I still think you should do a video/master class on how you get your wife to agree to all these purchases. A Santa Maria looks like a lot of fun, but they are not free!

@blipblap614

20 күн бұрын

You read my mind. "But, honey! I NEED it for work!"

Great addition to the collection. I can't wait to see a try-tip!

Always love your ideas and ambition! I’m here for the ride 🎉

I can't wait to see more cooks on the Santamaria.

I’m interested to see the new grill in action with your creative cooking style!

Congrats on getting a new grill! Those picanha roasts looked amazing!

You have the best cooking channel, hands down.

Absolutely love that you created this video and got to showcase both an awesome grill as well as a fantastic company like Lone Star that might not be so well known up here in Canada. Chris and all of the folks down there in Texas produce some amazing grills and the more I use my recently purchased Lone Star Pellet Grill, the more I love and appreciate its quality and abilities. Very much looking forward to using this beast in KCBS competitions.

YES!!! Congrats, James!! Santa Marias seem so much fun to cook on! I'm so excited for You!

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

I am behind on getting videos out but having used this now another 5-6 times it’s becoming our family hosting party grill for pool parties etc. it holds a lot, is fun and engaging and rolls out to the front for street gatherings so excited to find out more about how to get the most out of it

@ourlifeinwyoming4654

20 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ Lone Star Grilz really are unique and ground breaking. Our offset stick burner is the most consistent and easy to use that I've ever experienced. They're a great company to work with too. It sounds like it's been a hit for you! Congrats!

@user-fk8zw5js2p

18 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ It looks like quite the conversation piece. It seems like a playground sandbox for fire that you can also grill on.

@user-jo1ud1ky6z

5 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQJames, im really surprised you didn’t go with a Canadian made Santa Maria grill such as Blogline Bbq instead.

I think someone should start a "Smoking Mom BBQ Award", awarded to the spouse of a smoking dad who puts up with significant outlays for BBQ gear. My wife would be a contender, so I know whereof I speak.

@absoz

19 күн бұрын

There’s quite a few around - and some who even join in on the fun

I'll be looking forward to more videos with the Santa Maria. It is in my top 2 in the list for my next BBQ.

Great to see, congrats on a new cooker. I love my LSG Santa Maria. I didn't get some of the extras you did though some day might ping them to see if I can add on the rotisserie and since i have the 60" I might eventually get the brasero insert version, maybe the v grates. I also stuck with the standard grates, which are great, half inch steel is pretty insane. I love this thing. IMHO a Santa Maria is the ultimate charcoal grill, so versatile and LSG's is so reasonably priced for the quality and size and the ash cleanup is so easy. I also love my LSG Pellet Grill and Large fully insulated cabinet.

Yummm! I’ve always wanted one of these! I’d do a whole lamb for sure! 🤤

@SmokingDadBBQ

21 күн бұрын

So good! Love the idea

Absolutely 100% on point. I have bbq on a basic kamado (vintage kinuurayaki) for 14 years, and am wanting to move towards asado & asador / more live fire. Would be good to see videos on Argentinian Skirt steak, tri tip, choripan and whole lamb. Funny, the longer you barbecue, the simpler style you desire. Congrats on the new bbq, keep fighting the good fight.

Congrats on the new addition, James! I know you will enjoy it - especially if you learn to tame those peppers!!!!!

@SmokingDadBBQ

22 күн бұрын

Fingers crossed!

Discovering this style of grilling changed my life.

Although I want one…I’d be interested in seeing this style grill compared to a simple Weber kettle. What is the overlap and what is different, etc. I also can’t wait to see how you apply this to the KJ…maybe dome open?

@christopherscott2376

20 күн бұрын

@@missinbrain well funny enough people do make and sell santa maria style conversion kits for webber kettles. However I would say there are three differences with a weber and SM. Wood burns hotter than charcoal and weber kettles aren’t really rated to handle the temps of a wood fire. The SM grill has stones, which should hold heat and add some radiative heat (which you miss out on with a weber). Plus raising and lowering the grate allows you to control temps better. I’d guess the radiative heat from the stones and higher temps from wood fire give you better char/bark vs a weber indirect set up. Plus it looks great for sear/reverse searing.

