Placement of AMNPS in 2.5 gen 40" MES

larrymac

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Jul 30, 2016

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Central Florida(Casselberry)

• Aug 10, 2016

• #1

Just pre seasoned it today.
Should get the 5 X 8 AMNPS soon from Todd.
Where will I place it in my MES?
Btw how long approx will the smoke last?
Am I putting smoke on the entire cook? Or just like the first half of the cook?
Here's a pic of my MES?

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• larrymac
• Aug 10, 2016

 

Last edited: Aug 10, 2016

photomatt

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Jul 3, 2016

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waterford Mi.

• Aug 14, 2016

• #2

I place my 5x8 on the lowest rack. I get about 5 hours of smoke. I have a Mes 30 2nd gen.

 

smokingearl

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Jul 14, 2015

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Nicholasville

• Aug 14, 2016

• #3

I put the AMPS on the bottom of my 40 inch MES smoker under the water pan. When I'm smoking for at least 11 hours (butts and briskets) I fill the whole AMPS and it'll smoke for 11 hours. Most the time I'll smoke the entire cook time. Ribs, chicken, pork loins. If my butt is gonna be done in 12 hours, I'll just cook the extra hour without refilling the AMPS. But on any cooks that's gonna be more than 12 hours, I'll refill the AMPS accordingly.

 

Last edited: Aug 14, 2016

hillbillyrkstr

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• Aug 14, 2016

• #4

I placed mine under the water tray. I've only used it once so far. Amnps choked out about half way through the pellets. I'm going to mailbox mod it like I did with my mes version 2. No fuss that way.

 

larrymac

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• Aug 14, 2016

• #5

SmokingEarL said:

I put the AMPS on the bottom of my 40 inch MES smoker under the water pan. When I'm smoking for at least 11 hours (butts and briskets) I fill the whole AMPS and it'll smoke for 11 hours. Most the time I'll smoke the entire cook time. Ribs, chicken, pork loins. If my butt is gonna be done in 12 hours, I'll just cook the extra hour without refilling the AMPS. But on any cooks that's gonna be more than 12 hours, I'll refill the AMPS accordingly.

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Should it make sense to have two AMNPS for those cooks over 11-12 hours? Like a quick rotation?

 

Last edited: Aug 14, 2016