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Today we did our first cook on the Big Bad 32 N.Y. Strip, Burgers and Hot Links and everything turned out amazing so happy to be back cooking on the KK again! Neme was right beside waiting for dinner to get done. Lol

More binchotan cooking this weekend. Such a clean, pure burn. Here is the binchotan, brought up to operating temperature in the KK. New, safer transport mechanism - a cheap camping pot. Some super simple indoor cooking on the konro. Squid and sea bass. Cooking small quantities indoors in the winter is so convenient. And my carbon monoxide monitor sat by quietly, confirming that we were safe. And here is the remaining binchotan. Saved for the next cook by putting the lid on my camping pot. Binchotan is not cheap but it is good value, I promise!

Australia Day celebrations yesterday, we had a few people over and maybe a few beers Cooked up some nice food in the KK. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This has been 3 years in the making. Progress was slow for the first two years but this past summer we decided to push for the completion. Everything you see was done by me and Mrs skreef. No contractors were involved. Small walk-in wet bar, expanded pantry, reclaimed wood on the walls, stained rustic molding, new doors, shelves, everything.  The room features a Olhausen pine log pool table, Dart board and shuffle board. The walls are decorated with games and such. Most of them antiques but not everything. We still need to do some finishing touches but that will happen as time allows. The pool table. Pool accessories and darts. Some interesting antique board games. Blacksmith type hand puzzles and Macy's mobile. Games above the shuffle board.  Walk-in wet bar. Small fishing section and small barrels. Window to the wet bar. Early 70's Japanese pachinko machine and Chinese cheakers. And last but not least a magic wall. We hope you enjoyed the pictures. The game room was a fantastic improvement for the house. We enjoy it nightly. 

I finally figured out how to cut those blocks of wine barrel wood that I have without cutting my finger off with the hatchet. Smoking some Costello Tickler old cheddar and some boneless beef ribs. Ones the ribs are smoked they will go into a sous vide bath.;)

Reverse seared a tritip from Porter Road. For an appetizer, I smoked a few fresh shrimp with a chipotle marinade and cooked up some bacon wrapped shrimp on the EVO. I also seared the tritip on the EVO. Also, a bonus breakfast pic from the EVO this morning.

Walking through Publix I spied a new ceramic dish I hadn't seen before. It's 11"x7"x2.5". Should make an awesome 2 or 3 person casserole dish and will fit really well on my smaller kamados. At only $20 I just had to buy it. This makes dish #22 in my ceramic dish collection. Yea I have a problem

We aren't going to see you on one of them Hoarder Shows on TV ? I guess it can be said one cannot have enough cooking utensils and I don't blame you.

Interesting treatment of the ribs @MacKenzie - boneless and then sous vide AFTER smoking. Looking forward to seeing the end game. In the meantime we will savour @alimac23 and @Steve M's sausages!

You know I am a sucker for a bet. Are you willing to bet against the Pats???

Boneless beef ribs are smoked and into the sous vide bath @138F for 2 if not 3 days.

Some real nice lookin cooks there from Alimac,Steve, and Mac...good show and video. Like the knife Mac seems you should be in a Burmese jungle with that tool. One suggestion if you prefer the ax...grab an old set of tongs to hold the wood, keeps the the little piggies safe from danger

Ha ha. All the things you love Mac. Fish and squid. Should have thrown in a photo of the sea urchin that we started with to complete the set!

Hi TK , Just can’t do this on my 23 [emoji38] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Fantastic cook Erik! We’ve got an Aussie bulldog that loves laying by the KK “supervising” until the food is ready Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What a lovely cook, it all looks perfectly delicious. How cool is it that the KK colour matches the dog. Is that the serving tray that Dennis puts in with the KK? I know he doesn't call it that but I've always thought of it as that.

I hear you tony but I'm not counting my serving trays or bowls or general ceramic dishes and a bunch of older ramakins. And Pyrex definitely doesn't count. Throw that trash in the circular file where it belongs - LOL But it's nice to know I'm not alone in my obsession

Don't we all??? If I include all my small/medium ramekins that I use mostly for mis-en-place, I probably have at least that many of just those. Then I have all the larger dishes for actually cooking in, maybe another 6 (not counting the Pyrex). And, there's a whole shelf in the other cabinet with the smaller serving bowls/dishes, most of which were bought at various art shows. And wait, there's more (beginning to sound like an infomercial - ha, ha!) - the entire undercabinet storage area with the larger serving platters, trays, and bowls (a lot of Pier 1). No, you don't have a problem, Charles; I do!! LOL!

We just went thru a wet and warm spell, freezing temps are approaching. Took advantage of the warm weather today to spin a pork loin.

