Recent content by Geoff W

Why does the Jumbo Joe always get overlooked when it comes to a comparison of small charcoal grills, and only the Smokey Joe is in the comparison? For size and capability, my Jumbo Joe has become one of my favorites for smaller everyday cooks as well as camping

I've got an early 2000s 3 burner Silver B, so side burner, only the flip up plastic table on the left. It lives in my garage when not in use, next to my '99 kettle. The new ones are nice and shiny, but they don't do anything better than mine, just take up more space. I live in a high rust...

Any feel for how coals at 5500 ft compare to coals at sea level? It seemed like it took about twice as much coal to get the same cooking for burgers and chicken. The first night we arrived late, so I just started the coals and grilled burgers for everyone. Took longer so they were a little...

My wife absolutely loved having the Jumbo Joe. Best eating we've ever had while camping. Small enough to easily take, big enough to cook everything. I dumped the coals in our fire pit after dinner and we also had an instant campfire!

I've had a 22" Weber kettle for many, many years, and recently bought a Jumbo Joe to take camping with me last weekend. I live at sea level, we were camping at Sequoia National Park around 6,500 ft elevation. Brand new bag of the regular Kingsford charcoal, just like I use at home, so I have a...