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Bun Thit Nuong with a Nuoc Cham sauce tonight for dinner, I love this dish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thought i would do a spatchy .mixed up some veggies..gave it some pinneapple head I have heaps .Lol..on it goes..veggies turned out great..and the chook amazing awesome bark .. The pineapple head works a treat on chicken you have to try it. Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

In May it will be two years since I've shipped any charcoal. We've been working to get an exemption to no avail. We have found a very large shisha charcoal producer who has found a way to get their charcoal into the US.. Not really a direct route but ends up in Long Beach all the same. I've made a handshake deal that he will ship my CoCo char if I'll market his bit lower quality but also less expensive CoCo char.. So unless something goes south in the next week.. I'll have charcoal on the water SOON.. His charcoal is actually very clean but a little higher ash content - 10-12% but hi carbon, smells great (shisha needs to be very clean) and burns VERY hot.. So very soon I hope to be taking pre-orders for Komodo Kamado owners first and then non-owners. So it looks like we'll have two Coconut charcoals to choose from soon... PS Please send me Emails and not private messages on the forum.. My staff can't access the private messages and things get lost.

The pork butt looks awesome Tony. Glad to hear you're thawing out a bit.

I was just happy to step outside on my deck last night and hear a bird singing. Spring might be coming soon - fingers crossed!!!

Why not lay some pellets or chips on some foil in your KK as your in the pre -heating process? I have seen people using offsets laying wood on top of the fire box and using pre]-burnt wood in an adjacent fire to keep clean smoke going. Theory's the same, lowering the Kindling temp or auto ignition temp is what your after for a continuous burn. That's my two cents, just a thought

Looks tasty Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

That's what I said to myself but sure enough one came by last night looking for the feeders. I loaded up the feeders. We'll see what happens.

Woo, Hoo! It was 52F today!!! After dodging a bit of rain, got in a nice steak cook - a Prime ribeye cap. No worries about Vampires, as the tots were loaded with garlic aioli. Had a bit leftover, so why not top the steak and shrooms with it?

Think he would make a great Prime Minister given the chance, today

Just finished my first attempt ever at baking bread. Followed Tartine’s country loaf recipe. Very happy with first results. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That looks sensational Mac nicley done Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Started a new to me recipe for focaccia bread even though I knew my pan wasn't quite large enough. It couldn't be that bad could it!? Reaady for an overnight fridge proof. Getting ready to bake. Baked. Yes, it is much thicker than it should be but it does smell great. After it cools we'll see how it tastes.

We have air! So I have taken apart the pump and had a look on the inside; I was wrong about the compressor, it is a basic AC bellows style pump. It’s pretty crude but it works (see video); interesting design from an engineering point of view but it does actuate and there are not holes in the bellows. My next concern was the kinking in the outlet tubes. I had already removed the bellows assembly by now so I knew they were capable of pushing air. Next I removed the t-piece and manually used the bellows and found the were working. Next - virtual CFD as I call it at work: I blew into the tubes and found there was no possible flow through the Long line. I took the t piece completely off and found that there was a manufacturing defect in the t piece: flash where the two pins meet in the mold (tool maintained not well would be my Guess: getting pins to blank off like this). So I drilled out the flash and presto: it pumps air now! so you don’t get curious and open one up: I have included photos and a video (note it runs off mains so don’t open it and risk 240/120 v shock!) 7B4AAEEE-A3B4-4FE9-BD1F-5AFBC7FC0826.MOV

Lately I've been filing the tube and lighting through the side holes and yes, I do have to watch it and make sure it doesn't go out. Something that I thought helped was to make sure the fuel you use is dry, so I've put mine in the microwave to make sure it's dry BUT be careful with that as it can go on fire. You don't want to ruin your microwave, maybe I should put the fuel in the dehydrator that would be a lot safer.