Congratulations James, that looks awesome. This calls for a Santa Maria Tri Tip and a Vacio steak!

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Oh yes!

I think you will love the Santa Maria Grill as it is as close you can get to cooking over the campfire while camping. I don't know about you, everything taste so much better to me when cooked over a live fire. I wish I could get one, but out here in Colorado we have so many high fire days that I would not get much use out of the grill. I would like to see chicken, fish, ribs and dogs.

@kitchenbro5709

19 күн бұрын

100%. When i go camping i take a camp stove as backup, campfire is always preferable for me.

Grats on the LSG. Mine should be coming in the next shipment got the 20x42 pellet ordered early march and im sure still 2 weeks out. Good products and so far good customer service

Agree on the live fire. Many smokers (pellet, gravity, offsets) can generate the heat to grill, but it is not the same (kiss of smoke). Plus, clean-up is a bear vs drippings burning off into a fire. Good luck with live fire!

exciting to see more live fire cooking!

Loved you didn’t edit that hot pepper part out made me laugh lol

Can’t wait to watch this journey! It sounds pedestrian, but I’d love to see kabobs or grilled veggies. There’s so much grate space I feel like there’s room to do multiple things at the same time.

Great first cook James!🍻

@SmokingDadBBQ

18 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Texas comes to Canada. Lone Star makes some mighty fine grills. Watch out for the spicy sauce. It seems like wonderful grill. Look forward to see future videos...I would like to see a brisket or some ribs cooked on the grill.

I wonder if you will be tempted by the LSG El Patron in the future? Also, for folks looking for a very low cost entry into live fire the OK Joe Firecracker is a great option.

Ive been looking at this brand and Arizona BBQ outfitters for months now and haven't pulled the trigger yet. They are very expensive so I want to be sure. Look forward to seeing you cook more on it. Thanks for some good informative videos you do

I have a LSG Santa Maria also. I like that Chris has incorporated an adjustable rotisserie bracket into the design. Mine is older and has the rotisserie bracket "baked" into the uprights as you put it. Makes fire management all that much more crucial when using it and overall a lot less convenient. I wonder if that is an upgradable feature. Anyway, I'd love to see you do a whole hog on it. One of the reasons I bought mine was to have that capability but I haven't done it yet.

Cool Video. Man I have so many grills because of you. I've been wanting a Santa Maria BBQ so bad and this one is awesome really like the rotisserie. I'm trying my hardest not to buy lol but I'm sure after a couple more beers I will have my 8th grill around the pool.

It looks like quite the conversation piece. It seems like a playground sandbox for fire that you can also grill on.

Cool new grill. Couple of things I can think of would be do a full Santa Maria BBQ all on the grill. Loved going to those when I was stationed in California. The other would be to try whole hog (ok, maybe whole piglet). The Santa Maria style grill has a somewhat similar direct cooking style that the old pits had when I was a kid in South Carolina. I've never been able to duplicate that taste.

You should do over the fire ribs! They are amazing!

If you have a broken Kamado joe Junior. [as long as the base/firebox is still good] you could convert that one into a Shirichin. It would be great for Japanese BBQ, where you all sit around a ""table BBQ"". and grill thinly sliced meat yourself [2mm thick meat] This i what I might do with my current cheramic grill if I ever get a new one

I always wondered if you may ever get a LSG. Congrats! We have a LSG offset and, 20 x 36 and stick burning has never been easier and so predictable. Perhaps one day you'll have one of their offsets.

Hi James. Awesome buy; however, were you aware that there is a Santa-Maria option available for the Weber Kettle? I'm wondering if it would fit one of you Kamado Joes? I found it on Amazon. I'm told you are a bad influence on me...lol I've been looking at the Santa-Maria option for my Weber Kettle and would love to see more videos from you so I can decide if I'm taking the plunge. After watching your double indirect cooking method, I've finally found all the pieces I want to use to try the double indirect cook on my kettle. I'll let you know if it works. I'm going to do a couple of racks of ribs. I also broke bad and purchased a Primo Junior after watching your Primo video. I LOVE that little thing. I thought it would be plenty big enough for just the two of us...lol I want a bigger one.

