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Hi everyone, Well, I just ordered a 23' Ultimate. I have been reading this forum and speaking to Dennis which pretty much had me hooked. Thanks everyone for the useful information on this forum. Dennis is a gentleman and has been great to work with. Also Aussie Ora helped out with his import experience which seemed pretty easy and this assisted with the decision making. A bit about me and my grilling experience… I am from Perth, Western Australia and have 3 small kids with my beautiful wife. We got a Weber Kettle as a wedding gift back in 2006. Although, I have an awesome gas BBQ, I normally would use the Weber if I had people around for dinner. We purchased my brother in law a BBQ cooking class from Urban Griller in Perth for his 40th - it's basically a day of eating BBQ food and drinking.... I am going to attend as well so I decided to look into smokers in preparation for the day of cooking. Anyway after a lot of research I came across these Kamado style cookers. We are pretty limited in Australia and I found the KJ at a local BBQ retailer. I also looked at BGE. I stumbled on a few forums about the KK and the need for personal loans to buy one I also viewed some youtube videos. These things are beautiful and reminded me of the Gaudi art pieces in Spain. I was really drawn to overwhelming positive feedback on the quality of the KK and never came across a bad comment about the KK. I am a true believer in paying for quality as in the long run it just works out better. More research on the KK website, the forum and a chat to Dennis pretty wrapped up the decision for me. So what did I order… Initially, I was looking at the 19 or 22 but ended up with the 23 Ultimate. I have gone for the pebble tile. A lot of deliberation took place on accessories. I ended up with the split basket, baking stone, 8’ Rotisserie and sunbrella. Dennis recommended the split basket and baking stone for pizza. Actually, after my initial conversation with Dennis I was not going to get the rotisserie but the forum comments have swayed me this way. I have deliberated on the teak sides... I actually like the clean look without the sides but I would find them very very useful. After discussion with friends, I have decided to make a movable side table with storage from some Jarrah timber slabs that I have spare. Jarrah is a beautiful hardwood timber found in the south west of Western Australia. I have attached some picture of an outdoor table setting I made last month with jarrah timber. Payment is sent and now it’s the waiting game… So what I am thinking about… Well I have been researching the digital controllers. I liked the looks of the BBQ Rocks or BBQ Guru one. Reading through all the forums I am swayed to just wait until I have the KK and see how I go. I live pretty close to the beach and it does get quite windy where I am at so I am thinking these digital controllers would be better for maintaining temps for an amateur doing low and slows. Also, I am in the IT industry and would just get a kick out of the gadget… Any feedback here would be welcome. The burn in and first cook have also been on my mind but I still have a long time before I get to that. Having never really used these types of grills or a smoker before, I will be reading more threads on cooking with the KK. Oh and a name… as I see that’s a near mandatory requirement to be part of the KK family. Sorry for the long post. I enjoyed reading through the member posts so thought I would just introduce myself as well. Pictures of my jarrah outdoor setting. Not great quality as these are phone pictures.

Spiced up these ribs and put then on the OctoForks, that was it. Ribs are Done. The flip side. Plated Some tasty and some moist!

I've got 2 fresh pork butts going with pecan chunks and some Carolina mustard and regular BBQ sauce going inside. Wish me luck[emoji16] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Wow you talk about being overbuilt this thing is a monster you could toss a grenade in here and it would still be standing. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Got some hardcore red thought tri tip Dee has taken off for the night for a girls night out so no specky salad but a specky burger instead well maybe not that specky but sure did taste good lol Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

I cook and bake all the time my wife works for the police department and I end up sending 80% of everything I make into work with her for them all to eat. I've had quite a few proposals to date. I just can't bring myself to cook small amounts and they all love my food. Lol Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Wow looks even better then I thought it would. Can't wait to start smoking tomorrow I want to give A HUGE shout out to Dennis he was simply amazing to deal with a truly top notch great guy. [emoji7] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Congratulations on the latest arrival in your family You will have some great food adventures in that grenade locker. The cooking we did in this grenade locker was with C-4 and we never found a way to get a good smoky flavor out of it...

I bought my KK back in May 2006 I believe, so it's bang around ten years old. It's been sitting in the same spot, out in the crappy miserable Seattle weather the whole time; taking a beating year after year. Rain, snow, hail, moss, even the occasional tree-hugger... She's cooked many Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkeys and Hams, countless smokes, sears and oodles of pizza. It just dawned on me that something must be seriously wrong. My tiles are still intact, the damper spins open and closes perfectly, the lid hinge is still meticulously balanced. In fact it looks like and functions like I bought it yesterday. I'm so confused. Shouldn't it have died a horrible MK death by now and look like a sad naked mole rat? Cheers to @DennisLinkletter for making one of best purchases I've ever made!

It is a miserable rainy day so to counter that I had a nice breakfast, KK bacon, mushrooms, micro greens, bread and cherry jam, and a fried egg with a very special pepper mix. Plated.

You missed @bosco's shipping adventure. His KK bounced all around before finally heading to Canada. We harassed him the entire time with pictures of container ships on fire - LOL

Few friends came over for some street tacos. Fired up Murphy to 550 and flipped the to grate over. 6 mins a side. Not too many pics but it turned out great!!

