Hey guys,
So as some of you know; I've owned my MeS 30 for about a month or so now. I got it around Thanksgiving. So far, its been great. I had a little fire issue where the wood lit on fire. But I resolved that issue by not adding in so many wood chips at once. Besides that, everything has been good.
So yesterday, I smoked a pork loin for my work as they have a potluck. The loin came out fantastic!
But here is where my issue is...
So yesterday, for about a good hour; I couldn't get my wood chips to smolder. I wasn't getting much smoke. I typically don't have that issue as I've used this smoker several times now. I eventually got it to smolder and smolder really nice but it took after the first hour of course. Once the wood started to smolder, I eventually was able to keep it going. Then, I missed the window of adding more wood chips and the ignited wood died out. The new added wood didn't even smolder. Is this because the bed of ash wasn't ignited/red?
What I want to know is, did I do something wrong? Or, is my unit starting to get defective? I only ask this because I've read other people having issues with their heating elements after a while...
My unit was still heating up and the loin still cooked thoroughly. I wanted to ask you guys for your opinion because I bought it from Amazon. Amazon will allow me to return it up till the end of January.
Thank you for everyone's help! Please help me with this... I really don't want my $200.00 going down the drain... Especially since I can still return it.
So as some of you know; I've owned my MeS 30 for about a month or so now. I got it around Thanksgiving. So far, its been great. I had a little fire issue where the wood lit on fire. But I resolved that issue by not adding in so many wood chips at once. Besides that, everything has been good.
So yesterday, I smoked a pork loin for my work as they have a potluck. The loin came out fantastic!
But here is where my issue is...
So yesterday, for about a good hour; I couldn't get my wood chips to smolder. I wasn't getting much smoke. I typically don't have that issue as I've used this smoker several times now. I eventually got it to smolder and smolder really nice but it took after the first hour of course. Once the wood started to smolder, I eventually was able to keep it going. Then, I missed the window of adding more wood chips and the ignited wood died out. The new added wood didn't even smolder. Is this because the bed of ash wasn't ignited/red?
What I want to know is, did I do something wrong? Or, is my unit starting to get defective? I only ask this because I've read other people having issues with their heating elements after a while...
My unit was still heating up and the loin still cooked thoroughly. I wanted to ask you guys for your opinion because I bought it from Amazon. Amazon will allow me to return it up till the end of January.
Thank you for everyone's help! Please help me with this... I really don't want my $200.00 going down the drain... Especially since I can still return it.