Lone Star Grillz Vertical Insulated Cabinet Smoker-For the new Owner

[jwbwx1]

Congrats. You will not find a better cooker IMHO. We are at a comp now waiting to fire ours up at 4.

Excellent! Good luck. What kind of trailer do you use to move it around?

 

[Ribeye Republic]

Excellent! Good luck. What kind of trailer do you use to move it around?

I have a 18' enclosed that I mounted a winch inside. If you are going to be winching it make sure to tell them to weld a winch ring on the lower part of the cabinet.

 

[SkylightQue]

How many racks of baby or spares will the mini hold vs. the larger? Thinking about pulling the trigger, but just can't decide on the size..

 

[Kaptain Kadian]

Get the big one

 

[pjtexas1]

Get the big one

with insulated cabinets the difference in fuel usage is minor so going bigger is not as big an issue as with an offset or other types of cookers.

 

[THoey1963]

On the large, I have fit 6 racks of SLC ribs per grate, so 24 max without rib racks. Can't speak for the baby...

:mrgreen:

 

[THoey1963]

Oh, and the golden rule is to look what size you need, then order the next bigger size.

 

[TomRaz]

I am glad I ordered the Large LSG Vertical Smoker

 

[fxdlryan]

The Eagle has landed!!!!!!

I got it un-crated, took the crate stuff to the dump, my daughter helped me get it up and down a few concrete steps into it's new home:

I got it cleaned up, and it's seasoning now...

My temp gauge is a little off, but I'll get it adjusted later. I can't wait to get some cooks in on this thing....

 

[jwbwx1]

Looks great! What tire option did you go with? I cant tell if you special ordered some. I am thinking about change my order to a custom tire.

 

[fxdlryan]

Looks great! What tire option did you go with? I cant tell if you special ordered some. I am thinking about change my order to a custom tire.

I got the 8" wheel upgrade (two swivel and lock) , since my smoker will live most of it's life on the concete, I didn't think the custom wheels/tires were necessary.

 

[cheez59]

How many racks of baby or spares will the mini hold vs. the larger? Thinking about pulling the trigger, but just can't decide on the size..

I have the mini and got 7 rack spaces with it. I only got 6 racks though because I reached my budget and didn't want to go over. I can cook 4 babybacks per rack so 24 racks or 28 if I got one more rack. SLC's 3 per rack and full spares 2 per rack. As far as ribs go if you get the optional extra racks you can almost equal the capacity of the standard cabinet for quite a bit less money.

That said though if I had to do it again I would probably go with the standard(large).

 

[fxdlryan]

4550 square inches of cook rack is a beautiful thing:

 

[THoey1963]

I have the mini and got 7 rack spaces with it. I only got 6 racks though because I reached my budget and didn't want to go over. I can cook 4 babybacks per rack so 24 racks or 28 if I got one more rack. SLC's 3 per rack and full spares 2 per rack. As far as ribs go if you get the optional extra racks you can almost equal the capacity of the standard cabinet for quite a bit less money.

Then again, I could have ordered extra racks and spaces too for the large cabinet too...

That said though if I had to do it again I would probably go with the standard(large).

I think your buyers remorse started about the time you threw that big G on the front... :mrgreen:

Kidding bud. All I know is that for the money, neither can really be beat...

 

[cheez59]

4550 square inches of cook rack is a beautiful thing:

This is the ultimate smoker for obvious reasons.

 

[fxdlryan]

First test run seasoning last night, it takes about an hour to come up to temp but then it locks in solid and it's super easy to increase temps with the Guru, it also recovers quickly after opening the door etc. I ended up putting 4 temp probes in the cabinet and moving them around high to low front to back and so forth, about the most temp fluctuation I ever saw was 4 degrees. I guess that can be a good thing or bad thing as a lot of guys like to use the different heat zones to their advantage on stick burners etc, but I like the consistency of this one. The boss said some pretty serious words last night though, "No more grills Honey, seriously, please, no more grills." :roll:

 

[JacksBBQ]

How much space is between those bottom racks?

 

[Southstar]

I have no clue how much space I will need, but ordered the large. Also added 3 extra rails. Going to start with the 4 racks and order extra if needed. Can't wait to get mine these dog days of summer are long.

 

[TomRaz]

Southstar how many weeks do you have left to wait ?
I have 6 weeks to go ?

 

[fxdlryan]

How much space is between those bottom racks?

I didn't measure them but they're enough for brisket, ribs, suasage etc, though it might be tight for pork butts.