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- Jul 2017
- 1408
- Southeast Illinois
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Cookers I have:
Weber S-335 gas grill
Weber 26†kettle
Weber 22†kettle
Camp Chef XL Smoke Vault
Camp Chef 3 Burner cook top
Camp Chef Woodwind 36 Pellet grill with sidekick burner
PBC
Accessories:
SnS XL
SnS standard
Vortex
Weber Rotisserie for 22†Kettle
1st gen FireBoard
2nd gen FireBoard
Griddle for Camp Chef cooktop
Several Thermoworks items
Set of Grill Grates
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Moderator
- Nov 2014
- 13678
- Land of Tonka
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John "J R"
Instagram: JRBowlsby
Smokin' Hound Que
Minnesota/ United States of America
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Grills/Smokers/Fryers
Big Green Egg (Large) X3
Blackstone 36" Outdoor Griddle 4-Burner
Burch Barrel V-1
Karubeque C-60
Kamado Joe Jr. (Black)
Lodge L410 Hibachi
Pit Barrel Cooker
Pit Barrel Cooker 2.0
Pit Barrel PBX
R&V Works FF2-R-ST 4-Gallon Fryer
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Thermometers
FireBoard (Base Package)
Thermoworks ThermaPen (Red)
Thermoworks MK4 (Orange)
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Accessories
Big Green Egg Plate Setter
Benzomatic TS4000 Torch X 2
Benzomatic TS800 High Temp Torch X 2
Bayou Classic 44 qt Stainless Stock Pot
Bayou Classic 35K BTU Burner
Digi Q DX2 (Medium Pit Viper Fan)
Dragon VT 2-23 C Torch
Eggspander Kit X2
Field Skillet No. 8,10,12
Finex Cat Iron Line
FireBoard Drive
Lots and Lots of Griswold Cast Iron
Grill Grates
Joule Water Circulator
KBQ Fire Grate
Kick Ash Basket (KAB) X4
Lots of Lodge Cast Iron
Husky 6 Drawer BBQ Equipment Cabinet
Large Vortex
Marlin 1894 .44 Magnum
Marquette Castings No. 13 (First Run)
Smithey No. 12
Smokeware Chimney Cap X 3
Stargazer No.10, 12
Tool Wizard BBQ Tongs
Univex Duro 10" Meat Slicer
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Fuel
FOGO Priemium Lump Charcoal
Kingsford Blue and White
B&B Charcoal
Apple, Cherry & Oak Log splits for the C-60
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Cutlery
Buck 119 Special
Cuda 7' Fillet Knife
Dexter 12" Brisket Sword
Global
Shun
Wusthof
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Next Major Purchase
Lone Star Grillz 24 X 48 Offset
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What a weekend! I am in love with this cooker!
Started out on my Friday off to source products. A few recommendations for SoCal and non-SoCal people.
First off headed to The Woodshed in Orange, CA to pick up a truck bed full of Oak and a few bags of Cherry, Pecan, and Hickory. If you live in SoCal I would highly recommend making the journey to the woodshed. They are a local family owned place with the nicest owners. Usually a tad more pricey than some of the other places I have tried but well worth it. I don't at all mind spending the extra money when it comes to awesome people and local businesses.
Next was over to Brandt Beef in Buena Park, CA to pick up some quality (not commodity) prime briskets. You'll see in the photos below, but man these briskets are great! They are priced per piece versus per pound, but I bought 4 of their competition briskets (15+). Total weight was 65lbs at $380, so about 6 bucks per pound. The best part- they do ship so all you people that cant get good brisket (or tri tip) in your area, I would highly recommend Brandt! More expensive than Costco, but these are far better. Twice? Probably. As good as SRF? Pretty darn close and cheaper. http://www.brandtbeef.com/
Last, Smithfield pork! Their extra tender ribs and butts are the best, and they sell for cheap! $2/lb pork butt and $3.50 ish I think st louis spares. Get them at Wal Mart folks!
The best part, the cook! I broke it in Saturday with a rack of ribs and some chicken breast. Ribs were rubbed with Simply Marvelous Sweet Seduction, Trinity, and Pecan. If you aren't familiar with Simply Marvelous rubs, they are a product of a California Pit Master Steph Franklin who is an extremely nice guy. I have taken his comp class and he is truly an all around amazing guy and his rubs are some of the best I've tried. For the chicken, I used Simon and Garfunkel and Big Poppa Smokers Little Louie's Garlic Salt. The ribs and chicken were amazing. Smithfield ribs are super meaty and the Extra Tenders are pre-brined so all I had to do was let the rub set in for a half hour or so and away they went!
On Sunday was part two- I did two more racks of ribs, 1 Brandt Prime Comp brisket (rubbed with Big Poppa Smokers Cash Cow and Simply Marvelous Peppered cow), and two Smithfield Extra Tender pork butts.
