I am considering purchasing this smoker. It seems to be a new model for Masterbuilt and I cannot find any reviews. Does anyone have any feedback on this smoker? Thanks
Just got mine this past weekend.
Got it all assembled and will hook it up to the gas this weekend to burn off the factory chems. I've also got some tinkering to do. At first glance there's really not a good place to stick my AMPS, but I think I've figured out a solution by using a brick down in the bottom to help elevate the AMPS to get it far enough away from direct heat when only running the right burner, but still close enough to the left side vent for oxygen.
So this weekend, I'll burn off. During the week i'll be working on creating my silicone gasket, and then by this weekend, I'll season it and run some smoke through it to gauge temps and see if my AMPS mod will work. If everything goes smooth, I'll get some meat on there by next weekend.
Really excited to have so much room to play with. I can already tell it will be a significant upgrade from my old MES 30.
Wish we were closer as this is new to me but I appreciate all your time and help, I can remove the angled platform it is just 4 nuts on the 4 posts that hold it because I had to put that together, The chip tray can be removed easy as it just sits in the center of a rack that sits on 2 side brackets, There is plenty of room above the burners when I remove the angle bracket an it is just a big hole there, The 8 inch cast iron pan I got to use that people recommend is too small to fit over both burners so maybe I will get a bigger one, I like the idea about the 4 bolts as that would be easy enough, All good ideas, If you look at the last picture you will see shiny metal that isn't painted, That is where I already made a change, Since my sons got me the masterbuilt cold smoker for xmas it wouldn't fit as it only fits the 30" smoker, I cut the vent out so the pipe would fit in then I made a new vent to close it back up when I was just using the smoker, I will try to get more pictures but my wife left last night with the camera on a cruise,
What other pics would you like me to post? I would be glad to do that.Please post some pics when your wife returns. I am trying to figure something out.
Thanks that seems easy to do, I'm gone to go make them now, I did stop by a thrift store the other day and found 2 nice stainless steel pots, the 1 is about 7" wide by 3-1/2" deep, I was going to use that for inside the smoker to smoke the wood chips which should hold a lot more then what I have now to use but I still have to make a bracket for it, The other pot is 9" wide by 5-1/2 inches deep, I was going to cut a 3" hole on the side for a piece of pipe then put the pipe into the side hole on my smoker then but the pot on my gas turkey fryer to smoke wood chips to do cold smoking, I would have to make a lid for it which would be easy enough, that was my plans but now I'm going to use cmayna idea since I already have a cast iron pan for inside the smoker and I will still do the plan for the cold smoker unless I find a better idea.Here's an idea for those who want to use a cast iron skillet in your elite 44 smoker. Just left a Bass Pro shop that has one. Remove the ^ angled deflector all together. Out of some flat 1/2" wide steel stock plate, make and upside down U shape bracket which connects to the same mounting holes that the angled deflector was connected to with one bracket connecting from the front left mount back to the rear left mount. Then do another upside down U shape bracket from the front right mount to the back right mount. The height of these brackets is determined as to how far above the burners do you want the bottom of your skillet to reside. The bottom of my skillet resides about 2-3/8" above the top of the burner. My skillet is 2" in height.
You just need to make sure the material for the supports is thick enough to withstand the weight of the skillet as well as the impact that the heat will generate.