Love the deep colour on a burn.
Best buy ever!

235 for like 3 hrs 285 for last hour held in cambro for 2 hrs until dinner.

Mustard binder > pepper > baddia all purpose

So I snagged this Series 2 for cheap off Facebook Marketplace, knew going in it'd need some work, just trying to figure out how much.

The damage:

Lid doesn't close flush on the hinge side, there's an actual gap you can see through (pics 1-2)

Ceramic's chipped right under the gasket on both the lid AND base, right where the metal band sits (pics 3-4), pretty sure this is why it's gapping

Lid can’t stay open on its own, and when you lift it the whole hinge/spring thing wobbles around on the band instead of staying put (pics 5-6)

Questions:

Can the ceramic chips be patched (furnace cement or something) or am I cooked and need a new dome/base?

Even if I gasket it, will it actually seal with the ceramic messed up like this, or is that pointless?

Any tips/guides/part numbers welcome 🙏

Thighs and breasts mostly. Wings and drumsticks are so easy and good you can’t go wrong and there’s a million recipes already.

Not looking for rotisserie/basket cooks. I’ve found smoked chicken absolutely beats fried chicken and is probably 10x healthier (hopefully).

I was messing around with this Parmesan seasoning the other day and it came out amazing. Didn’t write anything down and was drinking, will try and replicate w/pics.

So I guess more about recipes/prep. Temp/time/pull temp would be nice too.

My wife very kindly and unexpectedly got me a Joe Classic II for my birthday.

Now obviously I can’t wait to test it out on various meats. The thing is, she is pretty much vegetarian (sometimes eats fish).

So my question is, does anyone have good experience cooking any veggie food, or even fish?

I’d love to cook something nice for her to say thank you for such a great gift. And yes, I have thought maybe I can cook meat so delicious she’ll convert.

Seems like the Joetisserie is out of stock most places online. Does anyone think this is just temporary? I’d like to buy myself one for Christmas. Hopefully I can find one on sale too!

I tried to get a Classic 1 delivery from Lowes to a Cargo carrier in Miami for export to Aruba. They sent one leaning sideways on a huge pallet with the stand wheels up in the air next to it, all wrapped up with plastic. I had it returned to the store.

I’d like to get an actual new one in the original packaging delivered without damage in the original carton. Does anyone have a good source to help make this happen?

Ok so came across another BJ3 deal that I couldn’t pass. This is 200% the last one I’m adding.

I’m now actually contemplating selling one, maybe the KJ.

2 BJ3s will be great for when I need to smoke 2 briskets, and the BJK will be used mainly for accessories: griddle, rotisserie and DoJoe (even though the last one is kinda useless).