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Heat Beads are an Australian company that have been around for ever they usually done briquettes. But just started supplying this. https://heatbeads.com.au/product/coconut-shell/ not tried it yet but they have come out with their own lump I got a 20kg bag today pretty impressed with the medium sized chunks going to try it out tonight Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

My kids THOUGHT they were disappointed by not having pepperoni. I told my 6 year old he could make a cheese sandwich if he didn't want the pizza. Turns out he loved it. Especially the artichoke hearts. It was a nice change.

Received BOL for my new 23" Ultimate....accessories were almost as heavy as grill...lol. So I've got a couple days before delivery to break the news to the wife on what will be on her side of the garage till I get it on the deck. I took the advice of this forum and loaded up on charcoal among other fun accessories as listed below... 23" Ultimate, Autumn Nebula Coffee Smoking Wood ~ Cold Smoker Smalls 5 lbs × 2 COFFEE WOOD Lump Charcoal ~ GRILL PURCHASE only × 10 Extruded Coconut Shell Charcoal ~w/Grill Sales Only‐ × 20 23" Ultimate ~ Charcoal Basket × 1 Stainless and Teak Grate Grabbers × 1 Cover for 23" Ultimate ~ Marine Grade Sunbrella × 1 23" Ultimate ~ Charcoal Basket Splitter × 1 23" Ultimate Double Bottom Drip Pan × 1 23" Ultimate ~ Grill Shaped Baking Stone × 1 8" Rotisserie Cradle for 23" Ultimate w/ 6" reducer × 1 New KK Cold Smoker ~ BONUS‐Airpump × 1

This is really kewl. Animated craft beer labels. There is a bunch of them and they all look good. Even if you're not into craft beer you'll like this. http://beerlabelsinmotion.com

Nuts! Meathead's Parisian Cashews, in particular.

Ok, had a (friend) over last night and some friends this morning for breakfast, grits, eggs, sausage, and bacon and wanted to make my first bread not Cuban to go with so got up extra early and made a round! Sorry no cut photos but I can say for sure it was tasty and a nice crusty outer layer and nice interior starting to like this and remember all the good bread my mom had made when I was a kid. More loaves to come!!!!!!! Garvin

It was ordered last night. I even asked my wife about the colors I was choosing from and she was little help. To her it's a grill. I explained to her it's like choosing a color of a car., going back and forth from one color to another. I went with Vibrant Blue .

The simple answer.... yes you do! I see this type of post come up all the time on various forums that I am a member on. Over on the BBQ brethren, if you own less than one cooker you seem to be odd. Some people have duplicates of weber kettles, off set smokers etc etc.... but when it comes to the Kamado, it seems like people are hesitant to accept this fact. Why the stigma? I can only assume because of their cost people tend to balk at the notion of owning multiple cookers. Or perhaps because the kamado is sold as the swiss army knife of BBQ, there is a belief that it is the only cooker that you will ever need. Why would you consider another kamado? The kamado is a great cooker and you can in fact live with just one. They do an amazing job on about anything that you cook on. Dennis improves this singular ownership by providing three levels of grilling. But lets face the facts here for a moment. How often do we actually do multi level cooks? I love the lower grate but use it to stick a pan or foil for a low and slow etc. The upper grate only gets action when I am baking. I use the main grate 95% of the time and its because that is what everyone is use to. Single level grilling. When you buy a gas bbq, you get these massive grilling spaces and people have no problem dropping cash on them. Then when you buy a ceramic, people question the cost, they question the grill size etc. The debate of bigger is better doesn't even factor in the gas BBQ world, yet in the ceramic world its the age old debate on any potential buyers list. What size do I need? For me, there are three main reasons to buy a second kamado and I really believe that everyone should own one. 1. Space When I owned only one kamado, I constantly found myself looking for more space. When we cooked for large parties, I would have to time cooks so that all the food came out at the same time. Large family dinners, one turkey on the Q and I was relying on the stove. Once I got a second cooker, I found that one BBQ was like a warming/baking section and the other was cooking the large cuts of meat. The stove was for gravy and thats about it. Large pool parties I could cook on both and have everything finish at the same time so that I could enjoy my meal with my guests. 2. dual heat cooks The most important reason I went into the multi kamado cooking game. With two kamado cookers, I could impress my guests with the traditional combinations of sausages, chicken, ribs, brisket, burgers etc etc. I could do a 250 cook on one while grilling at 375 or preparing pizza at 550 degrees on another. I was able to showcase my cooking to friends and family and make meals for everyone. I could also cook seafood on one grill without it contaminating the burgers for the kids on another... 3. As I mentioned earlier, the bigger is better camp always suggests the larger grill. I started out with an XL kamado and it was massive. More fuel consumption, took long time to heat up and seemed to be a waste to fire for anything like 2 chicken breasts. Suddenly I find myself looking at what I am cooking for dinner and then selecting the appropriate size for that meal. This allows me to cook quickly and cost effectively. They are show stoppers and true conversation pieces when I have company. I have helped sell the kamado to about anyone who walks in my backyard. I would never do without to Kamado cookers and wanted to tell anyone looking at adding a second unit that it is the best idea!

