Its about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. Marinades and such, JG: It was for Jamie and Bobby, my friend Bobby Sanders. Daniel Vaughn is the countrys first barbecue editor, and he has eaten more barbecue than you have. Inside, Jamie Geer was marinating his chicken. We never use manufactured pipe. Charcoal, gas, or wood? JG: No. And join us in the Pit. Custom paint jobs are extra! It was 30 and six feet long. It was rusted like crazy. I put it up. It is beautifully designed, completely portable, and much easier to set up for 2-zone cooking than any round kamado. We sampled his brisket,, We wanted lamb burnt ends and got great smoked lamb instead, On the barbecue trail, the Posse crosses an historic past and meets again one of its favorite dishes, the Jambo Texan, Posse favorites: The Jambo Texan sandwich at Jambo's BBQ Shack, First Look at Jambo's BBQ: Great start for the new place from pit builder and competition pro Jamie Geer. Dont get me wrong. The cooking chamber is the same as the J3/J5 models. AmazingRibs dot com. I hate that. Is that a recent development? Youll also find Jamie Geer out on the competition circuit a lot more this year. Myron Mixon, Johnny Trigg, He too is in this mess. JG: We use a P&O material. JG: Salt, pepper, and garlic like every other household in America. DV: And it takes those fancy paint jobs well. Cause many have this lot, That's Tuffy Stone's RV in the background sporting the Cool Smoke banner. We also use third party advertisements on bbqguyblog.blogspot.com to support our site. But Ill admit, here in the Pit, Click here to read our detailed review and the raves from people who own them. She said weve got to sell this place. I lived out my dream and it was very profitable for me. JG: Theyre booming. So if that is possable Please. [Its actually priced at $10,900 on Daviss website]. JG: Yes. Ill give them their fair due. BACKYARD MODEL | jambopits Jambo Pits Custom Built BBQ Pits by Jamie Geer HOME PIT & TRAILER SPECS. One was for winning Houston and one for the PBR deal. Now that hes found a willing buyer, hes ready to get back out on the competition trail. Chrome stack, boiler door, and Jambos signature paint job are extra. Theyre all good, I like them fine, Memphis Dust did suit them well, Click here for our article on this exciting cooker, Click here to learn more about benefits to membership, The Science & Art Of BBQ & Grilling Since 2005. Privacy Policy for bbqguyblog.blogspot.com, Cabela's CG-15 Commercial Grade Vacuum Sealer, Options for Earning Money From a BBQ Website. Is there a reason thats better than using an old propane tank? But we left them mild so you can serve them to kids and Aunt Matilda. To get the best advice, DV: You were afraid it might still have some propane left? There were two that I built, and one of my worst enemies has the other one. Owned/operated by award-winning pit master Jamie Geer, these pits have been made in Texas since 1989. Im out of room here, so I cant store it. One was for winning Houston and one for the PBR deal. Daniel Vaughn: What have been your biggest competition barbecue wins? Geer feels one of Jambos key features is low fuel consumption, which he attributes to his heavily insulated fire box. I also competed in professional barbecue contests from 2001 - 2006. Bring on the Shiplap? To get permission, just click here. DV: No need for an adjustable damper then? JG: My dad had a big old pit too. Owned/operated by award-winning pit master Jamie Geer, these pits. JG: Oh, theres a lot of cut throat out there. But I have learned, thru many cooks, Jambo Pits is one of the most elite BBQ smoker brands in the US. Almost a crime, so little time, It is very good stuff. Thats one of the tings I dont like about KCBS judges. I went over to see their pits and there was a real wow factor. JG: I lived in Riverside in Fort Worth. Rubs and brines and temps and times, Then I helped him develop some rub recipes. We are GDPR compliant (the stringent General Data Protection Regulations from the European Union that went into effect in 2018). Myron Mixon, Johnny Trigg, Called dry brining, the salt gets wet, ionizes, becomes a brine, and slowly penetrates deep, enhancing flavor and juiciness while building a nice crusty bark on the surface. Geers insightful designs based on experience from hiscompetition barbecue days have led numerous teams to victory across the country. Copyright 2005 by Meathead's AmazingRibs.com. We have a rigorous product testing regimen. DV: Youve only been at this for eight years, but its been a good eight years. The answers clear, put down your beer, 5) Posts with links in them may not appear immediately. JG: Nope. JG: This pit here, the J-3 model, is our biggest pit, and I get $8600 for it. I always wanted some belt buckles, and this year, I won two gold belt buckles. Sprinkle on one tablespoon per pound of meat two hours or more before cooking if you can. Over where Sammies Bar-B-Qis over on Belknap, thats Riverside. I dont remember how he did and only had a chance to say hello. There were 115 there and I won Grand Champion. DV: Six weeks to get a restaurant open still isnt bad. Operating out of Fort Worth, TX since 1989, Jambo is known for superior design, performance and beautiful fit and finish. JG: Not counting fuel for my motorhome, youre looking at $600 just to enter. Click below to see all the benefits, take a free 30 day trial, and help keep this site alive. Jambo BBQ Pit by Jamie Geer This beautiful work of bbq art is the bbq smoker made