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In the next few months I plan on purchasing a new smoker. I am torn between the lang and jambo. I have read about both and they seem to be great smokers. Would like some input before I make my finial decision.
Shirley Fabrication Patio. More for your money and better construction.
By no means am I saying anything bad about the Shirley, but I can't imagine how any pit would have a better construction than a Jambo, everyone I have seen has been flawless.
My take is that the Jambo likes to cook hotter, the sweet spot is between 275-325. It can easily be adjusted using the stack, not the intake like the lang. The Jambo fire box is bigger and insulated. The lang seems to like lower temps, so you might want to think about how hot you want to cook.
Mine is different. It likes to cook just barely north of 250. I like to cook closer to the 270-275 and I have to push it a little and it seems to take a little more intervention to keep it there. Could be that I live at 6,000 feet, too.
Shipping the Jambo to Colorado was in the $325 range.
Mine loves the 275-300 range, that range can be maintained very easily with little or no adjustments during the cook, just consistent sized dry splits. I'm sure altitude has something to do with it, and I'm sure there is a little variance between pits.