Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
Started Low-N-Slow BBQ in 2012. Obviously, it's taken hold (in chronological order:
1.) A pair of Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5's
2.) #LilTex, a 22" Expensive Offset Smoker (looks like a Yoder Witicha)
3.) #WhoDat1, a HUGE Gravity Fed Insulated Cabinet Smoker (cooking chamber 3'x2'x6')
4.) A Full Size Commercial Dryer/converted to Vertical Smoker.
5.) Jambo Backyard stickburner (my FAVORITE Pit so far)
6.) GrillMeister, a huge 24"x48" Adjustable, Charcoal Grill from Pitmaker.com
7.) 22" Weber Kettle with Slow-N-Sear
8.) Vault insulated reverse-flow cabinet smoker from Pitmaker
9.) BarbecueFiretruck...under development
10.) 26 foot BBQ Vending Trailer equipped with HUGE Myron Mixon 72xc smoker is HERE, Oct 2016!
11.) Opened www.PaulsRibShackBarbecue.com Food Trailer officially in March 2017
12.) Austin Smoke Works 500 Gallon Propane Tank Offset Smoker, named "Lucille" as travel pit for PaulsRibShack, Oct 2018.
12.) Opening Brick & Mortar location at 4800 Nelson Rd, Spring 2019. Had a pair of 1,000 Gallon Austin Smoke Works pits, both in RibShackRed for our new place!
Fabulous Backlit Thermapens, several Maverick Remote Thermometers (don't use any remotes anymore), Thermoworks Smoke, Other Thermoworks toys, Vacuum sealer, lots and lots of equipment...
I'm loving using BBQ to make friends and build connections.
I have #theRibList where I keep a list of new and old friends and whenever I'm cooking, I make 1 to 20 extra and share the joy.
Dude!!!! Welcome to #ClubJambo! Love your backyard setup. You are going to love your pit. I can't wait to light a fire and put that Jambo to work.
You sort of lost me on why you won't be using charcoal to light your fire anymore? I'm guessing you don't want an ash mess on the ground by lighting the charcoal chimney on the ground and your pretty bricks? Maybe you can designate a certain area, or build a small fire starting station? If you don't want to use charcoal, you can get a kindling cracker and a propane weed burner, and get your fire from tiny splits in just 60 seconds. Maybe a starter cube and just the small split shavings would work? That assumes you get a Kindling Cracker, which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND for having just the right size log to keep the temps where you want them on your insulated firebox smoker.
Congrats, and thanks for sharing your awesome journey and a sweet job on the backyard. Now, are you going to have the mods change your screen name to Jambodad?
PBCDad, 👍👍👍👍👍 Congrats on Your Families New Patio, Jambo Smoker and Your Ribs‼ï¸
🦃 🦃 HAPPY 🦃 T-DAY 🦃 🦃 ‼ï¸
Eat Well and Prosperâ—ï¸ From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
Special shout-out to Huskee, Spinaker, and PaulstheRibList for helping me with my decision on what smoker to get and how to manage a fire in a stick burner.
Paul, when I did the burn-out I lit a chimney of charcoal to get the fire started. When I went to put it in the fire box though, the chimney handle would hit the top of the fire box opening, so I couldn't maneuver it in to lay down a line like I had planned. I ended up trying to jump the lit coals in by stopping the chimney abruptly at the door, which resulted in a large pile right by the door and two loose coals falling out. They landed in wet mulch, but I don't want to take the chance that they travel a little further to the wood fence and cause some mischief. I'm sure I'm missing something (that's why I included it in my story), but I wasn't comfortable handling the chimney in a different way without some heavy duty long gloves. What is your method?
For my rib cook on Sunday, I started with some pretty thin pieces and a starter cube and it worked really well. It allowed me to put the fire right where I wanted it, and I kind of like going campfire-style to start everything up, but I'd like to have options. Oh, and Kindling Cracker should arrive this week
PBCDad Here is how I start a wood fire in the firebox I use to heat my home. I lay cardboard on the floor. Then put two good sized pieces on top of it, ends facing door, leaving decent space between them. Split kindling and lay on top of the two larger pieces creating a `grate` of kindling over the space. Loosely wad a couple of sheets of newspaper and fill the space between the large pieces and under the grate of kindling. Light the paper and have another section of paper at the ready. Add paper as the lit paper burns out until the fire is going strong. If this interests you and you want a visual I can take pictures next time I start up a fire.
Welcome to the club. I had a similar horror story when my Jambo was delivered last year. I was told by the transportation company that my smoker was coming, but that it was damaged. It was delivered during the holiday season last year and the transportation company had hired temps to keep up with the holiday rush. When putting my Jambo on the truck, they dropped it. See pics. The door was jammed in and would not open. It had to be returned. The driver said to me, "to bad, but don't worry. They'll send you another one". I responded that they these smokers are custom ordered and built. They don't just take one off the shelf and resend it. Fortunately for me, Jamie had an order cancelled and he sent that one to me. I got it about a month later.
Concerning starting it up, I bought a fire box to put inside the Jambo's insulated fire box. That way I can pull it out, add the charcoal and then push it back in. I use 1.5 chimney of KBB coals, add wood and let the temp raise, when it settles down to about 275 (which takes about an hour), I start my cook.
Late to the story because I just got my backyard 2 weeks ago, I drove up from Houston to pick it up. That's a horrible story and can't believe they dropped that thing. It's a beast I can't imagine whatever the heck they did to drop it. The paint is really soft on these things but it makes me look like a seasoned professional with the results. Glad it worked out for you in the end though.
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