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I "volunteered" to make pulled pork for a friends daughters graduation party. They bought the meat and I smoke it. Pretty simple. I picked the meat up from them and am now in the process of smoking 70 lbs of pork butt. I have 45 lbs in my GMG DB and 25 lbs in my MES 40. The AMNPS and AMNTS...

I have a GMG Daniel Boone w/remote.  I know it's made in China as are other pellet grills. I realize the they aren't made with the same quality that the US made grills are.  That's just the nature of the beast.  What I don't understand is the vitriol that some folks have for overseas grills.  My...

I am trying to find out where my replacement controller and remote are.  It was ordered about three weeks ago and I was told it would be there within two weeks.  It's not here so I made a call.  What I found out was that MB has put a hold on shipping any controllers out until they can be...

I am the happy new owner of a GMG Daniel Boone grill.  It was delivered this afternoon along with a thermal blanket and frog mats.  I'm really looking forward to cooking this weekend.  This is going to be fun. 

I just put in a batch of St Louis ribs for dinner and am not having fun with my MES 40 new model. I had to get a new controller because the original liked to overshoot my temps by 50+ gegrees. However the new controller wouldn't work with my original remote so to get these ribs going I had to...

I've seen pictures of skewered pork strips about an inch square and four inches long wrapped in bacon and then smoked and grilled. I believe it used a thick chop cut into strips and wrapped. Does someone have a recipe for them or know what they're called so I can get the details. Thanks in...

My loving bride gave me the go ahead to pick up a new pellet grill at the end of the month. I've looked at a bunch of brands online and it looks as though the GMG Daniel Boone will be the one I'll be getting. It fits my budget and appears to have a good feature set. Any one else here use...

I finally received my replacement MES 40 controller today. It's been on order for a month but the order ended up in purgatory and didn't ship until Monday. Anyway, I installed it and ran a test using my Maverick ET-732 to compare the smoker temp to the thermometer. The probe was set in the...

There will be a whole bunch of people at my place for the Super Bowl and I need to smoke a whole bunch of food in my MES 40.  The new hated model.  That being said my question is what would you think of six racks of ribs and two pork butts at the same time?  I could get them all in there but do...

I have to bring some pulled pork to my relatives tomorrow for our contribution to the annual Christmas meal. It's currently 7 above with the temp to drop to -3 tonight. I put it in a 10lb pork butt at 9:00pm and according to my ET-732 the smoker is holding between 221 and 234. It's set for...

I got home from work early today and decided to throw three racks of BB ribs into the smoker. I'm running the AMNPS with some Pitmaster pellets. It's had it's moments staying lit but I think it's running good now. The temp is about 29 and the MES 40 is keeping up just fine. The warmup time...

Hi Everyone, The question I have is that when I was adjusting the vent on my MES 40 this weekend I found the thing was stuck solid.  Wouldn't budge.  Is there a way to loosen it so it moves?  I loosened the screw/nut that holds the parts together but to no avail.  I then cleaned out the area...

My new AMNPS arrived today from Todd and I can't wait to try it out. I picked up 2lbs of Pitmaster pellets with it to use with my first brisket next weekend. I do have a question though. I have the new MES 40 which doesn't have the rails. Where is the best place to set the AMNPS? On the...

As some of you may know I purchased my MES 40 a couple of weeks ago and have used it twice so far. Some how the trim around the door on top has cracked in half. I don't know how this happened since its been stored inside and not been abused in any way. I realize this is cosmetic but I don't...

On Thanksgiving Day I loaded up two 13 lb turkeys into my MES 40 and started the temp at 230 degrees. The turkeys were brined supermarket types the were preinjected at the factory. I fully expected to begin a seven to nine hour smoke so I went inside to prepare the other parts of the meal. As...

Hi there. This is a great resource for smoking food and equipment information but I have a question concerning the E-Course. I registered for the e-course last week and got the impression it was to be delivered over the following days.  So far I haven't received anything in my e-mail.  Am I...

I am going to smoke a 13lb turkey for Thanksgiving and have seen that it needs to be brined before smoking.  My question is if the turkey is already flavor injected at the processing plant do I still need to brine?  My GUESS is that it would not be absolutely necessary but since this is the...

I had a sucessfull first smoking adventure of pork ribs Friday in my MES 40.  They turned out pretty well for my first try - a bit too fall off the bone but well spiced and tasty.  I'm on to my next smoke, a thanksgiving turkey.  I've got the recipe I'm going to use so thats set but the question...

This sucks... I was seasoning my MES 40 as it says in the book. At the end I put in my half cup of wood chips and made sure the vent was fully opened. Wouldn't you know that about five minutes after the chips are loaded I hear a little pop. I look inside and see flames coming from my chip...

I'm new to smoking and just purchased my first smoker, a MES 40. I seasoned it last night and am going to start my smoking career with a couple of racks of ribs next weekend. I do have a couple of questions: 1. How do I determine the right vent setting to use? Should it be wide open or...