New LANGLEY Cooker by Tyler Shirley

[bluegrass smoke]

About a year ago work relocated us to Alabama. It didn't take long for me to google map distance to Tuscaloosa :-D. I knew the wait time was long for a new from the shirley boys so I started looking around and came across this guy... I believe at some point it was a Lang 84 deluxe with chargrill











Well after working with Tyler for almost a year this is what we came up with.
What started out as a small refurb basically turned into a brand cooker.

We wanted to just replace the plate and patch the hole in the firebox that had been burned/rusted out. but the more the talked ( and the more I thought about that wait :shocked we decided to
- Replace plate
- New Shirley firebox warmer
- ALL NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING/ LED LIGHTS
- Grease valve
- Sandblast / Paint
- Remove sign bracket on top
- Added basket to the back for storage/wood
- New jack
- Spare tire and mount
- New chamber stack
- Added plates to fix weak spots in the main chamber
- New safety chains
- New Gauges
- Griddle in the warmer box
- Reconfigured the main chamber with two sliding racks ( we like to cook whole hog and couldnt the way it was before)










The thing that took the longest was trying to figure out what to do with the char grill up front.....

At first I wanted the top off and some burners added for crawfish boils etc.
then we talked about just sandblasting it patching vents and using for storage. But in the end we just went with cleaning it up and he built we new grates for it and I think it was the right call.

Shirley Fabrication is wonderful to work with and I cant wait till I have the opportunity to work on something else with them! Gentlemen all the way!

thanks!:clap2:

 

[Garyclaw]

That thing is a Beast! They did a beautiful job for you.

 

[SmoothBoarBBQ]

Pretty cool refurb... kind of a Lang/Shirley hybrid of sorts.

 

[Stlsportster]

Second time in the past week I've seen the Shirley boys work with a Brethren to rehab an old Lang.

Class act. Great looking smoker.

 

[LordRiffenstein]

Awesome!

 

[KevinJ]

Very nice and props to you for saving a cooker from the scrap yard.

 

[bonz50]

that is the kind of thing that makes people want to do biz with Paul and Tyler. well done boys.

 

[Demosthenes]

NICE! :clap2:

 

[bluegrass smoke]

Pretty cool refurb... kind of a Lang/Shirley hybrid of sorts.

Lang + Shirley = Langley [emoji106]


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[SmoothBoarBBQ]

Lang + Shirley = Langley [emoji106]


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Haha... initially I thought the cooker had something to do with the CIA. When I saw the title again going through the forum it made sense.

 

[ronbrad62]

It looks like an episode of Maine Cabin Masters where the crew takes a dilapidated old cabin (in this case a smoker) and refurbishes it to bring it back to it's once full glory and breathes new life back into it. Nice job guys, and congrats on a nice rescue!!

 

[LloydQ]

That's aweome! A tip of the hat to all involved!

 

[cats49er]

That is certainly sweet with all those improvements. :thumb:

 

[pjtexas1]

nice that they won't let another builders smoker die. they could have just tried to talk you into a new shirley.

 

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Nice them boys can do anything! Hell I think they could weld 2x4s! Great looking rehab!

 

[BBQ Freak]

That is just awesome :mrgreen: they can do anything and nothing stands in their way to help even another builders build great again .

 

[Texas Smoker]

I saw your cooker when I went and picked mine up, they were hard at work on it

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

Thx for the props..... just a little food for thought..... guys who have reverse flows.... keep this baffle plates clean..... oil is fine ... but do not let that plate build up with water and just sit there..... I’ve seen recently 2 cookers we worked on that the baffle plate had been totally
Attacked by rust associated to neglect..... I’ll fix em..... but I’m just trying to save you some grief......

 

[bluegrass smoke]

Thx for the props..... just a little food for thought..... guys who have reverse flows.... keep this baffle plates clean..... oil is fine ... but do not let that plate build up with water and just sit there..... I’ve seen recently 2 cookers we worked on that the baffle plate had been totally
Attacked by rust associated to neglect..... I’ll fix em..... but I’m just trying to save you some grief......

Is it a good idea to put aluminum trays down with water, apple juice etc to steam and also catch falling stuff?? I was going to try it anyway but wanted to ask
Thanks


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[pjayt]

Very nice

I bet it cooks really good being a Lang Refurb looks like new.
Good Job.:clap2: