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  1. greywolf1

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    I use wood bits or pellets . If I want a longer smoke time I use the pellets , less smoke time I use the wood bits . I find the wood bits start to smoulder quicker then the wood chips , and as I type this , something I haven't tried is mixing the bits and chips together
  2. greywolf1

    Anyone know a location to get the 32 quart pots for a good price in Canada?

    Have you checked any of the surplus stores , I've seen them in there from time to time. There's a surplus store in Drumbo , Cambridge , K-W surplus
  3. greywolf1

    Smoked Mini-Bear-Loaves (All Beef)

    Thanks Bear, when I used to grind the venison myself I always use 40% pork . Now that I found a butcher shop to  cut my deer I get them to add the pork so all is good  .
  4. greywolf1

    Smoked Mini-Bear-Loaves (All Beef)

    Bear , I just checked out your mini Bear logs , those look so good . I have to try those with beef and I might try them with venison burg as well
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    MES tripping GFCI

    I'm sorry but I can't take this any longer , anybody that works in manufacturing , how long do you think you would be working if everything that you made lasted to our expectations. Big or small companies, everything that is manufactured is made to break down at some point . Some parts are made...
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    MES tripping GFCI

    Being in the woodworking industry , I have had the joy of dealing with heating elements . There are no GFCI's on the  machines  that I work on just breakers . The main causes for issues with the heating elements when they start tripping breakers are  age or moisture , age being amount of use ...
  7. greywolf1

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    It might be okay for a shrimp basket  but I set that on the middle rack now in the MES and turn it once , it works fine for me And I use apple pellets mixed with hickory wood bits
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    Another AMNPS-MES Question

    I'm blessed with a damp basement (being I am almost totally surrounded by water and the almost part is my laneway)  so I have a dehumidifier going 24-7  in there . My wood pellets and wood bits sit in the room where I keep the dehumidifier going, I don't have a problem with either going out in...
  9. greywolf1

    How Many Mes Owners Here?

    sweet idea with the mod wa0auu , and your going to start manufacturing the mod unit and sell it for how much    lol
  10. greywolf1

    Beef "Dino" Ribs (From My Last Prime Rib Score)

    The price of beef in Canada has gone right stupid this year but being a meat and potato's man I have to have my meat , and yes Bear I would take beef ribs over pork any day of the week as well The Texas ribs up here are meaty but not as meaty as your Dino ribs and I like prime rib too much to...
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    Beef "Dino" Ribs (From My Last Prime Rib Score)

    Bear , I really have to stop checking your recipes and pictures out first thing in the morning at the coffee shop cause it make me really hungry Just checked your Dino ribs , I know what I'm having this Sunday 
  12. greywolf1

    MES 40 - Troubleshoot cause of temp reading on display higher than actual temps

    I had a temp. issue as well so the first thing I checked was the temp. probe at the back center of unit ( MES 30 ) . I noticed there was a film on the probe , Mama is now missing one of her scotch brite pads from her dish sink ( fine pad ) , I cleaned the  temp. probe and the high limit sensor...
  13. greywolf1

    Mold in smoker

    I went on holidays and my son used my MES but didn't clean it ( party time ) . I sprayed the inside with oven cleaner , left it for half an hour, hosed it out , wiped around the element did a burn at 250 for an hour and a half, let it cool , wiped the inside down and re-seasoned it. , Did two...
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    How Many Mes Owners Here?

    I very much enjoy checking this thread out everyday, as I'm sure a lot of other people do as well . I have gotten a ton of ideas from this thread as well as from the wood  smoker threads . The reason I went to the MES is the time you have to spend with a wood smoker , I don't have that kind of...
  15. greywolf1

    How Many Mes Owners Here?

    Was in the TSC store yesterday  in Cambridge Ontario , they have a 30" glass door Master built with probe and remote for $279.99 on sale.  Just in time for fathers day.
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    How Many Mes Owners Here?

    I work on industrial woodworking machinery and have had a chance to work on one manufacturers fire log and pellet machines , both machines used a fine mist spray of water and a whole bunch of hydraulic pressure to force the saw dust through the dies . It's actually cool the way those two...
  17. greywolf1

    Smokers, Whats your age and how long have you been smoking???

    Old as dust is what I tell my grandson but I find I'm young at 61 after reading a bunch of these posts , only been smoking for 6 months but have been BBQing since forever and experimented with wood chips in a smoke box that I made. It took me this long to get a real smoker , must have fallen...
  18. greywolf1

    Chicken Thighs (MES 40 Smoked)

    Great looking meal as usual Bear , I used your step by step only on skinless boneless thighs with rub  and I smoked cubed taters with olive oil and Lawrys seasoning salt last night Must have been a night for chicken thighs and taters
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    MES 40 with Remote (Christmas Present)

    Well , Mama does keep trying to get me to go down shopping with her for a weekend but the smoker would cost me three times as much by the time she got done .    Lol Well , my wife does want me to go down shopping with her one weekend but the smoker would end up costing me three times as much...
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    MES 40 with Remote (Christmas Present)

    Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner Bear , I took Mama to a log cabin for our 42nd anniversary, we had a good time. I live about 90 miles from a border crossing to the US
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