orthoboy
Got rid of the matchlight.
So I have read so much information about these 2 smokers my brain hurts. I am still debating which would be better. Any thoughts?
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Assassin 24 vs. Lone Star Grillz Vertical Insulated
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cheez59
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Both are great smokers from great companies with first class owners. While they both are insulated verticals they cook quite differently from each other. Assassin 24 is a gravity feed charcoal smoker that relies on embers falling onto a pan with wood chunks to get smoke flavor. Lone Star is a vertical insulated direct flow cabinet that gets the smoke flavor from burning chunks mixed in with the charcoal. I looked at the Assassin line real hard like all the rest when I was shopping. They are fairly local to me and Jeff is a super guy. I turned away from them after reading about charcoal "bridging" issues and a lack of smoke flavor on here and other boards. While I have never eaten any food cooked on a gravity feed I have read numerous accounts of these two issues. I have also seen a number of gravity feed smokers for sale for the reasons stated above.
I ordered the LSG because they cook exactly like my WSM's and I love the smoke flavor that these type cookers produce. JMHO
I ordered the LSG because they cook exactly like my WSM's and I love the smoke flavor that these type cookers produce. JMHO
orthoboy
Got rid of the matchlight.
Thinks for the reply. I currently using 2 WSM, so that really helps. Does anyone have any input of using bbq guru with the Lone Star?
cheez59
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Since I use a Guru on my 22.5 WSM I will be using one on the LSG when it arrives. They work perfectly on any cooker that does not need refueling. Many of the smoker builders offer a Guru adapter as standard equipment. LSG does not but Guru sells them for pretty cheap.
Not Assassin or LSG but since your in Maryland, 270 Smokers http://www.270smokers.com. Can save you some dough on shipping costs. Both are Assassin and LSGs are wonderful cookers from what I've read.
KevinJ
somebody shut me the fark up.
If I lived up in that area 270 would be at the top of my list, I wish Assassin would build a non gravity fed cabinet. My budget is about $1500 though so that eliminates a lot of nice cabinet smokers.
theBBQspecialist
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Have you considered Humphrey's! Being on the East Coast this will save you some money on shipping. Unlike 270 smokers, Humphrey's is a reverse flow smoker, much like the other smokers you are looking at. Brethren member Smokinit (Kevin) can answer all your questions about the comparison on the different brands. He can be found in the sales and ventures page under Northeast Professional.
SOB
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I am very happy with my Assassin. I have greatly improved my bbq since I have aquired the Assassin and have not had one problem with it. It is built to last and it cooks just right for me. I can have mild or heavy smoke. You can mix wood chunks into the chute to add even more smoke along with wood chunks in the ash tray.
Good luck I land any decision you make will be ok.
Good luck I land any decision you make will be ok.
twatsonr1
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I don't have an assassin, but I do have a gravity fed smoker. I've never had a bridging problem. The smoke taste to me is best described as just a kiss of smoke. It works great for me because I don't have time for a offset smoker.
From 270 Smokers
Heated draft. The back of the chimney on a 270 runs on an angle over the firebox causing the chimney to be directly heated by the fire. This causes the air in the chimney to be up to 15 degrees warmer that the air in the cooking chamber. As heat rises this creates a pull on the draft to supplement the "push" created by hot air entering the chamber. Both chimney chambers terminate in the cooking chamber. One is at the top and non heated and the other is along the angled back and is heated and reverse flow.
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I thought they fixed bridging with a tapered chute years ago?
cheez59
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This is probably true but there is still quite a bit of conversation around about it. Still a number of guys at comps with steel rods for breaking the bridges.
sfrancis353
Knows what a fatty is.
Have an Assassin here also. No bridging problems to speak off and the smokey flavor is on point, never over smoked. Only issue I've had is learning how this thing cooks. Because it's so insulated, the cook times are a bit shorter than I'm used to and I'm having to retrain my time tables.
K80Shooter
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No bridging with my Assassin either, wouldn't take anything for it!
Texan79423
Take a breath!
I had an assassin and traded off. Could not get the smoke Flavor on brisket I like. However it is truly a set and forget 15 to 20 hour constant cooker. I did not like the fuel door in the backside had to sit out in the middle of patio and walk all around it.
IMO wood is still king!
IMO wood is still king!
K80Shooter
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That's why I had mine built with the chute on the side more like a Stumps so to speak. No extra cost you just need to tell them how you want it when it's ordered.
