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I First steaks on the 32”, prime ribeyes, SPG, seared at 700. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A nice weekend to make some chicken 😁

Sunday dinner consisting of 1/2 split turkey with two cod wrapped medley seafood stuffed pieces, fresh butternut squash, mashed potatoe, asparagus, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Two wines, a German reisling and a Georgian red. A beautiful New England day, one possibly the last for sitting out to enjoy as fall takes hold of the temperature..

Finally mobile enough after breaking my leg to venture into the backyard… have spent the last 3 days tidying the front yard and backyard. Our house no longer looks abandoned! Unsurprisingly am completely shattered with exhaustion- but did manage to fire up the KK for a nice mixed grill tonight… corn, vege basket with potato, sweet potato, broccoli and asparagus, beef sausages, chicken satay skewers, marinated lamb ‘lollipops’ and a couple of eye fillet steaks. A big hit with the family after a long hiatus!

Tri tip cooked like a brisket, coffee cardamom rub. Cooked to 203, no wrap, rested about an hour. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Decided to do a batch of chicken drumsticks today, rain or not!

We spent a week away with @RokDok, Mrs RokDok and a bunch of other friends to celebrate my husband's sixtieth birthday. Here is the great steak spread that @RokDok conjured up on his trusty Weber kettle (not being able to transport his 32 KK to a cliff top in Cornwall). We also upped our paella game, with the addition of a great big gas burner. Yum!

We had Thanksgiving early, so i cooked up a small Butterball, the skin rendered out nicely if i do say so myself 🤣 And bread of course, one extra tangy sourdough and one cranberry cinnamon honey sourdough. I also made a caraway seed rye not pictured. And Cranberry walnut loaf.

Following up on a comment Paul had posted with regards to Tri Tip meat quality got me to thinking I should see if I could find a Prime piece of Tri at a relatively good price, a challenge so to speak.. By chance a market in the area was having Prime on sale for $9.99, an exceptional price for the quality. Generally I purchase Choice across town at another market at $8.99/lb and have always been satisified knowing this was the only quality offered.. Having not seen the difference beforehand I didn't know what to expect. Choice pieces I generally buy have some degree of marbling but the Prime I purchased today displayed a more consistent marbling throughout. I also noticed the pieces were relatively of a consistent thickness, if that has anything to factor in with grading or is just coincidental. I purchased the pieces whole, then trimmed...they're generaly cut into smaller pieces and packed for sale for the general public, so if you ask they will sell whole. Up to now I've no complaints with Choice for grilling, I have to admit these do look really good. Moral of the story, you get what you pay for, but the sale incentive makes it sweeter.

Not the first cook, but the second. Pork belly burnt ends and spatchchocked chickens.

The other day I decided to clean out the meat freezer. These boneless beef ribs were lurking in the bottom. They were old, from 2016. Can't believe I cooked them. They were a little dry but the little fat that was in them had not turned which surprised me. I actually rather enjoyed rescuing them. I'm on a mission.

Looking good Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

And it's dinner.

Beef plate ribs from Costco, coffee cardamom rub.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi everyone, After drooling over the KK's for more 10 years my wife has bought me a 32BB for my 50th birthday. The delivery process to Sydney was pretty straight forward and unpacking a breeze thanks to all the information online. After cooking 6 out of the last 7 meals since I unpacked it last week I am amazed how awesome the KK is. My wife is loving it because I always want to cook. So far I have cooked Sausage and onions (first cook to thank those who helped lift it up the stairs), chicken and veg, pulled pork (I have still to master temp control), beef fajitas, Steak with baked potatos and honey carrots, pizzas last night (need to fill the basket next time). I need to track down a rotisserie motor that fits the bracket and then I'll be doing some charcoal chicken. A big thank you to everyone on this forum, reading about all your cooks has made the move to KK better than I could have hoped.

Just remember, pebbles are just broken tiles, i prefer food cooked in things that are not broken 🤣

Turned out great it pulled apart nicely Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

We don't eat hunks of meat as often as we used to; our KK sees most use for chicken, pizza, Focaccia di Recco, bread. I do quick grilling (salsa veggies, taco meat) over a Solo Stove fire pit, the air fryer of the gods. We nevertheless use lots of meat-as-ingredient, and what meat isn't better with smoke? Then there's the Maillard reaction, very special in a KK. Thinning the herd in the chest freezer... The pork butt will become carnitas or tamales filling, the ribs will become a pasta sauce from Rosetta Costantino's My Calabria (we just got back from her food tour), and the brisket will become braised beef for Dan Dan noodles from Robert Delf's The Good Food of Szechuan.

a little roast chicken on the duck hanger. i can't cook big food on this accessory. not enough clearance. .

Here’s the beginning and the final results of tonight's smoked pot roast Sunday dinner. The chuck steak was dry brined overnight then a spice rub was applied earlier today. In the dutch oven there’s beef stock, onions, carrots, potatoes and about a 1/3 of a bottle of red wine.

One came off the grill having rubbed it up with Watkins Mesquite rub and a slight char for optics. To tell you the truth after having choice many more times than Prime I find no greater difference other than the prime was much moister. Taste was on par but not significantly so that it was measurably better than choice, it could have been just this particlar piece but I've had so many other choice pieces that were very good that I see no reason to abandon the standard. I didn't prepare it or cook it any differently, however I noticed as you might in a prime brisket is that the meat can be more forgiving because it holds moisture better. You can achieve the same results with choice, you just have a shorter window. So I find it juicier but not any tastier, and with this in mind at least for this grade of meat as a Tri tip I'll have no worries holding pat with choice.

baked a sourdough to snack on a 14 hour flight. used very cheap bread flour and whole wheat and rye levains.

