Hi All, Grumpydaddy from just outside Philadelphia, PA Just bought a MES 30 GEN II

[grumpydaddy]

Should be here in a week so I'll have more to report then.  Funny that Lowes and Home Depot no longer have too much in the way of smokers at their store...plenty of grills, though.

I've haven't smoked for a while, but when I did, I used my grill.  I did a few turkeys for thanksgiving, a boston butt, and a few racks of ribs.  The results weren't too bad, but it was a bit of a pain.  I'm hoping the MES lets me be lazy AND enjoy a good BBQ.  

I was fortunate to have been working near a great BBQ joint named Baby Blues BBQ in university city (where Penn and Drexel have their campus').  Great food but the job's going to end soon so I figured I'd better get a smoker so I can start making BBQ myself.

I'm already a homebrewer, so this new hobby will give the wife another reason to pull her hair out on the weekends!

Hello to you all, I'll probably go into lurk mode for a bit till I get up to speed so don't be suprised if you don't here from me for a awhile.

Mike

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Mike! :welcome1: to SMF!!! We're happy you found us! You've come to the right place, we have over 45,000 members who just love to share their experience and over 900,000 posts describing it!

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[geerock]

Welcome to the forum, grumpy. Great place to pick up tips, tricks, and recipes. Good luck with the mes. Give it a good run in when you get it to check out correct temp reading and other things. When they are working right it will allow you to get good bbq without having to babysit the cooker. Just what you're looking for. All the best to you.

 

[seenred]

Welcome aboard, Mike!  Glad you joined us.  You've found a great place to learn and share ideas.  Lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here who really enjoy helping one another.  Good luck with that new MES, and just ask when you need help and you'll get plenty.

 

[disturbed1]

to the forum Mike.Congrats and good luck with the new MES

Happy Smoking

 

[kathrynn]

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