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Here's pics of the finished product. I sliced the flat and the point. Both very moist, and possibly too tender, if there is such a thing, and the bark is everything I hoped. This paper wrapped prime brisket is at least as good as a wagyu brisket cooked nekid, for one third the price. I guess I have to try a prime nekid, just to be sure. Bottom line, this rates excellent to me. Robert

I have the KK 23â€. The KK 21†wasn’t available when I bought mine last year. But I think I would still pick the KK 23†if I had to do it all over again. Cooking for just my family of four can be done with either grill fairly easily. Cooking small amounts of food looks silly, but the KK is so efficient that I don't mind lighting a full basket of charcoal for a quick cook. If I was super anal about that, I would use my basket splitter. We will cook for friends several times when the weather is good. But the times we’ve had parties, it was a lot of cooking over direct heat (burgers, hot dogs, etc.), and I used up all of the area of my main grill grate pretty easily. If our parties were more along the lines of “make 6 butts for pulled pork all at once for a crowdâ€, I might consider the KK 21â€. Of course, you know your cooking and entertaining habits better than anyone. Even with the high-cap lid, the KK 23†gives you more cooking room, and there have been enough times that I was really happy that Smaug was as big as he is that I can’t imagine wanting to go smaller. You could make the argument that the KK 21†gives you a better price-per-square-inch value, but the KK 21†is still going to be smaller. The price difference between the two is $560-580, depending on the type of tile, and for a lifetime purchase, that price difference is inconsequential. As I like to sometimes point out, if $580 is going to make or break a grill buying decision, then you can’t afford the meat that’s going to be cooked on your grill.

I had a craving for some wings so I did the Wilburpan wings plus some grilled apricots for dessert. The wings Has anyone ever eaten zucchini flowers. I dipped them in a batter consisting of flour, egg and water then fried. Now on to dessert. The recipe calls for peaches but since I was given a huge bag of apricots from my parents I thought I would use them instead.

I'm doing my first sourdough bread on the KK. There is a story to this cook- I didn't light the KK early enough and the dough rose faster than normal. You know what's coming, panic It is cold here today, 65 F so I set the proofing basket outside and opened the vents up. After about 45 mins the grill said 500F. I took the proofing basket with the dough- and flipped it over. I could smell disaster coming Spritzed, scored and use the pizza paddle to put it on the baking stone which is now a whopping 287 F. This is a disaster waiting to happen ;( No time for taking, I wanted to get it onto the grill ASAP. Rotated it a couple of times and here it is. The baking gods must have been with me today;) Took it off the baking stone and flipped it over to get the shot of the bottom crust. It is now in the house waiting to cool before slicing. Maybe it was Dennis that was with me. I couldn't be happier:)

I'm making three pork butts, second Sunday in a row. This time, in Ithaca for my niece's wedding, borrowing a friend's K5. That will be an interesting, close fit. I did bring out my BBQ Guru. The good news is the pig source: http://www.thepiggery.net/pigblog/

Neither. It's just a dust collector at this point!

You'll be eating that brisket for breakfast. Nothing wrong with that.

Thanks for measuring, 5698k. I'm only about 2 hours from you. Hope you're enjoying the "warm" weather while cooking that brisket.

Problem solved buy both a 23" and a 21". I just purchased a 23" almost two months ago and I wanted to add a second KK to my collection. First I was going to go with the 19" with legs then I said I would go with the 21" but I finally ordered another 23". I figured for a little more money I should just go with the 23" to have that little extra space. The 21" willnuse the same amount of charcoal if not more since the 21" has more mass then the 23". What ever you decide remember a KK of any size is better then no KK at all.

Is the main grill actually 23" or an inch or so smaller? And yes MacKenzie, I have been talking to Dennis. I just got an email from him saying he'd knock 50% off any grill I chose. Nice fella. No wait, that was a scammer wanting my PayPal information. Thanks for the information so far. I need to make a decision soon.

The longer I live the more I come to realize that common sense ain't so common!