How Many Mes Owners Here?

[Bearcarver]

Why don't they send you a new chip loader as well? They give you this new tray that will hold more chips but make you still use the same little section that is no wider that the old, small chip tray to load your chips with! Has anybody removed any of the cover on the loader to allow more spread on the chips?

When I use my chip burner (which is rare), I only use a few chips at a time.

That said, many guys have taken a Dremel, and a little grind here & there and that plate blocking half of the dumper comes right off.

Bear

 

[ricciardo]

Tried to install my retro kit today.  It seems as nothing is easy.  Hopefully they sent me the wrong part.

UPDATE: Contacted the customer support center and they assured me that bending the heating element would not hurt it.  Installed the retro kit and it is seasoning now.

 

[sonnyhad]

I'm sorry, I missed something. Whats an amnps?  I'm waiting for delivery of my 30", supposed to be here on Monday!

 

[sonnyhad]

Are any of the new MES's shipping with the new wood burner box? I should have mine on Monday, and its a 30" I'm not sure if it has a replacement box or not, or is it just the 40"? 

 

[sgtgeo]

30" with window and RF remote.  A-Maze-N pellet maze device makes smokes really easy

 

[domapoi]

Tried to install my retro kit today.  It seems as nothing is easy.  Hopefully they sent me the wrong part.

I think, if you watch the video that BearCarver provided in post #258 of this thread (one page back) you will see that the new one does hang further down than the old one and in the video he actually pushed down the heating element a little when first installing it into the smoker. This also causes the chip tray to have better heat transfer from the heating element and thus better smoking with a result of white ash instead of black chip coal as a final result. It may seem like a simple video but watch it a couple of times to catch the little things like the pushing down slightly on the heating element when positioning box.

 

[domapoi]

I'm sorry, I missed something. Whats an amnps?  I'm waiting for delivery of my 30", supposed to be here on Monday!

The "amnps" stands for the A-Maze-N Pellet Smoker. It is a smoke generator that you use A-Maze-N Pellets in to give you a great, long smoking, smoke. It is a tray that has a MAZE built into it that after loading with pellets and lighting an end (or both if you want more smoke but less time) will generate smoke as it burns the pellets following the MAZE path.  You use it in WITH your smoker. They also sell the MAZE in one that uses only A-Maze-N Dust as well. I think the pellet one can use either but not sure. I ordered the dust one for COLD smoking things such as cheese or bacon or anything else that you don't want to actually cook (or melt, as in cheese). There are a lot of people that were using the dust to smoke with when using heat as well but there was a problem with the dust jumping channels of the maze when it got too hot so the maker of the system came up with the pellet maze to prevent this problem. Now you can use your hot smoker with the AMNPS and have really long periods of time that you don't have to worry about adding wood to your smoker since the pellet version is suppose to generate smoke for up to 11 hours on a full tray of pellets. If you want to know more, go to the top of the page and on the right you will see links to some of the "FEATURED SPONSORS" . One of these is "A-MAZE-N SMOKER", click on that link to find out more.

 

[Bearcarver]

The "amnps" stands for the A-Maze-N Pellet Smoker. It is a smoke generator that you use A-Maze-N Pellets in to give you a great, long smoking, smoke. It is a tray that has a MAZE built into it that after loading with pellets and lighting an end (or both if you want more smoke but less time) will generate smoke as it burns the pellets following the MAZE path.  You use it in WITH your smoker. They also sell the MAZE in one that uses only A-Maze-N Dust as well. I think the pellet one can use either but not sure. I ordered the dust one for COLD smoking things such as cheese or bacon or anything else that you don't want to actually cook (or melt, as in cheese). There are a lot of people that were using the dust to smoke with when using heat as well but there was a problem with the dust jumping channels of the maze when it got too hot so the maker of the system came up with the pellet maze to prevent this problem. Now you can use your hot smoker with the AMNPS and have really long periods of time that you don't have to worry about adding wood to your smoker since the pellet version is suppose to generate smoke for up to 11 hours on a full tray of pellets. If you want to know more, go to the top of the page and on the right you will see links to some of the "FEATURED SPONSORS" . One of these is "A-MAZE-N SMOKER", click on that link to find out more.

