Sun Valley ID

[daveomak]

Thanks Dave, so far my huge financial investment in this forum has paid back handsomely.   Your information is most helpful. 

Where are the probes?  I was thinking of buying a cheap heating pad at WalMart so I could pre-heat the electrical box on top.  Will that do it?  Once the whole MES heats up generally, will it self-heat the device box?

Adam

Smoke, evening..... they are on the back wall of the smoker, on the inside... One is a snapswitch for over temp shut off... and the other is a temp probe to monitor the temps....  heat them both to fool the low temp circuitry...   Dave

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Now I know where to stop when I get out to Idaho to Ski:

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• oldschoolbbq
• Jul 16, 2012

 

[s2k9k]

Question:

If I find a cool informative post or recipe, how do I mark it so I can find it again?

thanks!

Adam

As Gary said, Evernote is great, I use it a lot

If you want to save a thread right here on SMF, maybe it is a long one with good pics you want to refer back to, you can subscribe to it. At the top right under the title of the thread you will see "Subscribe", just click on that and then it will ask you about "Notifications". You can choose to get emailed every time someone replies to it or to just get site notifications. You can view all your subscriptions by clicking "Subscriptions" on the top right side of the page right under the "Chat" button:

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• s2k9k
• Oct 15, 2012

 

[smoke83340]

Thanks Scar, that is a good idea and I already have Evernote - I was wondering if there was a way to mark a post either way. I'll set up a smoke file in Evernote.

thanks!

 

[smoke83340]

Thanks!!  Great information!

 

[smoke83340]

I tried the coffee-cocoa rub with some tri-tip.  awesome!!!

I am now official.  Official something.  

Here is some bona fide Q-View

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• smoke83340
• Oct 17, 2012

 

[smokinhusker]

Hello and welcome to SMF!

 

[smoke83340]

Thanks!  So far it has been purely informative and fun.

Adam 

 

[smoke83340]

Mr. Oldschool:

I am still puzzled about where the heck the AMNPS goes...

Also where is the best place to post the Q-view?  I put one up in my original thread but there may be a better place.  My first coffee-cocoa rub bark.  It was very good.

thanks,

Adam

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• smoke83340
• Oct 17, 2012

 

[scarbelly]

I tried the coffee-cocoa rub with some tri-tip.  awesome!!!

I am now official.  Official something.  

Here is some bona fide Q-View

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• smoke83340
• Oct 17, 2012

Glad you liked it - really gives TriTip a great flavor

 

[daveomak]

Adam, morning.....  The AMNPS should fit in the lower left of the MES 30....  The two rods to the left of the chip drawer should support it nicely....   Have you been told to pull the chip drawer out an inch or so and pull out the chip dump tube about the same or even a little more to insure adequate air flow for the AMNPS ??   The tri-tip looks delicious..     Dave

Mr. Oldschool:

I am still puzzled about where the heck the AMNPS goes...

 

[scarbelly]

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• scarbelly
• Oct 18, 2012

Here is a pic for you of MES 30 placement

 

[smoke83340]

Thanks Dave I'll order an AMNPS... the tri tip was a fun project and I'm going to throw two chickens today...

Adam

 

[smoke83340]

Scar:

Question:  How do the pellets combust?  It looks like they'd be too far from the MES heat element. Do I light them separately?

Thanks for the great picture!

Smoke83340/Adam

 

[sound1]

You won't regret it!!

 

[thsmormonsmokes]

Question:

If I find a cool informative post or recipe, how do I mark it so I can find it again?

thanks!

Adam

I put a folder on my desktop dedicated to threads I want to follow.  When I stumble onto a good one, I drag the address from the browser bar and drop it into the folder on the desktop.  It's rough and ready, and probably not as clean as a program to manage all that for you, but it works.  And that's my most important criteria.

 

[scarbelly]

Scar:

Question:  How do the pellets combust?  It looks like they'd be too far from the MES heat element. Do I light them separately?

Thanks for the great picture!

Smoke83340/Adam

Yes - you light them with a torch and let them burn for 10 min 

 

[daveomak]

Torch them, let them burn 10 minutes, blow the flame out, smoke food.....   Very cool and useful device....  Dave

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• daveomak
• Oct 18, 2012

 

[smoke83340]

COOL. I'm having a whale of a good time with this MES and I'd probably smoke some whale if I knew where to get it.  That coffee-cocoa-chili sugar rub is phenomenal on chicken too!

Thanks for all of your help.  I just ran into a friend who is a cabinet maker and he generates lots of hardwood scraps in cherry, hickory, etc.  Yippee!

Adam 

 

[smoke83340]

COOL. I'm having a whale of a good time with this MES and I'd probably smoke some whale if I knew where to get it.  That coffee-cocoa-chili sugar rub is phenomenal on chicken too!

Thanks for all of your help.  I just ran into a friend who is a cabinet maker and he generates lots of hardwood scraps in cherry, hickory, etc.  Yippee!

Adam