64Driver
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- Sep 26, 2013
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- San Diego, CA
Oh man! Awesome looking bones and rig! Thanks for sharing the pics
...Are those bacon wrapped meatballs?
Looks great! How easy was it to run the smoker? Are you in a cold climate?
Managed to take a few pictures before the food disappeared last weekend. The ribs turned out a little darker than I expected
First let me say great looking smoker and grub. As far as your ribs turning darker, this has been my observation as well when burning 100% wood. The ribs cooked on my BGE, Vault and Shirley all have a different look. The BGE produces the lightest color followed by the Vault and then the Shirley offset. That said, the best ribs I make come off the Shirley offset. Thus I don't worry to much about the slightly darker color. Again, great looking grub and smoker. Enjoy.
How has the temperature difference been between the firebox side and exhaust side of the cooking chamber? From your pictures it looks like at the firebox side, the deflection plate is flush with the cooking grate. For some reason I thought that it used to be a few inches above the cooking grate. It still seems counter intuitive that the heat is directed up instead of down. I'm guessing that with the exhaust side at grate level, the hot air flows up and over the meat and back down to the exhaust. How much of the cooking grate is unusable right by the firebox side?
On the Fire Box door
What I would have assumed but why cant I see it lol
This is sort of a follow-up from a previous thread, but I would like to capture my Jambo Backyard-specific experiences here. To recap, I started smoking on WSM's (both 18.5 and 22.5) several years ago. I upgraded to a Kamado Big Joe about two years ago, but I really only used it as a smoker, i.e. I wasn't grilling or baking on it as much as I thought I would. So I decided to start looking for a dedicated smoker... I was leaning toward one of the smaller insulated verticals (Lone Star Grillz Mini, Pitmaker Safe, etc.), but something about a quality offset had my interest. Long story short, a Jambo Backyard followed me home.
I will post more photos, etc. later, but I wanted to go ahead and throw this picture out here for your consumption. The Backyard has some updates that aren't reflected on Jamie's website - I think these are the main differences:
- 5" stack (was 4")
- Stack damper is now a butterfly valve, like his larger pits
- Cooking racks are heavier (3/16", I think)
- Has a 3/8" back door now
- Handles and hinges are painted black (the only change I wasn't crazy about)
- The price is $2350