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Thank you all. Maybe in a year or two it will be time for a second one with squares so I can perform some scientific tests as to which cooks better and why 😁. Here are the cooks from overnight (smoked salmon at 180 F for 10 hrs with the help of a bbq guru) and today some naked st louis ribs. So long to new years resolution of dropping a few pounds.

Smashed out a marinated Tri Tip. gave it a local blend..... Potato bake yum..juicy as Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

I fail to see how pebbles cook better than the squares. I’m thinking that the squares hold in more heat because they cover more surface area. This is the formula I came up with and I think our master Mathematician Sygies would agree; squares squared ¥ by the hypottenoose € the total area minus the area of a pebble = better cooking with square tiles. What do you think am I right or am I right lol. anyway very nice looking KK GLX and yummy looking cooks. Welcome to the KK forum. Looking forward to more pictures of future bbquing

Ha ha. Think kumbaya and you will be close with Cwmbran. I started working in Wales just over a year ago and was horrified by the fact that a) I would not be able to call people by their names because they were so unfamiliar and b) I would not be able to do my job because it involved lots of place names and it would be disrespectful to talk about point A to point B. Luckily, a friend near home recommended a local professor who happens to be Welsh and was willing to sit with me and take me through reading and pronouncing Welsh words. I got a database of Welsh place names and a list of the most common boys' and girls' names and we worked our way through them. I am no expert but I flounder a lot less now!

Finally, after drooling after the KK's for many years pulled the trigger in early December and ordered a 21" with many accessories. I have joined the list of Dennis fans, he was an absolute pleasure to talk to and furthermore went out of his way to put shipping on hold (after having started the process) because I had an unexpected trip out of the country come up. The grill landed on my backyard last Friday 1/10. Was so impressed with it in person that I felt the need to call Dennis and ramble about what an awesome product I received from him. First day did the burn in and got a few areas of venting which were grouted again very quickly. Second day (Saturday) did a few steaks. Third day (Sunday) got a handul of thin crust pizzas. Mid week did some burgers. And today tried the rottisserie for one of the juiciest chickens I have ever had. Tonight will smoke some salmon over night so early in the morning tomorrow I can smoke some pork ribs. What an awesome grill. My BGE that I have had for 10 years, will be retiring, should have got the KK much sooner. Phew.., enough rambling for tonight. One more extremely satisfied KK owner. 20200118_160614.mp4

Y'all got me going on the egg thing, so I did these in the InstaPot for 8 minutes, quick release and into an ice bath.

I just noticed the new grill has two probe plugs. Way to go, Dennis!

Thanks Bruce. We got decent space for SoCal. But the pool and slide is from 1984. The BBQ island, hot tub and table were from 2004. It’s been functional but all been piecemealed together. I’m planning on staying here another 40 years and we have to replace the fence and do the wall so we decided to get a professional in to help us plan out the space. I’ll be selling the island, table and hot tub to raise funds for the remodel project

I love you die hard KK’ers,rain,sleet nor snow will keep you away from your grill, to cool! No pun intended lol

@Basher we are finally getting our design tomorrow from our landscape designer. Can’t wait to see it I took some photos today of the backyard for the “before” pics. We have a nice yard but the pre fabricated BBQ island is 15 years old as well as the pre fabricated table and hot tub. I have to replace our back fence and build a retaining wall to shore up the hillside but we’re gonna use this as an excuse to rip up the grass regrade the drainage and plant some vegetables, herbs and drought tolerant landscaping. We’re going to make our KK the central piece in the new outdoor kitchen. Heres some pics of the current situation

We make a weeks worth of hard boiled eggs every Sunday using the Instant Pot, but this would work with any pressure cooker too. So simple....1 cup water, eggs (as many as you want to fit it) on a steamer rack for 8 minutes at high pressure. Throw immediately into an ice bath and done. They slide right out of the shell...

It was just me and my youngest daughter at home tonight. I asked her if she wanted me to take her out for a dinner date. She wanted to stay home and cook Greek chicken on the the 32BB. We added lentil soup, couscous, and tomatoes with cucumbers.

