Been smoking the past two years the poor man way, on my CharBroil gas grill, indirect heat, with a smoker box and water pan. Turned out some good briskets and pork shoulders, but required way too much attention, so ended up not smoking nearly as often as I wanted.
A few weeks ago I started researching more on the electric smokers and almost pulled the trigger on a MES, but then started reading the horror stories about controllers going bad and saw several reviews say they wish they had just spent the extra money on a Smokin-It, so I came here and started reading up.
After talking to the wife, I placed an order for a #2. According to UPS, it's showing up tomorrow. Just enough time to season it and get at least one practice run in before smoking something for a Steeler party on Sunday.
A few weeks ago I started researching more on the electric smokers and almost pulled the trigger on a MES, but then started reading the horror stories about controllers going bad and saw several reviews say they wish they had just spent the extra money on a Smokin-It, so I came here and started reading up.
After talking to the wife, I placed an order for a #2. According to UPS, it's showing up tomorrow. Just enough time to season it and get at least one practice run in before smoking something for a Steeler party on Sunday.