Here's my playlist of all the cooks and reviews I've done on this Oklahoma Joe Longhorn Reverse Flow so far.. kzfaq.info/sun/PLmy86PIu513i74hKiI3Uh49REE6iaTkP8 Hope you enjoy and comment below if you have any questions.

Nice setup my man!!!! I'm a Weber nut myself with 3 kettles and a Weber gas grill. I also have 3 vertical water smokers that achieve EXCELLENT results, but are a pain in the ass dealing with the fire through the tiny hole. I'm gonna pull the trigger on this and hook it up with the gaskets and toggle bolts. Can't wait, it's happening real soon. I'm gonna cater to 130 people for the terrible event that is my mother's "celebration of life", she passed a few months ago and this Covid crap has really put a damper on things. Hopefully it'll be soon and I can bring a little positivity and amazing food to the event by cooking my ass off on this smoker. This will be my first side fire box horizontal smoker, and I've done a fair bit of research...you definitely convinced me that it's gonna be perfect. I'm making 80 to 100 pounds of pork shoulder, I hope I can get it done in two rounds. I cut my pork shoulders into thirds to get better bark and cut the time down to about 5-6 hours...I'm doing some scratch maple bourbon smoked pork baked beans, Hellman's mac salad with carrots, onion, celery, and radishes, course chopped coleslaw that I've been perfecting over the last few months...I'm completely addicted...and some burgers and Rochester NY pop open Zweigles hot dogs that are an upstate NY tradition, and the best hotdogs on the planet...check out their website, they ship anywhere in the world. I am also hopefully doing some corn in the cob that will come from the farmer down the road that knocks it out of the park...this guy is incredible at growing vegetables and runs a little produce stand on the side of the road. The venue has a 4 foot charcoal grill for the burgers n doggies. I'm gonna do all the smoking the day before at home and basically reheat it on the smoker on location. We are gonna chop it and make some insane chopped pork sammiches with the coleslaw on gorgeous buttery brioche buns from a local bakery. Your porch makes me jealous by the way 👍 what a nice setup you have crafted for yourself!!! Have a good one dude, happy smoking to ya!!

I bet your neighbors are salivating with all the cooking going on on that pitt boss deck! I love how you collect grills; I just bought my 2nd smoker in as many weeks. Keep up the videos; love em.

Love your set up. 👌👌👌

I was considering getting one of those reverse flow smokers, then I realized I have no more space in my garage. LOL thanks for the mention. you have a lot of really great ideas. Thanks for sharing

Awesome review!! You seriously take grilling and BBQ to a whole new level!!

I looked at this smoker at Lowe's a couple years ago. I just couldn't pull the trigger on it. Good thing you got yours thru Amazon Joe. I know you'll make it work.

Great video Joe. You did a great job of explaining and exploring the grill. Definitely got me interested.

Great review Joe, I've always like the reverse flow concept, a more distributed heat. That main chamber might just be to thin metal to support it, then add some heat to it, then bam, it sags.. A couple angle iron supports coming up from the legs, might be a mod fix idea.

Sorry to hear about your troubles with Amazon. I bought the Brinkman version of this smoker from Home Depot and it's just about the identical unit for a lot less money. The Brinkman didn't have a reverse-flow option (although the stack screws on so could be modified easy enough) and the firebox vent is crappy (but it works) compared to the Longhorn. Other than that, identical in every way that I can tell. Like all cheap smokers though, it will need a few mods to make it the best it can be. :)

Great review. Thx very much. I have an 18 inch WSM and love it. Just looking for something with a bigger cooking surface. May go the “custom” route.

Great walk through and information bro. An offset is one smoker I don't have yet. But hope yo add one day.

Your set-up is so amazing. Great video!

@ 5:19 easy fix, metal spacers on legs to wedge between firebox and legs.

I had the same problem, the box mine came in was beat the death. I did all the same mods as you and the lava lock latches where your going to mount yours. Great smoker, but like you said the reverse flow takes alittle getting used to dial in even temp.

Thanks for all the details in video..amazing weber collection too..

I had a char-griller model 8955 a while ago. It had a bracket on the bottom of the side fire box and he legs that supported the weight of the fire box to prevent the sagging. I got rid of that smoker a few years ago. I plan on getting this one, the Oklahoma Joe Longhorn. I've see this problem in several reviews. Check out the Char-Griller set up, it might be a good fix. I'll definitely be checking into it when I get mine.

Nice longhorn - really like the idea of the Smokey Joe as a ash catcher- I have been trying to come up with a solution for my highland- think I will steal this one.

