Smoking on my new toy.

[BKING!]

Still trying to get it dialed in but doing better. Held on average 300 deg on today’s cook. Thighs took about an hour and the butt took a lot longer than expected (7 hours) but it was a large bone in 12 pounder and unwrapped all the way through.

 

[TulsaJeff]

Sweet!!

 

[dcecil]

You nailed it, what a nice rig by the way, I have the 36 patio and love it. Not a bad view you have there either. I would spend a lot of time sittin there

 

[BKING!]

You nailed it, what a nice rig by the way, I have the 36 patio and love it. Not a bad view you have there either. I would spend a lot of time sittin there

Thank you! Stickburning sure is fun and the flavor is much better imo. Didn’t actually spend much time with it. Once I got her figured out I pretty much just went out every 45 min to an hour. Just needed to know how much and how often to add wood.

 

[wimpy69]

Looking good. Sounds like your taming the beast and thats (for me) the fun of it.

 

[dcecil]

Thank you! Stickburning sure is fun and the flavor is much better imo. Didn’t actually spend much time with it. Once I got her figured out I pretty much just went out every 45 min to an hour. Just needed to know how much and how often to add wood.

I have had mine for about a month now and I love it. As we speak I actually have it holding a steady temp at 225, I did not think I would be able to do that with a stick burner.

 

[BKING!]

I have had mine for about a month now and I love it. As we speak I actually have it holding a steady temp at 225, I did not think I would be able to do that with a stick burner.

Yep when you got quality you can bend the smoker to your will. Quality costs $$$ unfortunately with a wood smoker

 

[dcecil]

Yep when you got quality you can bend the smoker to your will. Quality costs $$$ unfortunately with a wood smoker

Indeed it does, and so does the shipping LOL Had mine shipped from Georgia to California

 

[BKING!]

Indeed it does, and so does the shipping LOL Had mine shipped from Georgia to California

Wow! Lang’s are a great smoker by the way. The only other pitbuilder in California I know of is fatstack smokers. Mine was built in Georgia too. There are a ton of pit builders in that state.

 

[dcecil]

Wow! Lang’s are a great smoker by the way. The only other pitbuilder in California I know of is fatstack smokers.[/QUhOTE]
I checked with several California builders but it was cheaper to go with Lang even with the shipping. And to be honest, I always wanted the Lang. What Pit builder did you go with. It looks very similar to the lang

 

[Traeger.Rage.BBQ]

GORGEOUS!

Pat

 

[gmc2003]

BKing, only one word came to my mind when I saw this post. NICE.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[BKING!]

Custom pits and fab. It’s a 500 gallon with insulated firebox and 3 racks giving me about 5900 sq in of cooking space. Top rack isn’t really useable for anything but chickens, ribs, thighs, and brisket flats unfortunately.

 

[BKING!]

Thanks guys!

 

[gmc2003]

So I'm guessing your not going to fire it up for a single hot dog.

Chris

 

[BKING!]

So I'm guessing your not going to fire it up for a single hot dog.

Chris

You know on my ride home from Georgia after picking it up I actually told my wife that a hotdog was going to be my break in cook. I was joking... kind of.
It will get some good use though. I got an event where I’ll be cooking for 70-80 ups drivers, a wedding for 200, and a cook with me and 2 other’s for around a 1000+ people already planned.

 

[gmc2003]

Ok, now you got my undivided attention. My daughter is buying a house in Georgia(the state). I'll be driving down in a few weeks to help them move(more like drink their beer). Was your smoker built there and was it a custom build or something readily available to the public?

Chris

 

[dcecil]

Custom pits and fab. It’s a 500 gallon with insulated firebox and 3 racks giving me about 5900 sq in of cooking space. Top rack isn’t really useable for anything but chickens, ribs, thighs, and brisket flats unfortunately.

They did a great job on it. Next pit I get will definitely be on a trailer. I think yours is the perfect size, not so big it eats a ton of wood but you can still do some monster cooks. Good choice

 

[BKING!]

They did a great job on it. Next pit I get will definitely be on a trailer. I think yours is the perfect size, not so big it eats a ton of wood but you can still do some monster cooks. Good choice

Sounds like a plan! This build cost me $4000 (I pick up) and I used about 16 splits (4 to heat up and 12 to keep it going) and I can’t imagine using more than that unless I was doing a whole hog cook. Normally butts take 5 hours if I wrap. This one took 7 hours but this was an unusually long cook.

 

[BKING!]

Ok, now you got my undivided attention. My daughter is buying a house in Georgia(the state). I'll be driving down in a few weeks to help them move(more like drink their beer). Was your smoker built there and was it a custom build or something readily available to the public?

Chris

Custom built and not readily available. It was a 6 week build I believe and I picked it up at custom pits and fab. They will build whatever you ask them to. I added the top rack and upgraded the firebox from a 10 gauge to a two 1/4 inch plates with insulation between, I got Cnc machine cut vents, and upgraded the firegrate to a cnc cut 1/4 thick grate. All was 4000 tax and all.