- Jan 22, 2024
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Hey all, I have been lurking for a while and decided to join.
I am from the Great North and have been smoking for 15 years or so. I have gone through a lot of different smokers, pellet grills, charcoal you name it. With the cold winters up here I wanted something insulated, easy to move in and out and just turn it on and use it. I currently have a old school American made Traeger Texas that has served me well over the 10+ years I have owned it... I have had to change multiple boards, igniters, fire boxes you name it.... The probe just went out and wont let me start it so I decided instead of messing with it in the 2+ wind drifts of snow at zero degrees to just buy a new smoker as I smoke every week.
Now that a little history is out of the way, I don't want to perform the mailbox mod... I was looking to just buy the masterbuilt smoke generator but apparently they don't ship here and are back order forever.
I have seasoned my smoker and it does fine if its turned all the way up. However, I bought this smoker specifically to do sausages in batches of 20lbs and I use a cure and smoke them around 180 currently on my traeger and they turn out awesome.
The downside with this MES is I can't seem to get the chips to light after the first initial startup. I currently have my MES30 set to 200 degrees and chips have been inside the unit for a good 10 minutes and no smoke.
1. Does anyone have a line on the attachment where I can buy it? I wouldn't even be against a used unit. I cook for church events and other things and without a smoker I am seriously down and out. I have an A-MAZE-N tube smoker, but it takes up too much shelf space. I can't seem to buy the 5x8" amzn square snake like unit anywhere locally either. I have a Smoke daddy on my traeger I could steal but really just looking for the Cold/Slow Smoker unit so I can have a set and forget system that just works.
Sorry for the long first post, thanks for the help!
***EDIT***
I pried the hot rod up a little bit so its touching the pan for the chips and set it to 200 degrees and I am able to get smoke now about 5 minutes after loading in cherry chips! I am going to see how long these cherry chips last.
I also pulled the chip unit about half way out to get better airflow to help the chips ignite a little better, we will see if that helps or hurts. I assume I will go through pellets quicker, but as long as I can get a good 20 min per load out I will be happy.
Gotta love technology, using my nest camera to watch to see when the smoke dies off so I know basically how long to set my timer every time to fill the side hopper with chips. :)
****EDIT****
Would still love to find a line on the smoke generator box they sell if anyone knows of a place with one in stock.
-Ken
I am from the Great North and have been smoking for 15 years or so. I have gone through a lot of different smokers, pellet grills, charcoal you name it. With the cold winters up here I wanted something insulated, easy to move in and out and just turn it on and use it. I currently have a old school American made Traeger Texas that has served me well over the 10+ years I have owned it... I have had to change multiple boards, igniters, fire boxes you name it.... The probe just went out and wont let me start it so I decided instead of messing with it in the 2+ wind drifts of snow at zero degrees to just buy a new smoker as I smoke every week.
Now that a little history is out of the way, I don't want to perform the mailbox mod... I was looking to just buy the masterbuilt smoke generator but apparently they don't ship here and are back order forever.
I have seasoned my smoker and it does fine if its turned all the way up. However, I bought this smoker specifically to do sausages in batches of 20lbs and I use a cure and smoke them around 180 currently on my traeger and they turn out awesome.
The downside with this MES is I can't seem to get the chips to light after the first initial startup. I currently have my MES30 set to 200 degrees and chips have been inside the unit for a good 10 minutes and no smoke.
1. Does anyone have a line on the attachment where I can buy it? I wouldn't even be against a used unit. I cook for church events and other things and without a smoker I am seriously down and out. I have an A-MAZE-N tube smoker, but it takes up too much shelf space. I can't seem to buy the 5x8" amzn square snake like unit anywhere locally either. I have a Smoke daddy on my traeger I could steal but really just looking for the Cold/Slow Smoker unit so I can have a set and forget system that just works.
Sorry for the long first post, thanks for the help!
***EDIT***
I pried the hot rod up a little bit so its touching the pan for the chips and set it to 200 degrees and I am able to get smoke now about 5 minutes after loading in cherry chips! I am going to see how long these cherry chips last.
I also pulled the chip unit about half way out to get better airflow to help the chips ignite a little better, we will see if that helps or hurts. I assume I will go through pellets quicker, but as long as I can get a good 20 min per load out I will be happy.
Gotta love technology, using my nest camera to watch to see when the smoke dies off so I know basically how long to set my timer every time to fill the side hopper with chips. :)
****EDIT****
Would still love to find a line on the smoke generator box they sell if anyone knows of a place with one in stock.
-Ken
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