Yea, it takes a few cooks to see what height you need to cook at. How hot the fire is and how high the flames are. One rule of thumb esp. with beef and pork is to let the flame kiss the bottom of the meat. I don't usually get that close. With chicken esp at the beginning of a nice fire you do need more space. As the fire diminishes, you let the grate down. I haven't had any issues with the grate sticking in the channel steel on mine. I'll give it a test and offset a pot and see. The chicken finally got there. When you lowered it, you may have gone a little too much. The chicken looked delicious. Billy's ribs looked very tender, and the sides looked delicious too. Haven't used mine in a good while. Time to break it out.
Not to bad for my first time using it.. I'll get the hang of it in know time.. I did 24 chicken legs on it yesterday and all was good.. Oh and I'm sure that the Gabby's is much better.. You get what you pay for but I'm satisfied with my Titan purchase.. Thanks for the tips..
I did my first cook today on a Only fire Santa Maria grill and it's so much fun and great flavor for the food! I use my hand if I can hold it over for more then 3 seconds them I lower it some more. 3 seconds seems to be the sweet spot for most things. I did bacon, smokies and burgers. Mine also comes with a rotisserie that has a motor and runs on 2 D batteries. Looking forward to trying that as well
I have a buddy who cooks exclusively on a Santa Maria grill and he's got it down pat. He can cook chicken, burgers, and a few tritips all at the same time and it all comes out great. It just takes a lot of trial and error getting to know what level the food needs to be at during different stages of the cook. His grill is about 3' wide and rectangular so he also has the ability to have a roaring fire on one side and a hot bed of coals on the other. Then when the roaring fire turns the logs into hot coals he shifts them over. It is more flexible I suppose for a live fire cook than the round kettle version. It looks like you had a lot of fun with the first go around, great job and thanks for sharing your experience. I may have to get one of these bad boys. They are currently back ordered, but for $100.00 it looks like to much fun to pass up on.
I absolutely love open fire grilling.. I've ever done 2 9lb pork buts that turned out amazing. For the price you can't go wrong. I also have 2 very large Santa Maria's on my mobile smoker that I use for catering and for family and friends. I agree that it's nice to be able to move the fire to control the heat but units like your friend and mine comes with a large price tag. Thanks for commenting..
Love your videos man. Your videos inspired me to take a crack at building a better functioning Santa Maria Weber attachment. Took a little over a day with some trial and error but I did it. Absolutely love cooking on this thing. Keep it up man.
So far I tried 4 of the rubs and they're really good.. I'll have another video coming out soon using these rubs.. Thank you for the samples and I'll be a customer for sure..
Looked very good especially for your first time with the accsessory. Once you practice and gain experience with the Santa Maria, I think you will really enjoy using it.
It's still holding up but I use a cast iron grate over top of it. Can't beet the price for this setup. I've been using it now for 2 years and it's holding up just fine. The Gabby Grill is the way to go for quality but this one is a very budget friendly option.
No problem at all and I'm always down to do collabs.. I love cooking on this SM.. I keep here in the winter and at our campground in Demotte during the camping season..
I came across your channel today, and the one thing I noticed was when I watch your vids, I feel as if I was there drinking a beer with ya. and just talking about bbq, equipment and methods used. Just like good friends would do. Really enjoy your channel man!! You ready for another beer man?!? Lol!
That's awesome to here.. I can sit and have beers and talk about bbq all day long.. Thanks for the kind words and yes just finished my last one for the night.. Gotta get up early..
This was my first time cooking on this and I'm sure I had it to high lol.. I didn't want it to burn but now I got the hang of it.. Thanks for watching..
Recent video I did, the chicken was done in about hour and a half. You can speed it up a bit by covering it towards the end. Especially with full chickens and ribs. I sometimes use my 18 jumbo joe lid and place it over the chicken. (Since the 22 lid won’t fit) GreAt video though! I enjoy your content!
That chicken took a while but came out looking tastyyy! Looks like you got the height dialed in nicely after a bit. Nice work Joe! Great summer cook idea🔥🔥
Yeah I didn't want to burn the meat right off the start lol.. Not to bad for the first time using it.. Loving this open fire cooking style.. The next video will be using it on the Weber kettle..
May I suggest; when you Spatchcock your chicken, instead of cutting out the back, you cut through the breast separating the largest pieces of meat away from one another giving you a quicker, more even cook! Nice show!