The moving company needed five people to get it in place. They've done other Kamado grills before, but this was their first KK. The initial curing process is now being performed.

The first 38" Goldilocks grills were shipped with an ETA in early Dec. Two sold and two unsold.. https://komodokamado.com/collections/38-goldilocks-kamado-grill

Smoke ring on the meat.

I've been saying for years that Tri-Tip is the tastiest meat on the cow. I'm spoiled because there is a reasonable Indonesian Wagyu supplier. I prefer 5-7 marbling wagyu.. It's to die for. I use coffee smoke during the first part of the reverse sear, take it to 130 and let it dissipate it's heat before blasting it for color and crust. Sometimes I put it in the refrigerator overnight, then grill it cold so I can get a great crust without overcooking it or getting a well-done outside layer. After I get the color and crust I want I warm it slowly indirect to eating temp..

I have trouble leaving well enough alone, so I stole some doll eyes from my wife's craft supplies and glued them to the buttons. The clear silicone adhesive I tried first failed, but the light grey construction adhesive seems to be holding up ok. It makes the button more visible, too.

The square tiles form a sort of ley line effect whereas the randomness of the pebbles causes more even heating - that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Scored it and gave it some rub lemon zest and rosemary on it goes at 250f..looking good after 3 hours..set up a bed of red onion threw in some lemon slices ,rosemary, chook stock and some white wine. placed the lamb on top..then wrapped in foil tobraise for another 3 hours until falling apart can't wait yum. Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

ribs today on a lovely Fall day…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

who doesn't love duck fat

My wife barely tolerates carrots. Peas are a bridge too far for her.

Recipes are a starting point, it's BBQ not rocket science. I know we have had this discussion more than once. Keep it simple, what works for me might not work for you.

I very much agree with @5698k on this. No offense intended to anyone, but I've been smoking baby back and St. Louis-style ribs on various devices for 40 years and have yet to wrap them (except to keep them warm after the cook). I'm sure the 3-2-1 and 2-2-1 methods work for folks, and indeed may work well, but I've never felt the need to use them. YMMV. 🙂

Bend test is the way to go!

Okay, second try with a different browser....

I’m in the ThermoWorks ecosystem for probes so I use Signals and the Billows fan. Have had no problems with it. I have a set of the wireless probes on order, which integrate in the ThermoWorks app with Signals and Billows fan control.

Selling my 32 with side tables rotisserie pizza stone charcoal basket splitter 2 covers . Wanting to up grade to the 42 terra blue great shape 4500.00Or best offer Locate in ma

I haven't seen a Moosehead beer in years! Nice work BTW.

That’s a beauty and thanks !!!!!! PS I read every post lol

This began as an Umbrella stand, unfortunately it went awry and became another planter, somewhat different, but with a flair. Built on a 12 degree pitch with multiple compound angles it became a thought to work, it didn't transpire to my original thought so I just went with it. I believe a 5 degree pitch would have been better suited to close the top dimensions for the original purpose, however a mistake made became a nice modern tulip shape herb planter at it's end. So what's this got to do with cooking, ahh it all starts in the garden and that's what makes your dinner a step above. The side piece of cast iron is a sewing machine base I picked up at a roadside antique store, it will be fashioned with an attrctive hard wooden top as it has four holes that accepted the sewing machine originally. All in all even mistakes can be turned around, no plans except an idea to begin, shoot for the moon or land in the neighboring town...it's all good. Hey, C6Bill, if your reading this, Roche Bros is having a sale on Tri-tip PRIME tomorrow (Friday) 9$/lb vs their 19$ regular price, just sayin.

this hanger was custom by dennis at my request, but the size limitations of the 19 makes it a difficult setup. i'm sure it will be fine on larger units with deeper cavities. but i would imagine the drum smoker be more than adequate roasting duck or goose which is what i originally wanted to do, but can't. i've tried to roast goose on a rotisserie, but i think hanging is the best way to cook them..

Very nice! I love my 32BB. I did a big cook of "Over the Top Chili" this past weekend on it. Turned out amazing. The best part, I left and went to Costco and the KK just kept doing it's thing

wife and I just returned from Paris where we had some incredible meals. A 1 star, a 2 star & two 3 star Michelin restaurants in a week Lots of seafood, some duck, pigeon but I had a hankering for a cut of steak all week so tonight I made Tri-tip, air fyed potatoes in duck fat with truffle salt & asparagus

came out great on the KK ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congratulations!! You got the absolute best color/tile combo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can see a model holding this loaf walking down the runway.That's one good looking loaf, it even has a collar or is it a shawl? Bread the sustenance of life, that's art my friend.

Nice to see you posting again, @Aussie Ora Lamb looks great!

Seeing Goldilocks, I wonder if there's any future possibility we could one day see a 28" model? I currently have a Terra-Blue Ultimate 23 named "Heisenberg" (lol) so I already know logistically I'll never have a need for the Big Bad 32, however, something "in-between" an Ultimate and Big Bad would be VERY appealing...😁