once you get it warm it is easy to keep it up to temp. it just takes a little extra fuel. I think the day I made the video it was close to 0 F. I used it off and on all that winter. The wind has a bigger effect on it that the actual temperature. If the wind is blowing on a really cold day then it is harder to keep it up to temp.
hows the lang for holding temp in the cold ? is there a noticeable temp drop ? Looking at picking up the 60 deluxe and trying to see what other people think of them
@texas759 no I don't build them, not that i couldn't but i wanted 1 in my lifetime that I didn't have to build my self and they people that made this 1 do a great job and the price is more reasonable than anything else i found.
Ahhh thank you sir. That is what I wanted to know. Good to know before I start cutting and welding. Thanks. I think I'll just go up to a 108 as well. The only thing I dont like about those though is the 2 doors. How would you have the doors opened up? Would they do that when you order it I wonder? Also have you ever smoked ribs standing up in a rack? If so what kind of results did you get?
@peteyort I saw a 108 the day i picked mine up. It had single doors and i am not sure how the guy that bought it is going to open them. the doors on my 84 are heavy enough after a long day of cooking.generally i only do spareribs. I am not a big fan of babybacks or St. Louis cut. Its a price thing. spares are cheaper.so no i have not cooked any standing up. I did do 315 racksin 4 days for a fundraiser last year.with the 4 levels that i had at the time i could do about 30 racks at a time.
I did add the extra 2 shelves but have since reconfigured it again and removed the second shelf and spaced the others out. It did cook different. The top shelf was too hot and the second shelf cooked slow. It cooks much better now. If I do this again I will go with the 108 and have the doors openned up a little.
I have a Lang 84 but mine only has a bottom shelf and a top one. Did you add the other 2 yourself? It looks like you added one above and one below (not in right now) the factory one. Is that correct? does that affect the cooking at all? Or just the quantity?
@atcnick MIne has done that in some places but I didn't worry about it too much. You have to remember that the firebox gets extremely hot and as far as I know there is no high temp primer. If you look on Mr. Langs webpage he does address this in his FAQ section. I bought mine to use, not to sit around and look pretty. If you use it there will be some battle scars.
once you get it warm it is easy to keep it up to temp. it just takes a little extra fuel. I think the day I made the video it was close to 0 F. I used it off and on all that winter. The wind has a bigger effect on it that the actual temperature. If the wind is blowing on a really cold day then it is harder to keep it up to temp.
texas759 2 weeks ago
hows the lang for holding temp in the cold ? is there a noticeable temp drop ? Looking at picking up the 60 deluxe and trying to see what other people think of them
Mojack420 2 weeks ago
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KD5XB 1 year ago
Sure doesn't look like Freer...
KD5XB 1 year ago
@KD5XB No Mack it isn't Freer but it is a nnice little town. What do you think of my pit?
texas759 1 year ago
@texas759 Looks nice -- do you build them?
I remember we had one back at Freer -- I suspect my dad drew it up, bought the material, and got Ed Knezec to weld it up for him.
KD5XB 1 year ago
@texas759 no I don't build them, not that i couldn't but i wanted 1 in my lifetime that I didn't have to build my self and they people that made this 1 do a great job and the price is more reasonable than anything else i found.
texas759 1 year ago
@whitscot thanks for the kind words. I need to do another the next time i fire it up
texas759 1 year ago
Ahhh thank you sir. That is what I wanted to know. Good to know before I start cutting and welding. Thanks. I think I'll just go up to a 108 as well. The only thing I dont like about those though is the 2 doors. How would you have the doors opened up? Would they do that when you order it I wonder? Also have you ever smoked ribs standing up in a rack? If so what kind of results did you get?
peteyort 1 year ago
@peteyort I saw a 108 the day i picked mine up. It had single doors and i am not sure how the guy that bought it is going to open them. the doors on my 84 are heavy enough after a long day of cooking.generally i only do spareribs. I am not a big fan of babybacks or St. Louis cut. Its a price thing. spares are cheaper.so no i have not cooked any standing up. I did do 315 racksin 4 days for a fundraiser last year.with the 4 levels that i had at the time i could do about 30 racks at a time.
texas759 1 year ago
I did add the extra 2 shelves but have since reconfigured it again and removed the second shelf and spaced the others out. It did cook different. The top shelf was too hot and the second shelf cooked slow. It cooks much better now. If I do this again I will go with the 108 and have the doors openned up a little.
texas759 1 year ago
I have a Lang 84 but mine only has a bottom shelf and a top one. Did you add the other 2 yourself? It looks like you added one above and one below (not in right now) the factory one. Is that correct? does that affect the cooking at all? Or just the quantity?
peteyort 1 year ago
I have a Lang 84 but mine only has a bottom shelf and a top one. Did you add the other 2 yourself?
peteyort 1 year ago
Nice smoker! Is thtat the 60 size?
atcnick 1 year ago
@atcnick no, it is an 84 and it is the best thing i have ever cooked on
texas759 1 year ago
@texas759, cool! I've read that people are having issues with paint coming up around the firebox. What's your experience with that?
atcnick 1 year ago
@atcnick MIne has done that in some places but I didn't worry about it too much. You have to remember that the firebox gets extremely hot and as far as I know there is no high temp primer. If you look on Mr. Langs webpage he does address this in his FAQ section. I bought mine to use, not to sit around and look pretty. If you use it there will be some battle scars.
texas759 1 year ago