Calling Jumbo Joe steak cookers.... a little help please

[Charcoal_Guerrilla]

I like to cook ribeye, roughly 1 inch thick, fast and furious (aka direct) on the JJ. I use 3/4 of a normal size chimney of lump dumped on 1 half of the JJ. The results are okay but I'd like to reduce the amount of charcoal to get better control over the fire without compromising that 'flame grilled' taste. I like a medium/rare.

What amount of charcoal do you use for your steak cooks on a JJ? Does anyone have a rule of thumb? How long are you cooking steak per side?

Really looking to expand my knowledge and cooking armoury. Thanks in advance!


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[vwengguy]

Step 1 = S'nS charcoal basket. This will give you way more heat with more control and more room for indirect reverse sear time. All with less charcoal.

Step 2 = Good cut of steak ! Nice and thick, good fat marbling.. bla bla bla
Step 3 / Bonus = JJ has no cook grate tabs, this makes it easy to turn the grate when doing cold grate searing.
I hope this helps ;-)
Matt


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[Charcoal_Guerrilla]

SnS here I come. Thanks for the advice Matt. David.

[nolch01]

The regular Weber basket does well in the JJ. Hot and fast or slow and low I use the Weber basket.  May be an issue for larger steaks or multiple.   I love my SNS on the 22".   I may have to consider the SNS basket for the JJ.




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[vwengguy]

Good point @nolch01 ! I have 3 sets of Weber baskets but I'm so brain dead that I never thought to try that.
I know the baskets would not fit in my SJ and maybe I thought the same for the JJ ?

This is what I ended up with :-)


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[kettlebb]

Maybe try a reverse sear with two grills? Do one indirect to 110-115 then have the JJ ready to go ripping hot for searing?


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[CatskillSmoker]

Maybe try a reverse sear with two grills? Do one indirect to 110-115 then have the JJ ready to go ripping hot for searing?


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+1

[Old Dave]

That little kettle is a great steak cooker and very easy to modify for cooking steaks. I have mine set up for contest cooking.



I use this Stainless Steel basket for holding my charcoal...it is the same size as my Grill Grates and holds the right amount of charcoal and the basket raises the fire right up to the bottom of the cooking grids.



You can see how this setup works with the Grill Grates right over the charcoal basket. I like to warm them up to about 650 degrees for my steak cooking.



This is a nice ribeye about done on the Jumbo Joe. To get medium rare and with the nice diamond grilling marks, I would cook it for 2-1/2 minutes, turn it it slightly for the nice grill marks and cook an additional 2-1/2 minutes, the turn it over and do the back side the same way but for only 2 minutes a stage. Total time about 9 minutes on the cooker.



That should give you one beautiful steak...

[bear]

We don't have SnS baskets in Australia

[IndianBBQ]

That little kettle is a great steak cooker and very easy to modify for cooking steaks. I have mine set up for contest cooking.



I use this Stainless Steel basket for holding my charcoal...it is the same size as my Grill Grates and holds the right amount of charcoal and the basket raises the fire right up to the bottom of the cooking grids.



You can see how this setup works with the Grill Grates right over the charcoal basket. I like to warm them up to about 650 degrees for my steak cooking.



This is a nice ribeye about done on the Jumbo Joe. To get medium rare and with the nice diamond grilling marks, I would cook it for 2-1/2 minutes, turn it it slightly for the nice grill marks and cook an additional 2-1/2 minutes, the turn it over and do the back side the same way but for only 2 minutes a stage. Total time about 9 minutes on the cooker.



That should give you one beautiful steak...

What size grill grates are those?


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[IndianBBQ]

We don't have SnS baskets in Australia

I think it should be easy to get a metal fabricator to build one on order. I got mine done from a metal shop. For half the prize. (In India).

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[Charcoal_Guerrilla]

A big thank you to all you grillfellas (I'm especially looking at you @olddave) for helping me out! Some great knowledge shared plus a source of inspiration. I now have several ways to get my steak right! Wife and kidneys will be happy (and I will be left alone to commune with my kettles and cider). Thx.


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[Old Dave]

Mr IndianBBQ,

The grill grates are 15" long.