Have to agree with you Einstien. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Solo Stove sent me a survey, so I took the opportunity to ask about the fire grate in the bigger Yukon fire pit. Appreciate their honest answer but it doesn't appear they are planning to make any changes to the fire grate. I would not have purchased it...............................if I knew about the different shape of the fire grate in the Yukon compared to the Bonfire. When I get back to Michigan in a few weeks, I'll take a picture. Jon Besemer Jan 17, 1:32 PM CST My question is…..have you changed the fire grate in the Yukon also? The grate in my Yukon has a major “bow” in it and that is my only complaint with that product. The “bow” takes up way too much firewood space. I have advised friends and forum members not to purchase the Yukon until the fire grate is changed to eliminate the space robbing “bow”. I own two of your products and want to be accurate and fair to your Yukon product line with my advice. If no changes have been made, are there any future plans to make a change?? Thanks. Jon Besemer Sarah (Solo Stove) Jan 17, 1:37 PM CST Hi Jon - Thank you for contacting Solo Stove. The Yukon bottom grate has not been redesigned since it was released. Because of the extreme heat the Yukon emits, the base pan gets so hot that, when flat, it caves in and distorts the airflow, eliminating the near smokeless effect. We domed out the pan to strengthen it but then added the ribs to give the wood something to grab onto so it was still possible to organize the logs in the center. At this time, our team does not have plans to redesign, but I'll definitely forward this feedback over to them for their consideration. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, Sarah N

In our experience, the architect designed the hardscaping and basic placement of everything. Then one of the best decisions we made was to throw those designs at a specialised landscape architect on an hourly rate. Once he provided the specific plants and their placement in the garden( and after I got my head around the scientific names of the species), everything popped off the page and finalised that last 10% of uncertainty. He knew which plants would thrive in our local conditions and planned around morning and afternoon hotspots/ cool spots and realigned some of the viewpoints with slight modification to garden beds. This has also made our plant order really easy with a list of species, number of plants and pot sizes. Just give this to a wholesale nursery and they deliver everything when we are ready to plant it out. Time will tell.

@MacKenzie me too! I’ve been dreaming and saving for 5 years. We hired this young couple to do our design and help us maximize the outdoor space. Being in San Diego we can utilize our backyard 9 months a year. we chose this company Brookside Designs cause we liked their designs and they had stellar reviews https://www.designbybrookside.com/portfolio https://instagram.com/brookside_design?igshid=1bos96w6xi08k

We have no stock and not sure what the shipping will be.. at this point I'd send it around the world to get some here.

The detergent is also bad for the steel and will cause micropits. Plus, there's the problem of the knives banging into other stuff and badly dulling the blade. I have a friend who struggled with his wife putting his good knives in the dishwasher, despite being asked multiple times not too. He even went so far as to put red colored tape on the handles to distinguish the ones that DIDN'T go in the dishwasher - it didn't work. He hides them now, too!

MacKenzie and I experimented with poaching eggs in the Sous Vide circulator (multiple posts in the Sous Vide section of the Forum). The "classic method" gives perfect results, but just takes too long (50 minutes) and everything that we tried to shorten up the time, either gave us results we weren't happy with (overdone yolks or watery whites) or became cumbersome/complicated (multiple hot & ice water baths). I tried doing them in the InstaPot, but it's almost impossible to not overcook them, even if you release the steam immediately after it comes up to pressure. Consequently, I rarely make a poached egg anymore, opting for fried eggs instead, Spanish style (sunny side up, cooked in lots of olive oil and basted.)

Trust the welsh to have a 7 letter word with 1 vowel. I caught the wrong train in Wales and ended up lost. I had to call some friends and spell the name out because I couldn’t pronounce it” C W M B R A N” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Speaking of sardines this is how I like mine.

We use our Sous Vide to prepare eggs often and love it. Such a versatile cooking method. I enjoy eggs daily as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep.

