Does that put you at a disadvantage? Cause many have this lot, Mimi Swartz is a staff writer based in Houston. For more about our privacy promise, code of ethics, terms of service, and how we operate to insure you unbiased info, click here. $10,000. I went up there and offered to build him a pit, but he needed cash. In March, itll be every weekend. We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. Jambo Pits Custom Built BBQ Pits by Jamie Geer HOME PIT & TRAILER SPECS. That's the point when the bark starts to harden a little bit. I still had the equipment on the trailer. This is my twenty-ninth year. JG: Yes. (Photo Chris Wilkins/Texas BBQ Posse) Every now and then you run into something so uniquely Texan that you stop in pure amazement. 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. I had to do that on my day off. How long did you do it by yourself? DV: What year did you first enter a competition? Heres our suggestion for platinum and gold medal-winning products at a variety of price points. The point, the flat, the rendered fat, The answers clear, put down your beer, So if that is possable Please. All text, recipes, photos, and computer code are owned by Meathead's AmazingRibs.com and protected by US copyright law unless otherwise noted. Ill give them their fair due. This web site is da bomb, Jamies wife and daughter visited my restaurant before opening his, just to look around. I had to order everything. I wrap in foil when the internal brisket temp is 165 degrees or if it's been cooking for at least 5 hours. Not 3-2-1, not overdone, That's Tuffy Stone's RV in the background sporting the Cool Smoke banner. We go a step further. There are a bunch of guys who go to cook-offs just to beat somebody. DV: You said that first smoker was built from a propane tank, but here you roll your own steel and weld it. Im out of room here, so I cant store it. JG: It is. My last meal on this Earth. Everybody liked it. I cut into it and nothing happened. I went over to see their pits and there was a real wow factor. Smokers, gadgets, recipes, He said Ive got people wanting this pit all the time.. Its easy to weld and grind. Obsessed I am, I know its true, Charcoal, gas, or wood? Click here to read more about our review process. I tied a bandanna around my head and called myself Jambo instead of Rambo. They always want to know if I won. No further should you look, But please dont think of it as a donation. Everything. We rarely recommend products we haven't tested and we never recommend products that we don't love. Memphis Dust did suit them well, Jos R. Ralat is Texas Monthlys taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food. Then I flip it to fat side down. The cooking chamber is made from rolled 7 gauge carbon steel. For what to do, browse over to, I use indirect heat and cook the brisket slowly at a temperature of 225-250 degrees. I had it all the way up to here with him. So thick cuts need more salt. AmazingRibs Ratings & Reviews Jambo Pits J-5 Model Review. It was rusted like crazy. I went over and pulled it out of there with my truck and cleaned it up. So I'm talking to Jamie Geer about doing his custom line of seasonings and injections for Jambo's. We are talking about something like two bbq rubs, rib rub, bean seasoning, brisket and pork injections. Cooking chambers are 5'4" x 26", fabricated from rolled 7 gauge carbon steel. 2023 World's Championship Bar-B-Que Dutch Oven Dessert Contest Results We lived over in the ghetto, and I walked by there on the way home, smelling that smoke. He too is in this mess. Meathead's AmazingRibs.com |. JG: Not counting fuel for my motorhome, youre looking at $600 just to enter. The Campaign to Sabotage Texass Public Schools. I remember the week ago. Harry Soo, Chris Lilly too, No need for budget breach, 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. I judged a cookoff in Longview TX last year and Jamie cooked in this one. JG: Salt, pepper, and garlic like every other household in America. They tell me the PBR one is worth like $2500. When I had the restaurant [Jambos BBQ Shack] up there, they had my back. 2005 - 2023 | All rights reserved Maybe I can get a chicken brine and seasoning to go with it . We put salt in these bottled rubs because all commercial rubs have salt and consumers expect it. Jamie Geer isn't just a great pit builder, he's also a great cook. Our most important source of sustenance is people who join our Pitmaster Club. IBCA gets Joe blow off the street to judge your meat. Join Date: 08-11-03 . He has a video where he opened the door to the pit, the closed it to keep from showing how the airflow works. Johnny sold Mike the first one. DV: Now you have more time for the competition circuit. 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. JG: Nope. JG: The day I started the business I brought two people from Jeryco where I was a shop foreman. They cook great food, just ask me dude, Meathead's AmazingRibs.com is by far the largest and most popular barbecue and grilling website in the world with more than 2,000 pages of tested recipes, articles on technique, science, mythbusting, and product reviews. JG: Well, Ive always loved street cars and hot rods. DV: I drove over here knowing where I was going, but I noticed theres no sign out front for your shop. Click here to see our list of Gold Medal Gifts. I won Houston [Livestock Show and Rodeo], qualified for the Royal and won ribs in the Invitational side, then got sixth in the Open. He bought a pit and I showed him how to use it and how to run his fire. Since 1989 Jamie Geer has been manufacturing barbecue pits for his company Jambo Pits. DV: What would you have seasoned it with otherwise? Dont you know, just spend some dough, I stayed for six weeks to show them the ropes. Now that hes found a willing buyer, hes ready to get back out on the competition trail. Copyright 2005 by Meathead's AmazingRibs.com. DV: After you opened, how did you find people who needed a pit? 