MES QUESTION

[rollin smoke]

Thinking about getting a mes 30. I was wondering...how many boston butts i could fit on it? Around 8lb butts. It looks roomy but i haven't seen one in person yet.

 

[hoity toit]

I have a 30 and a 40and I would say 2 would be a comfortable fit on the 30". Three would be full for sure.

 

[rollin smoke]

2 on one rack or for the whole smoker? I'm going to look at them soon so I don't have to ask dumb questions.

 

[daveomak]

Ricky, morning....    2 - 8# butts would probably be max....   The reason I say that is, thermal mass of the meat will suck up all the btu's from the heating element... Total smoking/cooking time goes up with the more meat you add to the smoker...   Increasing the temp of the smoker, does reduce the time needed but I think it takes away from the quality of the finished product...  I smoke butts at 210 and 1 butt will take 15 hours or so in my MES 30....  Just the way I do it.... SmokinAl convinced me that 210 was a good temp to smoke butts at....  

Dave

 

[rollin smoke]

Ricky, morning....    2 - 8# butts would probably be max....   The reason I say that is, thermal mass of the meat will suck up all the btu's from the heating element... Total smoking/cooking time goes up with the more meat you add to the smoker...   Increasing the temp of the smoker, does reduce the time needed but I think it takes away from the quality of the finished product...  I smoke butts at 210 and 1 butt will take 15 hours or so in my MES 30....  Just the way I do it.... SmokinAl convinced me that 210 was a good temp to smoke butts at....  

Dave

Thanks. I'm looking for something with about the capacity of my uds or bigger. But i want the temp control like the mes.

 

[psycho dad]

I did 3 7# butts for Christmas, I had no issues at all.

I smoked them at 230 and they were done in about 7 hours.