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Recent content by benfinkel

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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    This is great stuff thanks!
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    I'm pretty sure the smoke from the chunks and pellets can produce a ring (I got some decent pink in mine) but it takes some work. Here's my current operating theory: In a charcoal smoker there is always smoke, right from the get go, that introduces a lot of the heat to the meat. In an electric...
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    Thanks! I got that bag at Walmart of all places, you might have some luck there if you've got one nearby. This is purely a guess, but I've never gotten a decent ring in my MES before. I did this a *little* differently than I've done in the past. I got the tray of pellets full roaring and then...
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    Well it works wonders (of course)! Here's my overnight pork shoulder if anyone's interested. Used an amazn pellet tray with hickory, pecan, mesquite combo pellets. Question: Safest way to clean the PID probe? Just soap and water?
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    What is peeling off the rear interior wall of my MES? (pic included)

    I haven't used the smoker in about a year, and I'm getting it cleaned and fixed up again and the back wall has..this going on. Any idea what I'm seeing?
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    Thanks so much for the fast reply! I was pretty disappointed when I couldn't find replacement parts for the unit. It spent a winter outside and that destroyed the control panel and the controller box I think. This was a daunting prospect for me but the posts in the forum were super helpful...
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    Hey everyone, just followed along with the rewire instructions here to bypass the OEM controller. Thanks so much for all the pics and details! Mine was model #20075315, and the wiring had thick heavy clips that reminded me of molex connectors you would see in a computer power supply. I plugged...
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