Smoked Blue Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers On The Jumbo Joe

[MrHoss]

Been putting the $35 NIB Jumbo Joe through some cooks since getting it this past Saturday.  Yesterday was grilled blue cheese burgers and they were good but I thought some smoke would combine well with them.  Had enough meat left for one normal and one jumbo burger so tonight I gonna find out if I was correct.  The meat was seasoned yesterday so it was perfect for cooking today.  I made a small chamber using firebricks for smoking and filled it with lump and topped with a small chunklett of white oak.  Temp was high....200f or so....as a result I only smoked these for about 25 minutes.  Had to pull em' fast so no pics.  Stored in the microwave for about ten minutes while I rearanged the charcoal grate and got some more lump going, then onto the grill.  Partway through the cook:



When the seams look like they might split I move them off the heat and close the lid for abit:



Buns toast fast thanks to the high coal bed on this baby:



Thin mayo on the top of the bun, good dijon mustard, onions, s+p on the burger:



Money shot:



I have made burgers the equal of this one but never have I made one better.  Should you have served me this with sides and charged me $18 I would have been happy.  Now I can make it for less than $2.  Boys, if you like blue cheese you GOTTA try making a batch of these babies up - it is about 30 minutes since I ate and the combination of oak, blue cheese and beef persists in my mouth.  It is actually making me salivate I write this.  Wow.  I have been smoking burgers then grilling them or cast iron frying them for about a year and a half now.  Big burger man I am so I have done them quite abit.  The wife asks for them and I have made men swear by them and about them.  Tonight I coulda had a sign up that read, "Damn Good Served Here".

[mirkwood]

Now that looks righteous, I do love me a kickass burger and that combo has been on my menu for a while.
Me thinks this weekend will suffice to satiate the craving for a well crafted burger.

[Tim in PA]

Nothing is better than a well cooked/made burger. My favorite thing to eat. Your's looks great!