If the chip loader is closed, where does the MES draw air from to create airflow out the exhaust?
Drip pan opening.If the chip loader is closed, where does the MES draw air from to create airflow out the exhaust?
Yes, I have closed the vent though never completely and mainly in colder ambient temps.
If you're done smoking and have foiled, do you close your vent completely or 50%, or 75%, until the meat is finished?
Your temp probe might have been in the way.
I dont think my vent closes 100%? Is there a clip there preventing it from closing 100% on the new MES BT? Perhaps mine is jammed with creosote, not sure. I tried to close it the other day pretty hard but it wouldnt close fully.
+1 ... I have the new 2.5 Bluetooth bought at Sams and mine closes all the way also except maybe 1/64" or less of space remains when totally closed. .... I do wipe it off though when done smoking and cleaning the glass in the door, so it is always clean.
Your temp probe might have been in the way.
Mine closes 100% easily. (Gen #1)
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"Simple and easy " You go boy. Jted
I'm smoking two chuck roasts today. I foiled them and removed my AMNPS and set it on the ground. I separated the burning wood pellets from the unburnt ones and about 20 minutes later the smoke was gone. I have one ET-733 probe measuring the heat inside my MES 30 Gen 1 and the other is inside one of the foiled chuckies. The top vent is all the way open and the interior temp has remained steady at 239° for the past couple of hours.
I don't pull out the chip loader at all and I don't close the top exhaust because everything is working just the way it was designed to and my chuckies are now just 2° away from 200° which is when I'll pull them out of the smoker. I just like to keep things simple and easy. That's how it should be with an electric smoker and why I bought it and the AMNPS and the ET-733.