We cooked competition several years back, mostly around Colorado. Cooked on a 28 foot Klose with a vertical smoker-a-big stick burner. Cooked against, on occasion, Johnny Trigg and once won brisket with him at the competition. Moved to Florida and bought a Lang 48 just for home cooking. Cooked on it for a few years, got tired of so much work just for the two of us and gave the cooker away. A friend has a commercial restaurant using two big Southern Pride units and we let him feed us when we wanted something smoked. Got bored, did some research and discovered these cookers. For the price, it seemed like a good unit. Got the number 2 and only problem was unpacking and moving it> ;D Seasoned the unit, cooked some wings--and they turned out great. Tried a turkey breast yesterday no brine as it was pre processed, injected apple juice, coated with olive oil, salt and pepper,cooked with 2 ounces of apple, 5+hours at 240. Took it off at 165, rested for a hour. WOW--I'm back and really pleased with the unit. Thank you Steve.
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NDKoze
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Congrats on your purchase and welcome from ND!
It will be great to have another experienced smoker in our midst.
The biggest problem you may find is getting away from some of the traditions of the stick burner, like constantly opening to mop/foil/fiddle with the meat, using too much wood, etc.
But, it sounds like you started off on the right foot. I hope your upcoming smokes are just as successful.
You have entered the world of what we like to call around here "Lazy Q". Let us know if you have any questions and keep sharing your experience and hopefully some of your recipes in the Recipe corner
It will be great to have another experienced smoker in our midst.
The biggest problem you may find is getting away from some of the traditions of the stick burner, like constantly opening to mop/foil/fiddle with the meat, using too much wood, etc.
But, it sounds like you started off on the right foot. I hope your upcoming smokes are just as successful.
You have entered the world of what we like to call around here "Lazy Q". Let us know if you have any questions and keep sharing your experience and hopefully some of your recipes in the Recipe corner
DivotMaker
New member
Welcome to the world of Lazy Q, Duffy! Gregg pretty much took the words right out of my mouth, so I'll just say we're glad to have you with us! Looking forward to some of your "award winning" recipes! 8)
Will eventually post some recipes but be forewarned, it's been a long time, and while some will be original, some will have been " borrowed" (stolen) :'( and unfortunately I don't remember from whom. So I probably won't be able to give credit where it is due and if you recognize one as yours, please don't be offended. Just understand that I thought it worthy of theft 
DivotMaker
New member
Hehe...no problem, Duffy! This is kind of an "open community" kind of thing, so no feelings will be hurt! Bring it on!