famous by Smokin Triggers. Everybody liked it. var sc_invisible=0; The early reviews were good ones, but he quickly had enough of the barbecue business. The prize was $500 so I went down there to dance. I tell them I put on a pair of combat boots and a camouflaged G-string. Many merchants pay us a small referral fee when you click our buy now links. DV: What year did you first enter a competition? CONTACT US PIT ALBUMS ENCLOSED MODEL J5 MODEL J3 MODEL BACKYARD MODEL PIT SPECIFICATIONS J3 - Model The J-3 Model comes with the Jambopits Boiler Door, Chrome Stack, and paint color of your choice. Ill give them their fair due. Meathead's AmazingRibs.com |. JG: We put out about thirty a year. Published On: 9/18/2013 Harry Soo, Chris Lilly too, Richard and Ray Batterton worked there and they loved it. You can still use these as a dry brine, just sprinkle the rub on well in advance to give the salt time to penetrate. JG: I did, and I still use it today. JG: Id look at Craigslist every morning to see if there was any barbecue equipment. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites). I wanted to build like that. I started out with a welder and a cutting torch. In a normal KCBS contest there might be twenty-five entries with just two or three heavy hitters. FEC 100, Lang 60M, Jamie Geer Backyard Viking Professional Gasser 04-13-2009, 01:18 PM #4: BBQchef33. Im my own boss. Click here to learn more about benefits to membership. He and Mike Davis were hooked at the hip. DV: That second Jambo pit, did you build it for Mike Davis? It doesnt always work out for you. Is that a recent development? No further should you look, This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts. Pipe has a real nasty mill scale on it, but this stuff is smooth. I don't flip until the brisket reaches 130 degrees or so. I recently purchased a commercial grade vacuum sealer from Cabela's. Why is that? Great bark and taste and worth, This pit has a 28 inch chamber and is 104 inches in length. JG: Oh, theres a lot of cut throat out there. When I had the restaurant [Jambos BBQ Shack] up there, they had my back. We never sell your personal information to third parties. 4) If you are a member of the Pitmaster Club, your comments login is probably different. There will be five competitions here this year. Smokers, gadgets, recipes, So thick cuts need more salt. I had to order everything. I found Big Bob Gibsons BBQ Book Recipes and Secrets from a Legendary selling at amazon.com. JG: Oh yeah. When did you begin to take that seriously again? The firebox door is steel. Im not ashamed, Im not alone, I was thinking we might sell four briskets a day, but it took off. Required fields are marked *. I had it all the way up to here with him. Ill cook some salt a pepper ribs for myself here at the house. This was my calling in life. It was how good your meat was. DV: You make some shiny looking pits. But please dont think of it as a donation. JG: I would go down there and help them load turkeys when I was a kid coming in from school. I use indirect heat and cook the brisket slowly at a temperature of 225-250 degrees. West Texans Are Learning What It Means to Live in Bear Country, Jimmy Carters Peanut-and-Egg Taco Made Quite the Impression on San Antonians. JG: It is. Jamie not only builds what many consider to be the best BBQ smoker the in the world, the Lamborghini-esque Jambo pit, but he is also a veteran pitmaster on the competition BBQ, Dining room at the newly-opened Jambo's BBQ Shack in Rendon. Members get MANY great benefits. That's the point when the bark starts to harden a little bit. No precious flavor loss. I built Johnny another one, a J-5. GDPR requires that we be willing to delete any info we have about an EU resident if you request it. When you make rubs at home we recommend you add salt first then the herbs and spices because salt penetrates deep and the other stuff remains on the surface. How long did you do it by yourself? Grill, Smoker, Combination Grill and Smoker, 2005 - 2023 | All rights reserved Jamie Geer: This year I had a real good year. Jambo Pits. I have the new motorhome. Notley Que BBQ led by Gary Notley Season 2 [ edit] Season 2: Judges [ edit] Myron Mixon season one competitor and owner of Jack's Old South Art Smith celebrity chef and author of Back to the Table and Kitchen Life I won Houston [Livestock Show and Rodeo], qualified for the Royal and won ribs in the Invitational side, then got sixth in the Open. We have a rigorous product testing regimen. In the end, I just dont like sauce. I immediately bought a stomp shear to cut metal. It took me forever to get brave enough to take the cutting torch to it even though it had sat around forever. Id lay them down all the way across about eight inches apart. 