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  1. elpaton

    first smoke not so good.

    i used the water pan this time to see how it works. never used one befor. i have never checked to see what the real temp is inside and i really need to. in the morning i am going to by 20bs of meat to make some jerky. lets see what tomorrow brings me. Also Les how is it at smoking at a low temp?
  2. elpaton

    first smoke not so good.

    Well i had the chance to use my new MES 30" that came in after i did the quick mod for more smoke. I smoked Salmon and some home made chicken strips. Well i set the temp at 240 cause i was not sure if the temp would be off aliite. Well from what i leaned the heat was to high the food came out on...
  3. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    Well i took a good long look at the inside and it will be very easy to mod. I just need to order some extra racks first. I was going to Smoke today but it started to rain out side again. Just bad luck i tell you. I went and bout some Salmon last night. This will be my first time smoking Salmon...
  4. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    Well i got my new MES 30" and it looks nice from the out side but i was sad when i opened it. I racks are alot smaller than my Big Chief. and i am went from 5 racks to 4. I am thinking of a way to add racks. i wonder has anyone tried to weld on this unit?  cause i am thinking about doing some...
  5. elpaton

    First rib run on the Master Forge w/Qview

    Those look very good from the pic's.
  6. elpaton

    Well, can't believe I did it, but I bought...

    You can never go wrong with a Chevy. One of the best trucks out there. We run a farm and we have almost all chevy trucks. We have 1 ford and it's a 2010 but the damn thing keep on going in to the deal cause of problems. 
  7. elpaton

    MES 30 - OR - MES 30 Stainless with Window ... ???

    Give or take at what temp can the 30" produce smoke? Mine comes in today and the first thing i want to do is some jerky so i can't wait. just want to make sure it smokes at a low temp.
  8. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    I was looking at the 40" MES at Sam's online cause we dont have a Sam's anywhere close by. Also i dont have a membership and didnt want to pay $50.00 for one year if all i was going to do was buy 1 thing. the 40" MES looks very nice and i bet i could of did alot of jerky with it. Would it be...
  9. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    Well for now i bought the Master built 30" on e-bay for $150.00 with shipping. That's to get me started. I have been looking at building a UDS and i guess i do have 4 or 5 55gal barrels laying around at work i can use. Most the time we just use them for burn barrels. I need to lookat some more...
  10. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    The smoker i have now is electric.i have been looking at the Masterbuilt 40"  one for the last 2 weeks. but i have read some review that it has problems producing smoke at a low temp.
  11. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

     I used to buy about 50lbs of meat and i could turn it all to jerky in about 24hrs on a 60deg day. But in the 20 to 30deg weather it takes alomst 24hrs to do just one batch. I did think about Building a UDS But was not sure about it. Thats why i was looking at buying a smoker. but not sure.
  12. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    Well my old smoker is very reliable except in the cold. In the cold it's hard to do jerky. I need some thing that will allow me to make lots of jerky all year round.I need some thing that has alot of racks.I was thinking about building one but not really sure where to start.
  13. elpaton

    searching for a new Smoker

    Well my name is Robert and have been Smoking for about a 1year. I started off easy with the big chief smoker and it has worked almost great but now i need a new one. I make alot of jerky almost every other day and do ribs almost every weekend. I need some thing that can with stand the cold and...
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