Recent content by drjoejo

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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    That is exactly the cart I was thinking of. Where did you find it?
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Also a new member and I added the AMNPS and the mailbox mod and it really is great.  I smoked some ribs and pork loin and I had TBS for as long as i needed it.  I did not drill any holes in the mailbox, nor did i add the flag on the side.  I figured if i need more air holes i could start with...
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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

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    Hello from Kentucky

    Jted, excellent advice on the damper.  i think i will make one this weekend and see how it works for me. Thanks again!!
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    Hello from Kentucky

    So I wanted to close the loop on my pork loin smoking.  I finally smoked another one, about the same size and left it on until an IT 155*.  It came out perfect.  Maybe the best pork loin I've ever had:) I think as others have pointed out, 145* IT is just too rare for my liking. Also my new...
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    Hello from Kentucky

    Thanks all, great advice!  I'll try another pork deal and see what happens.  part of the fun is learning the process and then perfecting it. Thanks again!!
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    Hello from Kentucky

    thanks gw.  my parents live in south eastern Indiana, so we get over that way all the time. good advice on trying the chickens.  i wanted to do that next.  as you said it takes a while to get the hang of it, really that's just more of an excuse to drink beer!  My wife can't get mad at me if...
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    Hello from Kentucky

    Thanks Jack/Joe for the welcome!! Jack - honestly the pork loin seemed raw pink and for sure not smoke ring pink.  For the life of me i can't figure out what i did wrong in terms of IT.  I've calibrated my probe thermometer with several other ones to make sure it's fairly accurate and it seems...
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    Hello from Kentucky

    Hey everyone, I'm Joe and I live in Florence Ky.  I just purchased a new MES 30 smoker as an early Christmas present from my wife   I'm fairly new to smoking in general, but have played around on a charcoal grill with some success.  This is my first electric smoker and so far it really is quite...
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