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    Upgrading to a quality electric smoker

    Works fine, BUT you need to recharge every half hour or so. An AMNPS can smoke 4 hrs. I use the AMNPS for overnight brisket smokes, no waking up for me. I use the built in for daylight couple of hour smokes, like pork butts, peppers, etc. When using the AMNPS I pull out the chip feeder...
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    Upgrading to a quality electric smoker

    A-Maz-N pellet smoker (a tray that holds flavor pellets) and Proportional/integral/differential ( an electronic circuit for controlling things, in this case temperature) an add on box that replaces the MES controller, not really necessary.
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    Upgrading to a quality electric smoker

    I have been using a MES40 with an AMPS for some time, got it for a good sale price after giving me son a MES30 for Christmas. The MES40 has a remote control I love, but I use a ThermoPro remote thermometer with itas sometimes my load results in inaccurate smoker temps. The other probe in the...
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    My first smoker

    Time depends on start temp. Mine might have taken a little longer, not sure because I went to the store for about an hour and sometime in there we had a power failure of unknown duration, smoker had cooled to about 180, lucky I looked. Love the MES40 remote readout! Brisket is a whole nuther...
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    My first smoker

    Smoked my turkey at 250F using a mayo rub on the skin. It was crispy, not soggy. Used Tony Chachere's cajun butter injection, half what bottle called for. Just the right amount of flavoring!
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    My first smoker

    I have a MES40. Bought my AMNPS back in August. Found a local source for Mesquite pellets, judging from the bag size they are meant for a pellet grill. Apple and Cherry were also available. Pellets are about 1" and I filled my AMPS full. Smoked a turkey from 38F to 165F breast temp. Took nearly...
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    A-MAZE-N products

    Bought my AMNPS back in August. Found a local source for Mesquite pellets, judging from the bag size they are meant for a pellet grill. Pellets are about 1" and I filled my AMPS full. Smoked a turkey from 38F to 165F breast temp. Took nearly 8 hours. AMNPS was burnt down to the turn to the last...
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    How To Smoke A 20 Pound Turkey (How a Complete Newbie Smoked The Best Turkey...EVER)

    Great alternative to oiling a bird is a good slather of mayonnaise, inside and out. Been doing that for near 40 years. I,too, am a firm believer in an overnight brining, loosen the bird and skin up as much as you can. I use a SS Turkey Fryer pot lined with a kitchen garbage bag as the container...
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    Char-Griller Duo

    IMHO the smoker part is too small. I have the Chargriller Smokin Pro with side box I have modded extensively and find it barely large enough. No point in duo if you are not going to smolke, in which case you need the side firebox. Academy had the MES 44 for $199 and I would watch for that again...
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    MES tripping GFCI

    Extension cord is a BAD idea. Try lifting the pan just off the coil with a few washers or wads of foil.  GFIs do not "see", they actually have to get a trickle of current difference between incoming and out going. If the pan on the coil causes enough deflection to short the coil a little you...
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    Char-Griller Smokin Pro with firebox- Mods

    Got my porcelain grate at Home Depot Model # 550-0002 and cut a little off. Working well so far. I burn a mix of Charcoal and apple tree trimmings.
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    Char-Griller Smokin Pro with firebox- Mods

    Chargriller Pro. I used the aluminum hose to drop the exhaust down to grill level on the same side. Put HF pnuematic tires in all 4 sides using PVC pipe as a spreader. Bought an adjustable porcelain coated grid for the firebox using the old screws foe support. Used an old stove broiler pan top...
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    MES tripping GFCI

    Have you disconnected the element. Heating normally to some point and then tripping a GFCI (not the breaker itself leads one to theink about the thermostat, a bimetalic device that shorts at some point, I would guess.Looking at the diagram I found in this forum, (not a good one at that) it will...
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    MES tripping GFCI

    I have had some experience with bad heating elements. Disconnect wires to both sides of the actual heating element(s) and then plug in and try unit. If it has more than one element (I am not familiar with this unit), and does not trip the GFCI then reconnect them one at a time to determine the...
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    Texas Native in the PNW

    Neighbors think I am nuts because I smoke and grill year around! I think there is something in the Constitution against cooking Beef or Pork on a stove (except Bacon and chops). My Chargriller Pro has Harbour Freight pneumatic tires on all 4 corners, stack extension, new porcelain coal grid...
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