Crappy weather, so I was cooking indoors last night. Had been wanting some Moroccan food, so I did a chicken tajine. Pretty traditional setup - marinated the chicken thighs (boneless/skinless) in green Harissa and EVOO for 3 hours, then seasoned with Berbere spices and browned in the tajine, removed the chicken and then browned the onions and garlic. Return the chicken thighs to the tajine and then add the green and black (salt cured) olives, preserved lemon peels, cherry tomatoes, chicken stock, lemon juice and Ras El Hanout. Here's the new twist - the recipe called for chickpeas and at the end, you mash half of them into the liquid to thicken the sauce. Well, I didn't have any cans of chickpeas/garbanzos in the pantry, but I did have some hummus in the fridge, so I tossed a couple of TB of that in to make the sauce - worked like a charm!! Served over saffron rice, with a nice side salad and crusty bread. Toss in a glass of chardonnay and call it din-din!

This is intense! In a good way.

Even though I was copying from a spreadsheet, I checked my math again before posting. I figured (1:20) * (1:20) = (1:440) could already wear out my welcome, so I left it out: 18 grams at 1:440 is 18/441 = .0408 grams of ascorbic acid. As a fraction of one kilo of flour, this is 40.8 parts per million. I have multiple sieves. My favorite combination is a 12 inch No. 25 test sieve over an 8 quart Vollrath bowl. Both are more expensive than alternatives, but worth the money. Gilson 12-Inch (305mm) ASTM E11 Test Sieve, All Stainless Steel, No. 25 (710µm) Opening Size, Intermediate Height (V12SI #25) Vollrath 69080 S/S 8 Qt Mixing Bowl Extraction is a variable in my spreadsheet, currently set to 85%. This however depends on the grinder and its condition and setting, the grain mix, and how completely one sieves. If I were sharing my spreadsheet with others, I'd add an obsessive/compulsive index variable. And I do use some flours (semolina, white) that aren't home ground. Currently my bread is 65% home ground. As for mixing, I don't believe that there are losses differentially favoring or discriminating against ascorbic acid. I use coarser (less expensive) sieves for mixing, alternating between two 8 quart bowls. In fact, I'm cursed for life to sieve seven times because I'm a coauthor of a famous math paper on card shuffling (Google 'Seven Shuffles'; I'm Dave). An uneven distribution of ascorbic acid is a real risk here. A greater risk, in my experience, is the mix going stale after a few years. I don't understand how this is even chemically possible (I should be able to use ascorbic acid found in Egyptian tombs, right?), but I've found it necessary to buy fresh ascorbic acid every now and then, based on observation and experience. I even have very coarse sieves intended for making couscous from scratch. Still on my todo list, and I'm instead in a Mexican phase now.

My meater...one over from my thumb, works every time, I've had it for years.

Woke up in a daze at 4am this morning. My inner Q had taken hold .I forgot to take out the ribs I froze last week. Back to bed all good .gave them some more rub and ready to go on with some jam wood ..This is like clock work on Ora I ark it up to 400f remove grates throw on wood add lower grate foil then top grate and set vents always land on or near 250f and tweak .on it goes can't wait love my ribs. . Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

I have been out of town on work and got in today and cooked a few chickens that I had brining. One chicken was bined in beer and salt and the other in jalapeño sauce and salt. The jalapeño bird was seasoned during the cook with Penzeys Adobo seasoning. The other with Penzeys Chicken Taco seasoning. Cooked at 400 degrees on the KK with some hickory wood chunks. The lid was opened only for the video. B5A6BFBE-BE3E-4753-9284-55C3F0082B57.MOV 686D4217-44E2-4CF8-9B42-8F43ECB0D398.MOV

I preferred the jalapeño bird seasoned with Penzeys Adobo seasoning. The girls couldn’t decide. Said they both were incredible.

This started as a 15 lb prime brisket ( thank you, Costco): pretty much followed all of Aaron Franklin’s methods for trimming, slather, seasoned with 50/50 salt and pepper. Into the 32” KK at 11 pm last night, off at 10:45 this morning at a perfect 203*. Got up at 4:30 am and wrapped in butcher paper. Used large lump Komodo charcoal and post oak. Temps were 275-300 ( would have preferred 250-75, but what the heck). Impressions: I usually don’t have access to post oak and use fruitwoods. This is noticeably more of an acrid smoke flavor (in a good way) than the sweetness I get from the cherry or apple. I think it is a better match for the beef brisket, though I will stay with fruitwoods for pork. Bark was excellent, brisket completely done and tender. After really ruining the first 4 briskets I tried, the last two have been excellent...I think I’ve got this.