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Well, the BKK32 arrived today so now the unpacking has begun. Wow, it was an engineering feat to get all that stuff inside the big shell, Kudos to Dennis and his team! 2 pallets arrived and I moved the big one and the delivery driver took the little one (240LB of goods) down my driveway. I am super happy the way it went, nothing like heavy equipment to do the job Now I need to move the gutted shell down a flight of stairs. The next series of photos will have the process of going down the stairs. Note the big fuzzy puppy supervising the forklift. She is pretty good for a 17month old and didn't yap to much.

I really like that.. As corny as it sounds I actually start my day by taking 2 minutes to take inventory for all I have to be thankful for. I immediately realize how much I have and how fortunate I am. Everything from family, our health, my business, my lifestyle, my possessions etc. This helps offset how the world tries to brainwash us into believing we need more and more and what we have is not enough and we will be happier with all these things.. sadly if happiness is tied to having things it will be elusive and we will never have enough. I truly believe I could stop today and live happily with much less than I have now.. but I would not be drinking kick ass espresso like I will be later this month!

Got some of these yesterday . Their is this really top bloke on guru that goes by the name of jackjumper101 and does some fantastic cooks he made up an emulsion that I wanted to try but did not have the time. So I thought I would try out my butter pecan rubgot the fire going and for something different I threw on some cherry woodready to go and on they goand ready sorry no plated shot but the butter pecan tasted great with the cherry smoke Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

The difference between chasing happiness and actually finding it. Dennis, sounds like you've found it. I'm envious.

I'd sure like to be there with you Stephen after your burn in and during/after your first cook to see the huge ear-to-ear grin(s)! And once you get a feel for air control the entire process will become second nature. I've never driven a high end sports car but I imagine the feeling is respectively similar

Funny I read that title and new exactly what you were feeling when you wrote that. Yesterday I was cooking chicken in between night shift and caught myself smiling while I was out back with the grill. The smells and owning a KK is just such an awesome thing

42" Teak Lid Removal Handles. It's big, it's heavy how ya going to lift that lid?

Those look Gr8.. Learning curve is behind you.

Last night I was trying out a few different food photography ideas. Some worked, some did not, but either way a decent test. Dinner was vegetable less stir fry - oops we thought we had stir fry veggies in the freezer. We did not and it was getting late so I wasn't going out to the store. A couple of different angles.

I tell my children as much as possible that happiness is a state of mind.. it's only a decision. Sounds simplistic.. takes discipline to believe it and live it.

Dennis makes the motor mounting bracket for the KK. You will get it with the rotisserie basket.

After seeing your vids on the Weber Summit, I really don't want one. Because I couldn't stand to to think anything less of my KK!!! Actually I really do want one just out of curiosity.

Dennis/KK has the best packaging of any large/heavy consumer oriented product I've purchased: Ever! Slayer is also in the same rarified air.

He used something on the pallet jack to act as a skid to drag the pallet to a stop. He commented that it was fine taking that small pallet to the bottom of the driveway but "Now way would he try the big one". I have been busy unpacking all those boxes; darn, there sure are a lot of them and plenty of Styrofoam to rest the top on if I decide to take it off for the final roll do the next ramp.

Well guys, here it is, and may I say this thing had exceeded my wildest expectations. Awesome build quality, the thing it's like a tank. Took some effort to unpack it. Did some steaks as my first cook, incredible. This is just the start.

Great pics mate they are a thing of beauty aren't they looking at that slope and the pic of the delivery driver he looks like he was taking it easy going down if I was him I would of turned the other way and went backwards Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

Looks beautiful good luck moving it into place.

Dennis, I am truly amazed at how well this thing is built! When I first opened the lid to see all that steel inside nestled neatly and not hurting a thing after such a long trip is a real testament to the engineering that went into it design. Even though I had the clearance in the garage to lift the crate straight up I was way to short in the legs (my legs) to lift it over the KK top so I cut the top of the crate off and lifted in in 2 sections up and over. I am still puzzling how best to make use of the top for a ramp and maybe I might just roll it through the door on its way to the floor.

This shot really shows the grade of your driveway.. Stephen and I talked at length about how to tackle this. I told him with three people he could probably roll his 32 down the drive on it's casters. Better safe than sorry prevailed but I still think it was VERY do-able. Congrats on the delivery of your BIg Bad.. Looking forward to the rest of it's travels to it's final resting place..

Awesome stuff. I can't wait to see this in place! Was it everything that you expected? They are gorgeous

Start a delivery post. We love them!

What Stephen aka FotonDrv didn't mention: He's a top shelf machinist and woodsmith ... fabricating the motor attachment for the HG-1 hand grinder, aluminum top cap for his Monolith Flat grinder, portafilter handles and so on.

Thanks everyone for the nice compliments! Bosco and Tony #2 - If I recall, those skewers came from Williams Sonoma many years ago. I was tired of the normal ones with the wooden handles that burned up and split open or just a simple loop at the end for a handle. I even went so far as to have the blacksmiths down in the Amana Colonies make me up some and a vertical rack to do churrascaria. And yes, that's my old POSK #7 in this picture. I couldn't find any pics where I used this rack on the KK??

The closest one to me, until ours opens next year, is 150 miles over in W. Des Moines. Fortunately, there's one about a 1/2 mile from my sister-in-laws in Bloomington, MN, so I hit that one up every visit. I load up - several cases of 3-Buck-Chuck (their house wine label - Charles Shaw - $35.88/case), and a cooler full of their pre-marinated meats, like the lamb tips. Other favs - Santa Maria style tri-tip and Carne Asada. I'm like a kid in a candy store when I'm there. Sounds like someone needs to make a road trip, Charles!

Woo, hoo! Amazon has it and it's Prime, too! https://smile.amazon.com/Whistle-Recipes-Fried-Tomato-Batter/dp/B00E18PQDS

Do you like McCann's steel cut Irish oats? Best oatmeal ever. You can stand at the stove for an hour stirring it. Or... Throw in the oats and the water at bedtime, set the pressure cooker to go off in the morning for 10 minutes, and wake up to a hot pot of McCann's! Now take that hour and set up the KK and smoke something.

Love the tomatoes but have not tried the Whistle Stop Batter, yet Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, FotonDrv, I have lots of food out and a heated water bath, my yard is just like a spa for birds, chipmunks and red squirrels.

The big thing is they need to be really green. If they started to turn yellow they are over ripe for fried green tomatoes. I figured with Australia coming into summer somebody should have a few green tomatoes you can grab.

Thanks Jon. l really appreciate you watching and your kind words.

Thanks everyone! I'm thrilled!