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). var sc_invisible=0; After a career in welding, he started building smokers. From TBoneJack, the unofficial Poet Laureate of The Pitmaster Club: AmazingRibs is where you go, The return on your money in barbecue is not good. It was how good your meat was. Thats one of the tings I dont like about KCBS judges. Enjoyed reading this article about our good friend Jamie we live in central Florida and have 2 of his BBQ pits. Id lay them down all the way across about eight inches apart. The point, the flat, the rendered fat, Custom paint jobs are extra! DV: You make some shiny looking pits. Contact Us. Operating out of Fort Worth, TX since 1989, Jambo is known for superior design, performance and beautiful fit and finish. I want to do thirty cook-offs this year. Like I told my wife, I feel privileged to have a product good enough that everyone wants to copy it. var sc_security="7628a933"; The privacy of our visitors to bbqguyblog.blogspot.com is important to us. Is building pits what you were meant to do? Click here to read our detailed review of the PK 360 and get a special AmazingRibs.com price! The Good-One Open Range is dramatically different from a traditional offset smoker, placing the heat source behind and under the smokebox instead of off to the side. Do you cook brisket with direct or indirect heat? Then I always wanted of those Jack Daniels statues and one of those crowns from the American Royal, and I got both of those. DV: How many other pits had you built at that point? Sprinkle on one tablespoon per pound of meat two hours or more before cooking if you can. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use visit bbqguyblog.blogspot.com, and how we safeguard your information. No! They call it MCS, Bring on the Shiplap? We recommend products based on quality and price, not on fees. For more about our privacy promise, code of ethics, terms of service, and how we operate to insure you unbiased info, click here. JG: It was. No need for budget breach, 'Cue news, recipes & reviews, sent twice per month. The J-3 is a competition BBQ pit with a 28 diameter, 54 x 26 cooking chamber mounted on a streamlined trailer. Now the largest membership-based BBQ and grilling community in the world, the Pitmaster Club is sure to step up your outdoor cooking game. I tried some on the deer meat, and my uncle flipped out. Its about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. Most of my briskets are completely done in 8 hours or so. Now that hes found a willing buyer, hes ready to get back out on the competition trail. DV: How did you get into the restaurant business? DV: No need for an adjustable damper then? I found out how to smoke spare ribs, 2005 - 2023 | All rights reserved This pit has a 28 inch chamber and is 104 inches in length. They call it MCS, March 2, 2013 Leave a comment . I have twenty-six on order now. Say you go out and judge every week and you like the taste of Blues Hog sauce. And how to use the Crutch. JG: I dont hardly ever eat barbecue. In 2013 he opened a restaurant Jambos BBQ Shack in Rendon, near his house just south of Fort Worth. Daniel Vaughn: What have been your biggest competition barbecue wins? Ive been cooking outside all my life out camping or hunting. JG: We use a P&O material. Jambo, Lang, or Meadow Creek, I tied a bandanna around my head and called myself Jambo instead of Rambo. They always want to know if I won. I had to order everything. I receive quite a few e-mails asking for help with barbecue brisket and thought I'd share some questions I received today. We also use third party advertisements on bbqguyblog.blogspot.com to support our site. And it will turn out nice. Id like to try them all. Geer is planning to hit thirty competitions across the country, but a stop in Houston at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be an early test in February. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. JG: Matt Pittman. Meathead's AmazingRibs.com promises to never sell or distribute any info about you individually without your express permission, and we promise not to, ahem, pepper you with email or make you eat spam. Trying to make a living on the barbecue circuit is not going to happen unless you have big sponsors. They won every major cookoff. Hes got his priced at $22,000. They had stainless around the bottom and a stainless stack. This baby cooks circles around cheap offset smokers because temperature control is so much easier. Didn't get 'em this time. Stainless steel hinges, handles and work surfaces. We rarely recommend products we haven't tested and we never recommend products that we don't love. IBCA gets Joe blow off the street to judge your meat. DV: Were out here in Rendon, but is this where you grew up? 04-13-2009, 02:21 PM # . Search Our Pitmaster Club(You get 5 free pages), YOU ARE HERE >> JG: I couldnt afford to buy meat for that. Brisket secrets are revealed, After a career in welding, he started building smokers. After a career in welding, he started building smokers. Stainless steel hinges, handles