Got my first two ribs in the 40" MES, Gen 2.5. I spent a few hours yesterday breaking the thing in and understanding how it manages temperature / smoke. This is an attempt to use wood chips rather than a tube smoker, but I have an idea to at some point rig a tube smoker into the wood chip loader. I have a 6" tube that fits perfectly..
In either case, I read a lot of complaints about the window & chip loader being useless. I don't find that to be the case. If you use too much smoke, sure- useless. But if it's just the right amount of blue smoke that window is clear as day.
Also following Bears advice on the warm up procedure, it's only a few degrees off from my own reading. Very happy so far. See video:
Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wo6MxaYHZbPusaFt5
In either case, I read a lot of complaints about the window & chip loader being useless. I don't find that to be the case. If you use too much smoke, sure- useless. But if it's just the right amount of blue smoke that window is clear as day.
Also following Bears advice on the warm up procedure, it's only a few degrees off from my own reading. Very happy so far. See video:
Video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wo6MxaYHZbPusaFt5