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Some people say it's the ride, some say it's the journey then there are times I just say.."Beam me up Scotty, I've been here long enough."

Any issue's with humidity? New member from central Florida. As my wife says "one song away from the beach". I have been searching for Kamado's for a few days and I stumbled upon the KK yesterday. WOW, What a beast! Now I want one but need to due some research before I pull the trigger as I do before any big purchase. Also, how is the customer service? You never know when an issue will arise. Thanks

Nicely put Tyrus, palpable enthusiasm right there. Yeah, several bodies, several lenses. Different purposes, different outcomes. I think you reach a point in your skill with anything where you gain the ability to discern finer nuance. Or you could just embrace the Dunning-Kruger effect and spend a lot of time on Mount Stupid (peak confidence/little knowledge). I feel I'm on the slope of enlightenment and quite often, I find myself sliding down it after I read a couple of posts on here. I'm always available for taste testing which is the only way to resolve this conclusively. 🤭

I had a similar situation. I have a 19", so my situation could be different. I could get the fire burning hotter without the stone. There were two theories - one is that the thermal mass of the stone is meaningful. The other is that the airflow is slowed down by the stone - air needs to move around the stone to get to the top instead of a smooth flow. I found that I could get the fire blazing without the stone first, and then added it later after the grill was already soaked with heat. I just needed to give the stone enough time to heat soak as well. Using bigger lumps of charcoal helped meaningfully as well. I don't think I've mastered this yet.

I'm doing pizza for dinner tonight. I just lit the KK and when it got going well (over 200F) I put in the pizza stone on the upper grate. I'll take note of the time it takes to reach 475F on the pizza stone (I have an IR thermometer).

Wilson look out for Gidgee large lump charcoal. It’s the third hardest timber in the world and burns clean with little ash. I’ve tried the mangrove charcoal and think it’s rubbish. Iron bark is pretty good. Some of the Bunnings charcoal is rubbish- I haven’t tried what Aussie suggested. There is a guy locally here who sources it from south west queensland- Pretty close to SA. A 20kg bag costs me $40 and 5 bags would do you for a year. I cook with it 3- 4 times a week. Sometimes more. Ask Fenwesco in Adelaide. Pretty sure would know some suppliers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey Jamie, Try Abel Korsonis from clean heat charcoal. He’s based in Adelaide, and is the Australian importer. Clean heat is great charcoal! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is all I use mate . https://www.bunnings.com.au/heat-beads-20kg-hardwood-lump-charcoal_p3180849 Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk