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Well I happened to be watching the grand championship of BBQ pit masters last year and discovered the lang reverse flow smoker. I thought, I can make one of them. Boy I didn't know what I was thinking!! Well here it is from start to finish.
sorry for the delay was trying to download pictures from my phone and had a hard time. So now at it with the computer here are a few pictures. In the spring we started cutting into the tank, luckily we found a gas saw to make short work of it!!!
working on the racks, wanted a warming rack as well as a large rack for whole hogs, plus I wanted the racks to pull out so no support in the middle between the doors.
I really couldn't be happier with the smoker Dave. It is totally different from what I'm familiar with, but I'm figuring things out. I noticed it's easier to heat it up higher than you want to cook at and adjust temp with the dampers. It seems to settle in at around 235 to 250 in temp, which is where I like to cook anyway. Here are a few picture from the first cook