Sausage...acres and acres of sausage. I could live happily in there.
If you put any more than this in it your top to bottom temps are going to be way off because you are blocking the heat.
I don't find it to be a problem. I just plan on the bottom rack getting done a little faster. You can always rotate the racks
if you want them all done at the same time. I am getting to where I use my BGE less and less. Maybe that means I
Have to many smokers.
Happy smoken.
David
These are all pork bellies? What kind of rub did you put on them?
Or instead of doing the metal work at the top, you can put a simple deflector in the bottom to guide the heat from the bottom right to the middle of the smoker. (Like in the pic below)
That way the heat goes up the middle through the smoker instead of staying on the right all the way up to the vent or any kind of extension at the top.
You could also move your top vent from back right to back left, like the brand new MES smokers finally are now.
Smoker loaded, and waiting for my AMNS. Deflector in bottom right:
Bear
Glad I don't have THIS problem. Our MES is bolted to the top of the table it sits on.
Do you have a photo of your setup? My problem is that we run a home daycare and so I can't leave either my MES or my Weber One Touch Silver in the backyard. If I want to smoke during daycare hours I have to do it in the front yard where we have one of our two outside electrical outlets. I always place my MES 30 on top of an old kid's card table which serves as a perfect stand.
I will take a picture or two of it, the thing is a disaster right now lol....
This is very nice. We've got a lot of junk in our garage which someday will be removed. Until then I only have room for the MES on a hand truck like you've shown in the top photo. The table I use as a stand is higher than the cart. I need the height because it would be too hard on my lower back to bend down that low every time I needed to open the smoker door to work with the meat and/or the AMNPS.Since I keep my Mes in the basement,I do the hand truck thing too.
My friend just got his set up on a cart from Home Depot. Locking wheels and handle looks nice. I'll have one for mine.
Disaster how?
Not exactly the neatest person on the planet, has quite a bit of junk on it lol....
Yup all Pork Belly Pieces.
I don't move mine around much but I have never had a problem. I'm thinking it would be easy enough to remove the pan before you moved it.
It was me being lazy and figuring the foil would hold. I always leave the water pan in the smoker so it was me being lazy figuring the foil would hold the sand in place. It became a moot point after I confirmed that the water pan was not an effective heat sink with or without sand.
Thanks----Yup---Cracked or crushed black pepper.
Lazy is a good thing. Most of my smokers are set it and go to bed. The stick burner doesn't get used much.
Ever have one of those days? Got my repaired DigiGuru back for the BGE....claimed it was the way I had it set up....more like the wires pulled off the blower....my "stupid phone" is back to corrupting files again. went to use my Canon D40 camera to take pictures, battery was dead. No problem, swap the battery out....except now the camera loses the date when the battery is pulled. Just did replace the battery that is supposed to prevent this from happening. Dropped a chainsaw, not running, on my foot earlier. Anywho here is a few pictures. My table is not wide enough for the BGE, that is why the BGE is up on blocks. Made it 36" wide, needs to be at least 42".
I've never understood guys who stay up all night with their smokers. If I'm going to smoke something for 12-14 hours it's going to be during the long days of summer and I'm starting first thing in the morning.
LOL---My method too!!-----You can start at 6 AM and get 15 hours in by 9 PM.
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