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This is my setup and consider myself very lucky everyday.

Cold and wet down here needed something hearty for Dinner Lamb shanks it is. .ready to go over black cherry..Wow yum..plated over some sweet potato. . Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

While Mrs skreef was still giddy over the truck purchase I figured I better get while the getting was good. In all fairness Mrs skreef has been very tolorant over the last few years for what she calls "my grill addiction". When the situation presented itself to get a truck (something she's wanted since the day I met her) I figured I could make her a really happy woman. Win, win for both of us.

The Coffee went so fast and I'm still not 100% happy with the extruded version so I just ordered another 8 tons of coffee lump and will ship it as lump.

Just a quick update. I'm just about to head off to go and pick up my Cobalt Blue 32. Cleared customs and quarantine yesterday. I'll post some road trip photos when I get the chance.

Wait , wait, whaaat?? You get a new truck AND a new grill?! Mr and Mrs skreef!

A quick lunch today as I'm busy with my carpenter making a vacuum sealer stand/shelving unit. It was a terrible day with lots and lots of rain, temp. about 15 C and mosquitoes by the hoards. Made the buns the yesterday and also cooked the patties yesterday so it really did make for a very quick lunch. Shelving unit is done except I have the sanding and finishing to do.

Mrs skreef is a pickup truck, country gal. When I came home almost 2 years ago with a brand new Nissan Rogue she wasn't really thrilled. For almost 2 years I listened to her whining about the car. Last weekend we took the Rogue for an oil change. Instead of an oil change we came home with a brand new Nissan Titan V8 4x4. It's a full size 4 door pickup truck with a short bed. Really big on the inside and a very comfortable ride. Mrs skreef is very pleased with this purchase.  The world has a saying, "Happy wife, happy life." I have my own version of that saying, "Happy wife, time for another grill!!!"  So with that thought in mind we took the new truck to Lowes and got a few more pavers. Let the new grill project begin. Will post a detailed thread as progress is made and the new grill arrives. Hopefully I'll order it this weekend. 

Waiting with bated breath to see the new grill and patio enhancement!!

Bruce, it is coming along. I am going to the shop to sand and varnish the top again. That won't take long and maybe I'll get the third coat on this evening.

CyberQ’ing a brisket today. I like to light the KK the night before and have the CyberQ hold it at 220’ish, then when I get up I ramp to 275. Brisket on an hour later. Off we go.

Mac that burger looks perfect. How did the shelf stand turn out?

@tekobo and I were in Italy last month and saw this 3-group SDE (software defined espresso) machine in a café. The owner said it is the “Ferrari of Espresso Machines”. It made a nice cup.

I have the stainless both are very good build quality anything that dennis sells is just my 2 cents I would go with the SS but either are excellent

Thanks, Aussie. I found the cauliflower bites here - https://thepioneerwoman.com/food-and-friends/air-fried-buffalo-cauliflower-bites/

Drives my son crazy! He has an off-set and just tears through the fuel to cook anything. I lite a baseball size spot of charcoal and after heat soaking I'll have the bottom vent maybe a 1/16" open, and the top vent about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn and hold a rock-steady 215 - 225 all day and into the next if need be. Want to raise the temp 25 - 50 degrees? no problem, just open the bottom vent a bit more. He has to add fuel every couple of hours. I say, look, holds a steady temp and uses minimum fuel...how simple is that?!! I can't repeat here what he says back.

It's probably one of the hardest things for new folks to adapt to - not fretting exact temperatures! Cardinal Rule #1 - Don't chase the temperatures! Like others have said +/- 50F dome temperature is nothing to sweat about on just about all cooks. Constant fiddling with the vents to hit an exact temperature is just wasted effort and overly frustrating.

It's funny, if someone asked me my vent settings to get a certain temperature, I would have no idea. A little bit here, a little bit there.... but it always lands right around where I want it to. I'm not one that worries too much about 50-75 degrees either way of my temperature. Somehow, the KK always seems to know what I want.