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This took about 4 hours 325F direct. Pulled at 190. Family was hungry! One of the best roti cooks ever!

Seriously? My HiCap 22 is being delivered Tuesday, I have a place to put it, I've read the manual frontwards and backwards and I'll have 6 stout young carpenters on site to move it. I'm as prepared as I can get as far as getting it off the truck, rolled in place, burning in, etc.. But I can't for the life of me think of a name for a cooking appliance. I just have no talent for giving names to inanimate objects, heck, I have trouble with kids and pets. My wife named both our kids(thank God), I tend to name cats either with some horrific name like "Nathaniel Hawthorne Cat"(my wife reduced it to "Catter", bless her) or just a description like "Yellow Cat". Except for my Bronco II years ago which I nicknamed Baby Bronc my vehicles have always been what the manufacturer called them. So is this a mandatory thing for KK owners? Will I be shunned if I just call my grill a KK or should it be referred to as the Supreme Hi-Cap 22 Autumn Nebula/Metallic Bronze Tweed? As I said, I'm awful at this. I'm open to suggestions, BTW. Thanks, Bill

Well.....well.....look what just arrived, my new custom stainless lined cabinet. Had to get one after seeing Mr. Pearson's !! This is 48"W x 36"H x 28" D I must say I'm extremely pleased with the quality (wouldn't expect anything less from Dennis!!!) and look; great addition to my KK family . Attached are some unboxing photos for your viewing pleasure.

Dinner is ready. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I hope you do get rid of that infection very soon. This should help.:)

Oh, Jon, that is just terrible, those sinus infections seem to hang on and on and on.

Welcome BJ.[emoji4] You came to the right place not only do you have fantastic yard art but those KKs will cook food that tasted better than food cooked on any ceramic grill. Get that camera ready we do love arrival pics, lots of them.[emoji7]

So I've got pecan, cherry, mesquite, hickory, apple and oak is there anything I'm missing in my arsenal? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

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

@Requis, We don't use a lot of Trex here in N Georgia but I think 8" spacing would be OK for a KK and outdoor kitchen. Most of the load is carried on the joists anyway, as long as they're properly sized and supported you'll be OK. Personally, if I was going to spend what Trex costs for decking I'd just go ahead and spend the extra money for Ipe(pronounced Epay). I just did a quick search on pricing, Trex is running around $2.50/linear foot($5.45/sft) for the grooved stuff, Ipe is $3.83/lft($8.36/sft). So it's about half-again more expensive than Trex. BUT: You can make arguments either way but Ipe is a renewable resource and responsibly grown and managed, it comes from a tree and trees consume CO2 and give off oxygen. Trex is made from sawdust, glue and assorted petrochemicals and it takes a lot of energy to make it, no oxygen is produced but lots of CO2 as a byproduct. Ipe can be sanded down and refinished, once Trex is worn it looks awful until it's scrapped and replaced. If you drop something like a hot coal on wood it'll scorch and can be sanded down and repaired, Trex will melt and burn(as @tony mentioned. If you're getting the idea that I'm not exactly a fan of composite decking you're absolutely right. Drop by your local Home Despot and pick up a 16' piece of Trex and see for yourself how floppy it is. Then go pick up a piece of plain old PT Pine decking for comparison. Ipe is to PT Pine as PT Pine is to Trex. Now decide what you want to be walking on. OMG, now I've gone off on my "Composite Decking Rant" again! My apologies, I'm a bit opinionated when it comes to wood butchery. Honestly, I'd be more concerned with the weight from the stone and granite than the KK. Your Fusion stone weighs in at almost 15 lb/sft., granite countertops around the same. If you have a 3' tall cabinet faced with stone and a 24" granite top you're looking at 5x15=75 lb/sft, 7-1/2 times the usual dead load for a deck. My customers are inevitably amazed when I tell them what I have to do to their deck to keep their outdoor kitchen in the air but gravity is gravity and there's no going to court and appealing that law. I've probably given you a lot more information(and opinion) than you wanted but these are all things you need to consider. It looks like your carpenter has a good grasp of the situation, work with him and you should be good to go. Congrats on the new kitchen! Share some pics as it's progressing. Best, Bill

