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  1. cekkk

    MES30 Thermostat Problem

    I'm smoking some ribs today and have run into a problem keeping the temperature up.  Actually, the termostat seems to work properly but the temperature reading is showing temp in the 270s, although the Maverick shows 219 right now.  So I have to set the temp to 275 to get the element to go on...
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    MES 30 Smoke Problem

    So far I'm doing a lot of slow cooking and very little smoking!  I consistently have difficulty getting my chips to keep producing smoke and at the end of a smoke I never have just ash in the pan but mostly half charred chips.  It does not matter whether I'm using store bought or twigs.  I was...
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    Using "Real" Mesquite Question

    I brought a few branches back from AZ and wonder if there's anything I should know before cutting off some chips to use tomorrow.  This is from the desert, nothing that's ever been subjected to city pollution or bug spray, etc.  Still pretty new at this.  Up to now I've just used apple, cherry...
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    Internal Temp Stagnates?

    I've got my 2 3/4# corned beef brisket in the smoker.  The temp rose fairly steadily from the 50s to 153 where it held so long I took out the Mav 732 meat probe for a while.  It dropped.  I put it back in and now it's hanging up at 151  It's been in the low 150s for about an hour now.  It went...
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    • Forum: Beef
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    Bear's Lil potatos

    I've got some CSRs in the smoker and was looking at an old post by Bear and saw those taters.  I've got a bag in the pantry and wonder how to cook them up.  Any way to put them in the smoker?  Or oven or what?
  6. cekkk

    Ribs with Jeff's Coffee Brine

    I archived Jeff's very explicit directions for smoking baby back ribs using his coffee brine recently and am applying them with a couple variations this morning.  Since I only have spareribs I bought yesterday I'll be going with 3-2-1 instead of 2-2-1.  And I'm using a rub I mixed up for my...
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    • Forum: Pork
  7. cekkk

    Tried a Boneless Pork Loin

    Ran across a bargain price and thought I'd give it a try.  Still new enough at this smoking business that nearly everything is a first for me.  Well, this worked out really well.  In fact, using my past notes prevented repeating mistakes.  I injected with juice/vinegar mix, used olive oil on...
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  8. cekkk

    Bad Taste Buds

    A few weeks ago while we were in Eagar, AZ, I got to attend a contest for the first time.  There was an opportunity to sample, and I tried five contestants' ribs.  One was the best I've ever tasted anywhere and by far the best at that event as far as I was concerned.   They had a crunchy...
  9. cekkk

    Water, When to Use, When to Soak

    The few "how-tos" I've read in my short time smoking said not to use water in the smoker.  When is it proper to use it, if ever? And how about soaking chips.  I got good smoke for three plus hours and was surprised to see how many of the chips looked reusable.  I would have expected ash.  And...
  10. cekkk

    MES 30 Controls - A Moving Target

    Here is how things went today. Prepped 4.5 lbs. of spare ribs yesterday, fired up the smoker and all was going fine until I pulled the ribs to wrap them in foil.  The temp dropped to about 205 as it had before when I spritzered it earlier. But this time the temp in the smoker, which had...
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    Newbie with 2# of Country Style Pork Ribs

    On a camping trip this weekend I stopped in at the local mom and pop grocery store for a couple items.  I couldn't resist picking up this package of already divided ribs, four I believe, as they were nearing their stale date and were cheap. I'd like to smoke them in my MES 30.  If it's a bad...
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    MES 30 Chip Tray - Tight Fit

    It seems that each time I withdraw and insert the wood chip tray the fit gets tighter.  I've only used the smoker three times.  First was to season it, then to make meatloaf and brats and Sunday with the butt.  I hate to force anything, as it usually means there is a problem.  But everything...
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    New Mav not transmitting

    Fired up the MES 30 Sunday and smoked my first butt.  Learned a lot.  One thing I learned is that the 732 receiver wasn't receiving.  The transmitter blinked as though it was working, but the receiver just had those vertical bars on the screen.  I had it set for both the meat and the internal...
  14. cekkk

    1st Butt - What Did I Do Wrong?

    Everything went fine until I turned on the MES 30" this morning.  Preheated the smoker and it showed 275, which turned out to be about 250 per the Maverick.  I had a 4 pound butt rubbed over olive oil and some mustard and injected with apple juice in a disposable aluminum pan that had sat on the...
  15. cekkk

    Wood Chips Advice Please

    My smoker's warming up for its first job.  In breaking it in yesterday I noticed the wood chips didn't last long.  I've read somewhere you're supposed to add every 20 minutes or so.  That's a PITA, might as well have gone charcoal if I've got to babysit it all day.  Is there another plan out...
  16. cekkk

    My Plan 4 First Smoke!

    Got an email that my smoker is in.  I'll pick it up today and put it together, break it in and give smoking a shot.  I make a pretty good meatloaf and can't think of a better choice for my first effort.  First of all, I'm familiar with oven making it and know how it should taste when done, so I...
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    Maverick or Thermapen?

    My smoker will arrive 8/5 and I don't have a thermometer.  Or time to search this forum, so I apologize if this question has been asked a lot.  Why is the Thermapen so highly thought of if it requires opening the smoker so heat is lost?  It seems the Maverick with two probes and a sending unit...
  18. cekkk

    Masterbuilt 20070910 Heating Element Q.

    I just ordered this particular model because I read it was designed so the element could be replaced without having to purchase more than the element.  I assume that is true because I read it on the Internet!  Question is, is that true?  And how frequently am I likely to need to replace it? ...
  19. cekkk

    No Bad Habits Newbie

    Hello.  I recently got the urge to give smoking a try.  Bought some pork tips for my first experiment last week and added a whole chicken on the top grill halfway through the process.  It came out pretty good.  We use chicken to make dog food, but it was done right and not too dry when I tasted...
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