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I just went out to the ODK and what do I see but a squirrel sitting on top on my KK. I grabbed a couple of pixs just for fun but when I went too close it jumped down onto the counter. Then I saw what it was up to. It had been chewing on a little piece of smoking wood. This was no surprise as I had seen them before at the dish with smoking wood in it. I picked up the little stick and put it back in the dish. Here is the surprise- the critter jumped back onto the shelf with the dish and picked another one out of it, then jumped onto the shrub just outside the window.

Thought I would use the Jr for these mixed up some onion diced chook and bacon gave them a quick cook on the stove added it to my burger cup and wrapped them in bacon Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Another OctoFork cook on the KK today, some spicy cheese sausages with the sweet potato plank cut chips and a fresh salad. Plated.

I watched the first episode of the new season of Project Smoke last evening. It featured a KK and Steven Raichlen cooked two 4-finger thick New York strip steaks, reversed seared. Then finished them off with an Adam Perry Lang "cutting board dressing technique" It looked delicious, I intend to give this a try. Here is a link to the recipe: http://www.projectsmoke.org/episodes/seasonthree/

I found an old Amish take on pecan pie recipie back when pecans where worth more than your house they used rolled oats lol I usually make my own crust but used a store bought one on this I had to flip it over and it fell apart a bit but still good Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Speaking of beer, I came into procession of this gift today. Made by my brew-master friend. Apparently it will keep for years not that I expect to do that.

Baked bread today and after being away all weekend so there were lots of chores to do including baking bread. Therefore I wanted a quick lunch, scallops on the Baking Steel, sweet potato fries in the air fryer and salad from the deck salad bar. Scallops and fries cooked in the same time, 10 mins. Just coated a small section of the Baking Steel with Ghee and fried the scallops, covered part was through with a stainless steel bowl to make sure they would be done when the fries were done.

Not a KK owner yet hopefully will soon be joining the ranks of KK owners

I got home today and had a package waiting! One kilo of dried whole pepperberries! I decided to go ahead and eat a whole pepperberry and was quite surprised by the initial flavor followed by a really spicy burn. I split the kilo into 11 - 2oz and 2 - 5oz vacuum bags and kept about an ounce out to use starting with dinner tonight. I also took about 10 berries, crushed them and put them in a jar with vodka to make a pepperberry vodka. I will try that in a week or so. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

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@MacKenzie - may, just maybe that little guy brought you the kind of smoke wood he want laid on the next BBQ you do up there. Who knew you'd discover the first meat eating squirel? Nicely done!

Probably gopher wood lol

Tony I just ordered a meager and according to them it should ship out at the end of August. Looking forward to trying it out.

Mac you always make such wonderful meals. Every time you post pictures my mouth starts to water, yum!

Are you after the motor or the whole thing .if your after the whole thing you should buy direct from Dennis as it fits perfect Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Opps Sorry Ms Mackenzie only been on here 5mins and Im already causing trouble

and now, Donny, you know the rest of the story.

Tony, question for you. I have a randall in my home pub and was thinking of running a beer through some whole or very coarsely crushed pepperberries. I have run a gose through serrano peppers before and a blonde ale through habaneros. Any idea what beer would pair well with the pepperberries? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I was able to order 1 kilo of the dried pepperberries from pepperberry.net.au. Tracking says that the shipment has made it to New York on Saturday. Hopefully it does not take to long to work its way to Virginia! I paid $116 US for 1 kilo of the dried pepperberries and that price included shipping. After reading so much about the "purple crack" I had to try it for myself. Should I break the package down to smaller sizes and vacuum pack them? What size packages have you guys used? Do you store them in the refrigerator? Thanks for any input. Keith

I just bought some PVC pipe so that I can make a frame and cover for it and keep out those peskie little critters that tend to lay eggs on the red and green cabbage greens. Naturally they turn into worms that eat my greens. I figure some fine netting will keep the layers out and I'll have nice clean greens until the fall freeze up. I will make several plantings over the summer and the container is self watering so it doesn't drip all over my deck.

TY MacKenzie - this cook went pretty smooth except for the Udon noodles. I had them in a fry pan on a low boil. Went outside and got talking with Mrs skreef. When I went back inside all the liquid was gone and they were burnt to the bottom of the pan. I managed to salvage some and that was the only big flaw of the evening.