Hello again.. I use it daily and I'm not having any issues at all. I do recommend not using large spots of wood in your kettle cause it will warp the coal grate. Not a big deal and all I do it flip it over every other cook. 2 years with the same set up and going strong. It's worth every penny and I promise I'm not sponsored or get paid to say this.
Be careful when you buy a reduced price grill from this company. They lie regarding the extent of damage. They say minor dents or scratches but nope it's MAJOR DAMAGE. More like mangled bent twisted & contorted ready for the garbage.
Yea, it takes a few cooks to see what height you need to cook at. How hot the fire is and how high the flames are. One rule of thumb esp. with beef and pork is to let the flame kiss the bottom of the meat. I don't usually get that close. With chicken esp at the beginning of a nice fire you do need more space. As the fire diminishes, you let the grate down. I haven't had any issues with the grate sticking in the channel steel on mine. I'll give it a test and offset a pot and see. The chicken finally got there. When you lowered it, you may have gone a little too much. The chicken looked delicious. Billy's ribs looked very tender, and the sides looked delicious too. Haven't used mine in a good while. Time to break it out.
Not to bad for my first time using it.. I'll get the hang of it in know time.. I did 24 chicken legs on it yesterday and all was good.. Oh and I'm sure that the Gabby's is much better.. You get what you pay for but I'm satisfied with my Titan purchase.. Thanks for the tips..
I did my first cook today on a Only fire Santa Maria grill and it's so much fun and great flavor for the food! I use my hand if I can hold it over for more then 3 seconds them I lower it some more. 3 seconds seems to be the sweet spot for most things. I did bacon, smokies and burgers. Mine also comes with a rotisserie that has a motor and runs on 2 D batteries. Looking forward to trying that as well
That's awesome! I love cooking on this attachment..
Beautiful work! Love the Santa Maria grill!
I still use this setup and love it.
I have a buddy who cooks exclusively on a Santa Maria grill and he's got it down pat. He can cook chicken, burgers, and a few tritips all at the same time and it all comes out great. It just takes a lot of trial and error getting to know what level the food needs to be at during different stages of the cook. His grill is about 3' wide and rectangular so he also has the ability to have a roaring fire on one side and a hot bed of coals on the other. Then when the roaring fire turns the logs into hot coals he shifts them over. It is more flexible I suppose for a live fire cook than the round kettle version. It looks like you had a lot of fun with the first go around, great job and thanks for sharing your experience. I may have to get one of these bad boys. They are currently back ordered, but for $100.00 it looks like to much fun to pass up on.
I absolutely love open fire grilling.. I've ever done 2 9lb pork buts that turned out amazing. For the price you can't go wrong. I also have 2 very large Santa Maria's on my mobile smoker that I use for catering and for family and friends. I agree that it's nice to be able to move the fire to control the heat but units like your friend and mine comes with a large price tag. Thanks for commenting..
The griller is awesome.. I enjoyed watching this video. Great job mate.
Thank you.. I appreciate the kind words..
Love your videos man. Your videos inspired me to take a crack at building a better functioning Santa Maria Weber attachment. Took a little over a day with some trial and error but I did it. Absolutely love cooking on this thing. Keep it up man.
That's awesome.. I love cooking on these types grills. Thanks for watching.
I will be building my attachment also doesn't look that hard.
That meal looks fantastic! Thanks for using our rubs Joe!
So far I tried 4 of the rubs and they're really good.. I'll have another video coming out soon using these rubs.. Thank you for the samples and I'll be a customer for sure..
Glad to hear you like them Joe!
Looks like the chicken turned out fantastic for you. Seems like doing half chickens would make it easier to manage.
It can be done without splitting but I prefer it this way. I seem to get more flavor.
Looked very good especially for your first time with the accsessory. Once you practice and gain experience with the Santa Maria, I think you will really enjoy using it.
I'm going on my 4th cook with it and love it so far. I added my Craycort grate to it but haven't used it yet. Thank for the support..
Joe great cook .. Those Chickens turned out excellent super juicy .. I really cooking on my Santa Maria as well
I'm new to this style of cooking but I'm loving it so far .
looks like a great feed there.. i am leaning more tot the gabby grill. that expanded metal on urs looks a little thin. hows it holding up so far?
It's still holding up but I use a cast iron grate over top of it. Can't beet the price for this setup. I've been using it now for 2 years and it's holding up just fine. The Gabby Grill is the way to go for quality but this one is a very budget friendly option.
