- Nov 13, 2010
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Well just picked me up a MES 40 at Academy and already got it fired up. Read on here and in the manual before cooking to run it up to 275 for 3 hours and then add chips for the last 45 minutes. I set the temp to 275 but the temp is showing 300 degrees and the internal probe is showing 359. The element is staying red the whole time. I opened the door and let the temp fall to below 275 and the Heating light came on but I could tell no difference in machine operation. Is this normal with no meat in it?? thanks