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rscott

rscott

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Jun 25, 2016
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Preston, Maryland
Hey everybody, I'm Scott . It seems I've got the smoking fever so here I am. I'm from the eastern shore of Maryland and I've just upgraded my smoker from a cheap brinkmanship bullet to a full size trailer rig. No in between here lol. I should be able to pick it up in two weeks. In the meantime I've been doing a lot of reading and learning from sites like this one. I look forward to learning more from you guys. [emoji]128077[/emoji]
 
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 to the forums!

Have you bought a pile of wood splits? I'm not sure what is available to you but if you comb craigslist I'm sure you can find a local wood supplier if you haven't already.

If i may: i would recommend if you are smoking with something that big go to amazon and get a decent fire extinguisher. you can get one for like 20-30$ range. its one of the first things i did when i bought my Lang in case i had a grease fire or something catastrophic happen during a smoke. a big box of fire... doesn't hurt to be safe.

Also i have found that if i smoke in the front of the house in the driveway (which i usually do) i have neighbors i have never met drop by to talk to me about my smoker or want to see what I'm cooking. So i doesn't hurt to fill up the smoker and have a little extra to share with my neighbors or even take them some food once in a while to be friendly. i have heard on here esp from some people with bigger rigs and different situations (HOAs etc.) getting complaints from people about the smells and smoke etc. but if you share a ;little bit with the people around you you will make some friends for sure.

Just a few thoughts! Congrats on the new smoker you will love smoking with your new pride and joy!

Happy Smoking,

phatbac(Aaron)
 
Thanks for the welcome messages. I appreciate the tips as well. I'm in the country on a farm so I don't have to worry about neighbors too much but I'll make extra just in case. ;-) [emoji]128077[/emoji] I do keep fire extinguishers around , that's good advice.

Autocorrect must've got me. That was a Brinkmann (ECB) smoker I've been challenging myself with not a brinkmanship [emoji]128556[/emoji]
Going with chicken legs and thighs today. I have them soaking in a salt, sugar brine with pepper garlic powder onion powder and hot sauce at the moment. Really looking forward to having a better rig with more room. I included a pic of the one I'm getting.mine has split doors on the smoker.
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That is a nice looking rig! Did you buy that from custom pits va? I would love to have one that big but i would be stupid and fill it up every weekend and throw or give away 80% of it!

Have lots of fun with her!

phatbac (Aaron)
 
Hey Aaron, yeah it's from Custom Pits. They are make big it in GA and bringing it to the VA store. I will probably end up doing the same thing (making too much). Hell, I do it now. Haha. This is the A1 competition smoker they sell. I chose a couple of extra options on mine- split door on smoker and removable reverse flow plate with charcoal baskets added so I can use the smoke chamber for a grill too. it does have a grill on it at the rear that's pretty big but just in case I need it. It also comes with a propane burner and tank holder and fish fryer. I'll get lots of use out of that too. We cook crabs here almost every week in the summer.
 
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  Good morning and welcome to the forum, from a hot day here in East Texas, and the best site on the web. Lots of great people with tons of information on just about  everything.

Gary
 
rscott said:
Aaron, when you seasoned your Lang, what was your process and how did it hold up?
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What did was spray the cook chamber down withe about a pint of canola oil. fired her up and go her over 400 degrees un the cook chamber and hit her with garden hose on jet for20-30 seconds all around the cook chamber. Closed the cook chamber and ket her steam. Then i sprayed down a little more with a coat of pam and got her hot again and sprayed again and then cooked a brisket on her.

I clean her the same way minus the grease spray everytime i cook with her. I have found a liitle pam or veg oil on the fb every 2-3 smokes keep any paint from peeling. When i clean her i wire brush the cook chamber spray her out hot and when cool white her down with paper towels. I use the paper towls to light my charcoal chimney too.

I know you will love that rig!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac(Aaron)
 
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