Learned alot on first try with new smoker. Number 1...I love it. Easy to use and my rack temp was right at 273. Real close. You'll see that I cut the slab in half. That's what I always did with my little brinkmann. MISTAKE!! Plenty of room. Adding chips is a bit of a pain so I will order a wedgie!! (Just like high school)!!. Smoked some zuchini's and they were great (40 minutes). RIBS...did the 2-2-.5 hours that I think I read from a post on this website. Here are some finished pics. The Weber rub was boring but I had run out of my go to. Bad Bob'd Hawg Rub. They were at the point of falling off the bone but still held on. My wife likes them that way. Enjoy the pics! And being from Kentucky I tossed in my glass of Makers with a splash of Seven!!
Wow that looks great!
I think a smoke generator is a great idea. The A-Maze-N Pellet Smoker (
AMNPS) seems to be the one used most by guys on the forum. I also think they may sponsor the site. I bring it up as well because many MES owners use it here and so you know it will fit on the bottom bars or on a rack in the MES and you get get all the details on how to handle any issues you may run into with airflow, etc. I'm assuming the wedgie would be similar but just wanted to give a heads up that with an
AMNPS you can get a wealth of knowledge and direct experience from all the users of it on this site. Finally, the
AMNPS fits well in mail box mods should you ever want to go that route. I'm not sure of the dimentions of the wedgie and if that would be more difficult to use with a mailmox mod idea if the wedgie has odd dimentions being a triangle and all.
Great work and let us know what you decide :)
