Hi all. I've been spending a lot of time reading here so i thought I'd better introduce myself. I picked up an MES 40 with the glass door a month and a half ago. So far I've done a couple rounds of ribs, a pork butt, a chicken, and today a pork loin. Everything has turned out great. I also bought an amnps and I love using it. It truly makes it so much easier and pellets are great.
I do have a question. I've been using traeger apple pellets. I've gotten perfect tbs every time. Yesterday and today I mixed apple and hickory. My smoke goes from tbs to a medium brown over and over. I'm concerned there's something wrong with the hickory pellets because they are the only new addition. My air flow thru the chip feeder is good, I have it barely pulled out like the last couple times. The whole chicken i did yesterday had a little bit of a creosote taste where the skin was gone and the meat was showing, and I had that same brown smoke yesterday. Anyone ever run into something like this? Only thing i can think of is the hickory pellets. it's a new bag too. Oh, and the amnps isn't getting dripped on. I've had aluminum pans under the meat.
Thanks! And i look forward to being more active here. so much good info.
I do have a question. I've been using traeger apple pellets. I've gotten perfect tbs every time. Yesterday and today I mixed apple and hickory. My smoke goes from tbs to a medium brown over and over. I'm concerned there's something wrong with the hickory pellets because they are the only new addition. My air flow thru the chip feeder is good, I have it barely pulled out like the last couple times. The whole chicken i did yesterday had a little bit of a creosote taste where the skin was gone and the meat was showing, and I had that same brown smoke yesterday. Anyone ever run into something like this? Only thing i can think of is the hickory pellets. it's a new bag too. Oh, and the amnps isn't getting dripped on. I've had aluminum pans under the meat.
Thanks! And i look forward to being more active here. so much good info.
