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One of my best friends asked me to cook Japanese for her birthday. I know she loves tempura and that she wanted me to cook her favourite, black cod, but she got none of that. Instead she, and our other friends, got a KK adventure. It was fun to do and really delicious on the night. No plated shots and there would have been no shots at all but for the fact that one of our number is young and took these photos for one of those social media sites - Snapchat or Instagram or something. Started with a drink from my favourite bar tender, The Husband. It is from the PDT book and uses red pepper and shiso. Unusual and really delicious. Here's how to make tofu delicious. Smear it in white miso, add chopped shiso to some and ground up black sesame seeds to others and grill real hot on the KK. Throw in a bit of seafood. We live near the sea and the local fish market did us proud with some super fresh fish. We were going to try to do lobster sashimi but the weather had been too bad for lobster fishing so we got some langoustine instead - super sweet raw. I know this all looks expensive but it isn't in the small quantities you need for each course and when you get your stuff from the source. The Japanese grill book says to throw the clams on the grill. I wasn't so brave and used my tagine instead. So good. These baby squid were marinaded in soy sauce and we lost a couple as they dropped between the bars at the start. Cooked super fast - 2 mins each side - they were a delight. One of our number loved the charred one I was able to rescue from the coals! For the eagle eyed amongst you, the crud on the bars is from the prawn course that we don't have any photos for. Broke up all that fishiness with a bit of mushroom. And finally, a spicy sizzling scallop dish to finish. Thank you KK. It really was fun to do and eat. Everything had to be done quickly, reliably and on point and the KK did not let me down.

So I thought I would experiment but made the most stupid stuff up tried to rectify it but just went with the flow lol.started of with this..made up an epic roast pan..added some flavour with some salted purple Crack. .put the chips in the ninja...added a Tbsp of the venom,ipa and crack/lemon myrtle. cracked three eggs first was twins .2nd was twins also I was like wow third was an only child lol..mixed the eggs with some water and gave them a whisk..got my drumsticks patted dry..from here was my brain faid notice the drink and the set up lol. yep that's right chips should have been in the middle I tried doing them again but gave up lol and on they go..I think Ora saved the day...the veggies turned out well ..and plated. .they turned out pretty good still crunchy and spicy . Outback kamado Bar and Grill

Aussie's box is in limbo right now, MacKenzie's has left Chicago, and Reef's has left Des Moines.

Brisket update 1:45 pm 158f cooker at 270f

@ckreef - Aussie's box weighed just over 9.5 lbs and shipping was $89.45. So, pretty much in line with what you paid. I had originally requested "cheapest way," then as I said, the Postal guy said it qualified for the free upgrade. Didn't question it, just rolled with it.

Lovely and it had to be tons of fun.[emoji4] I could go for the drink, the tofu, and the scallop dish. LOL.[emoji4]

What an amazing dinner, regardless of being made on the KK!

Beautiful meal! You’re using the KK like an old pro. Only problem I see is that the inside of your grill is entirely too clean. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Very nice.

Cheers Bruce Outback kamado Bar and Grill

That was supposed to looks good to

Those veggies look yummy but I imagine they were very spicy. The chicken looks o.

Cheers tony b for not being a tight ass like ckreef and sending it priority your a top bloke lol .sorry ckreef couldn't help it you left yourself wide open on that one .only joking lol. I'm playing a game keep checking the tracking sites and they both say ckreefs parcel is still on its way wonder how long till they confirm it .should have got insurance lol Outback kamado Bar and Grill

Well just picked up my pork belly 2 12 to 13 pounds each tomorrow will be my first brisket on a kamado of any type will be doing it on the KK it is 13.5 after trimming we will see oak and cherry wood probably 260f

You probably paid for international priority mail which is also why it cost so much. I always ship to Aussie the cheapest way possible. 2 boxes ago (a really heavy box) was the most expensive shipping to him at just over $100. The box I sent him pictured in this thread was $75.

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

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.

Shrimps on the barbee next with the Bayou-ish and you'll have the trifecta down perfect!

Looks excellent, would have never thought about a peach slaw

Looking mighty yummy to me[emoji106] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk