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[waffles]

S&W .38/44 Pre Model 20 "Heavy Duty". Nightmare transaction, took me a full month to receive it, but man this gun fucks. Easily the smoothest Smith out of the at this point hundreds I've used.

[Doc45]

S&W .38/44 Pre Model 20 "Heavy Duty". Nightmare transaction, took me a full month to receive it, but man this gun fucks. Easily the smoothest Smith out of the at this point hundreds I've used.

Outstanding!! Years ago I had one of the Pueblo PD marked 4”-looked a lot worse and the action even more so ahahaha. Sold to a friend that had a famiy connection to the pd. Enjoy that classic Smith!

[Irving]

Let's see the rest of that table. Is that supposed to be a river, or a repair?

[Grant H.]

Stupid Masterbuilt Electric Smoker control board failed during my last smoking...

Oh well, it wasn't that accurate, and didn't hold temp quite as tight as I know can be done...

PID control here we come!

ETA: No, the smoker won't be getting to 800?C, but for $15, these 800?C K-type thermocouples work really well, and are accurate throughout the range (that I have seen)...

Total cost??? $75... New board from Masterbuilt? Probably about the same. But this won't fail again...

SYL1 by ARNEWB, on Flickr
81SYGzvYgCL._SL1500_ by ARNEWB, on Flickr
515DoOXuWzL by ARNEWB, on Flickr


ETA2: Stupid ass VB ASCII error... (supposed to be degree symbols... not question marks)

[Jer]

MES30?

[Grant H.]

MES30?

MES40.

[Jer]

MES40.

Interesting. I've got a MES30, an extra body (no door, tray or shelves) and an extra controller. I haven't used it in a while since my pellet pooper is meeting all of my smoking needs. I should probably sell it all. Maybe I'll have motivation this spring once it's nice out to get some pictures & get it listed. I liked that smoker for sure though. Made some real good meat on it.

[Grant H.]

Interesting. I've got a MES30, an extra body (no door, tray or shelves) and an extra controller. I haven't used it in a while since my pellet pooper is meeting all of my smoking needs. I should probably sell it all. Maybe I'll have motivation this spring once it's nice out to get some pictures & get it listed. I liked that smoker for sure though. Made some real good meat on it.

I started with a 30. Added the cold smoke box (a must for any of the MES line). Did well with it but then I started doing bigger chunks, and larger batches.

This last round of bacon was 10lbs, but my previous batch was 50lbs. I did turkeys for a church get together last fall, and did 4 11-12lb turkeys.

I've toyed with the ideal of a pellet smoker/grill, but the one I got to play with for a weekend (house sitting for a friend) has me spoiled, and I can't quite justify $1500 on a smoker. Not right now (too many irons in the fire...).

[Jer]

I started with a 30. Added the cold smoke box (a must for any of the MES line). Did well with it but then I started doing bigger chunks, and larger batches.

This last round of bacon was 10lbs, but my previous batch was 50lbs. I did turkeys for a church get together last fall, and did 4 11-12lb turkeys.

I've toyed with the ideal of a pellet smoker/grill, but the one I got to play with for a weekend (house sitting for a friend) has me spoiled, and I can't quite justify $1500 on a smoker. Not right now (too many irons in the fire...).

I did a lot of pork shoulders in mine and they all turned out amazing. I was irked every time that I wanted to smoke a brisket though that I had to hack off several inches and throw it away just to get it to fit. I opened for a GMG DB w/WiFi years ago and have never looked back. I kept the MES30 just because I thought I might use it occasionally and really liked it but with this post I realized it's been covered in the garage unused for years so I suppose I should clear up the space and get it to someone who will get some use out of it. Both the MES30/MES40 are super awesome smokers though especially for the price tag. I think with the proceeds from selling me MES30 and all of the gear I have with it I'll get the pizza attachment for my GMG to make some kick ass pizzas this summer!

[Great-Kazoo]

I'll get the pizza attachment for my GMG to make some kick ass pizzas this summer!

I've been doing pizzas in cast iron skillets, in the camp chef. Looked at a pizza oven and or attachments.. Yet can do what i want in skillets or perforated pizza tray on the existing smoker.