Recent content by Foothills Jim

Last week I smoked some meatloaf on one of the racks that come standard in the #1. I should have know better but wasn't thinking about it as I'm used to the racks from my Masterbuilt which have small squares instead of wide spaced rods. The meatloaf kind of sank into the rack when smoking and...

I bought some German bologna from the Walmart deli to smoke today. 1st smoke in my new #1. I have them slice it on the #10 setting which gives me slices ½” thick and 5 ½” diameter. 8 slices come to just over 3 pounds for about 21 ½ bucks. I think that’s pretty pricey considering what bologna is...

Thanks for the welcome. Cloudy here this morning but supposed to turn sunny and warm up later. Planning on smoking some bologna this afternoon for a first smoke in my #1. Will post results. David, those docs told us the same thing about eating smoked meats, they just don't know how good it is! I...

Hello everyone. Just received my new #1 a few days ago and have it seasoning now. I'm replacing a MES30 that I've used since 2008. My MES stopped heating after about 6 hours of smoking some pork. I didn't want to continue repairing it so the #1 seemed like a good choice for me, big enough to...