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  1. smokingvic

    Master Forge Smoker

    I purchased a Master Forge Charcoal Vertical Smoker from Lowes , the 15" for 69$ , this past weekend , I done Chicken on it and it came out juicy and great tasting , No Mods , Has anyone done a Turkey before on this smoker , if so would you let me know step by step  on how it was done so I can...
  2. smokingvic

    Rub Help

    Does Jeff's Rub get spicier as it is stored , I used it before as soon as I made it on ribs and chicken and it was just fine and did not store it but this last time I made some I put it in a plastic container with lid and stored it for 4 weeks and this past weekend I used it on pork chops and it...
  3. smokingvic

    Pellets

    I am going to do 4 chickens on my MES 40 Saturday with an AMNPS and mailbox mod. , I have pitmasters ,oak , apple , cherry and mesquite pellets from Todd , which one of these should I use for the chickens and Sunday I will do 4 Ribs , what choice of pellets on these ,
  4. smokingvic

    Char Griller 5050

      I have a char griller 5050 with firebox and am wanting to take the firebox out and just use the gas and charcoal unit , my question is what do I need to do about the oval tamper plate that was knocked out at Lowes because they assembled the firebox  and I do not have the plate , I tried to...
  5. smokingvic

    Charcoal Basket

     I have a Char griller trio , gas part , barb q part and a firebox , I am about to try it again since it has been months since I have used it , I have the vent extended down to about 1" from the cooking crate and I turned the pan inside the cooking chamber upside down and have it against the...
  6. smokingvic

    Temperature Difference

      I just used my Masterbuilt 40 smoker with window ( No Q View ) and used a ET 732 and noticed that before the MES recycles my MES Temp. was only 10 degrees off compared to my ET 732 but when it came back on it was as much as 25 degrees hotter compared to my ET 732 and stays hotter until before...
  7. smokingvic

    Smoke Fayitas

      Has anyone tried to do fayitas on an electric smoker and if so can i get any pointers on how about to go by doing it and at what temp. and how long ????
  8. smokingvic

    Pecan Oil

     I found some pecan oil at Buckee's , is this good to use as vegetable oil prior to adding rub or mix it with the rub first and than apply on meat and smoke with Mesquite chips on my electric smoker,and if so can this be used on any meat .
  9. smokingvic

    Got One

      Picked up a 40" MES from Sams yesterday ( Thanks to my wife ) Assembled it and pre seasoned it yesterday , ( notice everything had to be in one day , new toy !!!! ) , I done two split chickens in it this morning with Apple and Cherry mixed Wood Chips for smoke ,I used an  Accurite therm. , a...
  10. smokingvic

    MES Help

      I have read so much here about how great the MES is that I talked my better half into us getting one for Christmas  , will it be better to get one with the window  or without and what do I need to look for mainly because i have read that there is some problems with some types and what size...
  11. smokingvic

    THREADS

     Why isn't my threads in the order of dates and where and how or do I have to move the threads to another location to keep them organized .Any Info. on this would be very helpful or anything else that i need to know about threads. TRYING TO BE MORE ORGANIZED !!!!
  12. smokingvic

    Try My First Smoke Turkey

    I have a built bar b que pit and wanting to use it to smoke meats if possible ( want to smoke my first Turkey with this ) it is raining here so I did  not get to take any pictures but I had dimensions of it handy ,it is made of 24" OD pipe by 3/8" thick and is 43" high with two 3" pipe stacks on...
  13. smokingvic

    Rub

      Does anyone have a mild ( Not Spicy )rub  recipe for ribs and chicken, I have seen many links but most of them are spicy and seems like that they have a lot of sugar and pepper on it , I just want to mix up my own so not to make it hot , any info. would help.
  14. smokingvic

    Thermometer problem

      I added two temp smoker gauges to my Char griller 5050 smoker , is there a way to calibrate them , I purchased these from Home Depot , This afternoon one is showing 90 degrees and the other shows 120 degrees , is this normal for this ????
  15. smokingvic

    Char Griller 5050 Mods.

      I got a 12 X 12 X 6  Basket with holes made and a flat plate with holes also to lay on top of my SFB ash tray and the basket will sit on top of that in my firebox , than I got a 3/16" baffle plate cut that goes from top of the opening of the SFB and slopes down and out  6" and than I got 5 Pcs...
  16. smokingvic

    Smoke stack mods

      I am planning on doing the mods to my char griller 5050 with SFB , I have seen the extensions down to grates , does anyone have any calculations on if the stack diameter is right for this smoker , just wandering if it would be needed to be reduced down to keep the heat in the cooking chamber ...
  17. smokingvic

    E-Mail address change

     Where do I go to change my E-Mail on this forum so it will stay within the forum and not go directly to my home E-Mail and also where do I go to learn step by step illustrations on how to make a new thread , am new to this site so trying to learn all this.
  18. smokingvic

    A Beginner smoker

      Just want to drop a line in ,trying this out , I have a round upright bar b que  pit but a month ago I bought a Char Griller 5050 with side firebox , i am from Texas and always loved to bar b que but I seen this pit at Lowes and will hopefully learn how to use the firebox to smoke my meat , am...
  19. smokingvic

    Beginner

      About a month ago I got a Char Griller 5050 with side firebox , I tried to smoke a brisket and than I tried to smoke some stand up chicken but could not get the temp. above 200 , never used a firebox so any info. on what and how to do the fire in the firebox will be appreciated.I used Oak...
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