This Jambo Backyard is the business. It was SUPER easy to maintain temps- It hummed along around 270 at the probe (probably around 250 at the grate). There were 20-30 mph winds going on and the Jambo could care less. I started it up with a chimney of Kingsford blue bag and added two quarter splits of oak (about 8-10 inches cut in half circles). You can see how small of a fire and what a small amount of space in the insulated fire box that it took to keep the cooker at 270. I would put a couple of logs in the cook box to dry them out a bit before getting them on the fire. The biggest trick was making sure there was a bed of coals to keep the fire small and hot. Ended up using Pecan, Oak and Cherry. The convection was excellent and it cooked everything very even.
I have always been one of those people that tries to spend the extra money up front to make my life easier later, and this Jambo definitely hit the mark. I can confidently use a stick burner with excellent results thanks to the quality and thickness of the pit. Compared to the KBQ i'd say the flavor on the Jambo may be a smidge better, but not too far different either way. KBQ definitely cooks faster but I think there also may be some loss in moisture due to the convection fan in the KBQ. And I think the Jambo is more efficient as far as wood use goes. Everyone says the Jambo should want a split every 45 - 1 hr but I think mine likes to eat a split every 30-45 min. Not a big deal as I had an 18 pack in the ice chest and some good tunes on.
Now I want a J-5!
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 9698
- Smiths Grove, Ky
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Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
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Moderator
- Nov 2014
- 13678
- Land of Tonka
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John "J R"
Instagram: JRBowlsby
Smokin' Hound Que
Minnesota/ United States of America
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Grills/Smokers/Fryers
Big Green Egg (Large) X3
Blackstone 36" Outdoor Griddle 4-Burner
Burch Barrel V-1
Karubeque C-60
Kamado Joe Jr. (Black)
Lodge L410 Hibachi
Pit Barrel Cooker
Pit Barrel Cooker 2.0
Pit Barrel PBX
R&V Works FF2-R-ST 4-Gallon Fryer
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Thermometers
FireBoard (Base Package)
Thermoworks ThermaPen (Red)
Thermoworks MK4 (Orange)
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Accessories
Big Green Egg Plate Setter
Benzomatic TS4000 Torch X 2
Benzomatic TS800 High Temp Torch X 2
Bayou Classic 44 qt Stainless Stock Pot
Bayou Classic 35K BTU Burner
Digi Q DX2 (Medium Pit Viper Fan)
Dragon VT 2-23 C Torch
Eggspander Kit X2
Field Skillet No. 8,10,12
Finex Cat Iron Line
FireBoard Drive
Lots and Lots of Griswold Cast Iron
Grill Grates
Joule Water Circulator
KBQ Fire Grate
Kick Ash Basket (KAB) X4
Lots of Lodge Cast Iron
Husky 6 Drawer BBQ Equipment Cabinet
Large Vortex
Marlin 1894 .44 Magnum
Marquette Castings No. 13 (First Run)
Smithey No. 12
Smokeware Chimney Cap X 3
Stargazer No.10, 12
Tool Wizard BBQ Tongs
Univex Duro 10" Meat Slicer
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Fuel
FOGO Priemium Lump Charcoal
Kingsford Blue and White
B&B Charcoal
Apple, Cherry & Oak Log splits for the C-60
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Cutlery
Buck 119 Special
Cuda 7' Fillet Knife
Dexter 12" Brisket Sword
Global
Shun
Wusthof
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Next Major Purchase
Lone Star Grillz 24 X 48 Offset
Awesome write up Paul! That jumbo is a beast.
I am going to check out those Trips-tips! Thanks for the link, brother. Again, congrats on the new rig!
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Club Member
- May 2017
- 1878
- La Crescenta, CA
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Jambo Backyard Smoker
KBQ
Weber Smokey Mountain (22" & 18.5")
PK360
PK Original Grill
Pit Barrel Cooker
Weber "Brownie" Circa 1978 22"
Weber 70th Anniversary model 22"
Weber Genesis
Weber Gas Grill, Silver A
Santa Maria Attachment for PK360
Vortex
Favorite Beer: Peroni
Favorite Sports Teams: Rams, Dodgers, Kings, UCLA Bruins
Paul --
Welcome to the club. Pics and write-up was great. The gals from the Woodshed are very nice. See them all the time at competitions. Do you compete or judge? I judge and occasionally compete. Are you going to make it down to the Santa Anita Winners Circle in March or planning on attending any of the other So. Cal events?
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Hey buddy! I do compete with Mike Pagel from Cool Grilling on occasion, and I have my CBJ but have never properly judged, only helped out in the judges tent for odd jobs. We haven't registered for any competitions this year because work is crazy but hoping to get some in later in the year. We took 2nd in ribs last year at Santa Anita!
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Santa Anita is a good competition. Very impressive you took 2nd. Your ribs look awesome above. Actually, everything does. Have fun with your Jambo. I'm having some removable shelves built for mine. Don't know if it will mess with the even temps or not.
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I have heard shelving doesnt mess with the temps but the temp at the shelves will be significantly hotter- like 10 degrees per inch so 5 inch shelf will be 40-50 deg hotter
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