BURNED OUT READY TO CONVERT

[downsouth]

After this last holiday weekend cooking I am ready for a masterbuilt. My 22" Weber stayed warm from thursday evening until saturday morning. I slow smoked 3 butts, a large brisket that I divided point and flat to smoke seprately and a turkey breast for this weeks lunches. 5 smoke cycles in all. Everything turned out nice like it should and I love my Weber but dog gone at 55 I don't stay up drinking beer all night.

I know several of you guys have the MB smokers and enjoy them. I have started doing a little research and seems some have problems with the electric element in the reviews I've read. Seems they have great customer service by the accounts I've read.

So I am inclined to try the propane version of the smoker. Seems the most popular models are the 30 & 40. I haven't read just how much you can fit on each, say x amount of St. Louis style pork ribs or such.

Those who have them please chime in your input would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Downsouth

[Rees Guide]

Do not do the propane thang, I am going to get one too but we did smoke some chicken leg-quarters, a boston butt and some bacon!!! Put the bacon over the butt and cooked it for 30 or 40 minutes and it is the best bacon I have had on a BLT samwich!!!

[satdoc1]

I have the 40" electric one and love it. Put a 8# boston butt and 3 strips of ribs on mine on the 3rd. All came out great. Ribs were pull apart tender after 4 hours and moist. Butt stayed on all night and you could pull apart easily. You could probably put 12 strips on it at once.

[DonDon]

Once you go Green, you never go back. Spend the money and get a Big Green Egg. It'll hold temp all night long and you can sear a steak at 800-900 degrees as well

[downsouth]

Once you go Green, you never go back. Spend the money and get a Big Green Egg. It'll hold temp all night long and you can sear a steak at 800-900 degrees as well

You know my heart but not my wallet DD.

[downsouth]

Do not do the propane thang, I am going to get one too but we did smoke some chicken leg-quarters, a boston butt and some bacon!!! Put the bacon over the butt and cooked it for 30 or 40 minutes and it is the best bacon I have had on a BLT samwich!!!

Why no propane Rees? No cord, more location options I'm thinkin. If there are woes with the propane models please tell me. Maybe I aint thinkin right. Happens.......often these daze.

[Rees Guide]

I just don't like the propane myself, live out in the sticks and when I get ready to do something I seem to need propane, next one will be an electric Masterbuilt. Not many places no a days you can't plug it in sept maybe the boat, heck I even got tricity at my house!!!!

[canebreaker]

I think I had my 30" loaded down, 1 butt and 3 full slabs. Like Rusty said, they were pull apart tender.
I don't really know what was wrong with mine. Just a touch of moisture in the rubber jacket where the element connection is. Like on an electric stove a crust can form between the spade and stay con.
I'll have to look at the propane model and read the reviews.
I picked up a few propane tanks and exchanged them. I went to replace the one on my stove and the one I grabbed was empty. No, I didn't grab the wrong one, all were suppose to be full at the time.

[downsouth]

Upon further review reading the propane can use charcoal also. Not sure that's an entirely good thing considering the reason for this post in the first place.

[SeaRay]

Hey Rees! Not to hijack the thread but how long Slab gonna make you keep that moniker????