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[rickshaw]

Hey ya'll first timer here my honey just bought me a mes40 for Valentine's Day and I'm chompin at the bit to get smokin'. Seeing how I live in Chicago and it is currently -11 with the wind chill I'm going to have to wait a little while[emoji]128542[/emoji] Any and all advice would be much appreciated as we love camping and are usually at the camper every weekend entertaining friends and family and of course grilling and chilling. Would love some can't miss recipes that my guests would love, thanks and God Bless

 

[gary s]

  Good morning and welcome to the forum, from a beautiful chilly day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary

 

[timberjet]

Welcome from sunny southeastern washington. It will warm up soon for you I hope.

 

[west tex smoker]

Welcome. Best advice I can give is a no brainer. Try to stay warm.

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions
Post it and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is
because their are so many different ways to make great Q...
Happy smoken.
David

 

[tropics]

Hey ya'll first timer here my honey just bought me a mes40 for Valentine's Day and I'm chompin at the bit to get smokin'. Seeing how I live in Chicago and it is currently -11 with the wind chill I'm going to have to wait a little while[emoji]128542[/emoji] Any and all advice would be much appreciated as we love camping and are usually at the camper every weekend entertaining friends and family and of course grilling and chilling. Would love some can't miss recipes that my guests would love, thanks and God Bless

Rickshaw Welcome to SMF I have an MES 40 they can produce some really great food, they do have problems. First thing I would recommend is get yourself a good external thermo probe, Maverick,Polder, I-grill. Also check out the MES users group, and look at getting an AMNPS. links below.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/groups/show/8/masterbuilt-electric-smoker-mes-owners

http://www.amazenproducts.com/

 

[gary s]

Hey Congrats on the smoker, Bummer on the Weather, There are lots of MES smokers on here

Gary

 

[rickshaw]

Rickshaw Welcome to SMF I have an MES 40 they can produce some really great food, they do have problems. First thing I would recommend is get yourself a good external thermo probe, Maverick,Polder, I-grill. Also check out the MES users group, and look at getting an AMNPS. links below.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/groups/show/8/masterbuilt-electric-smoker-mes-owners
http://www.amazenproducts.com/

 

[rickshaw]

Thanks everyone. Tropics any particular models of these brands that you would recommend?

 

[tropics]

Thanks everyone. Tropics any particular models of these brands that you would recommend?

I have a maverick I think it is E 71 and a Polder # unknown check any of them out I don't endorse any thing

 

[rickshaw]

Thanks again

 

[timberjet]

The vast majority of us use the Maverick ones. I have the et 732, but the 733 is newer with more features and a little more money.