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  1. bigorange

    Individual baby backs

    smoked some BBR from the rot pile in the ole MES 30... basic rub...3 hours smoke on 275 with apple chips, charcoal, and hickory pellets...Took them out at 4 hours...no foil...nice pull...nice chew...started with vinegar and water in pan...
  2. bigorange

    Mock Tender Steak

    Anybody smoke the mock tender steaks and not the roast??? Thinking about trying them on the ole MES 30... these steaks have so many names....
  3. bigorange

    Individual cut baby backs

    Found some individual cut baby backs in the rot pile at the store. Smoked them in the ole MES 30 with apple chips,small charcoal pieces,and hickory pellets. Put smoke on them for only 2 hours at 275. Then I didn't add anything for the next 3 hours at 225. No foil. Sprayed with vinegar first 2...
  4. bigorange

    MES 30 quit heating. Easy fix.

    My ole MES 30 20070910 finally quit heating. Took off the little square plate on back of smoker to access element. It has a gasket. One flag was toast and had burned thru gasket. Simply replaced the flag and she’s back in business. This has been a very reliable smoker. Just keep the control unit...
  5. bigorange

    Smoked junkyard chili

    I don't fire up the ole mes 30 much since I built the mini wsm. It gets mostly ribs. I decided to smoke some chili today to eat tomorrow. I'm using some maple sticks out of the yard with a little charcoal for smoke. Set on 275. :drool I just put in alot of stuff I needed to get out of the...
  6. bigorange

    Split chicken breast over green beans

    I don't fire up the ole MES 30 much anymore since I built the Mini WSM. That mini gets ribs about every week. Today I'm smoking a pot of green beans and taters with some carrots,onions,celery,garlic,and ham thrown in. I got the chicken smoking over the pot, so the drippins' can add a another...
  7. bigorange

    First baby back ribs on mini wsm

    Pulled out of fridge and threw in the bucket TBS After 2 hours and into foil
  8. bigorange

    First mini wsm smoke with whole chicken

    I figured since this was my first smoke on the mini wsm I would use a whole chicken since they can take the heat. I just rubbed the chicken with butter and used some poultry rub. I used kbb charcoal with an apple and a hickory chunk. Temps stayed around 320 and it took about and hour and...
  9. bigorange

    Finally smoked first brisket !!!

    Finally smoked my first brisket in the mes 30. I kept it simple with just salt and pepper on brisket. I used a combo of hickory chips and chunks with a little charcoal. I got a little smoke ring somehow, but on the bottom only tho?? It was 8.7 lbs and all one rack wanted. I made burnt ends out...
  10. bigorange

    Smoked sum ribs

    Smoked sum ribs and had them with collard greens and cornbread. :drool
  11. bigorange

    Smoked chicken n collard greens

    Smoked a whole chicken and used all the skin and fat for my collard greens. Gonna use the carcass to make stock tomorrow in the pressure cooker. :biggrin:
  12. bigorange

    Smoked meat balls

    We smoked sum meat balls for the first time till they hit 155. Put on sum bbq sauce and added a little hot sauce after the smoke and added a fork! Charcoal and hickory chips n chunks in my mes 30. :biggrin:
  13. bigorange

    K.I.S.S. Smokin' beef liver

    Okay I may have just got lucky, but I smoked sum liver till my smoked meat balls hit 155!! These are my first smoked beef livers and they came out melt in ur mouth!! Added a little bbq sauce and hot sauce after smoke. :drool
  14. bigorange

    Pork picnic barkin!

    Smoked a 8 lb picnic 275 for 9 hours to 203. Put it in cooler for 4 hours. :drool
  15. bigorange

    Smokin dogs

    Store had a 99 cent hot dog n bologna sale! :biggrin: put on sum rub n crisp skin on the grill after smokin. :yahoo:
  16. bigorange

    Smoked peaches n cream n potatoes

    First time peaches n cream corn n tater smoke. Put Italian dressing on corn and put sum rub n butter on taters. :grilling_smilie: pecan smoke and I :biggrin:should of done a whole bird with em tho. :biggrin: Next time.
  17. bigorange

    Got sum thighs smoked

    Smoked sum things in the mes 30. Then crisp the skin up on the ole sunbeam gasser. :yahoo:
  18. bigorange

    Spare ribs smokin

    Smoked sum spares:biggrin:
  19. bigorange

    My first atomic smoke

    Finally smoked sum abts n stuffed shrooms!!!!:yahoo:
  20. bigorange

    Barkin butt!

    Smoked my first injected butt with my mes 30. Used my amps with hickory and apple. 220 overnight and then:grilling_smilie: 270 till she hit 203. Then put mes at 100 degree for awhile. :grilling_smilie:
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