first smoke on the new Lang 60

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capt dan

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As I posted last night, todays smoke is a celebration of sorts, 500 posts and a new smoker, and what else, oh yeah, daylight savings time!

Anywho, got 10 lbs of leg quarters at the store for 5.49, 20 quarters in a bag. Marinated them overnight in Italian dressing. Fired up the Lang, and dusted the marinated chicken with McCormicks Grill Mates, 10 pieces with Roasted garlic and Herb, and the other 10 with Montreal chicken spice. Here is the smoker, getting warmed up, ready to be fed!



Rolled up 2 double sized fatties, 2 lbs each. I w/ mozz cheese, the other with pepperjack, both outta Bob Evans regular, rubbed with my usual butt rub. Tossed em in the Lang, chicken on the hot side, fatties to the left!



Mixed up a single batch of Dutch's wicked baked beans, and put them in the warmer. Cooked them at 225-250 in the warmer.



This is after 2 hrs of cook time, first spritz with apple juice and Olive oil.


Last pic is the finished fatty s, man these where big, but very good. A wider smoke ring than the silver, but not as deep of red color.



Lotsa fun today, no wind, still pretty cold out, lotsa playing with adjustments. Chicken turned out good, not great , but good, it was done at about 300 degrees, while the fatties were rollin about 240-250. The beans were excellent, as well as the fatties. All in all a good first run.
Next smoke, 31 lbs of chuck roll, probably next sunday!
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Thanks guys, I feel giddy when using it. I am sure that will go away eventually. The thing is very easy to use, I have to change my way of doing things from the charbroil silver smokes. I will still use the silver, she is a good rig, and finally modified to my liking, but to be able to load up the stick burner and actually get something else done through the day is wonderful.

Yes Steve, 2 2 lb fatties, and 20 leg quarters, and a gallon of beans, there are some leftovers. Just 4 of us in my house, and we ate real well during the Atlanta race.

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Boy dan That sure is a nice rig! Nothing like breaking in a new smoker!

One of these days I'll have a Lang. As of now I value my my almonds, But one of these days I'll have the wife convinced It is a necessity
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Bad news, the Giddyness doesn't go away, the obsessiveness gets worse, the butchers start stopping in at the house, the family gets bigger, and wood pile gets smaller!
 
I am going to try to get my 84's warmer modified like that I do alot of catering and the extra space to cook in would greatly help. Are you able to maintain consistant temps for smoking in the warmer.
 
Sounds like a nice unit "longneck 84" you have, any pics of it you would like to post? If you can, post em on the smoker thread "Post Picture of Smoker and its Brand/type here ( 1 2)" Yours will be the first 84 in that thread!!!

Look forward to learning about what you do and how the 84 works for you. One question, have you ever used a model 60, and if so, does the 84 use a whole lot more fuel because of the extra space in the firebox and cook chamber?

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I never used a 60 but i would bet that just do to the larger size it would use more but not to much. I have a Stoker blower system hooked to it so I get 3 plus hrs out of it between fill ups. I will post some pics of the setup.
 
Smokinit, I am not sure of the answer to your question. I have only used it once so far. It held 225-250 for me today for 3 hrs will I smoked the stuff in the main chamber. I played with the levers and baffles a bit, as that was what todays smoke was all about. I believe at this point that I could indeed smoke ribs or butts in the warmer along with the same in the main chamber. If I had one complaint/change, I would have installed a spring on the baffle to the top of the firebow to the warmer. The hand falls over easitly going from full open to about 1/4 open. I will remedy this in the future if only a bungee cord, or piece of wire. The main baffle going to the main chamber has a spring in it(between the box and the handle) to give resistance. I wish all of the handles on the firebox had springs in them for this reason.
That is a small problem that will be easy for me to fix.
I bet that Ben Lang or another welding fab shop could install a couple of them 4 inch ports for you into the floor of the warmer.They look like this.
 
Glad to see you enjoying your new rig Dan. Food looks great! I havent given up my battle on the Charbroil...lol
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