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  1. tjwheels

    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    Lights - I purchased mine at Bass Pro and there was no cover and no sausage holder, I've read that Cabala's overs a cover and sausage holder. Also, there is a coupon code for A-MAZE-N-SMOKER that saved me 20%. It expired on the 28th but I see it's still showing up on this site.  
  2. tjwheels

    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    My only negatives (after three smokes) are; 1. adding chips during a long smoke. However, I read where this one can be over come with an AMNPS (which I ordered the day after my pork butt smoke) and 2. I would not buy this model simply for the Bluetooth, the range is terrible. I would say 20-25...
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    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    Bearcarver - your comment got me to thinking about the chamber temperature and how much it could vary, so today I decided to put it to the test. I used an iGrill2 with the ambient temperature probe. I did the ice water, boiling water test and hit 32 degrees and 209/210 degrees (210.532 is...
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    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    I was thinking the same thing, I had lurked around the site for a few months and finally joined when I decided to replace my current smoker. There is a lot of helpful people with plenty of great advice. Good luck with your choice!   
  7. tjwheels

    TIME TO SEASON

    I just seasoned my new one last Friday, followed the directions that came with it which are very close to what jaeliman is telling you. Three hours at 275 adding wood chips the last 45 minutes. The next day I was doing some temperature checks with my probes to compare them to the built in probes...
  8. tjwheels

    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    This is the picture I wanted to post in the above post. Still learning.
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    New MES Bluetooth Digital smoker

    I hope this doesn't constitute hijacking this thread. I picked mine (40" Bluetooth) up at Bass Pro this past Friday and today I was finally able to give it its maiden voyage. Coming from a propane unit to electric these are my observations. The weather was 22 degrees and no wind, one of my major...
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  15. tjwheels

    My MES 40 just died

    Sorry to hear that, how old was your smoker? Have you experienced any problems in previous smokes prior to its failure?
  16. tjwheels

    New Smoker

    Yes, the chamber stayed within a degree or two of 275 while the meat probe was off by around 8 degrees (267). I have an additional cheap meat probe thermometer that I have used on my old smoker and a very good instant read therm pen. I think I will follow the advice of many of you and move to a...
  17. tjwheels

    New Smoker

    You have done some serious testing, good info. It's somewhat disappointing to read that so many smokers have such poor temperature controls. Looking at the equipment you used and your reference to the internal probe I'm assuming your testing was done on the internal readings of your food...
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    New Smoker

    I'm curious as to what you use as your control temperature to determine that the smoker is 20+ degrees off.
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    New Smoker

    Once the smoker reached 275 degrees the meat probe varied slightly but never more than 8 degrees different. I have the Maverick ET-733 in my Amazon Shopping Cart but have not pulled the trigger. It gets some bad reviews on that site but an awful lot of good ones here.
  20. tjwheels

    Helping picking a new smoker

    Outside temperature was 27 degrees during my 3 hour and 45 minute smoke-in period. Smoker held steady at 275 degrees throughout. 
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