Pellet tray

[Dsloms]

Hey everyone. Thinking of getting a pellet tray for my master built mes 140. Was going to use it instead of wood chips. Anyone do this and have an success? Also any differences in flavor or production of smoke ring?

 

[Murray]

I burn pellets in a tube in my mailbox mod. and have great success. Never had a smoke ring from my MES.

AMNPS Tester forum

www.smokingmeatforums.com

Some reading material.

 

[Dsloms]

Thank you.

 

[smokerjim]

I use pellets in my mes 30 along with mailbox mod, works and taste great, you wont get smoke ring using electric smoker but that does nothing for flavor it's just a visual, you would have to use some cure salt if you really need the ring.

 

[TuckersBarbeque]

What Jim said... the smoke ring is decorative and in scientific terms, oxygenated myoglobin (that pink/red stuff a lot of people think is blood). The smoke contains nitrogen dioxide and is responsible for mixing with the meat to create this coloration (actually, lack of coloration). Believe it or not, the amount of smoke your meat has absorbed has nothing to do with this ring. But it's very pretty looking. :)

With that said, any time you burn organic material, aka wood, you will produce nitrogen dioxide which will start the creation of a smoke ring.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

+1 for the AMNPS. Used it on my MES 30, Traeger and plan on playing with it to smoke some cheese on my Webber.

 

[MJB05615]

I use the AMNPS tube inside my MES 40 Gen 1. I tried the tray, but couldn't keep it lit. The tube stays lit after 3-5 minutes.