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“Receiving Your Smoker” is part one of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. “Receiving Your Smoker” details the process for uncrating your smoker. After uncrating, raise up your unit to max height on a pallet jack or high enough on a forklift to use the proper equipment to screw on your castors or wheels.
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Starting Your First Fire
“Starting Your First Fire” is part two of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. You want to begin with kindling or firestarter. Then set your logs in a way that allows your fire to breathe and grow. As J&R Manufacturing always says, there is no hurry up in barbecue, so it will take some time.
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Getting Ready to Cook
“Getting Ready to Cook” is part three of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This video discusses how the key to any extended cook or proper fire management is getting a nice, solid coal bed. Also discussed are tips for an extended cook on your Little Red smoker or Smoke-Master smoker.
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Finishing Your Cook
“Finishing Your Cook” is part four of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This video includes tips on how to properly and safely open your cooking chamber, including hitting your EVAC switch, turning the thermostat down so the fire isn’t raging, and waiting some time before you open it.
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Maintenance
“Maintenance” is part five of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This includes tips and tricks about how to properly clean your firebox and maintenance tips to make sure your smoker lasts as long as you need it. With this maintenance your unit can last basically forever.
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Oyler
In What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Oyler, Ryan Higgins, J&R product expert talks about what to expect when you’re receiving your Oyler smoker. He discusses details, tips and tricks for starting your first fire, getting ready to cook, finishing your cook and maintenance of your unit.
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Little Red Smokehouse
In What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Little Red Smokehouse, Ryan Higgins, J&R product expert talks about what to expect when you’re receiving your Little Red Smokehouse smoker. He discusses details, tips and tricks for starting your first fire, getting ready to cook, finishing your cook and maintenance of your unit.
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Analyzing the Suppressive TME in In Vitro Based Assays
In the rapidly advancing field of cancer immunotherapy, accurately modeling the tumor microenvironment (TME) has become essential to improving the predictive power of preclinical drug testing. As immune-modulating therapies surge forward, with over 4,000 immune modulators in development globally, scientists are refining assay technologies that maintain the complexity of patient-specific tumor biology. In vitro platforms…
Targeting T Cells Within the Cancer Immunity Cycle
As cancer immunotherapy continues to reshape treatment landscapes, fine-tuning T-cell responses has become a critical frontier. Recent advances in 3D organoid models and high-content imaging are enabling scientists to closely mimic patient-specific tumor environments—unlocking insights into how T cells behave, respond, and falter under immune checkpoint blockade. With over 4,000 immune modulators in clinical…
Advanced In Vitro Technologies to Investigate Therapeutic Impact on the Cancer Immunity Cycle
As immunotherapy revolutionizes cancer treatment, the need for physiologically relevant preclinical models becomes more urgent than ever. Despite the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a large majority of patients fail to achieve long-lasting responses, prompting researchers to explore more complex and predictive assays. The cancer immunity cycle, first described in 2013, remains a central framework…
Inside Oncology Drug Development: Overcoming Resistance with Science
In the last two decades, oncology has undergone a transformation with over 300 new cancer therapies approved by the FDA—many offering novel mechanisms of action. Despite these innovations, resistance to treatment remains a critical challenge, with cancer cells evolving or adapting to evade even the most advanced therapeutics. This issue is particularly pressing given that…
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Bossy Babes BBQ and J&R Manufacturing
The Bossy Babes BBQ from Minnesota are at J&R Manufacturing picking up their equipment. The reason they choose J&R Manufacturing and their products for their two-women business is because they like cooking with wood, and as Ursula from Bossy Babes BBQ says, “If you’re cooking with wood this is the only way to go”. They…
Why Smokers are the Heart and Soul of Good BBQ
This J&R smoker story discusses the importance of Intrinsic Smokehouse’s Oyler series smoker as the heart and soul of their barbecue restaurant. Despite being built in 1985, the smoker has been well-maintained and continues to work efficiently. To learn more about their smoker, Intrinsic Smokehouse visits the manufacturer, J&R, and is impressed by their metal…
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How to Make the Perfect BBQ Pork Sandwich Using a J&R Grill
Welcome to RDG Kitchen, where Master Chef Robert Del Grande introduces a new barbecue pork sandwich with watermelon barbecue sauce. He starts by curing the pork with a mixture of brown sugar, salt, and spices before grilling it slowly over a J&R wood fire. Meanwhile, he prepares the watermelon barbecue sauce by blending seedless watermelon,…
How to Grill a Perfect Burger Using a J&R Grill
Master Chef Robert Del Grande welcomes you to the RDG Kitchen, where they believe a great burger starts with a top-quality patty made from USDA Prime chuck roll. They take their burger buns a step further by dusting them in chestnut flour, adding a delicate fruity nuttiness. The classic combination of American lettuce, onion, tomato,…
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Receiving Your Smoker
“Receiving Your Smoker” is part one of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. “Receiving Your Smoker” details the process for uncrating your smoker. After uncrating, raise up your unit to max height on a pallet jack or high enough on a forklift to use the proper equipment to screw on your castors or wheels.
Starting Your First Fire
“Starting Your First Fire” is part two of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. You want to begin with kindling or firestarter. Then set your logs in a way that allows your fire to breathe and grow. As J&R Manufacturing always says, there is no hurry up in barbecue, so it will take some time.
Getting Ready to Cook
“Getting Ready to Cook” is part three of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This video discusses how the key to any extended cook or proper fire management is getting a nice, solid coal bed. Also discussed are tips for an extended cook on your Little Red smoker or Smoke-Master smoker.
Finishing Your Cook
“Finishing Your Cook” is part four of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This video includes tips on how to properly and safely open your cooking chamber, including hitting your EVAC switch, turning the thermostat down so the fire isn’t raging, and waiting some time before you open it.
J&R - Smoke Signals
Maintenance
“Maintenance” is part five of J&R Manufacturing’s five part series. This includes tips and tricks about how to properly clean your firebox and maintenance tips to make sure your smoker lasts as long as you need it. With this maintenance your unit can last basically forever.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Oyler
In What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Oyler, Ryan Higgins, J&R product expert talks about what to expect when you’re receiving your Oyler smoker. He discusses details, tips and tricks for starting your first fire, getting ready to cook, finishing your cook and maintenance of your unit.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Little Red Smokehouse
In What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Little Red Smokehouse, Ryan Higgins, J&R product expert talks about what to expect when you’re receiving your Little Red Smokehouse smoker. He discusses details, tips and tricks for starting your first fire, getting ready to cook, finishing your cook and maintenance of your unit.