Congrats on that pit. LSG make amazing stuff. I would love to have their Large Insulated Cabinet Smoker, if I was going to get a pellet grill, theirs seems to be in a league of its own in terms of smoke flavor (I'm not counting the ones that let you put a wood chunk on the fire every 45 minutes, because if you're going to do that, you may as well use an offset anyway) and design, and if I was going to get an offset i lean toward theirs as I like that they're custom made and not just made out of a propane tank.

Would love to see a whole pig or lamb done on that grill !!

Great episode on the Santa Maria by Lone Star Grilz. I've been seeing more and more about LSG in general, and the consensus seems to be that these are well made grills. Have you seen the El Patron by LSG? Looks like it might make an attractive kamado substitute.

Chuck short ribs next up please 😀🙌🏻

Hmm interesting Maybe simple wings or ribs….. Looks fun to cook on

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Definitely want to work up to the full leg of lamb or goat gradually lol

Does Smoking Mum BBQ ever say, “James not another damn BBQ, the back yard is full of them”.

I have a small Santa Maria Grill i love it. hot peppers opt lol

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Oh nice. Fire roasted salsa maybe… with a few less peppers for me apparently lol

Should check out Bog Line smokers. They make a very nice grill like this along with awesome smokers. Nice lump too. Best thing, Canadian made!

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

I meet them at Memphis in May ironically as they are made only an hour or two from my home

Great videos!! Love your approach!! I have a question from a previous video on the heat deflectors. The lower deflector got hotter than the higher position, but it would also be further from the food. Was there a difference in temperature at food level? The plate was hotter, but was the air hotter by the time it had to rise further?

James! I wanted to see you do the Jesse Pryles Just Keep Flipping method, that's the beauty of the live fire cooking,, Lol

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Definitely did that with the Asian 5 spice sticky chicken thighs we had loaded up for a party cook

Hey James…. I’ve been listening looking at LSG for a while now… love the new El Patron… all reports are top notch product and service…. How about a rotisserie cook??

@SmokingDadBBQ

23 күн бұрын

I have the rotisserie just deciding how ambitious to go lol ... what do you think

@JustGrillingandChilling.

23 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ good point, maybe to give it a trial run, a nice big turkey??…. of a few nice sized chickens…. Then onto some serious stuff, like the other commenter said, lamb, whole pig!!

Beautiful grill! I’ve had my eye on that very grill configured exactly the same as yours with the side mounted bracero and the flat grates. Did you opt for the stainless ones or the steel. What length is your grill? 48”?? Next cook should be tomahawk ribeyes!

Felicitaciones por la parrilla! Congrats on the new grill. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷 1 small comment, chimichurri is done with bell peppers, it's not that spicy here 😁

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

That would have saved me some pain 😆

@javuda

20 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ 😅🤣

Would love to see a ribeye in real time!!

Hi, a big fan of yours over in the UK, could you do a review on the Monolith Classic Pro Series 2?

hey , is apple , oak , cherry , maple , hickary good wood to start with?

Being from the Santa Maria area. You better start loading up on split oak wood. That's the only way to cook.

Did you choose the 36*30?

I wish I had the space to buy one of these. How a small piglet?

does the joetisserie fit the akorn jr??

Lone star grillz advertising working. First at meat church and now here? I need one

Now I want one of these. I gotta stop looking at videos I got a house full of coffee gear and a back patio full of bbqs and smokers.

Should try grape seed or avocado oil to season your grates.

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

I have done that since I kept burning off the seasoning

Can you get a rotisserie attachment and do a small(ish) whole hog?

Congrats! Would love to see you do a pork butt or whole hog on this!

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Oh that would be fun

Have you ever used bamboo coal in any of your KJ’s or other cookers?

Whole pig and a whole lamb.

