Disappointed with amount of smoke; bought a master built electric 40" added updated part sent by mas

[cflbob]

 
What I tried was to load it by taking it out, turning it upside down holding the cap on, and filling it. Then put the screen on, and gently turn it over and place it in, so the chips are now very loosely piled. Seemed to mostly work, more data needed. But TONS better than that little damn tray!!

Been on vacation in South Dakota since June 2, so I missed this. 

I like your idea, but what about refilling it once the chips burn down?  They seem to last for no more than 6 hours, so do you stop generating smoke then, or pull the chute (chimney?) out while it's hot and re-do that?

About opening a shop that sells only fried and smoked turkey necks and butts, my wife says we should open a shop selling fatties.  No barbecue place we've ever been to anywhere in the country sells fatties. 

Bob

 

[gellfex]

Smoked a bunch of chicken legs and thighs with 4 turkey necks. 4 hrs and the MES cold smoke generator was perfect with no intervention needed. At first it's very smoky then settles down to a steady low burn.

The necks were awesome. I want to open a shop that sells nothing but fried and smoked turkey necks and butts. 

 
Been on vacation in South Dakota since June 2, so I missed this. 

I like your idea, but what about refilling it once the chips burn down?  They seem to last for no more than 6 hours, so do you stop generating smoke then, or pull the chute (chimney?) out while it's hot and re-do that?

About opening a shop that sells only fried and smoked turkey necks and butts, my wife says we should open a shop selling fatties.  No barbecue place we've ever been to anywhere in the country sells fatties. 

Bob

I haven't gone longer than 5 hrs, doing only chicken so far. But I would simply pull it out with a rag, slide off the screen and refill from the bottom. Helluva lot easier to load that way anyhow.

I think my next smoke I'm going to try grape, I have a bunch of prunings in a pile.

 

[downeast smoker]

I am new to this also with a MES30 that I will be using for the first time tomorrow (Boston Butt pulled pork).  What does TBS mean?

 

[Bearcarver]

 
I am new to this also with a MES30 that I will be using for the first time tomorrow (Boston Butt pulled pork).  What does TBS mean?

TBS = "Thin Blue Smoke"

Bear

 

[603smoker]

Yes, an AMNPS works well in the MES. I am not one that wants to fill the smoker with chips every 30-40 minutes. The AMNPS worked well on briskets and a Boston butt I smoked a couple of weekends ago.

 

[gunnys smoke]

I am a little late to the party but I thought I would throw my 2 cents in. I have a MES 40 and beside the heating element wiring being crap and having to replace it, I love it. Oh also, it doesn't smoke worth a crap by itself too. I fixed my smoke issue by buying the cold smoke unit that is made for the MES 40. I don't remember exactly what I paid but it wasn't much. I have smoked briskets and pork buts without having to reload chips in my unit and it does burn chips (a 2.93 liter bag costs under $2). Good luck with your unit, I hope you have many successful smokes with it. 

 

[rolling842000]

​I currently have a Bradley Original Smoker if you are using a masterbuilt and its not producing enough smoke I would add a MES to it, I myself plan on upgrading to a Lang smoker but the Bradley is a really good all around smoker.

 

[gunnys smoke]

I had the same problem with the MES 40. I bought the Masterbuilt cold smoke generator for it off of Amazon and it works like a champ. You can use chips and I have gotten smoke after 8 hours with it (don't really need any smoke after that long) with only one load.