and work surfaces. She said weve got to sell this place. I lived out my dream and it was very profitable for me. Smokers, gadgets, recipes, Rubs and brines and temps and times, I was thinking we might sell four briskets a day, but it took off. JG: This pit here, the J-3 model, is our biggest pit, and I get $8600 for it. I asked them if I could cook with a makeshift pit Id made with my uncle. News; Pits Jambo Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book Recipes and Secrets from a Legendary. It turned out pretty well with a very nice smoke ring. Pork Barrel BBQ founder Heath Hall gets an amazing guided tour of a Jambo Pit from company founder and BBQ Pitmaster Jamie Geer at Memphis in May. Meathead's AmazingRibs.com promises to never sell or distribute any info about you individually without your express permission, and we promise not to, ahem, pepper you with email or make you eat spam. Memphis Dust did suit them well, Is there a reason thats better than using an old propane tank? We extend this right to anyone, EU resident or not. JG: We started this one here on Monday morning [four days earlier, and its completed]. Click here for our article on this exciting cooker. 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. There were two that I built, and one of my worst enemies has the other one. Search Our Pitmaster Club(You get 5 free pages), YOU ARE HERE >> I recently purchased a commercial grade vacuum sealer from Cabela's. DV: How many other pits had you built at that point? 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. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. JG: I built my first pit in 1989, but Jambo Pits officially started eight years ago. Since 1989 Jamie Geer has been manufacturing barbecue pits for his company Jambo Pits. One was for winning Houston and one for the PBR deal. It was 30 and six feet long. JG: We opened up in June 2013 and got overwhelmed. Cause many have this lot, I went back and built my first one out of the dumpster at Stafford Metal Products. Jambo Pits is the brainchild of award winning Pit Master Jamie Geer. JG: Well, Ive always loved street cars and hot rods. And Moe who cooks alone. Cause many have this lot, Im sure they cook good Q, I dont remember how he did and only had a chance to say hello. Everybody liked it. The early reviews were good ones, but he quickly had enough of the barbecue business. 21 Bottomless Pit Cooking Team A-118 Rick Dixon Elvis Cheesecake 88.00 22 BOHICA BBQ Cooking Team A-409 Renee Marshall Banana Pudding Cheesecake 86.00 23 Buns-n-Roses Cook Team C-611 Jamie Geer Jambo Special 86.00. I have the new motorhome. The 26 x 26 x 30 insulated firebox has a 7 gauge steel exterior and carbon steel interior. But this was the year for Jambos. Members get MANY great benefits. When I started out it was all about the meat. JG: Matt Pittman. It was how good your meat was. I called Johnny Trigg and asked him if he thought I could sell some pits if I started building them. To get permission, just click here. My uncle had a big party and we cooked deer meat. Tired of seeing popup ads? Todays barbecue is all about the sauce. Pit Specifications. These guys I got here to help me build these pits, they dont even need me around. When things arnt going good. 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. DV: You would prefer to compete in the IBCA? I started out with a welder and a cutting torch. If its not fresh or cooked right, it can be gamey. Is there a reason thats better than using an old propane tank? . Required fields are marked *. There will be five competitions here this year. We eat a lot of rack of lamb and lamb chops, cooked on our PK Grill. I came home to talk to my wife. Were not NASCAR. DV: There werent a whole lot of competitions around then, were there? Geers insightful designs based on experience from hiscompetition barbecue days have led numerous teams to victory across the country. 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. It was a big kettle with a big lid that swung out. Trying to make a living on the barbecue circuit is not going to happen unless you have big sponsors. JG: Theyre booming. Not! 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. Not! They havent missed a beat, except those meat prices keep going up. I said I was looking for a building, and he said $1000 per month for a five year lease. I said done deal. I took me a month and half to clean it up. JG: Yes, but KCBS is starting to get down into Texas. It was for Johnny Trigg. DV: When that job went away, did you immediately decide to start building barbecue pits? Salt appears first in the ingredients list because the law says the order is by weight, not volume, and salt is a heavy rock. For what to do, browse over to, This NEW pit from Jambopits comes standard with the famous Jambopits Boiler Door and a Chrome Stack. I loaded it up and on my way back home I saw a For Rent sign on a restaurant just up the road. He bought a pit and I showed him how to use it and how to run his fire. Then, I was on season four. I have been using Adkins Seasoning for years myself. Harry Soo, Chris Lilly too, It wore me out. Many of the best BBQ teams in the country rely on Jambo BBQ smokers to provide them with consistent results, BBQ Sauces, Marinades, Condiments & Seasonings, ** total_quantity ** | ** unit_price ** / ** unit_measure **. In a normal KCBS contest there might be twenty-five entries with just two or three heavy hitters. 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