@SmokingDadBBQ

23 күн бұрын

I like how you think

Did I notice a rotisserie rod in the final few seconds of the video????…that would make it PERFECT

@SmokingDadBBQ

14 күн бұрын

Yes I have that upgrade too

@danhusband6154

14 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ Ahhh!!!… I have the 18” Kamado Joe II Classic and my wife wanted to get me the Big Joe this year as well… but maybe a Santa Maria instead. I don’t have a covered grill area though and winters in the Ottawa area make an open pit grill problematic… First World Problems!!…lol

@SmokingDadBBQ

14 күн бұрын

@@danhusband6154these are expensive to run with wood being open. Find a good supply

@danhusband6154

14 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ Hmmm… I struggle with $4000 for a Big Joe but storing expensive fire wood is not appealing either…again, First World Problems

I would be really interested in a whole piglet or big piece of lamb

Just wondering what type of wood are you using ?

@SmokingDadBBQ

18 күн бұрын

Oak

I'll assume you used oak for the wood for this cook? Red oak makes the best tri-tip. Mmmmmm

@SmokingDadBBQ

18 күн бұрын

Yes all wood after the break in

I’m looking to add a Santa Maria as well. Question for you or the others. When I do Picania steaks everything is great about the cook except there is a small membrane between the fat cap and the meat that does not seam to get tender. Anyone else have this ?

Did a picanha last night.

Do they make a cove for this

Rotisserie suckling pig for whole hog direct heat bbq?

2.5-3.0 lb porterhouse...one I tried was 2'' thick and I over cooked it...hard getting meat by bone med rare without over cooking the rest..

Hope they filled out the NAFTA paperwork so you didnt get screwed on import duty and nonsense brokerage fees

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

That was the trickiest part… I have a importer I use for small stuff but they don’t have a fork lift so getting something this size required finding a different importer and added a few weeks to the delivery

Doesn’t indirect cooking defeat the point?

Whole goat gator lamb?

Baby back ribs

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

Oh I like it

What was the process and cost to get the LSG shipped to Canada ?

@SmokingDadBBQ

18 күн бұрын

I had to use a broker. They helped connect me with one to sort out the paperwork, added a week or so to the delivery but it’s here now

Lone Star finally put fire brick on the bottom?!!!

@SmokingDadBBQ

20 күн бұрын

I am not familiar with the history of their designs but this was an option which I picked on their website…. Was it not an option before?

@shumardi1

20 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ It was not an option before. Chris wanted to keep the wood up on a grate to give it plenty of oxygen and get a more complete and clean burn.

@shumardi1

20 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ In fact, if you use your link and go to the grill, the description still says they don’t use fire brick. The grill in your video is different from the one in your link at the Lone Star Grillz website. When I go to their website even apart from your link the fire brick is not an option.

@bradbenn719

18 күн бұрын

@@shumardi1 You have to select the 3/8" firebox option dropdown which comes with the firebrick. I have the older one from LSG also which does not have the firebrick on the bottom. Mine also doesn't have the rotisserie brackets that raise up and down. They are fixed.

@shumardi1

18 күн бұрын

Now I see. The cost gets up there fast with those add ons! What do you think of El Patron? It’s looks like if you kept the lid open you could raise and lower the fire beneath it and cook similar to a Santa Maria, albeit smaller.

love your channel.......one thing though.......only salt on picanha:)

@SmokingDadBBQ

19 күн бұрын

I thought I made through day one without anyone noticing 😆

@marco1974

19 күн бұрын

@@SmokingDadBBQ lol. In the end it’s to each their own right;). Love the content and enjoy your Santa Maria!!

I have this this grill and use it a lot. Mine has the grates to lay coal on which suck because they get worn out real quick. The fire brick is the way to go. I wish the sheet metal was thicker because if you use it a lot you will eat that metal up. Will not recommend for someone who uses it atleast 3times a week.

My only complaint was it took to long to say Lonstargrillz. Truly they are the best at all things they make. I have the large Insulated Vertical Smoker and am saying for their biggest Santa Maria grill. Good luck with the new member of pits. 🔥👍🍻

can you do rotisserie on it ??