ISO Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain gas smoker - or best equivalent

[SmokingInSouthFlorida]

I left a worn Landmann Great Outdoors propane smoker in Virginia when I moved last year to Sarasota. I'm now in the market and was not happy on learning that Landmann went kaput last July. Does anyone know of a source for such a smoker still in leftover inventory? Jim
One of Jeff's postings on the GOSM. https://www.smoking-meat.com/propane-gosm-smoker-instructional-guide

 

[mike243]

I bought mine at Walmart 15-20 years ago, not fired it up in years, tough to control temps in the summer unless you like hotnfast. that said a ton of grate space and have cooked some great food with it, the covered chip/chunk box works extremely well

 

[Plinsc]

Mine is at least 20 years old, still has the square wind lock on the bottom.
I need to replace grates, water bowl, temp gauge but it’s a tank

 

[mike243]

Oh and welcome to the site, they host pictures here so addem if ya gotem

 

[SmokingInSouthFlorida]

Thanks for the welcome, comments and, Mike243, the recommendations. I've shied away from pellet grills and smokers, as well as old time electric smokers. Perhaps it's time to think about at least electric.

 

[Top2MP]

I just found one on OfferUp and got it for $75 with a full tank of propane. It hadn't been used in years, and looked like the racks had never been cleaned, but with a little elbow grease and Rustoleum High Heat paint, it looks pretty good now. I had the standard size years ago, but left it in Georgia when we moved. I've since tried two MES, but not happy, so sold them. Here's the before and after.

 

[jcam222]

You got her looking new! Glad you found one.

 

[realdocBBQ]

I picked up one of these for $50 recently but I cannot get the burner to light. I have tried the tank on other smokers and my propane torch, works fine, not an issue with the safety valve-limiter on the tank. I can see the igniter sparking when I press it. And I can smell the propane when trying to light it, but no luck.

So I'm thinking I may need to replace the burner, although I will be pulling it all apart this weekend likely and seeing if I can get it cleaned up, brushed out, etc. If I can get it working, great. If not, I'll need to replace, but of course the manufacturer of this smoker is out of business. No replacement burners available.

Anyone replaced the burner on theirs or have any tips on what to get? I've never replaced a propane burner like this, are they pretty standard? Can I buy an 'upgraded' one, like maybe a little larger, or a little better control (besides just adding a needle valve, etc.?). ARE there some propane burners like these that are 'better' or 'worse', which ones to avoid, etc? Like I said, I don't know much about propane burners.

<edit> Sorry, decided just to start a new topic with this, but can figure out how to delete this whole post or I would.