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chefbuba

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Been cooking professionally for 30 years, have always had both gas and stick burner grills and made due smoking ribs and other things. I bought a MES 30" this summer to "play around" with.

Did a bunch of salmon, brisket, butts, belly bacon, shoulder bacon, & some Polish sausage. Having fun with my new toy.

Also bought the amazin pellet smoker, having mixed results with keeping it lit.

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daveomak

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• Dec 5, 2015

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:welcome1:


Having trouble keeping the AMNPS lit ??? If you are using a water pan, dump the liquid... add gravel for thermal mass... Keep the upper vent open...

 

chefbuba

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No water, vent open. I suspect that it may be operator error, not lighting enough pellets?

 

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chefbuba said:

No water, vent open. I suspect that it may be operator error, not lighting enough pellets?

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Water in the pan turns to steam and suffocates the pellets... the pellets may also be damp... I dry mine in my MES 30 at 275 for an hour +... sure helps them stay lit...

 

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welcome,,,, I nuke my pellets for about 3 min or so 

your food looks great 

DS

 

dirtsailor2003

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I know it's not the box but this is how I light the tube. Never have a problem keeping them going.

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Let it burn Like that for 5 minutes then blow it out.

 

chefbuba

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I have been using the weed burner that I light the stick burner with, need to pick up a couple of propane cylinders for my torch. I may not be letting it burn long enough either, trial & error I will get there.

 

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• Dec 8, 2015

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  Good morning and welcome to the forum, from a beautiful day here in East Texas. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything. 

Man all your stuff looks great

Gary