Great Video, very informative! Interested to see what you think of this in a few weeks.

This is awesome, I love that meat reading temperature gadget, I gotta step my bbq game up lol, especially for this weekend, thanks for sharing

Well of course I had to watch this one too! Great video and between the 2 videos I'm all set when I get mine. Thanks for sharing Joe!

That's a great review Joe and now you got a part out grill too. You've dialed that smoker in!

Excellent review Joe ... Very informative and helpful .. The Firebox is deffently hanging down ...

did you ever get the problem with the firebox hanging too low. if you had to fix it what did you do. i have one myself. the only way i can see would be either to make a support from the bottom of the firebox angled down to the lower shelf frame bolted at each end. if its strong enough to support it. they did put 2 horizontal metal angles across the inside wall and the inside of the firebox wall. not sure if there is a way to run 2 vertical angle strips to stiffen up the wall more. anyway i will watch out for your reply. u have some cool videos. nice job.

I’ve noticed on a lot of the Oklahoma Joe’s the fire box is sagging. Even the one that Lowe’s has on display. I welded my OKJ so my firebox is straight. I leave the vent door open on my firebox to get good airflow to the splits and control the heat with the stack. You should use just splits in it as it’s a stick burner cause you already have a WSM if you want to use charcoal and add a piece of wood to it, no need to waste the money on a heavy charcoal smoker. Anyone can get clean smoke when your using charcoal as the heat source and just adding a piece of wood to it.

Just bought a longhorn reverse flow. Can't wait til it gets here. 2 rolls of gasket

Nice review on the OKL! That firebox is definitely bowing downwards. I doubt it's a problem, but I see what you're saying there. I like those Weber briquettes myself. They take a bit more to get started, but once they're going they're nice! I like that setup you have with the Kettles too! I'm sure the food you make will be a hit at the party!

The longhorn seems to be working great. Thanks for sharing.

Hi joe very nice set you going on hope you get long horn resolved. Didn’t know Oklahoma joe did a reverse flow nice 👍🏼

Great video! Alot of great information!

Can you utilize it like a traditional charcoal grill and just throw the charcoal underneath the grill under the food? or does it have to go on the smoker box only?

Older video so I'm curious as to how the wheels on this OKJ have fared. The wheels seem to me to be the weak link in the OKJ smokers. How have yours done?

I'm in the process of getting my non-reverse Highlander put together, and the droopy firebox is because that end of the cook chamber is bellied. I'm welding mine together top to bottom, so I only loosely assembled it, and without tightening the bolts, there's a 3/8" gap on the sides where the firebox mates with the cook chamber. It's a manufacturing issue. They got the metal too hot when they were welding it, and at that thickness it expands and warps, but then it's welded in place and can't really shrink back like it wants to. There are tricks to fix it, but probably not something you'd want to do in this application.

The firebox sagging is not unusual for Oklahoma Joe offset smokers. Hopefully, that problem has been addressed because I am going to buy the same unit as you have!

Nice smoker and video!! but 600 bugs is a bit on the upper site . do you need to clean it before backing it to Amazone ??

Crooked fire box would not bother me. I would come up with some BS story about how it was scientifically designed for proper smoke flow etc. I have to get my offset running again. Thank you for showing us your new smoker, Joe

My Highland also has a saggy firebox. I’d say it’s just a combination of weight and heat overtime. If I did it over again I’d add a couple of metal spacers/blocks between each leg and the fire box to give it some added support. The sagging has had no noticeable effect of the cooking performance of the smoker...so I’ll just live with it until I can afford a Yoder😂

Joe Im curios how you chose the reverse flow because I know they also make a conventional offset. I know they pitch cooking chamber so grease will flow away from fire box.I guess I should watch The whole video.👍

Interesting review Joe. You definitely have some hang on that fire box. I don’t have a stick burner yet so really appreciate this kind of information. 🍻

That slow cooker grill looks really nice and hey you always make awesome looking meats... 8)

Hope you get that new firebox Joe and thanks for sharing!

Is that Kingsford? I'm trying to figure out why you're using charcoal briquets. You should be only burning wood in that box.

New friend here. I'm from Oklahoma. thanks for sharing.

Hey friend! Thanks for sharing! Have a great week my friend!

Awesome Smoker

Do you know if they fixed the seal issue and the paint issues? Not into modding my BBQ, I just want it to work if I buy something, not spend more time and money fixing what the factory should have right anyway.

How muck St. Louis ribs can you smoker on the same Time ?

