Lone Star Grillz Vertical Insulated Cabinet Smoker-For the new Owner

[clweed]

Congratulations !! Lets see him without his Jacket on:)

Originally Posted by jrben1

Finally got "TEX" out and all wrapped up in his new Grill Wraps cover.

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[mikes1212]

Originally Posted by GrillsGoneWild

The fan should hold that temp all night. How much did you heat up on the inside with the weed burner to help it get to temp?

Hi GGW, I did answer your question in an earlier post. But yes, I did use my new weed burner to preheat the cabinet. I think it did a fair job. I could feel heat raidiating from the inside, after I shut the weed burner down to cool.

The guru did well keeping temps nice and steady for the 15 hour cook!

[tsimm15]

Glad to hear your second time around went well there Mike. Many more to come without a doubt. Though seeing pics are always a nice treat. Lol!

[mikes1212]

Originally Posted by jrben1

Mike, you must have had yours delivered to the house. If you pick up the crate at the freight terminal, the fork lift will place the crate in your trailer so those 2X4 tracks face the side of the trailer.

You don't have room to roll it out from the track.

We had to disassemble the crate and pallet in order to roll the smoker out. What a job that was. We were joking we wanted to take the nail gun away from the worker who put this together. You never saw so many nails.

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Finally got "TEX" out and all wrapped up in his new Grill Wraps cover.

Yes, I had mine delivered to my house, because I do not own a trailer LOL! I think I mentioned earlier that getting the cooker out of the crate was a bear!

I am happy for you that your long wait in now over, and you finally have your smoker! Congratulations!

Soooooo…… when the first cook?

[mikes1212]

Originally Posted by tsimm15

Glad to hear your second time around went well there Mike. Many more to come without a doubt. Though seeing pics are always a nice treat. Lol!

Unfortunately, I only took one or a couple of pictures that were done before the cook started. I will post them, when I get a chance to sit at my computer at home. I am currently at work (5:00 AM). I know… I'm a slacker! But there will always be the next cook!

[jrben1]

Originally Posted by mikes1212

Soooooo…… when the first cook?

It' supposed to be in the 20's tonight and low 30's tomorrow night. I'm a Florida boy. Think I'll wait for better weather.

[ggee6688]

I bought 400lbs of charcoal. I'm ready to smoke. Anybody try mojobricks yet.

[mikes1212]

Originally Posted by ggee6688

I bought 400lbs of charcoal. I'm ready to smoke. Anybody try mojobricks yet.

Mojobricks? Are they a type of fire brick? WOW! 400 lbs of charcoal. I have about 100 lbs. total and I thought I had a fair amount. I see that I had better get with the program!

[mikes1212]

Originally Posted by jrben1

It' supposed to be in the 20's tonight and low 30's tomorrow night. I'm a Florida boy. Think I'll wait for better weather.

I don't blame you! We are getting a taste of that cold front tonight, into tomorrow. We have a little freezing rain coming down at the moment. If this was Saturday I would be cooking inside, and not out in the cold!

[ggee6688]

Its a compressed hardwood scraps that's supposed to just give off smoke and smolder. I'll have to buy some. Its supposed to be pretty consistent.

[mikes1212]

As promised. A few pictures from my second cook.

Prepping the Boston Butt with some PloyBoys.



Brisket prepped with home made rub. Mostly black pepper and Kosher salt, But I tossed in a little turbinado sugar, paprika, and garlic powder.



The cover is off and we are ready for roll out into the driveway. She is one clean, mean smoke'n machine!



Charcoal chimney is stoked, and weed burner is next

[jrben1]

Originally Posted by clweed

Congratulations !! Lets see him without his Jacket on:)

The sun finally came out so I took some pictures.
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Plenty of room for circulation even with 2 full size foil pans. The grates are 24" deep by 27" wide, but the interior of the cabinet is 26" deep by 30" wide.

Plan to season tomorrow and smoke some loin back ribs on Saturday.

[tsimm15]

Man those two pits look awesome. Super clean and super mean!

[ggee6688]

Nice pics. What did you guys do to clean that stainless?

[darkoozy]

Can you guys send the info on what you purchased for a cover? Dimensions etc. My smoker is shipping in the next couple of days. YAY! The wait is over!