GoolsbyMD
Full Fledged Farker
Just an update I ended up going with a brethern company called Shirley Fabrication my cooking grates will be 22.5 wide and 44" long. Top and bottom slide out.
What size to get LANG
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the smoke and heat come into the chamber under the drip pan below the grate on reverse flow it has to come out the opposite end from the chimney reverses
backward over the top of the food so you loose about 6" on the 36 it appears to be more on some of the larger units from what I've read.
Nutz4bbq
Knows what a fatty is.
Nutz4bbq
Knows what a fatty is.
Kernscookin
Knows what a fatty is.
I agree, you WILL wish you got a Lang.
bbqwilly
Babbling Farker
LOL. No he wont.
Chopper Duke
Got Wood.
Congrats on the SF! I was looking at Lang and ended up with a Gator. I'm glad I DIDN'T get a Lang!!! :-D
GoolsbyMD
Full Fledged Farker
Time will tell but getting a larger smoker with two pull out 22x44 shelves, 3 therms (my request), a 3/8 thick FB, removable shelf l, cooking chamber gaskets, and a charcoal basket for less than a lang 48 it will be hard. When I called lang they wouldnt do custom work and sent me to a random sales lady who couldn't answer my questions. But what are the reasons you think I'll wish I got a Lang for? The patented griddle baffle plate? After talking to Paul he is an honest man and I believe 100% he will deliver nothing less than my expectations.
awscwi
Full Fledged Farker
bbqwilly
Babbling Farker
I looked hard at a Lang for several months. After seeing Pauls work I called him up and after talking to him for 15 minutes I ordered a cooker from him. People who say he will be sorry has either not seen Pauls work, or dont know what they are looking at.
Im glad I didnt buy a smoker because of the name on the side of it. ALL of Pauls customers will tell you the same thing.
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Thanks Will, I will take up for me and Tyler in this since the gentleman that spoke does not know anything about me and Tyler. I will put our pits up against any of what I consider as far as craftsmanship the best.. Klose, Gator, Jambo, Pittts by JJ and I know there are many more. Those are all excellent Quality pitts as far as craftsmanship..... when you are a master craftsman it takes only one look for me to know craftsmanship As far as a griddle it is nothing more than a baffle plate made of 1/4" steel with a name attached to it... Lang is a great cooker but... so are ours and I believe in the future the proof will be in the pudding
Diesel Dave
Quintessential Chatty Farker
I have a Lang 60 Deluxe and love it. Got it from a Brethren at a real good price.
At the time I was new here and didn't really know about Paul and his cookers.
There is NO question in my mind my next cooker will be made by Paul and Ty, their craftsmanship is above and beyond any commercially produced cooker. And you can have it built any way you want it!!!!
It's really not right of any of you to say "you'll wish you'd gotten this" before you've seen and read the awesome reviews these two have gotten
At the time I was new here and didn't really know about Paul and his cookers.
There is NO question in my mind my next cooker will be made by Paul and Ty, their craftsmanship is above and beyond any commercially produced cooker. And you can have it built any way you want it!!!!
It's really not right of any of you to say "you'll wish you'd gotten this" before you've seen and read the awesome reviews these two have gotten
bbqwilly
Babbling Farker
Thats exactly right.
Drake
Full Fledged Farker
While never have cooked on a Lang, I have seen several of them. While the quality isn't poor, the Shirley Fab smokers are much better as far as design and quality. This is coming from someone who has seen both up close. I don't want to put down lang or their owners, I'm sure they are fine cookers. But my money went to Shirley Fabrication.
TheBill
Knows what a fatty is.
Notice how nobody states WHY you should have got a lang? I got the same thing on this bord when I was trying to decide between lang and yoder. Nobody really told me why lang was so much better.
I would have done what you did, got a bigger smoker for the same price...with high praise on craftsmanship on said smoker.
CHUNKEYLOVER
MemberGot rid of the matchlight.
36" deluxe
Im thinking about ordering the 36" patio deluxe, do the grates slide out on this model?
Also does anybody know of a good place to get wood in so cal?
Im thinking about ordering the 36" patio deluxe, do the grates slide out on this model?
Also does anybody know of a good place to get wood in so cal?
bluzieq
Full Fledged Farker
Same here.
Garyt
Found some matches.
I have had a Lang 48D for about 4 years and couldn't be happier, the size is perfect for me and I would buy it again in a heart beat. I also added the direct heat option so I can open the 2 vents on top of the firebox and really heat up the warmer.
Waterboy12
Full Fledged Farker
Opinions are like butt holes, everybody has one and they all stink, it's different strokes for different folks. It's the same reason everybody recommends a UDS, when the OP is asking about a stick burner. The guys that own Langs own them for a reason(my self included). However after seeing Tyler and Paul's work, I would have def gave them a call had I know. About them before hand. Don't cut somebody down because they didn't buy what you did, or didn't go out and buy something the second you suggested it, it just simply means they have there own butt hole.
