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    FIrst Electric MES 30

    I'm about 90min into my first attempt with the MES  and so far I'm pretty disappointed.  Right now Maverick is telling me the smoker temp is 239 and the MES  says it's 212...  Maverick temps range from 225 - 240 but a couple of times I noticed it was pushing 260 and I went out to discover the...
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    brick bbq

    I'd love to have the time, room and talent to make one of these... http://www.ibiblio.org/lineback/bbq/wdh.htm
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    Butts -To foil or not to foil?

    The only time I ever foiled a butt and put it in the oven it truned to mush... tasted OK, but no texture at all...
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    Maine State BBQ contest Aug 4-9, Eliot ME

    Check it out here: http://www.celebratemainefestival.co...mpetition.html Is it safe to assume we can drop in Saturday and buy something to eat then??? I've never been to one of these and I'm been looking forward to seeing how it's "really" done. Were you guys at Harpoon last weekend??? If...
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    Wallyworld wood chips?

    I lost my head and got a small bag of mesquite chips at wallyworld last weekend. I figured for $1.97 why not... A couple of days later I was making a roto chicken on the gasser, and thought I'd add a couple of smoke packs as I've done many times before... usually works OK... but this time...
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    1st Brisket Q

    I guess things are working as they should after all. I'm at 5 and a half hours and the temp is up to 166. I must have been stalled somewhere along the line as it's been over 3 hours to get these last 7 degrees... I'll foil for a few hours when I get to 170 and see how long it takes to get to...
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    1st Brisket Q

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    1st Brisket Q

    I'm a brand new member here, but have been lurking around or a few months now. I was able to get a Maverick single probe thermometer for free yeaterday and I thought my first brisket attempt was a good excuse to try my new toy... and that's my problem. It's been only been in the smoke for...
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