Gravin, you are ambitious. That bread does look tasty.

That you did

Argh.. I discovered that the hard way too.. The latest version says "Caution HOT" on the lid! It's an IQ test to see if you get burned more than once! LOL

I keep a small jar in the fridge but if I have bought a bulk amount in the first place I divide it off some for the fridge and the rest for the freezer.

Mine says story in the fridge after opening and it lasts Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

I store mine in the refrigerator.

I thought it was the T.V show, oh yeah that's glee Garvin

I've used it heaps of times it's so versatile Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Beautiful peel and someone gave me a package of yeast just like that one. I have used it a couple or three times now and I like.

Ok so I order some new yeast today along with a smaller bamboo pizza peel going to start using my Akorn Jr to make 12 inch or smaller pizza's! The yeast I purchase had a perfect 5 stars from 910 reviewer's so I am happy about that and the peel is 12 by 13 inches without handle and 12 by 20 with handle just the right size for the Jr. Garvin

One of the best purchases I've made so far.

I just used my cold smoker for the first time which should be call " smoke generator " IMO. Other than burning the tips of my fingers trying to check to see if it was working. It worked great. I smoked some chicken breasted. I stared the grill and let it get to about 200 deg and connected the smoker and shut the lower vent. Temperature stabilized at 225 and stayed locked in for a couple hrs until I killed it. I'm very happy with it so far. Just need to remember to use gloves when I check it OUCH !

I store mine in the freezer too. It is in the door of the freezer and easily retrieved. Never had a problem with yeast stored this way.

I'm not sure what I find more amazing - the price you got from the manager or the fact that you actually saw a manager in the store!

Dang, what a great haul. I think if you have guests over, instead of telling them their food was roasted over Russian commie lump, you should instead say it was kissed by the smoke of a Siberian wildfire. It's all in the delivery...

Shuley, You motivated me to look for more of our favorite lump and you brought me good luck!!!!!!! I went on-line and searched all of our local Lowe's stores for the Char-Broil Center Cut Lump Charcoal. I found one store that showed inventory but didn't say how much. On the way home from work yesterday, i stopped at that store. I found that they had 29 boxes in stock, marked "clearance" for $10.99 per box. As I was looking at the pallet, the department manager walked by and asked me if I needed any help. I thought of your purchase, pointed at the boxes and asked him if he wanted to get rid of all of it. He smiled and said "How about $5.00 per box?". Holy Crap.........I couldn't get the words out fast enough........"It's a deal!!!!!!" Good thing I was driving my big van. I finished my first box the other day. I was totally surprised that there were no fines and very little dust in the bottom of the bag. Never had that happen before. I have to say again.....so far I am totally impressed with this Russian commie lump. tony b.........................I'll save a box for you to try. I'll send one back to Cedar Rapids with my sister. Now I have to figure out where I'm going to store this haul. Redhead Sue's garage is already full of toys and grills. She is going to kill me when she finds out what I did Too much fun!!! Thanks again Shuley for the motivation,

Most smokers don't turn but I do like Stephen's drilled cylinder bracket solution but for production a CNC cut and folded plate that accomplishes the same thing is much easier and cost effective.. I sent my guys this simple drawing.. They will get a sample made up, we'll play with it and then get them out to all the Cold Smoker owners who want one