who has time to help?

[gdub64]

1st time with a masterbuilt electric 40 in.   i seasoned it last night and now throwing some ribs on  any help?

 

[whatamess]

Back or spares?  If it's your first time you have to start somewhere and I'd say go for 3-2-1 method for spares or 2-2-1 method for backs ribs.  Just search 3-2-1 or 2-2-1 on here.  After you get your first smoke out of the way you can experiment with different foiling times, no foiling, different foiling juices etc etc.  It's going to take a few smokes to find the sweet spot.

Have you checked your MES temp with a good thermometer?  Some may run hot, some may run cold, depends on where in the box your therm is sitting too.  Try setting it at 230* to start with, that's where I leave mine normally.

 

[gdub64]

just checked out the 3-2-1 and 2-2-1  thank you sir.  got it at 230 temp  need to buy a good thermometer i guess.  do you keep filing wood chips or just do afirst couple? also that water dish.  all its seems to be doing is catching the grease

 

[whatamess]

Absolutely get a good digital probe thermometer and check even the best therms in boiling water for accuracy, should read 212F at a rolling boil (assuming sea level or close to it).

Using the chip loader start off with maybe a dozen chips and put them in let it go for 20 -30 minutes or so, put in another small amount and by the third load you can up it a bit but don't really pack them in there or you are going to get some nasty white smoke, you really only want enough that get to ash in 1/2 hour that's the best way I've found. I don't usually use chips I have an AMNPS with the mailbox mod and it makes smoking so easy now, but sometimes I will throw some JD barrel chips (small amount) in at the last hour when the ribs are unwrapped just to give them a little more time in smoke.

 

[whatamess]

Oh ya, your water dish is doing its job catching grease it's easier to clean up there than all over everything else. And most guys don't use water in it either, either just dry or I've got mine filled with sand and foil wrapped.

 

[whatamess]

So how did they turn out? Any pics?

 

[gdub64]

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• gdub64
• Jun 17, 2014

 

[gdub64]

I guess the chicken is supposed to be on bottom. Live and learn

 

[whatamess]

Good looking full smoker, hey you learn something new every smoke.  If you want to, you can foil wrap anything you don't want to scrub clean like your water pan or drip catchers, then when its gets too messy and greasy to bother cleaning, toss the foil and start clean.

 

[gdub64]

Not lyin bout learn somethin new. Wish somebody woulda told to empy water tray becore I put away in the garage. Water and grease spilled all over garage. 93 degrees outside too. Oh well when it cools down I will get it