Some lamb chops and corn on the go..then some prawn and chorizo skewers..plated over a grape salad.. I mixed up some mango and lime and a dash of oil for the prawn skewers. . Then headed down to the beach for some fire works. . Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Hi guys well after selling my 23” KK last summer and then having to use a Primo XL 400 for the past 6 months I was totally heartbroken to the point I couldn’t stand smoking on it any longer and just had to upgrade to a new 32” and am now back to being a happy guy AGAIN! I want to give a big shout out to Dennis once again for his superb customer service that’s second to NONE! truly amazing in all aspects. Looking forward to posting my cooks once again with my KK family and it’s great to be back talk to really soon. Now if I could just snap my fingers and have the new 32” magically appear in the back yard. Lol

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The owner of the store where we bought our pool table restores old pinball machines. He currently has a really nice one. "Doctor Dude". Not sure Mrs skreef would go for it as it would take up valuable real estate where one of the big stools resides. But it is a nice one.

The Costello Cheese is smoked, vacuum sealed and it will rest for weeks if not months (and out of sight).

Great first cook on the 32! The world needs more bulldogs

Inventive use of the CI pot, Tekobo. Sort of the reverse smoker pot idea!

Super looking cooks, all! @Aussie Ora - lamb and snags - perfect!!! Oh, and a few beers, too! LOL!!!

Campfire cookin in the house, that will catch the eye of an unsuspecting guest. I like it. The surf and turf selection with a glass of wine was inviting and was drawing me in for a chair by the fire.

Wonderful!

Great indoor Konro cook. It all looks delicious.

Will probably take this grate on its maiden voyage tonight. Will report back later today.

Ha ha. No, I don't suppose you could fit that pig on a 23". Looking forward to the results. Nice sunny day here in the south of England. My smoked jerk shoulder of lamb might just pip your pig to the post.

Turns out it is 9 quarts. I picked it based on diameter - needed to be able to lay the logs flat in the pot. Here is the amazon.co.uk link: Voilamart Cast Iron Dutch Oven 8.5ltr/9QT Pre-Seasoned Outdoor Cooking Pot Campfire Cookware with Lid Lifter and Bail Handleby HYDIRECTLearn more: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FP51NTN/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_SwAtCb8R7GJM7

Looks like a fun and tasty cook. You've got that nicely organized. At my first glance I thought, chicken breasts.

Hi Fran! Definitely a 32" Big Bad..

Yes we have 3 English Bulldogs the same color and a cream Frenchie... Yes that’s the drip pan Dennis sends with the KK’s I use them for a serving tray. Works great. Lol

Of course there was lamb! Cheers, mate!

Thanks, it's my fav!! Happy Australia Day to you, too, mate!!

One of mine had finished and asked if you had any leftover. Yours are sooo much better.

Your dinner was spectacular, in keeping with the occasion and the fire works.:)

Great looking cook looks delicious! Happy Aussie day

Me and Mrs skreef really appreciate the kind words. It was a lot of work getting the walls finished in wood but it made her a very happy wife. @jonj here are a few close up pictures of the more interesting games. This has an interesting side story. Back when my grandmother was in her late teens a large biplane made an emergency landing in her parents farm field in up state NY. Back then this was a big deal. The entire community came out to check on the "crashed" biplane including a photographer. The biplane was a two seater containing the pilot and a mechanic. My grandmother being a pretty, young, lady started dating the mechanic. The mechanic also happened to be a race car driver driving a race car like the ones depicted on this board game. They got engaged but before they got married he died in his race car. He was trying to out run a train and lost. Although a tragic story, without the crash my grandmother would have never married my grandfather. A game about taking cotton bails to market on river boats. Interesting graphics. I especially like just below the #3 on the spinner. Very appropriate. Parcheesi originated in India. Although this is an American board it has graphics depicting India. Seemed to be a popular game but I had never heard of it. A game about Polly Pickles. It starts out when she was born and you follow her through he life as she becomes an actress. All her different adventures in her life until she finally becomes the "Queen of Movies". I imagine this was a young girls game which makes space #16 especially interesting. A caroom board with awesome graphics. One of the games is an export trading game with flags from around the world. These seem to have been produced forever with different graphics all the time. I have a few different hand dexterity puzzles. All of them impossible to win. This one is from England with the queen of England looking on. From the late 1800's (patented 1869). The flies are little felt pads. You used the spider body to push the flies around covering the corresponding circles on the web. Alas the spider has escaped. You see the spider was a big blob of mercury. Back in the day when they let kids play with mercury. You know they just didn't realize the whole brain damage going insane issue. I have a few Bagatelle games (table top pinball). This was a popular one made for many years. The color is faded but the caricatures are awesome. Drunk hill billys, convict paddling an old man, gypsy at bat etc.... This is an old German version. The wood and graphics are in excellent condition. It has traditional German style animated animals. And what's with all the pumpkin heads? A small version where you try and build a poker hand. This is one of my favorite pieces. A company from the turn of the century who made ivory billard and pool balls. I love the elephants playing pool. You know that's what elephants want to do just before they are killed for their ivory. Yea it was a different time back then. I was was only able to find 2 examples of this on the internet and one of those examples is hanging on my wall. Last but not least an old set of handcuffs. What story could these tell. Somebody wanted out of them they just didn't have enough time to complete the task. Sorry about the crappy pictures. By the time I reformatted them to a resonable size they lost some definition.

Not much more snow in the immediate forecast, but the temps have plummeted. Several days ahead where the High temp for the day won't break 0F!! Now that's brrrr! I see lots of indoor cooking in my future!