Wow!!!!

You sure did your homework!!!

I give you an A+ on Amazing Smokers !!!

Thanks,

Bear

 

[daveinga]

I like the smoker a lot when smoking meats, especially pork.  It's taken some work to figure out exactly what temperature settings work best for me when cooking with this method.  I don't have external digital thermometers and rely on the thermometers that came with the unit.  Near as I can tell, they show temperatures higher than what the unit is actually providing.  I compensate by adjusting the temperature higher as needed to get the result I wish.  I really like the convenience of the unit.  I don't like working as much as I do when prepping smoked meats, but the end result is worth it.

Dave

 

[mikelikessmoke]

I love mine!  The only downside is rain and you can't enter competitions with them. 

Rain? I have mine right up on the covered patio outside the back door to the house plugged into a GFI outlet.

Rain isn't an issue here

unless the smoker starts to cause a smoke ring on the ceiling of the patio after a few months of use....... then I'll have to convince her that we need to redo the patio to include a range vent hood for the smoker and grill.

The only competitions at my house is for the big chunks of bark hidden under the mounds of pulled pork!

 

[sonnyhad]

The brown Santa arrived today with my new MES. I have it in the pre season mode right now and trying to figure out what to smoke for dinner tomorrow! 

Do any of you guys know about a wood chip upgrade for the 30" unit? I see that mine must be the small wood box. 

 

[Bearcarver]

The brown Santa arrived today with my new MES. I have it in the pre season mode right now and trying to figure out what to smoke for dinner tomorrow! 

Do any of you guys know about a wood chip upgrade for the 30" unit? I see that mine must be the small wood box. 

Originally it was ONLY for the MES 30.

Then they found out a lot of MES 40s had the problem, and they expanded to cover any that had the problem.

If yours doesn't smoke right, you can get one. Test it out first.

Bear

 

[mattcesq]

  I've been using the 30" for almost a couple months and it has been great.  I'm going to try putting some charcoal in with the wood chips this weekend to see if it adds any extra flavor but I am content so far.  Matt

 

[Bearcarver]

  I've been using the 30" for almost a couple months and it has been great.  I'm going to try putting some charcoal in with the wood chips this weekend to see if it adds any extra flavor but I am content so far.  Matt

I think someone once said you can get a smoke ring that way, but I'm not sure of that.

Bear

 

[tjohnson]

I remember reading past threads about placing charcoal in the chip pan.

They used a few small chunks

Todd

 

[eman]

I have tried the charcoal in the chip pan a few times and could not see or taste a difference in the end product.

 

[domapoi]

The brown Santa arrived today with my new MES. I have it in the pre season mode right now and trying to figure out what to smoke for dinner tomorrow! 

Do any of you guys know about a wood chip upgrade for the 30" unit? I see that mine must be the small wood box. 

I think, if you watch the video that BearCarver provided in post #258 of this thread (one or two pages back), you will be able to see the difference in the two. If yours is the size tray that they take out (the tray is about the size of the palm of your hand) and not the one that they install as the upgrade, then by all means call customer service at MasterBuilt and have them send you the upgrade. Make sure you have the model number and serial number ready when you call.

 

[sonnyhad]

Thanks for the info on the wood chip burner. I'll go back and see the video. I 'm sure I have the small one. 

 

[sonnyhad]

From past experience with the side firebox, all you need is smoke to get a smoke ring, and it must be within the first couple of hours of cooking. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it would be different with an electric smoker. But I'm gunna find out real soon. 

 

[coloradosmoker]

they don't send or have a bigger chip loader you can knot out the pieace of metal on the wood chip load & makes it a lot bigger you can add more chips

Ken-colorado--smoker