My daughter has trex deck and when it gets really hot it tends to bend easily. From my experience. I think 8" centers would be ok but maybe put a piece of 3/4 "plywood for the KK to stand on. Or better yet Tony's setup looks really good that iron wood is pretty tough stuff. The KK 32 weighs close to a1000 lbs. good luck and plenty pictures please

I have a deck made of Trex. One thing to consider, you have a charcoal grill, so if you ever get a stray lit coal - not good. I explicitly had my contractor put ironwood in the corner of my deck where the KK was going. It will scorch, but not burn. I have a couple of pock marks to show for it, too.

After 14 years this is where I'm at with the KK lineup. The final grill the 21" Supreme will be shipped later this spring. It's the grill I was trying to build when I created the 22" standing grill which is discontinued. I will also faze out the 19" standing grill. I believe the new 21" is a great size and price point. Full Size Standing Grills Square tiles Pebble & Bronze metallic tiles 42" Serious Big Bad $9,200 $9,460 32" Big Bad $5,900 $6,100 23" Ultimate $4,260 $4,440 21" Supreme $3,500 $3,620 Table Top Grills 22" Hi-Cap Table Top $4,120 $4,280 19" Hi-Cap Table Top $2,800 $2,900 16" Hi-Cap Table Top $2,080 $2,150

Here they are in living color!

Small BBQr, I hear you, that exchange is still a killer as it was a few ears ago but I decided to bite the bullet any way. I liked cooking on this grill so much that I ordered the second one a year later. The food just tastes so much better than cooking on a ceramic grill. I didn't think I would notice the difference but there is a world of difference and this grill will last and last and last with no cracking of the firebox etc., etc., etc. Life is good in Nova Scotia all year long.[emoji4]

While I am still a little away on the savings account, the 21" (beside being the PERFECT size for us smaller households) with the lower cost certainly makes the dream Kamado closer to a reality. If the Canada/US exchange rate was closer, I'd buy one now! Coming soon....

Worked for me!

I'm told $3500 to 3600 is much easier to swallow than $4260-4440. Seems to be a mental barrier there.. The size is also great for a couple. The 19" is really too small to do many full cut cooks easily. My experience and feedback is that when one loads up with some accessories and delivered, the new 21"grill will be in the low $4000's making it more accessible or easy to convince wives than just over 5 grand for the original 23". I've believed for a long time that a $3500 -3600 price point for a full size KK would hit a sweet spot.. Time will tell. BTW the 32" BB for the first time has more web views than the 23". I attribute this to the release of the 42" which confirms the 32" is not too large and makes selling it to the Mrs... MUCH easier. "Honey, I'm not getting the big one!" Suddenly the 32" is a compromise

The 22” Hi-Cap Table Top is in production. It's a beast of a table top.. over 24" to lip. Square Tiles $4,120 ~ Pebble and bronze tiles $4,280 78 lbs 304 Stainless Steel Net Weight = 578 lbs Gross Weight = 672 lbs (crated)

I use a hot air gun or looftlighter to light only one small chunk of lump the size of a walnut shell.. Then I use a cheapo hairdrier that I use as a blower.. the fan on the hairdrier should be the size of a very large lemon. Charcoal lights at about 660ºf but with concentrated airflow from a blower/fan/hairdrier will glow madly and burn at over 1,800ºf which quickly ignites the charcoal in the immediate area which of course immediately glows madly and ignites the charcoal next to it and so on.. NOTHING short of a ridiculous weed burner with 10 million BTU's will get you there faster.. If you are doing a reverse sear and want to get from 225º to 600º lickety split.. Hairdrier.. Don't use a good one the smoke goes in and does not ever go out.. Using a smoked drier gives your hair a "special" forest fire smell.. LOL PS I even clip the coils in the hairdrier so it blows only cold air.. no need to waste the electricity on heating it.. or in my case blowing out the fuse box..