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  1. vernski

    New MES, anything I should know?

    Well it was a few days past the 90 day return policy at Cabela's and I'm not blaming them for the factory malfuction. Masterbuilt should stand behind their product and issue a fix for it. The MES worked flawlessly till it got below freezing and the things I could have done are a mute point at...
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    MES and cold weather

    Dhregge your not the only one with this problem, is yours the 30"MES I have the same problem, I noticed at 30* or less it will show and error message on the control display. I called Masterbuilt and thier fix was to use a hair-dryer to warm the box up, I guess whatever the reason was a sensor or...
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    New MES, anything I should know?

    Well Bear it is obvious it is defective but I'm not the only one in the forest with the same malady when I called Masterbuilt about it. And their fix was the hair dryer.Cabela's passed the buck to Masterbuilt witch should offer to replace the defective part. but of course won't until enough...
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    30" MES smoker is not smoking, 20070910.

    Ok I don't mean to sound helpless, but how do you pm the masterbuilt tech at smoking meat forums. I will not ever go near facebook as they supply your personal info to the Government....Vernski
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    New MES, anything I should know?

    Here's what you should know, they are made in China and will not heat below 32* unless you use a hair-dryer to heat the unit up. This is the 30" black ones i don't know about the other sizes good luck....Vernski
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    MES control panel problems

    The model # is 20070910 the manual says ; This product is for outdoor use only ha-ha not Idaho winters. Yeah Jake I'm not sure what thing is witch cause I just put in the hair-dryer and aimed it at the dime sized thing they said to heat up and closed the door for five and the box was over 60*...
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    MES control panel problems

    Texascajun witch MES do you have I have the 30" black one. When I called Masterbuilt the lady there said that they have been having trouble with them the 30" one's so there are others having the same problem with there's. So anyway I am sure having problems getting mine to heat when it's cold...
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    mes controller removal

    The problem is not the unit on top, I tried the take the unit off routine and didn't work for me. Inside of the smoker top left at the back of the smoker is a little dime size sensor just warm it up with a hair dryer and it will cure the problem. I believe it's a fluke and it got past them in...
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    MES control panel problems

    I called Masterbuilt today this time the tell me that I need to heat a little dime size round thing inside on the left near the top I did and now it will heat. But it just seems to me they need to fix this malady in future units.  I can live with grabbing the hair dryer to heat it up it's just...
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    MES control panel problems

    I bought  MES 30" and it worked flawlessly I smoked two sides of salmon it was great set it and forget it. Well next I thought I would try a small turkey. went to set the temp and then the time and all I got was a EAAF message and it don't heat. I called Masterbuilt's 800# had to wait an...
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    Salmon Recipe

    Hi Jeff thanx for the heads up, and I am humbled in the presence of your BBQ sauce recipe!  Bearcarver I've read your final recipe and will give it a try after the holidays. I had one question,did you notice much difference in the length time to smoke with the skin on versus the skin off ? Thanx...
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    Salmon Recipe

    Sorry Bearcarver no camera and I should have said that this is a dry brine with no water as it will turn to liquid as it pulls the water out of the fish. The temp I stated is a typo, it is 225 my fingers are old and I was in a hurry and didn't catch it sorry again. The MES is model # 20070910  I...
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    Salmon Recipe

    4 cups dark brown sugar 1 cup pickling salt 16-18 cloves fresh garlic minced Mix well, the original recipe called for 2 cups salt and marinade for 6hrs, I left mine overnight. Rinse in cold water pat dry with paper towels season with coarse black pepper and put in the smoker I left the skin...
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    What Wood type for Cheese Smoking?

    Hi all I have been using a Smokepistol with good results, these have the catridge you can get with most flavors of wood. For cheese I like apple or pecan as these are not as strong of smoke flavor as some others.I smoke the 2lb blocks as long as 4hrs with the pecan and 3hrs with apple depends on...
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    Smoked eggs

    I have tried different ways to smoke eggs but ended up boiling the eggs peeling them then smoking them, and here everybody seems to like a different level of smoke flavor. Some like it light, some want it to jump at you and say "SMOKE" If you like it light use pecan and keep the time short, if...
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    Smoked Steelhead Salmon

    Well Trout & Salmon are related but they are a separate specie's, Trout don't migrate while Salmon do go down-river to the ocean. There are many different types of Trout as there are Salmon. Just google for both and you will see the variety of them. Hope that helps you some....Vernski
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