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OK, first the story. Got all the stuff assembled, boxed, labeled and off to the Post Office. Decent line, get to the counter after about 15 minutes or so - Reef's and MacKenzie's packages OK, Aussie's not so much. Turns out, you can't ship anything in a box that has visible display of any alcohol product - I had packed his stuff in a wine case box. So, back home, unbox, re-package everything in a "plain" box, relabel and back to the Post Office, just before they closed. After 2 trips, everything is on it's way! Reef's tracking number - 9534 6103 0107 8017 2443 37 Expected arrival - Tuesday 23rd. MacKenzie's tracking number - LA077226629US Expected arrival - TBD? (Sorry MacKenzie, it's "In Transit" and will hopefully have an arrival target by tomorrow.) And, finally, Aussie's tracking number - EW001841364US Expected arrival - Wednesday 24th. Funny that it can go half-way around the world almost as fast as from here to GA! But, it costs 30x as much to ship!! Not sh!tting you - granted Aussie's box weighs twice as much as Reef's, but it's literally costing almost 30 times as much in postage. But, all that matters is that everything arrives intact! Lots of bubble wrap, ziploc bags and newspaper! Fingers still crossed.

The Husband is compiling a list of things that you should be told when you leave home. It includes spending a bit more to buy commercial kitchen equipment - the kit is more efficient and lasts you forever. He added grilling sweetcorn in its skin to the list last year. He now has something new to add: eat slow cooked, smoked brisket, whenever and wherever you can. I have embarked on a journey to explore the American BBQ lexicon. We had pulled pork the other day. It was good, but it confirmed what I already knew. I don't like soft, slightly sweet meat. So I wasn't that excited about my brisket experiment. We don't do much with brisket here in the UK. It gets rolled into a joint and roasted slowly and that's about it. I normally get it to make salt beef and enjoy the novelty of a sandwich made with a thick warm slice of salt beef and pickles and things. My mouth is watering as I think about it. Anyway, this time, I got the butcher to leave the brisket flat so that I could try it on the KK. It came from a small breed of cow called a Dexter so it weighed in at just 2kg (approx 4.5lb). Here is the brisket with its beautiful yellow fat cap on. Trimmed up and ready to go. I followed instructions from the Meathead book for how it should look and House rub recipe from the UK Pitt Cue Co book. Here is the gorgeous baby after it had rested. You will have to take my word for it, I didn't remember to take a photo while it was in the KK. As you will see, there is no sign of the pointy end in this next photo. The Husband and I just stood at the counter and devoured it with our fingers. Awesome. We've checked in the freezer and we have one flat Dexter brisket and two rolled Longhorn briskets. We now know what their future holds!

I like caveman Sometimes I feel like a caveman

But caveman sounds so much more vivid than paleo. I don't have a good mental picture of what that word brings to mind, but caveman says it all!!

Hey Paul the correct terminology is Paleo not caveman LOL

Ha ha. @Paul, didn't you know? Plating is so Americas 2017. We've moved on here.

Crazy Americans?!!! I think you're fitting right in. Hey tekobo how come there's no plated pics? Oh wait, I know...you went all caveman and ate it standing up - off the cutting board - with your bare hands!! I bet you used the dish towel as a napkin also...right?!!

I guess we could say there a bit behind in the tracking - LOL

I can't believe that I forgot about chicken salt in all our care packages .this stuff is awesome.stay tuned Outback kamado Bar and Grill

Great article.

Awesome can't wait to see what comes. Interesting, I've never been given an expected delivery date on anything I sent to Aussie. Can't see how that delivery date is going to work since it still has to go through Australia Post. Just curious did you send Aussie's priority international?

Tyrus chicken salt to Aussies is up there with vegemite. Mind you chicken salt will agree with more people than vegemite lol it tastes great on chips I have some in my pantry .it goes great on steak, chicken, veggies believe it or not .give it a go on some chips to start off . http://mashable.com/2017/01/05/chicken-salt-history-australia/#rPtiY9qIEmqr.I'm glad you bought this up this is something that totally skipped my mind .I sent ckreef some vegemite for a laugh but next time boys you are going to get some chicken salt Outback kamado Bar and Grill

I am sort of kinda hoping that the rest of the stretch stays unpredictable. Don't want what feels like the inevitable outcome of all of this. We have to stay up until about 3am to see the whole of the Superbowl so a bit of competition is needed to keep us awake. Oh yes, and good food!

That's a pretty picture. Now for the weekend, Philly at home is always a good thing, shoulda been New Orleans there but for a stroke of bad luck it didn't happen. New England and the Jags really don't match up except in hype, so the prediction is New England and Philly squaring up again in the Super Bowl. You know brisket is always good for Super Bowl parties, chicken wings and a few other things. Enjoy

Nah, seems to me that's a beast waiting to come back to bite when he leaves. Gotta ask you though, I was with my brother at lunch the other day and he mentioned he had ordered some "chicken salt" from Australia. Said it was a real popular thing and all the locals were putting that over everything so much so that it became an internet wonder. He has a bottle for me but, I was thinking maybe you have some and what you thought of it. Thanks

This is exciting. :):):)

Very nice looks great

Nicely done. Go for a batch of burnt ends next time - true meat candy!

63 Sam's bite the dust. None here, but I don't shop there, once we got our CostCo. As Jon said - prime grade beef baby!! Plus, they carry Swift Premium pork products that don't have the brine solution added. Get all my ribs and pork butts there. Decent lamb, too. CostCo is the nations largest retailer of alcohol now. I've found some very hard to find wines at mine and their house brand "Kirkland" vodka and tequila are damn good. Rumor has it that the vodka is "Grey Goose" - bottle says distilled from grapes and imported from France. It's half the price of Grey Goose. Don't know about the white (blanco) tequila. They make a whisky, too, but not seen it at my local store. @Jon B. - check to see if your CostCo carries the big hunks of pork belly. I've gotten my last 2 slabs there for making bacon. Very nice - meaty.

Love the "Xxxtra Fokken Hot!"

In my best little kids voice, "l don't have POO Pants, somebody else may have POO Pants but not me." It was sort of fun just typing that But seriously no POO Pants at my house.

Looks very hot!

I love knives,I collect custom made knives good to look at but not practical for cutting food LOL

Tyrus, dinner sure looks lovely, I'd devour those scallops first.

Yum I need to do some fish might get a whole snapper this weekend Outback kamado Bar and Grill