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Gave some baby backs some new Peach rub from ckreef and a dash of Gunpowder. Smoking over Peach. On they go.... Ckreef sent me some of his homemade smoked Peach syrup.with the rub .going to use that as a glaze at the end. Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

Looking good..carved up well.. And plated... Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

Time for some peach syrup that came with the rub from ckreef. .. Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

The deposit was paid today for a 23" KK. I got the one with bells and whistles. Judging by other orders- most recently Hammo- coming into The Port of Brisbane it's expected to be about 3 months away. Summer will be kicking in by then, however, before the KK arrives I have plenty of work to do in preparation. Our house is a timber "workers cottage" built in 1913 so during summer all doors and windows are open to breathe. Given the back deck is attached to the house, the smoke doesn't go down that well from the back deck. My back yard is a mess and the current ODK sits on the deck so a new ODK needs to be built to house the KK, and other toys. It'll be detached and far enough away so the smoke doesn't cause a problem to house. I had in mind something like this- A mate of mine has been milling some grade 1 blue gum hardwood timber from his property and kindly wants to donate some 150mm posts and slabs for the bench. It'll cost about 10 years of cook ups. I also found some cool river stones carved into bench top sinks. I think they might be from Indonesia. We have street gas that I can run to the ODK so the gas burner will always be on tap with no need to refill bottles. And the KK can just rolllllll around at will.

And Dad hasn't been??

Told you that you were living on borrowed time, MacKenzie! Our last hurray for the season today - actually hit 50F and it's very sunny out now, but a tad windy. Deep freeze arrives Monday - bloody wonderful!

Looking and sounding very tasty, Aussie.

These turned out ok. The kids have been sneaking cuts and packing into their lunch boxes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, two plugs and yep, we will watch the insides darken up. The spit roasting is a lot of fun. Pretty comfortable now with the settings to hover around 180c for roasting. I’ll start lining up some lower temp cooks shortly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I spent a good portion of the day clearing snow off the deck, we had 4 inches overnight and it started up again in the later afternoon. I couldn't believe my ears when the radio said it will feel like -14C overnight, my carrots are still in the ground and I need to plant my garlic for next year.

Thought you Aussies had a pair! Bunch of wussies!

Nice lookin cook Basher. I noticed that you did a fine job on slicing to open up the leg for extra penetration for your spice, looks well to display if only for the picture and then...all gone. The inside color of your refractory is a tan, I could be mistaken and that may have been caused by the coal and wood chips you use but it is unusual. I do believe mine was a clean white presentation so maybe Dennis is using a different supplier or someone slipped in some dye. ANYHOW it won't stay that purdy much longer. Looks like your enjoying the new toy

Yep Aussie, I’m the same. They can keep that white stuff and give me sunshine every day with the odd thunderstorm. Single digits C is too cold even if it’s the middle of the night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is my first full pizza cook. I've done some test cooks before, with generally shaky results. I finally felt prepared to do it with guests. I made 5 Neopolitan style pizzas. I kept it very simple, with a home-made sauce (from garden and farmer's market tomatoes), fior di latte, and fresh basil. I topped some of the pizzas with arugula. The basil and Arugula were also from the garden. I was loosely following the protocols of Tony G's Pizza Bible. The pizzas turned out great. I cooked the pizzas at ranges from 500-650. The ones in the 600 range were better than the 500 degree ones. The dough puffed up like an Indian naan. I wish I had taken a KK money shot, but it took intense concentration to keep the production of 5 pizzas going!