Brisket on MES140

[Dsloms]

Hello. New to this. Was planning on doing a brisket in my mes 140. Now I know I have to keep replenishing chips for the first 3 hours to get that smoke penetration. BUT, my real question is do I have to keep replenishing them after this and after I wrap it in butcher paper until it’s done or just those first 3 hours? Just curious. Any advice is helpful.

 

[mike243]

I would run to walmart and buy a smoke tube and a bag of pellets, or keep adding for 3-4 hours then don’t refill wrap at stall if thats the way you roll and let it ride lol

 

[SmokinAl]

Just how big and what cut of brisket do you have?
Al

 

[Dsloms]

Just how big and what cut of brisket do you have?
Al

Haven’t bought one yet. Just trying to get the “basics” down first. Gonna grab one this weekend

 

[Kevin DeShazo]

The one I have done in my MES40, I let the smoke run till I wrapped it. I also did an overnite cook, so started it at 6-7p, by by bed time it was wrap time and just let it run overnite. Got up the next day, temp still holding good and was probably done by 2p. Wrapped it in some old towels and dropped it in a cooler till almost dinner time, came out pretty good. Repeating that process this weekend actually with a 14lb brisket (untrimmed weight)

 

[RichGTS]

I would run to walmart and buy a smoke tube and a bag of pellets, or keep adding for 3-4 hours then don’t refill wrap at stall if thats the way you roll and let it ride lol

in addition to this, make sure you pick up an good temp probe to monitor the heat in the box and the brisket. I bought the inkbird and was shocked to find out my MES was off by 20 degrees.

 

[dandemclean]

I bought this smoker attachment, and love it. The smoker chip tray and tube included with the 140 smokers are inadequate. (I have owned 2 of them and a 30 inch)
Masterbuilt MB20100112 Slow Smoker Accessory Attachment, Black