On August 25th BBQ Pitmasters aired the finale with all the finalists cooking on Lang BBQ Smokers. Ben Lang was at the event helping competitors use his stick burners – check out the video.
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Each of the finalists were given an 84″ Lang BBQ Smoker to smoke a whole hog!
Check out our web page to read about the 2013 BBQ Pitmasters semi-finals and finale. We also summarize the season 5 of BBQ Pitmasters episodes 1-9. All episodes were run on Destination America and can be found on Netflix, iTunes and other streaming video companies.
Ben – I think this is where I leave a testimonial on our Country Club’s new Lang 60 Deluxe. At Moraine Country Club in Dayton, OH – I led a private donor campaign among 12 of our members to get this grill/smoker for our club. It arrived early Sat. morning – complete with its mag wheels. I was anticipating a well constructed smoker as I had seen one on display for a raffle at Fox Bros. Bar B Que in Atlanta. What was the big surprise is how effectively and how efficiently this unit cooks. I am from Texas & have been grilling, smoking and bar-b-queing for 48+ yrs on lesser equipment. We seasoned this smoker this morning and then pressed it into action – bar-b-qued 50 racks of ribs – that’s right – fifty – and 20 lbs. of chicken and grilled 30 prime burgers – all done by 5:30 PM. I constantly rotated the ribs – three deep – to get them browned (or glazed – if you prefer) – this amazing smoker had the “just right” bark – the pink smoke ring (used soaked hickory chunks and hardwood split logs in the fire box) – and slip off the bone bite with awesome flavor. The chicken was equally as wonderful. This is one mean machine and handled it all flawlessly. I feel like a competition level champion on this grill/smoker. I applaud your exceptional design and attention to detail on the construction of your smokers. We fed 175 members & guests this evening – plus the staff of 25. Not bad for its inaugural run – I think you’ll agree! Thanks Ben – y’all are champs in my book!