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Fantastic looking steaks. I too have recently used the coffee wood charcoal. I would characterize the pieces as medium in nature with very few chips and fines. It is pretty much perfect for grilling. The temperature raises in a hurry, imparts a nice smoky flavor, and has a fairly homogeneous size. Fogo has been my standard, but I like the coffee wood more for high temp grilling. Due to the massive chunks, Fogo is great for smoking, but I find the large size chunks impair high temp exposure to the protein. Benton

Shop vac arrived yesterday on schedule. However, it's raining today, so not a good time to test drive it on the KK. Forecast for the rest of the weekend is better, so I'll likely test drive the vac tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for the tip, Cookie. One of the nice things about this particular vac is that it's designed to handle warm coals, too. Not that I plan to test it out intentionally; just a nice "safety net" feature.

Ok Benton... we are officially enemies my friend... at least until my grills arrive!! On an upside the substitute boat has just arrived at Port Klang and is due back at Hong Kong by October 30th. I pray fingers crossed that I make this shipment, or else this adult male child will break into an emotional episode!! The new boat is called X PRESS KARAKORAM and this feeder ship better not have any issues!!!!

My preferences are the Chicago, New York and Brazil. I also like Lucky Dogs (basically a chile dog) from New Orleans street vendors, but those weren't listed.