Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: TMB on June 22, 2016, 10:03:41 PM
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As most of y'all know Albert (forum member) gave me his old smoker (MES) Cajun Injector brand smoker that was not working.
Since I was off Tuesday from work I thought I'd give it a look ove to see what was going on. I removed the rear panel inspected the wires, connectors, etc.. I did not really find an issue but did reconnect all snap connectors and tighten anything I could get a screwdriver on :D
Plugged it in and set the timer for 4 hrs and the temp to 225. Within 15 mins the temp was at 223
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So since it was working I thought I'd try a cook
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Cheese stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon
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Had to use sauce because it was such a fast decision to cook I forgot to season the bird ??? ??? ???
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Ala in all not a bad cook, just got to get use to low and slow. Bacon was only crisp on the outside not the inside like it would have been in INFRARED
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Not to bad but Kimmie wouldn't touch it :( Then again I should have tossed them into an SRG for a few mins to finish
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Not bad! I think I am going to do thighs with cheese next time. If I ever get the rack for the TBE, then I will probably try it in there...
Pretty good results for the cost!
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Looks,great!
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Looks good Tommy
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Looks good and I am wondering if you added wood to get some smoke?
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Looks good and I am wondering if you added wood to get some smoke?
Used pellets for smke, problem there is you can't control the amount of smoke unless you just use a few pellets at a time. If you added lets say one cup then you get a very heavy smoke for a few mins NOT GOOD. Just need to play with it for a few cooks to get the feel I guess
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Looks good and I am wondering if you added wood to get some smoke?
Used pellets for smke, problem there is you can't control the amount of smoke unless you just use a few pellets at a time. If you added lets say one cup then you get a very heavy smoke for a few mins NOT GOOD. Just need to play with it for a few cooks to get the feel I guess
Albert is a very generous guy...
I had the same problem whenever I used pellets in the smoking tray. Huge smoke for a little while, then no smoke...bad taste on the food.
I have a friend that uses his MES regularly and adds smoke with the Amaz-n-smoker and pellets. Good results for him every time, it seems. I haven't been able to keep the pellets going when I use the same smoker in our MES.
The MES is designed to use chips. Of course, Tommy will find a way to modify it to use most anything.
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Looks good for a no cost smoker Tommy!!! Don
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Pretty awesome that all you had to do was make sure everything was connected properly!