Kamado Joe KJ15041021 Big Joe III 24-inch Charcoal Grill with Cart and Side Shelves, Blaze Red

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The top plate is made of metal and doesn’t do as good a job as the ceramic heat deflectors in eliminating direct, radiant heat if you go up past 450 °F. I feel the metal gets too hot, then radiates heat itself, and can cause the bottom of foods to burn. So you must flip foods if roasting that high. (Note: It’s rare that you ever roast up past 430 °F anyway, so it’s not too big a deal.)

Temperature is controlled by the use of a lower vent sliding door and a Kontrol Tower turning top vent on a chimney. I hope this extensive look at the Kamado Joe Big Joe II and III has helped you determine whether or not this grill is a good fit for you! Although expensive, the Big Joe delivers on a premium grilling and smoking experience, and can literally provide a lifetime of value to you, your family and friends.

A soapstone half-moon cooking surface is a somewhat popular cooking surface for high heat searing that you might also like to try out. TheKamado Joe Classic II and its chubby brother, the Big Joe II, are some of the most popular kamado grills on the market, and with good reason. However, it comes with the version 3 grills as standard, and if you have it, you may as well use it.

And they’ve done exactly that. Kamado Joe has led the industry in innovative features and quality from pretty much day 1 of their existence. Today, many of the features they first came out with are being copied by other brands who are trying to play catch up. Introducing the revolutionary SloRoller Hyperbolic Smoke Chamber insert Dispersing smoke and heat in rolling, recirculating waves, the SloRoller surrounds food in clouds of smoke while evenly distributing heat to an astonish max cooking temperature of 260°C transforming the Kamado Joe Classic III into the most optimal smoker. Enhancing flavours and significantly reducing hot spots, the SloRoller Hyperbolic Smoke Chamber insert takes low and slow cooking to a whole new level. I highly recommend calibrating your thermometer when it first arrives, after which it is perfectly usable, accurate enough, and does what it’s supposed to do. From their excellent build quality to their ability to hold a consistent airflow and temperature, the Kamado Joe II line has developed a reputation for uncompromising quality. So how do you improve on excellence? The Big Joe III is massive, and the grilling surface is a whopping 24 inches in diameter (452 square inches) which makes it much bigger than the Classic III.First, you should definitely plan to use lump charcoal to fuel your kamado grill. Kamado Joe sells their own brand of lump charcoal but you can use any kind you want! Lump charcoal is a type of organic, all natural fuel that burns extremely clean and has zero additives in it like many charcoal briquettes do. Most importantly, lump charcoal produces minimal ash when it’s burned, which is key for all kamado grills – by design their ventilation systems will get clogged up with too much ash. You can read more about the difference between lump charcoal vs briquettes here. The new 3-tier Divide & Conquer cooking system, combined with the new stainless steel charcoal basket, make it easier than ever to cook at different temperatures inside your kamado grill.

I’ve owned a Kamado Joe Classic for 6 or 7 years now, and for a long time, it was my favorite grill. Until I got my hands on a Kamado Joe Big Joe III, that is! We can offer a paid service to build and deliver your BBQ. Please call us first, to discuss your requirements. To make things as simple as possible, here are some of the most exciting and innovative features of the new Kamado Joe III line: The control tower top vent is a double-edged sword. It solved some problems seen on many other kamado-style cooker vents, but has introduced a couple of issues of its own.

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What would our Kamado Joe Big joe III review be without a detailed deep dive into it’s many innovative features during use?

Description: The Big Joe III 61 cm ceramic charcoal grill is perfect for entertaining a crowd. Similar design to the Classic III kamado ceramic grill, the Big Joe III comes standard with the revolutionary SloRolle The Big Joe also goes above and beyond with their gasket, one of the most important components of a kamado grill. Many other competitors utilize felt gaskets or other inferior materials. Kamado Joe on the other hand has a fiberglass gasket in place that is of the utmost quality and ensures an airtight seal and extended shelf life. With innovative features, huge grilling space, the possibility of simultaneous direct and indirect cooking methods, and new smoking technology with the SloRoller under his ceramic belt, it is a superior grill for sure.

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We’ll be going into more detail later in the article, but for a brief overview, here are some of the innovative new features you can find in the Kamado Joe III line: