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@tekobo - Just Effing Amazing! I'm dying to try that octopus!

Last night I got out two frozen chooks that my Italian butcher had spatchcocked and deboned for me. Per another post on this forum, I tried dusting one of the chickens with baking powder to see if the skin came out crispy. Heat soaked the 32 to 250C and cooked the chickens on the top grate. IMG_0175.MOV That fat came out of the chickens. Soooo delicious. The chicken on the right was the one with the dusting of baking powder. It came out a little browner but no real discernable difference in skin crispiness. I also cooked dessert on the KKs. Roasted strawberries with sugar and black pepper followed by a few drops of rose water at the end. Then I cooked some chocolate fondant Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their KK cooked dinner! P.S. The starter was not KK cooked but it is worth a mention. Sous vide cooked octopus legs, compressed in a meat press for making ham, cooled and then sliced to make octopus carpaccio. Game changingly delicious with a drizzle of good olive oil.

I have a container that'll arrive before the July 8th tariff pause ends, and I'll be hit with the 10% base tariff. If it goes back to 32%, I won't be shipping another container until the tariff is dropped. If someone wants a grill with the tariff included, I can always ship grills LCL. (less than a container load) I can if necessary, survive on sales from outside the US until this fiasco is over. Will I be raising my prices? We will need to address the probable 10% Tariff. Factory-direct sales don't have the same huge margins to slash as traditional retailers do; I'm considering eating half of it. Even that would be less than pleasant at the end of the year.

Yep,,along that line the 32 would be a Prince or Princess, the 23 a Duke or Duchess, the 21 an Earl or Lady....etc etc. Can't slip anything by you Toney, no matter how well disguised. So the 42 is King....long live the King.

Size Queen! 🤣

There might be a slight bias to the 32 remark there C6Bill, but I'm only speculating. I have to concur and would think he may have seen the error of his ways. I believe his honorable membership should be reinstated.with all dubius honors for having such a big unit. Indeed,I'm jealous.

I'm thinking he missed having the 32, i know i would !!!!

That's what I thought as well, but he seems to have reconsidered / come to his senses.

Hey Dennis, so does that mean you may be raising the prices on the KK"s?

i thought rum and cook sold his 32 because he wasn't getting enough views or something, and now he has a 38?

Still available....Located in Southern Nevada

Every video you put out is exceptional. I recently purchased the duck hanger on your recommendation and it’s my new favorite toy!

That really does look like a great size !!!

FYI, all from a longtime lurker. . A GREAT vid on easy to follow unpacking of the 38". Dennis, I look forward to ordering from you in the very near future.

So true. One of our members (ckreef) actually did an experiment where he intentionally tried to dry out a whole chicken on the KK. It was impossible.

@tony b Thanks for the tip! I can see how that could happen. My issue with the Meater probes is that you have to push them in so far that for a bird this size the tips would be inside the cavity if oriented the way you suggested. I could flip the bird (ha!) the other way, but there’s that Steve Raichlen/KK video where he recommends this orientation for even cooking. In retrospect I probably wouldn’t use them again since it’s practically impossible to dry out a chicken on a KK anyway.

We hit 80s today, so had to grill out something special for the occasion. Sirloins marinated in Shio Koji and spices. Grilled veggie medley of spuds, poblano, onion and asparagus. Served with a side of shrooms and a nice Napa Valley cab (9 years old). Steaks on the lower grate. Plated.

@NapDogg - nicely done. One observation. You have MEATER probes inserted into the chicken perpendicular to the rotation. I've had experiences where the juices/fat (especially with your butter basting) run down the probes and burn, which actually coats the probe and throws off the readings. I now try to put the probes in parallel to the rotation to avoid that situation. YMMV

Spicy imteresting meal. That looks like the stainless dish wrapped in foil the beans are sitting on resting on the basket handles although I believe you used the heat deflector. I drilled a series of holes in mine (SS dish) for another approach allowing for greater airflow and heat transfer. Just an idea that opens other avenues while still being able as you did to wrap it in foil keeping it clean. Beautiful colors make it an appetizing dish

All of it looks great !!! I've never seen a chicken done like that but the results look fantastic

Thanks, I did not have that email -J

Here's a smoked/rotisserie chicken over a pan of beans. We gave it a cajun style dry rub and basted it with a cajun-bacon compound butter towards the end of the cook. Also made a tangy jalapeño slaw and cornbread. Everything came out great but the beans (pinto & black) with the drippings, bacon, poblanos, coffee, etc. sort of stole the show. I used the heat deflector as a shelf for the pan to keep it off the direct heat.

Ohhhh, now i want chicken 😋

Agreed, looks to be the 16