Recent content by EEman

My 1 Star is working fine, but I have a question about covering it. I bought a cover which is fading a lot. This is not a complaint about the cover because here in sunny Colorado at 6500 ft everything can take a beating from the sun -- including me. The main reason I thought to use the cover...

I am going to do a 12.5 lb turkey (my first) on my MAK 1, so I watched the BP video and also read the recipe in the MAK cookbook plus a recipe submitted on the BPS site. Neither specifies a pellet type, so I am looking for advice on that. Also, they have different methods yielding different...

On the MAK web site is a link to a news story about MAK hiring a new worker and their plans to increase sales. I love my MAK and appreciate the quality, so it was good to see that maybe I helped a US worker just a little. Just before Memorial Day I was at my local COSTCO and Traegers were...

We got back a few days ago from some extensive travel -- several weeks. We were in our small (24 ft) RV and had a great time in North Carolina, Kentucky and Arkansas. Many beautiful camping spots, but our MAK 1 stayed at home. The first thing I cooked when we got home was a Pappa Murphy's...

i cooked a pork butt yesterday -- my first. It turned out great, but I had a problem along the way. I was close to the end of the cook watching the temps when the grill temp started falling. I looked in the hopper and there were still plenty of pellets, but they did not slide down to the...

I just bought a pork butt from our local natural meat store. It is wrapped in a net that is keeping it in a tight bundle like a roast. I assume the best thing for smoking is to remove that net. There is nothing holding the meat together in BP's video. Am I right? Thanks Ed Brady Colorado...

Through absolutely no fault of BPS the delivery of my MAK grill was not handled with the high quality standards BPS expects. Without going into details lets just say that UPS did not cover themselves in glory. The BPS team took the matter up with UPS right away and the bottom line is I am now...

BPS got MAK #164 to me right on time. It was up and ready to go in a snap and thanks to previous posts I had some good ideas about cooking chicken. Even though it was a little chilly in Colorado the MAK performed flawlessly and produced a lovely beer can bird. My second dish was spatchcock...

My new MAK 1 will arrive on Wednesday and I am preparing for my first attempt - beer can chicken. I have read the recipes posted, but have a question. They all call for the chicken to be placed directly on the grill, but it seems that putting it on a small roasting pan with 1 inch sides would...

The thanks is for all of you who helped me learn about pellet smokers and how to choose one. I appreciate the feedback I got and just reading all the helpful posts. The happy birthday is for me. My wife told me to order a smoker as a birthday gift from her. So, today I ordered a MAK One Star...

Here is the new guy with a bunch of questions. I am in the education and selection process for a smoker and have focused on MAK or Memphis. I have not seen or touched a MAK, but the local Ace was demoing a Memphis Pro on sale for $1,999. It is great looking and seems very well made...

My name is Ed Brady aka EEman and I am a pellet smoker wannabe. I live in Colorado and grill on my old faithful Lynx grill at least a couple of times a week year round. Visited a friend in AZ with a Traeger and now want to be a pellet guy.