I am thinking about starting a butt before I leave for work and letting it cook while I am at work. I will move the smoker away from the house and put it in my yard. Have any of you left you MES going for 8+ hours while away?
I never have, not while I'm sleeping either.
I am thinking about starting a butt before I leave for work and letting it cook while I am at work. I will move the smoker away from the house and put it in my yard. Have any of you left you MES going for 8+ hours while away?
What he said!
I never have, not while I'm sleeping either.
However I'm glad to see you're moving it away from your house. It's not worth losing your house!!
The worst that should be able to happen would be ruining the meat, in the event of a power outage or an MES problem.
Bear
There is so much that can go wrong I'd never trust an electric smoker to work away on its own while I was away from home.
I am thinking about starting a butt before I leave for work and letting it cook while I am at work. I will move the smoker away from the house and put it in my yard. Have any of you left you MES going for 8+ hours while away?
Yep...Was thinking going to work. Poor wording...JJ
JJ - I assume you mean leaving the house for a few hours while the smoker is running. I won't do that either.
I set my Mav alarm to tell me if it gets too hot. Works perfectly. It sometimes wakes me up when the wind has died down for example, and the smoker temp rises, so I go downstairs and drop it by 5F to maintain 225F. I'm confident if it catches on fire it will warn me.
Run the MES Sleeping is one thing. Leaving and going to Work? I would not because, I don't have the $$ to replace a damaged MES40. I have had the AMNPS ignite and a Grease Fire...JJ
Edited from Leaving Unattended.