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Started talking with the guy behind the counter about the wood and such they had available today.
I mentioned I was going to be trying something different with my Assassin Grill and he asked what I thought of it.
I said it's a very high quality grill but that it has taken me a while to figure it out and get in a groove with it. Now that I am becoming more familiar with it, it's great. If I had to do one thing over again, I would have upgraded beyond my stainless steel lower shelf to the ss bars, and just left the top shelf the normal metal as I never use it (too late now, I bet it would be big $$$ to have one made up and sent to me).
He mentioned he's owned Assassin, Pitmaker, El Rey, and Jambo. I asked him what he thought of his Jambo as I was really close to getting one before I decided on my LSG, and he said "it's a piece of ****".
Now, the guy struck me as sort of like the gun store commando - the guy behind the counter who thinks he is tacti-cool and knows everything and is somewhat of a contrarian just to show he can buck the trends. In the end (at least at the gun stores) they are generally tools that know little-to-nothing.
I'm not suggesting this bbq guy knew nothing, but I did get the sense he just felt the need to crap on a well regarded product and "be different".
I asked him what he didn't like about it, and he said "the firebox isn't insulated". I said my understanding was that was not the case. Then he stated the sides and top are insulated, but the bottom and door is not.
I don't know what's true and what isn't. I also accept that a Jambo - our any brand for that matter - may not be ideal for everyone. However I find it hard to believe that Jambo is "a piece of ****".
Just wanted to share my morning's BBQ/grill store experience.
I mentioned I was going to be trying something different with my Assassin Grill and he asked what I thought of it.
I said it's a very high quality grill but that it has taken me a while to figure it out and get in a groove with it. Now that I am becoming more familiar with it, it's great. If I had to do one thing over again, I would have upgraded beyond my stainless steel lower shelf to the ss bars, and just left the top shelf the normal metal as I never use it (too late now, I bet it would be big $$$ to have one made up and sent to me).
He mentioned he's owned Assassin, Pitmaker, El Rey, and Jambo. I asked him what he thought of his Jambo as I was really close to getting one before I decided on my LSG, and he said "it's a piece of ****".
Now, the guy struck me as sort of like the gun store commando - the guy behind the counter who thinks he is tacti-cool and knows everything and is somewhat of a contrarian just to show he can buck the trends. In the end (at least at the gun stores) they are generally tools that know little-to-nothing.
I'm not suggesting this bbq guy knew nothing, but I did get the sense he just felt the need to crap on a well regarded product and "be different".
I asked him what he didn't like about it, and he said "the firebox isn't insulated". I said my understanding was that was not the case. Then he stated the sides and top are insulated, but the bottom and door is not.
I don't know what's true and what isn't. I also accept that a Jambo - our any brand for that matter - may not be ideal for everyone. However I find it hard to believe that Jambo is "a piece of ****".
Just wanted to share my morning's BBQ/grill store experience.