Received a new MES for Christmas, first electric smoker so I’m still learning.
Question 1) Kid’s bought me a Bradley bisquette variety pack to go with the smoker not knowing the MES instructions state “Never use wood chunks or pellets” The instuctions didn’t mention pucks but the manufacturer clearly states wood chips only. I went ahead and used the pucks broken in half, seemed to work fine. Am I going to do any damage to the smoker using the Bradley pucks?
Question 2) So far I seasoned the smoker as per manufacturers instructions and did a batch of burgers watching the control panel closely, all worked as per manual. Did a 3 lb. pork roast yesterday and the MES 30” had a major glitch, on the forth or fifth smoking cycle the heating element passed the 225F cut off and temperature continued to climb to 287F, heating element on,until I manually shut it down. I moved the pork to the stove and continued the cook in the oven. While the roast was in the oven I tried to reproduce the high temperature issue but couldn’t, the smoker ran fine since the issue. Any thoughts what might have caused this temperature overrun?
Outside temperature was -15C(6F) and needed to heat the smoker with a hair dryer to get rid of the error code and allow the unit to turn on.
Question 1) Kid’s bought me a Bradley bisquette variety pack to go with the smoker not knowing the MES instructions state “Never use wood chunks or pellets” The instuctions didn’t mention pucks but the manufacturer clearly states wood chips only. I went ahead and used the pucks broken in half, seemed to work fine. Am I going to do any damage to the smoker using the Bradley pucks?
Question 2) So far I seasoned the smoker as per manufacturers instructions and did a batch of burgers watching the control panel closely, all worked as per manual. Did a 3 lb. pork roast yesterday and the MES 30” had a major glitch, on the forth or fifth smoking cycle the heating element passed the 225F cut off and temperature continued to climb to 287F, heating element on,until I manually shut it down. I moved the pork to the stove and continued the cook in the oven. While the roast was in the oven I tried to reproduce the high temperature issue but couldn’t, the smoker ran fine since the issue. Any thoughts what might have caused this temperature overrun?
Outside temperature was -15C(6F) and needed to heat the smoker with a hair dryer to get rid of the error code and allow the unit to turn on.