j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
When we compete, I think to myself how nice it would be to have a cambro.
You're working with 4 types of meat that all have to be held at some point, they are usually done at different times and all have to be boxed at different times. Typically we foil everything and toss is all into a large cooler. 9x13 aluminum pans don't fit into the bottom of the cooler so they have to be crushed a bit, everything ends up stacked on top of each other and the cooler usually needs a good wash when all said and done.
A cambro seems like the way to go right? uh...what...they cost about the same as a wsm?
So in causally looking for an alternative I stumbled on the coleman party stacker. These small coolers are designed to carry a case of beer or, as the inside label suggests, a casserole pan. And the second time I happen to see them they were on sale (Target) for 18 bucks. I bought two to see how they'd work.
They accept a 9x13 pan with ease:
What is nice about have 3-4 or these as opposed to the cambro, is that they work just as good for small jobs as they do for large ones. I cooked a single brisket that was to be served at a location other than where it was being cooked. It was a simple matter of using one stacker. It would have been much more cumbersome to try to transport it in a large cambro.
For comps, each meat can have its own resting cooler that will be opened once to put it in and once to take it out.
The final test will be see if a foiled rack of ribs will fit in them.
You're working with 4 types of meat that all have to be held at some point, they are usually done at different times and all have to be boxed at different times. Typically we foil everything and toss is all into a large cooler. 9x13 aluminum pans don't fit into the bottom of the cooler so they have to be crushed a bit, everything ends up stacked on top of each other and the cooler usually needs a good wash when all said and done.
A cambro seems like the way to go right? uh...what...they cost about the same as a wsm?
So in causally looking for an alternative I stumbled on the coleman party stacker. These small coolers are designed to carry a case of beer or, as the inside label suggests, a casserole pan. And the second time I happen to see them they were on sale (Target) for 18 bucks. I bought two to see how they'd work.
They accept a 9x13 pan with ease:
What is nice about have 3-4 or these as opposed to the cambro, is that they work just as good for small jobs as they do for large ones. I cooked a single brisket that was to be served at a location other than where it was being cooked. It was a simple matter of using one stacker. It would have been much more cumbersome to try to transport it in a large cambro.
For comps, each meat can have its own resting cooler that will be opened once to put it in and once to take it out.
The final test will be see if a foiled rack of ribs will fit in them.