Look what just arrived at my office!!!!!! And I must say it is SERIOUSLY A BIG BAD mofo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I'm going to need a crane to set this at my house I'll do my best to document the unboxing and share all the photos with you all. Any suggestions on what I should be my first cook??

Some of you wanted to see the upcoming spit rods in action. This is using them to rotisserie 2 flat baskets. What's real nice is you can balance the baskets by moving them closer or away from the center spit rod. Also cooking some corn and baked potatoes. The potatoes really get some nice crispy skin cooking like this! YUM

Way to go. Keep the first responders happy. My son is a fireman/paramedic for a local station. They can tear through the BBQ.

Talk about the fun you are having and just wait until they get the taste of the food from you new cooker.

Your cooks look soooo good! Absolutely amazing meal Mackenzie!

Nice, MacKenzie. Great minds. I did some Purple Crack eggs this morning, too, fried in the Red Palm Oil. Neat stuff, but a tad pricey.

All I can say is, "We told you so!" Can't wait to see those pork butt pictures!

Especially on that Carolina mustard sauce!

Now I'm hungry

Perth is starting to become the KK capital lol Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

Aussie, aren't you just having a great time, looks delicious.:)

I had not thought about that! I did it with my last car, so now I can watch the progress of the teak cabinet that will be coming!! Yeah!!

Welcome to the family. You're table setup is gorgeous. I think a rolling cart with underneath storage is a great idea. Eventually Dennis can give you the name of the boat that your KK is on. You can pull up tracking for the boat. Post the link then we all can watch as it comes to you.

My favorite recipe is the one I have one the table and ready to eat. I hate to be a smartalec, but it's true.

Yum!

Wow Aussie looks so delicious excellent cook

Nothing special on the engine except I used synthetic motor oil with it. But to clarify things I did have to change the engine twice lol.

Peach Rosemary Pork Tenderloin. This is one of my goto recipes when I have guests over. Easy, fast cook, that is almost impossible to screw up and it tastes really fantastic.

Now that's some nice looking Q

Another great looking meal.

Hello and welcome! Congratulations on your kk purchase you are going to love it. Wow that's a beautiful table and bench set up. I like the wood , metal contrast. You do nice work. More important than a name for your kk is to take plenty of pictures of arrival and uncrating lol. We like pictures. I think your are going to find you won't need a controller. With a little practice you will be able to dial in the temp pretty easily. I bought a BBQ Guru for my BB 32 and have never used it. Once again welcome Tangles and happy grilling

Beautiful, should be super tasty.

Nice looking fajitas. Muy bueno!

Here goes nothing let the fun begin. Doing pork butts with coco charcoal and pecan wood chunks. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Thanks, Stile. I'll make some OctoFork ribs for you.[emoji4]

Very nice KK BB! Congrats and welcome aboard.

Gorgeous KK.

It's interesting you mentioned a grenade, there was a post where a grill looked exactly like that, the guy was still cooking on it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I loaded up on the charcoal too.. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Congrats on the new KK. Have fun !

Looking good

Your not lying... me too!

Bruce, your Beetle Mania is superb to be able to get 300K miles out of one! Whats your secret?? Were they the 1600cc or were they larger engines?

Thanks everyone. As Promised here is my dough recipe. Basic New York Style Pizza Dough- from seriouseats.com Roughly makes 2 10 inch pizzas. 319 g of bread flour 9.25 g sugar 4.9 g kosher salt 5 g instant yeast 18.2 g extra virgin olive oil 213 g lukewarm water Pulse the dry ingredients in the food processor bowl 3 or 4 times. Add the wet ingredients and run the food processor until the mixture forms a ball that rides around the blade, about 15 seconds. Continue processing 15 seconds more. Remove from bowl and with a little flour kneed 2 or 3 times, it should pass the window pane test. Put it in a greased bowl in the fridge until ready to use but at least 1 day and up to 5. Remove and divide and form into 2 balls that will weigh about 175 g. Allow to warm up for at least 2 hours. To make crust, finger press out into a 10 inch round . Tip: If you are not going to make both pizzas at the same time the dough could be divided and put into separate bowls in the fridge. If you are not into metric and weighing ingredients this is for you: 2 ¼ C flour About ¾ teaspoon sugar About 1.5 teaspoon salt About 1 teaspoon instant yeast ( NOT quick rise) 1.5 T extra virgin olive oil 7.5 oz of lukewarm water. * I highly recommend weighing ingredients. Recipes are so much more predictable when using a weights and it is faster too.

We have come a long way and we are not done yet.

A little heads up and something I need to mark.. The grate with the arrow is reversed. If flipped around it there will be proper spacing in the middle and on the right of it.. I need to make some kind of an indicator what goes where and the proper direction.

Heck I just hope I'm still around in 10 years lol. And still using my KK.

Not that I'm knocking my early grills.. I'm very proud of them. That being said, your new grill shipped this week has 10 years of development on top of this grill above.. Brett thank you for the kudos, I love to hear customers are pleased with their grills.. 10 years.. yours is one of the earlier OTB grills.. Yes it looks great.. That being said, I do recommend a cover for those early "real grout" KK grills to keep water out of the insulation. Please confirm your top latch is not welded to the handle plate and I'll send you a new CNC made latch with a bearing and paddle for your hand to press on.