I just loaded the app to the kids iPhone 6 and the range is not any better for me. I don't know if you are part of the fortunate majority or the fortunate minority but either way good for you. Even with this issue I'm still liking my smoker a lot.
Gotalot - I have only used it with my iPad 2 so maybe that is my problem (old technology). I have a Lumia 1520 phone that is Windows based and have great success with Bluetooth connections. But with that being said Masterbuilt does not offer an app for the Windows platform. I'll install the app on the kids iPhone 6 and see if I can have a little better success.
Now that's funny, but Mr Spock will remain silent, RIP Leonard Nimoy.
It just seems something is inheritly wrong with running your smoker by telephones......LOL
You need a Star-Trek badge, just touch it and say, cook the pork butt. Then Scotty would come back and say, BUT captain the dilithium crystals! Damn it Mr Scott I said low and slow!
Sorry to hear that. It may be the fact that I live is a small town, a Village to be exact, and there is not a lot of other signal interference.
I just loaded the app to the kids iPhone 6 and the range is not any better for me. I don't know if you are part of the fortunate majority or the fortunate minority but either way good for you. Even with this issue I'm still liking my smoker a lot.
That's good to check in person, because many times they don't list what they have, and sometimes you can call them & they don't know either, because their paperwork is not up to date.I received a reply email today 3/12/15 from Masterbuilt's Customer Service that Sam's Club now carries their Bluetooth 40 in smoker, although in checking Sam's website and they do not show it yet. Guess I will check it out at a Sam's Club store.
Dennis
That's not the worst idea in the world.
Get one of the large floor dollies, and ram it into the opem MES, then come back and offer 'em 50% as a damaged and dented unit.....ROFL....
Yup---The best way to tell is on the plate on the back of the MES. It includes the wattage.
Well it looks like I may have to eat crow on this one. After reading your post I decided to go to Cabelas and Bass Pro to see if i could determine what is what. I hit Cabelas at 4:00pm local time and they had the new 40-inch smoker on the floor. I searched high and low and finally found one in the box and it does say 1200 watt. I questioned the gentleman working the floor if he know why the box says it is a 1200 watt element when their website says 800 watt. He assured me that the mistake was on Masterbuilt's end and Cabelas had posted the correct information. He suggested that I call Masterbuilt and see if I could get a clarification. Seem I missed closing time by about ten minutes. So I spent yesterday driving back and forth between Cabelas and Bass Pro trying to come up with an answer. As far as I can tell the heating elements in the two units are identical. Having exhausted most of the day coming to that conclusion. I decided to take a chance and get the 40-incher from Cabelas. That solid insulated door was no mach for the huge heat loss from the big glass viewing window in the Bass Pro model. I put it together this morning and found several stickers on the back stating that it was a 1200 watt element also. It is going through it's curing cycle right now. I will be calling Masterbuilt tomorrow to see what they have to say. I was hoping the wattage would be stamped on the heating element bracket, but I couldn't find anything. I hope this helps anyone who is still on the fence about which version to get. Three pros about the Cabelas version; 1 - solid, insulated door, 2 - comes with a cover, 3 - comes with a CD of 40+ kickbutt smoker recipes.
I'm just going by pictures of the Gen # 2.5:
OK so I got one from Cabelas to replace the MES30 that got destroyed by an Ice slide. seasoned and one use for 4 racks and beans so far. heres what I can say the blue tooth bit is great if withing feet of my sliding glass doors and the smoker is right next to those so kinda pointless unless VERY cold. Biggest problem so far is cannot keep the Amazen try lit have moved it all over the place and no luck with the loader pulled completely out and vent wide open. this is a fixable ( I hope ) problem and have yet to find any solid answer on it yet for positioning. other than that it is everything my 30 was only bigger
Well, my wife has no star trek badge, and my name is not Scotty, but when she says "cook the pork butt", it gets done.
You need a Star-Trek badge, just touch it and say, cook the pork butt. Then Scotty would come back and say, BUT captain the dilithium crystals! Damn it Mr Scott I said low and slow!