Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of the Weekly Thing. Blogger. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Maybe a podcast? CTO of SPS Commerce, Board Member of MnTech, Former Board Member Minnestar. Minneapolis is home.

Cooking

Outdoor cooking experiments—primarily on my Big Green Egg and new Traeger grill—are documented here. Posts recount brisket attempts, sous‑vide pork butt sessions and holiday tenderloin traditions, with candid notes on smoke, temperature and results.

Jul 10, 2015 ∞

At the cabin with brother-in-laws with delicious Big Green Egg dinner!

Middle-aged man in a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses placing seasoned ribs on a Big Green Egg grill on an outdoor deck.

Jul 5, 2015 ∞

Three racks of ribs rubbed and chips soaking getting ready for Big Green Egg and Mike Rock!

Three racks of pork ribs coated in dry rub on a sheet pan beside a red bowl of soaking wood chips on a kitchen counter.

Didn’t have my vertical rib racks so had to improvise. Beer can ribs?

Three racks of spice-rubbed ribs on a Big Green Egg grill, propped upright using two beer cans, with thick smoke billowing up

Big Green Egg smoking.

Big Green Egg ceramic kamado grill billowing smoke from the top vent, with a temperature gauge visible on the dome.

Another perspective. 😀

Three racks of spice-rubbed ribs propped upright on a Big Green Egg grill using two beer cans, lid open, outdoors.

Three racks of ribs falling off the bone! Big Green Egg!

Smoked pork ribs cut into individual pieces piled on a sheet pan on a colorful tablecloth

Jul 4, 2015 ∞

Happy 4th Big Green Egg style!

Four burger patties and several hot dogs grilling on a Big Green Egg kamado smoker in a backyard garden setting.

Jul 4, 2015 ∞

Double hitter on Big Green Egg coming up: traditional burger and brats today followed by ribs with Mike Rock and gang tomorrow.

Jul 2, 2015 ∞

Pork tenderloin off the Big Green Egg. Chainbreaker White IPA as well.

Smoked pork tenderloin on butcher paper with metal tongs and a bottle of Chainbreaker White IPA on a colorful tablecloth.

Jul 2, 2015 ∞

Every night is Big Green Egg night.

Big Green Egg ceramic kamado grill outdoors with thermometer reading on dome, trees in background.

Jun 27, 2015 ∞

Big Green Egg. Beer. Lake. This works.

Big Green Egg kamado grill smoking on a lakeside deck with a wooden table, green lawn, and calm lake in the background.

May 24, 2015 ∞

Big Green Egg after a few hours.

Big Green Egg smoker with lid open showing a large smoked pork shoulder surrounded by smoked sausages on the grill grate.

May 24, 2015 ∞

Big Green Egg living this weekend. See these two in a few hours.

Two dry-rubbed pork shoulders smoking on a kamado-style ceramic grill outdoors with the lid open.

May 24, 2015 ∞

Grilling breakfast on Big Green Egg. Yum.

About 18 burger patties with grill marks cooking on a round ceramic kamado-style charcoal grill outdoors.