@@BBQJOE thanks joe
Lookin good Joe! Adapt and overcome, nicely done!
Thank you Tom.. I love posting first time cooks like this.. This attachment is working out very well..
Good new neighbor. Do I see future collaborations ? Thanks for showing the centering.
No problem at all and I'm always down to do collabs.. I love cooking on this SM.. I keep here in the winter and at our campground in Demotte during the camping season..
I use the lid of my jumbo joe as a cover when cooking with grate up high. Enjoy Joe!
Sounds like something I may have to try.. Thanks for the tip..
compliments are cooked very well, and the spice mix (Rub) must be fantastic.
Great video friend! Love chicken done this way on the grill!!!! 🔥🥰❤️
I came across your channel today, and the one thing I noticed was when I watch your vids, I feel as if I was there drinking a beer with ya. and just talking about bbq, equipment and methods used. Just like good friends would do. Really enjoy your channel man!! You ready for another beer man?!? Lol!
That's awesome to here.. I can sit and have beers and talk about bbq all day long.. Thanks for the kind words and yes just finished my last one for the night.. Gotta get up early..
what kind of grill bottom is that? Did you put those wheels on yourself?
Looks like everything turned out great 👍🏻. Awesome looking meal. Successful first cook on the new Santa Maria I would say. Nice job.
Thank you.. I'm loving this style of cooking.. I'll have this SM mastered within the next couple of cooks.. Thank for stopping by..
Very interesting that it took 3.5 hours. would have thought it was going to be just as fast as normal. Wind factor biggest variable you think?
This was my first time cooking on this and I'm sure I had it to high lol.. I didn't want it to burn but now I got the hang of it.. Thanks for watching..
Recent video I did, the chicken was done in about hour and a half. You can speed it up a bit by covering it towards the end. Especially with full chickens and ribs.
I sometimes use my 18 jumbo joe lid and place it over the chicken. (Since the 22 lid won’t fit)
GreAt video though! I enjoy your content!
Awesome Joe. been waiting for this cook. Maybe some sort of temp gauge on the grill grate? And everything Phil said.
I wonder how accurate a temp gauge would be sitting like that.. I have an extra one and will give it a shot.. Thanks for the idea..
some tasty lookin' chickens right there! good stuff
Thank you.. I had a lot of fun with this cook..
That chicken took a while but came out looking tastyyy! Looks like you got the height dialed in nicely after a bit. Nice work Joe! Great summer cook idea🔥🔥
Yeah I didn't want to burn the meat right off the start lol.. Not to bad for the first time using it.. Loving this open fire cooking style.. The next video will be using it on the Weber kettle..
Would you recommend applying a light layer of cookkng oil to the entire grill before first use?
Yes.. I washed mine first to get the manufactures oils off and applied cooking oil to it before the first cook..
May I suggest; when you Spatchcock your chicken, instead of cutting out the back, you cut through the breast separating the largest pieces of meat away from one another giving you a quicker, more even cook!
Nice show!
Never tried that before.. I'll give it a shot. Thank you
I modified my WSM after seeing your 🔩👍🏿
That's awesome.. I love my modded wsm.. What all did you do to it..? Thanks for watching..
How has this held up over time? Any rust?
Hello again.. I use it daily and I'm not having any issues at all. I do recommend not using large spots of wood in your kettle cause it will warp the coal grate. Not a big deal and all I do it flip it over every other cook. 2 years with the same set up and going strong. It's worth every penny and I promise I'm not sponsored or get paid to say this.
If you can used red Oak that’s traditional for Santa Maria game changer
I've used red oak and loved it.. Thanks for watching..
They spelled Comando wrong on the bag lol cool grill, buddy
Lol.. I didn't even notice..
Just kidding, it’s Komodo, you said Comando lol
Lmfao bro.. My bad
@@BBQJOE all good, I like that grill attachment. Keep up the videos
Very good my friend 👌😊
Thank you. . Going to check out your recipes here soon..
@@BBQJOE thank you my dear friend 😊
I see those AP English classes really paid off for you! ;-P J/K Cuz!
lol
Love the channel! I'm no camera expert but your videos seem to have to much exposure.
Yeah I'm not a camera expert by no means lol.. I'm working on it though.. Thanks
Be careful when you buy a reduced price grill from this company. They lie regarding the extent of damage. They say minor dents or scratches but nope it's MAJOR DAMAGE. More like mangled bent twisted & contorted ready for the garbage.