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    what's people buying for an electric/disappointed with masterbuilt

    I ended up repairing my old one. I didn't know there is now an access panel on the back to get to the heating element wiring. My original that I repaired didn't have one so you had to drill out about half the rivets and bend the back panel up or just remove all the rivets . I got the access...
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    what's people buying for an electric/disappointed with masterbuilt

    the smokin it's just seem to steep and too much for what I'm doing. I'm just cooking for myself,my couple friends think I use a diarhea inducing rub/marinade because when they eat it they have to go to the bathroom. I have that problem too. I just think it's our age (let's just say 55 ) and...
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    what's people buying for an electric/disappointed with masterbuilt

    yeah.I already have the label to return the damaged unit. One bit of a problem at this point I'm having back/hip problems (that are all my own fault,afraid to go in public and just going from chair to recliner to chair etc.) anyway,returning the damaged and I don't want it anyway. The rack...
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    what's people buying for an electric/disappointed with masterbuilt

    I think I may just go with a char broil. There's a couple of them nearby. it's cheaply built to. I saw a MES pro signature model and it looks built the same as the new one I just got but it has blue tooth and a glass door,neither which do anything for me.
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    what's people buying for an electric/disappointed with masterbuilt

    I just got my new masterbuilt digital 30" delivered. I think it's the 130B ? Replaces my old 30" MES that just died after 5 years or so. I figure it's probably the terminals disintegrated ,it doesn't heat. It acts as though it should be heating but it doesn't. Anyway just got the new one...
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    masterbuilt smoker wont stay on---help!

    Just clicked on this because I have a digital MES so I'm always curious about posts with problems . I haven't heard of this problem before , as far as the ch31 and then the 4 zeroes . Def. sounds like some sort of error code . When you get it figured out please post it . Curious to find what it is .
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    getting a new 30" MES

    I just checked my old posts . On 11/17/07 I posted about making the repair on my unit ( which I repaired a short time before that post ) . So I'm going with 8 years for the length of time I have owned the unit and it could be the issue of failing to heat the other night was just a "fluke" ...
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    getting a new 30" MES

    my old one is just getting so "grungy" looking . I usually use it about once a week and sometimes more than that . I don't even remember when I got it but I was thinking 7 years ago . I don't use the chip pan but when I pulled that out the other night to check the heating element it pretty much...
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    getting a new 30" MES

    I'm replacing my old 30" MES with a new one that I believe is pretty much like my old one . Digital control on top at the back of the smoker . This is the unit that the terminals disintegrated after using it for a month or so so I put the appliance terminals on the wires and all's been well for...
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    MES 30 contact repair with R-view

    I had to do that to mine when it was about 2 weeks old. I believe at my local hardware they were called appliance terminals . They were stainless steel meant for high heat applications , like an oven . No reason why soldering them won't work . My repair was done years ago and a lot of smokes...
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    Hello from Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Hey , I used to spend a week in Deerfield just about every summer at my cousins . I got my smoker at the cabellas in dundee . Welcome to the forum.
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    Ground Meat Jerky Question

    I bought some amazen smoker mats or whatever they're called and they work great for gound meat snack sticks . They clean up really easy also . I wouldn't think it would work very good on parchment paper . I've seen some aluminum mesh type things , I think they're called grill toppers ??? they're...
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    First Smoke in 30' MES,

    Ive never noticed meat drying out with vent wide open . One thing I started doing a while back was not starting the smoke immediately after placing the meat in the smoker . I wait maybe an hour or 45 minutes then start the smoke . I started doing it that way because I read somewhere if the...
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    First Smoke in 30' MES,

    I doubt if it was too much smoke . I use alot of smoke in mine and the only thing I've made with too much smoke was jerky . I'd just open the vent all the way and leave it alone . When I first got mine I'd use different vent settings but then I just left it wide open . It sounds to me more like...
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    MES 30" and Cold Smoker Attachment- 1st newbie smoke of a 6lb chicken, some thoughts...

    I've got the same setup . I leave my vent wide open all the time , I doubt now I could even rotate it to close it . the only thing I clean are the racks and occasionally the bottom pan . I do understand if you brush something against the "ceiling " of the smoker you get the crap falling off it ...
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