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  1. maplenut

    Dehydrating Apples With an MES 40

    I got some apples from my parents and wanted to dehydrate a few to snack on later. We have a dehydrator but it is a small one and it takes forever to do apples in it. So I got thinking, could I do the apples in the MES. So broke out the apple peeler and cored and sliced a bunch of apples. (...
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    MES 40 Upgrade

    I have decided that it was time to upgrade my MES 40. I knew that it's performance was so-so, but I never had any issues till this last smoke where I did ribs. it worked but I noticed that the smoker temp would swing all over the place. Sometimes up to 15 degrees. I got myself an Auber...
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    Soft Pretzel's

    Used a recipe that was shared on here by Bandcollector. Wow, they turned out awesome! So soft inside. The wife said that they are the perfect kind that you use mustard on. I good with them just the way that they are.
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    Makin' Bacon

    This will be my first try at makin' bacon. Got myself a pork belly and cut it into 4 pieces. Weighted each piece and calculated how much tender quick I needed. I measured out how much brown sugar that I would need for one and how much maple sugar that I would need for another. 2 of them will...
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    Turning an MES 40 into a dehydrator

    Ok here is my idea. Do you think it is possible to make an add on to my MES 40 to make it a better dehydrator? My idea is to use one of those muffin fans that are about 4" square, similar to the ones used on computer power supplies. It would be mounted to the clip loader opening. I like to add...
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    Making Apple Butter

    Got ahold of some apples the other day and it is time to make some apple butter. This evening was time to wash, core and slice the apples. Tomorrow morning I will get the copper kettle going with some apple cider and then add the apples. More to come...…….
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    Beef Jerky in Air Fryer

    Got a new kitchen gadget a few weeks ago and have been trying different things in it. Found that the temp can be set fairly low and since I do not have a good dehydrator I figured what the heck lets see if I can make jerky in the air fryer. So grabbed 2 lbs of ground beef, I am going to use my...
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    1st Try at Smoked Pepper Jack

    I just could not wait any longer, I needed to get my fix at smoking something. I had a block of Pepper Jack left over from New Years Eve get together and after reading thru a slew of smoked cheese threads I had to give it a go. Nothing fancy, cut into thirds. Grabbed my pellet smoker and...
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    Time for a Breakfast Fatty

    Been wanting to make another fatty for a long time now. Just bought an A-Maze-N pellet smoker and figured what better way to break it in by smoking a fatty and a breakfast fatty at that! I already had some sausage patties in the freezer that I got from a local butcher shop, so I grabbed 4...
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    Canadian Bacon Time

    This will be my 1st try at making Canadian Bacon. I used Bear's Step by Step. Cut a 10lb loin in half and weighed each one. One was just over 5lbs and one just under 5lbs. So with the TQ measured out for each piece I then got brown sugar for the piece and some of my maple sugar for the...
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    My 1st try at Pulled Pork

    Decided to try my hand at pulled pork when I saw a local store at pork butt on sale. It was on sale for $1.69 so I grabbed an 6lb'er. Coated it with some yellow mustard and used some Dirty Bird rub that I had on hand. Not sure if it is the right choice but it is all that I had on such short...
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    Strong smoke favor with MES 40

    Ok, I now have a few smokes under my belt with my MES 40. So far I have used the stock wood chip tray for smoke generation. So far every smoke that I have done the wife has felt that the smoke favor was way to much. I have done chicken thighs, beef jerky and just yesterday a Fatty. I add wood...
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    AMNS or AMNPS? Which one to get?

    I have a MES 40 bluetooth and I knew from the start that I would probably get an A-Maze-N smoker but I am having a tough time figuring out which one I need. I went to A-Maze-N website and read all the info there, I searched here(there is so much info here that my head hurts just trying find any...
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    1st attempt at Jerky in MES 40

    Tried my 1st attempt at making Jerky in my MES 40 today, I had mixed results. Details. I used 5lb eye of round sliced on a meat slicer to about 3/16" thick. I had some jerky mix that I had gotten from the Sausage Maker. It was Uncle Abe's seasoning. Mixed this packet of season with a cup of...
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    MES Door Glass

    So how do you all keep the glass on the door of the MES's clean? I kind of figured that it would have smoke residue on it after each smoke but figured that I could easily wipe it clean each time. Today I did my first smoke and afterwards I wiped the inside down. I got most of the residue off...
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    Planning a smokehouse build

    I am in the early planning stages of a smokehouse build. I would really like to have one of those small smokehouses in the backyard, you know the kind you see here and all over the internet, cedar smokehouse. The wife is on board with the build cause of the look, that is a plus. The size that...
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    Howdy

    My name is Dennis, I am located in south central PA. I have been visiting these forums for some time now just king of lurking about reading and learning what I can. Finally decided that it is time to make it official and make an account so that I can ask any questions that I may have. I am...
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