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Sweet, good for you! I've was running an OKJ highland for about 8yrs. I finally broke down after years of back and forth with myself to justify costs and bought a WH 1975. I came to the conclusion I flat out love stick burning couldn't be happier with the pit. I am sure all pits in that class...

I honestly never heard of them, but just looked them up and they are sweet looking!! I am shocked I never heard of them or seen their website. I thought I looked at just about every offset their was, lol!

This will make it challenging to say the least. You want fairly consistent sized splits which will really help with fire management. I was never a fan of chunks for my OKJ, rather long splits in the give or take 10" range. It's all a learning curve especially with a new offset. You will learn...

Agreed! I am not afraid of fat as I once was! But agree typical Mayo fat is bad, try olive oil mayo or avocado oil mayo vs. that other crap they put in mayo, your much better off.

I agree with many on the prob and I also think you can bump temps to 275 - 300 for sure on those babies...... I've learned to prob different area's and not rely on the leave in prob, I've been burnt on that in the past.

Congratulations!! That's an awesome looking great PIT, wishing you many years of great BBQ. Enjoy!!

Good luck and keep us posted on what you end up with. Lang and Old Country great pits!!

Scratch bell fab they are in Oklahoma, my apologies.

I am pretty sure that Bell Fabricators is in that area or I might be mistaken. They do custom pits and I know many people happy with him. Old Country makes some nice pits, they have the G2 and G3 I think now and can be bought at some Academy Sporting Good stores. I am sure you are already...

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated! I think it's a nice little smoker, but I guess am at a point where buy once cry once. I want a larger smoker so I can cook for more than just my family of 5 and this is petty but I can't stand that dam FB on the left, lol. Again thanks for reply!

Been looking to upgrade my OKJ, to something with thicker metal and just a bigger overall smoker. Have my eye blue smoke smokers for a bit now but just haven't been able to cough up the couple grand for it and just not sure when I will if ever, lol. Came a cross a older school Brinkmann on...

As many already stated a big key to fire management is having a solid bed of coals. Bigger FB's can get away with just using larger pieces of wood, but for smaller pits like mine and others some lump charcoal to start with can do wonders for fire management. Longer cooks might even need some...

FOTB fan here for sure, so I do wrap them in butcher if on hand or most times just foil. I find them to always be juicy, tender and moist.

Just out of curiosity are propane tanks generally thicker?

Great advice! I do occasionally have to add some lump charcoal if my coal bed gets to low where my splits are not catching or smoldering. Don't be afraid to if you have a longer cook, having a solid coal bed will make running it that much smoother.

Yeah offsets are not for everyone, that's for sure!

Looking forward to seeing the progress! I am really debating on if I should build my own smoker or not. Trying to build up the courage! Complete novice at welding and metal working. However I took the plunge and bought a cheap welder and starting to practice welding. I modified my OKJ with...

Cheap Offsets are work, hec offsets in general are work and def not for everyone. But I truly enjoy it, but get folks don't have the time. As you have already saw, once you figure out what your pit likes and its sweet spot it gets a bit easier/predicable. As you upgrade to thicker steal...

Very helpful info, thanks!

Agreed! I use to try and use chunks, many do and have success but I find thinner and longer splits work best for me. About 8 - 10" long and about 2 - 4" wide work best for my smoker. They catch pretty quick.