First Smoke with the MES

[mr7point62]

Everything went surprisingly well! I decided to break it in with some ribs for my first time. I used a simple rub with yellow mustard and let them sit in the fridge overnight. I smoked two racks that I had to cut in half to fit properly. One rack I used the 3-2-1 method and the other was just Apple wood smoke. Both turned out great. I knew I would be posting here so of course I took pictures!

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

Three hours in.

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

Foiled with maple brown sugar simple syrup. I also applied it to the non foiled ribs.

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

Removed the foil and added some homemade sauce for the last hour.

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

Time to rest.

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

Time to eat!

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

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• mr7point62
• Sep 20, 2015

All in all, I am very happy with the result and MES. The non foiled held onto the bone, but released nicely. The foiled were not quite FOTB, but the wife was still happy. The MES held temp well, and smoked well with dry chips added about every hour. The best part? The wife asked what I was going to smoke next!

 

[chewmeister]

Those sure look good. Nice first smoke. Get yourself an AMNPS and you won't have to keep adding those chips.

 

[mr7point62]

I actually bought an AMNPS with the MES. Just thought I'd give the stock setup a try [emoji]128512[/emoji]

 

[chewmeister]

I actually bought an AMNPS with the MES. Just thought I'd give the stock setup a try [emoji]128512[/emoji]

Then you should be good to go. The AMNPS is great for long smokes.