2023 World's Championship Bar-B-Que Dutch Oven Dessert Contest Results I got some phone calls within a few hours and sold ten pits in the first week. This site is brought to you by readers like you who support us with their membership in our Pitmaster Club. It took about two weeks, then one day every biscuit was within five degrees of each other so I tack welded it and tested it the next day. Sprinkle on one tablespoon per pound of meat two hours or more before cooking if you can. If you have questions related to barbecue or grilling, please post them to the comments section at the bottom of any page. I went back and built my first one out of the dumpster at Stafford Metal Products. For moist and tender meat, These guys I got here to help me build these pits, they dont even need me around. It was just the same, so I welded that SOB up right there. Dial thermometers are often off by as much as 50F so if you are not using a good digital thermometer we probably cant help you with time and temp questions. Myron Mixon, Johnny Trigg, The Posse hit Jambo's in force during their first week of business and was quite impressed. He said Ive got people wanting this pit all the time.. Ive been cooking outside all my life out camping or hunting. But Ill admit, here in the Pit, We go a step further. Trying to make a living on the barbecue circuit is not going to happen unless you have big sponsors. The prize was $500 so I went down there to dance. I tell them I put on a pair of combat boots and a camouflaged G-string. This has zero impact on the price you pay but helps support the site. We dont have any drawings. They said boy, have you ever thought about entering a competition? That sounded like fun. JG: It is. These fees do not add to the price of purchase but they do help keep this site alive. Email This BlogThis! Search Our Pitmaster Club(You get 5 free pages), YOU ARE HERE >> Last Modified: 3/17/2021. And it will turn out nice. Jambo Pits | Fort Worth TX Jambo's "Jamie Geer" Seasonings. Say you go out and judge every week and you like the taste of Blues Hog sauce. You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. The Broil King Signet 320 is a modestly priced, 3-burner gas grill that packs a lot of value and power under the hood including dual-tube burners that are able to achieve high, searing temps that rival most comparatively priced gas grills. JG: I got a buddy of mine to build a website for Jambo. Since 1989 Jamie Geer has been manufacturing barbecue pits for his company Jambo Pits. 1) Please try the search box at the top of every page before you ask for help. Its hard to make the call, Todays barbecue is all about the sauce. And Moe who cooks alone. AmazingRibs dot com. Geers insightful designs based on experience from hiscompetition barbecue days have led numerous teams to victory across the country. CONTACT US. JG: I used Craigs sauce which is a take on Head Country sauce. Not 3-2-1, not overdone, I lost seventy pounds in the ten months I worked there running ignorant. In addition our Pitmaster Club is a huge thriving community of cooks who love to share. Say you go out and judge every week and you like the taste of Blues Hog sauce. Dont you know, just spend some dough, Hell be there to defend his crown as last years winner, and you can bet hell be a up against a few cooks using one of his pits. The point, the flat, the rendered fat, Our Privacy Promise, Terms of Service, Code of Ethics. There are a bunch of guys who go to cook-offs just to beat somebody. After I did a search on the Big Bob Gibsons BBQ Book Recipes and from other online shops for compare prices and after sales service, amazon.com is an online shop that I was impressed. My original Brisket has become one of my favorite foods to barbecue. I didnt know if I could go back out and work on the floor and work my way back up. Im not ashamed, Im not alone, February 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? Charcoal, gas, or wood? There were two that I built, and one of my worst enemies has the other one. Then PBR had a big one up here in Decatur, Texas. These days you dont have to look very hard to find a Jambo pit at your local barbecue cook-off. Contact Us. Click here to read more about our review process. Get a free 30-day trial here. Anyway, I went over to work at Stafford Metal Products. I tell everybody I was going to my shop and I saw that La Bare had a sign out for a 200 and over class. Stainless steel hinges, handles and work surfaces. Related Links Now the largest membership-based BBQ and grilling community in the world, the Pitmaster Club is sure to step up your outdoor cooking game. Then I helped him develop some rub recipes. To get the best advice, I know it's not the type of traditional bbq that I usually feature on this bbq blog, but I've been craving hot dogs all week. Join Date: 08-11-03 . Hes got his priced at $22,000. The 26 x 26 x 30 insulated firebox has a 7 gauge steel exterior and carbon steel interior. It was rusted like crazy. We usually grant permission and don't charge a fee. Tuffy [Stone] just calls it a tool. Feel free to drop by our store in Olathe Kansas to take a look at our inventory and speak with one of our highly knowledgeable staff members. DV: I thought barbecue competitions were all about brotherhood. Photo by Jamie Geer. I have twenty-six on order now. I begin cooking the brisket fat cap up for the first cooking segment. Obsessed I am, I know its true, He and Mike Davis were hooked at the hip. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. In March, itll be every weekend. Your email address will not be published. JG: This pit here, the J-3 model, is our biggest pit, and I get $8600 for it. Members get MANY great benefits. I put it together, and it looks just like a J-5 now. Thank you Jaime for mentioning Craigs BBQ Sauce. Salt appears first in the ingredients list because the law says the order is by weight, not volume, and salt is a heavy rock. JG: Anybody can cook on anything, but youve got to have something to work with. DV: I thought barbecue competitions were all about brotherhood. AdSense Privacy Policy Provided by JenSense. Published On: 7/21/2014 For very thick cuts of meat, we recommend adding a bit more salt. 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