Some great info there. I love to tinker so I think the mailbox mod or something resembling it is in order. Is there that much benefit to the exhaust tunnel? Is it purely to move the draft more to the center for better smoke path?
You can use the AMNPS with a MES as is no mods. Give it a try first. I tinker with about everything. My MES 40 and AMNPS don't need any tinkering.Thanks David. My main reason for thinking about the mailbox mod is Sundays. With church and kids constantly refilling chips is not an option. And BBQ and football are a must! Not to mention I am a bona fide tinkerer.
I wouldn't do ANY mods until you give the AMNPS a shot in the bottom left position on the rails. I bought my MES30 G1 a couple months ago right along with the AMNPS. I have placed it on the rails at the lower left section and have had no issues maintaining a consistent burn and TBS. No extra money....no extra fuss.
Exactly----See if it works great like ours do without doing any mods. Don't fix if it isn't Broke!!!!!
Yeah---Those mods are more for the Gen #2, I believe.Thanks bear. I thought I would be getting a 2nd gen but I found a gen 1. I didn't make that plain as usual duhhhhhh. Was reading your pork butt recipe and was wondering what rub you use?
For those who have their AMNPS go out within the first hour or so, go to the following Link, and check out the first 2 posts. The first one is a sure-fired way to get it lit good, if you have a heat gun, and the second post is the ritual I go through to light mine, and mine never goes out (Works Great in 3 different MES units).Evening all.
So I am struggling with my AMNS. I have the maze tray, filled it with pellets, took the torch to it, and let it burn outside the smoker. Every time I put it in the smoker it goes out. I am running an mes 30, and I have tried various configurations to keep air flow up. The tried and true bottom left, with loader in/out, chip tray in/out. Upper vent wide open always.
Am I doing something wrong in the packing of the tray possibly, or is my mes just not bringing air in, in the way that it should?
Thanks for any insight!