New guy

[phischy]

Went camping a few weekends ago and my homebrew club brought in a trailered stick burner smoker.  We threw a tri tp on and it was amazing.  So of course I want a smoker.  Being new to it, decided to buy a used electric 30" MasterBuilt (I think) off of Craigslist for $75.  Then I bought the pellet smoker option and in a few hours I'm going to fire it up.

It was filthy though, I pulled about 3lbs of char and crud out of it in cleaning it up.  So it's preseasoned...time to fire it up!

 

[phischy]

Oh yeah, since I bought my MES used...I know which is the chip tray and I'm not going to use it since I have an AMPS.  But which is the drip tray and which is the water tray?  I took everything out to clean it but I don't have a manual and there isn't one on the MasterBuilt website.

Any ideas?  One of the trays has a cover...that for water?

 

[kc5tpy]

Can't help with your MES but Hello and Welcome to our addiction.  A word of warning: There is no 12 step program for this one!  Many good folk here with a load of experience that they are more than willing to share.  If you have specific questions just start a thread and someone with experience will be along soon to offer advice.  All info you can provide us with such as smoker type, location and so on will help us answer any questions you may have, and pictures help a bunch.  Spend some time doing some research on the forums, tons of advice and recipes already available there.  Check out Jeff’s 5 day smoking E-Course ( link below ) that will help you get started.  We look forward to your contributions.  Have fun.  Good luck.  Keep Smokin!

Danny

http://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse