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Buford "T" Has Masterbuilt Smoker Problems

by Big mike Tomblin
(claremore okla.)

My wife stood in line at pro bass and got me an electric smoker made by master-built. said it was 30in. tall 20in. wide and 17in deep. i have cured the insides racks water dish etc. then noticed (too late) the racks (4) of them are very small. 14in.w x 12in deep about 3in. apart. i love smoked ribs but hate to cut the slabs, but nothing will fit not ribs (normally cook 3 at once) not a briskit, or a large ham or turkey, nothing of any size or amount.what about hanging the meat will that work? have about 16in there. please help if you can. very disgrunted

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by: Charles B

You can get stainless steel rod and make hooks out of it and hang what ever you are cooking from the hooks. Make several different lengths it what meat processors use in their smokehouse.
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by: Bill

There are a couple of things you can try that might help when trying to smoke slabs of ribs and briskets without cutting them up.

Slabs of ribs can be rolled up into a circle and smoked sitting on their edges. This won't work with an untrimmed sparerib slab, but with trimmed slabs and babyback slabs, roll them up just so one end crosses the other enough to pin it in that shape with a couple of skewers. Roll them bone side in. When standing on edge, you should be able to get three slabs on one of those racks.

And with whole briskets, depending on their size, you should be able to get most of them to fit on one of the racks by either squeezing it together so it's shorter and thicker.

Try smoking whole turkeys beer-can chicken style. Remove all of the racks but the lower one, and you should have plenty of room for smoking turkey in your Masterbuilt smoker that way.

And like you mentioned, hanging would be okay too, as long as the upper rack can support the weight. When hanging heavy meats, you might consider tying them to a steel rod running across the top of the rack, to give more support.

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