Very nice piece, wish I could steal it from you 😉

My firebox is the exact same in regards to it bowing

Nice lookin pit bud, I didn’t know they came with 1/8th inch steel that’s not bad 👍

I just got this smoker today. Do you recommend sealing firebox at the seam with high temp silicone?

I hear all the long horns do that. Probably due to it not being a welded pit plus the legs don’t support it. So it just hangs there. I have the long horn special. Got it when I was new to smoking and grilling with wood and charcoal. I love that thing! And my fire box doesn’t sag at all on it. I’m Looking at the old country all American brazos. they are completely welded and 1/4 inch steel same style but a better pit all around. More money but I think it’ll stand the test of time

I want one so bad but Oklahoma joe is out of stock and they don’t know when they will have them again.

So I got my new longhorn reverse flow out side being seasoned right now. I installed gaskets, high quality silicone, lava lock clamps, and grommet. I currently have the baffles in along with the grates and I have a new maverick xr 40 thermometer keeping temp. My question, is it normal for the smoker to not go above 300 degrees very easily? I assume since I have the baffles in and it's such a much bigger cooking chamber than what I had before I would require more fuel, but I have the basket may e 3/4 full and I think the highest temp I've seen is in the 280s. I'm not complaining, I just hope my new thermometer isn't off. I would also assume if I wanted to really turn the heat up to cook a nice steak hot and fast, I could remove the baffles and switch the smoke stack to the other end, perhaps then it would get hotter 🤔 if that's what I was going for. Any input is appreciated and thanks!

You got major leakage on both sides of the cooking chamber, you can tell by the discoloration on the gaskets. It looks like it's still holding temp well, but you might be more efficient with your fuel if you fix that.

Love, love, love the setup man!! The table with those 2 what look like woks.. What are those exactly? Just re did my backyard and I'm designing my bbq area. want to do a table like that while incorporating the flattop. Are you satisfied with that flattop model? That setup is bbq heaven. The happiest I've been is when I have all 3 of my pits going at once, controlled chaos if ya know what I mean.

Joe, I know how much you love mods, check out Aura Outdoor Products kettle zone cooking system for 22 inch Weber kettle grills. It turns your grill into a smoker. It’s about $105.00 on Amazon

Nice off-set Joe! Too bad about the firebox issue... it really shouldn't do that! Looks like you got some room on there for some briskets and shoulders. Thanks!

That's a beautiful smoker

Would you recommend this for a beginner or if we had a little extra cash to make the jump to yoder first?

Saw it 499 wasn’t sure how the smoke box works I mean gas, charcoal and smoke what else is better !?

As far as taste, how does the WSM compare to an offset cooker?

Great video, so how long can you hold say 250F from one full charcoal basket? Thanks!

Man, you're having the same luck trying to get a good one I'm having trying to get a grill stone that's not broken on arrival from Amazon. Maybe the third one will be a good one. You learn your pits fast. Does good for the price point. Let is know how that meat turns out.

did you ever get one with a straight firebox?

how would you compare it to a Lang smoker?

Nice video😊 super like😊👍

My fire box is sagging as well. No response from OK Joe...did you end up fixing yours?

Thanks for sharing big Texas Like

Nice Smoker, looks like it'll be a great workhorse. Nicely Done. Thanks for sharing. 😎.

I'm confused, are you returning that smoker ? If so why all the mods and why season it ?

Reverse flow; heat / smoke under the cook. Then heat and smoke over and latter exauhst out. Best.

I like the idea of an offset, but the price here for anything that is ok in quality i will pass unfortunately, atleast for now.. Maybe in the future

Nice review! Looks like a great smoker, the firebox is disappointing...what's the price point on this smoker? Welcome to the stick burner club :)

Olá super like 👍👍👍

Hey Joe, do you still have this smoker? If so, I'm wondering about adding a second shelf to it. There's one available for 200+ USD, but that's a ton of money for, let's be honest, a cheap offset smoker. Love to know if you have a more ingenious solution!

What tme is dinner

You should try B&B charcoal it’s a lot better

Remove your firebox I thought I seen washer between the two And then get the gasket kit for the

Pork butt was looking real delicious

Like ❤️ great upload 👌 TFS ❤️

So you recommend them but you are waiting on your 3rd one and are considering asking for a full refund ?

Is it me or the Oklahoma joe skyrocketed in price ?? I swear I don’t remember them being 500 bucks for the highland? Maybe I’m wrong lol

I laughed out loud when you said you were worried about the party. Looking at all those pits Joe, I think you’ll be alright 👍

This isn’t a longhorn