names of Meat are changing! Bye Bye Pork "Butt"

    Totally agree with your closing conclusions, but the above sentence reminds me of a conversation I had with a butcher at a Grand Union grocery in Maryland back in 1972.  We had just moved there from cow and corn country and had always had freezer beef.  The guy in the meat department was putting...
  14. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    Oh.  I ordered the 732.  Version X!
  15. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    The Maverick. BTW, it, the Maverick, showed the temperature of boiling water to be 198, just 2 degrees off.  Pretty good.  Calculated BP of water at our elevation, 8878, is 195.735
  16. cekkk

    MES Digital Smokers

    Bear said:  LOL----I used to have a "Skeeter" Bass Boat, and I learned a Boat is a Hole in the water that you throw Money into!!! OMG!  I always tell the story about the bean bag ashtrays.  Thirty years ago you could get them for a buck, but at the retail Boats U.S. store up on Hwy 2 I found...
  17. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    Thanks, Bear.  I'll order one pretty soon.  The Maverick arrived about an hour before the timer was to go off on my meatloaf.  Great timing, and great service!  I got it powered up and stuck the food probe in the meatloaf and brats that were on top.  Both came in at 177, so it was time to take...
  18. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    Thanks, all.  The smoker is an MES30.  The chunks make a lot of sense & after  I make sure one of these products will fit in my 30" I'll get one.  In the meantime, the meatloaf is going to take 3 - 4 hours.  Do I want it smoking all the time, 75%, or is it just up to me?  And thanks again for...
  19. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    My smoker's warming up for its first job.  In breaking it in yesterday I noticed the wood chips didn't last long.  I've read somewhere you're supposed to add every 20 minutes or so.  That's a PITA, might as well have gone charcoal if I've got to babysit it all day.  Is there another plan out...
  20. cekkk

    First meatloaf smoke

    I see by the dates that I'm a bit late to this party, but I'm about to put together my meatloaf.  It should be in the smoker in a little while.  It's my first venture into smoking! BTW, I'm going to copy your hi tech pan.  You don't have a patent on it, do you? 
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