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We went without a drip pan for about 25 minutes then 2 hours with the drip pan. And my temp stayed a solid 380 the entire cook. When i did open it to insert the drip pan i did it fast but also closed down the vents just a little so the fire wouldn't run away from me. Then as mentioned earlier we removed the drip pan for the last 15 minutes. For the 3 to 3.5 pounder I would think you may only need 30 minutes with the drip pan. We pulled this off with an internal temp of about 125 on one end and 135 on the other. The carry over took care of bringing the lower side up to 140. And the side that carried over higher than my target of 140 was still really good. The only thing i will do different next time is leave out the smoke pot for better fire control. And maybe pay better attention to the fire ,instead of paying all of my attention to my guest, while we were cooking. But we did have 2 hours to fill while it was cooking

Congrats @jonj! I suspect I won't live long enough to make a 46th wedding anniversary. We celebrate our 18th this weekend. Gentle but satisying cook last night. I have tried to cook lamb chops tandoori style quite a few times and have not got it right. Largely because I have left the meat exposed to the flame. The smell of burning fat is not great and I finally gave up after The Husband said my previous attempt tasted of petrol of all things! This time I used a drip pan and cooked the chops for longer. Much much better result.

It's been 9 years since I raised the price of the 23" Ultimate.. It's been long overdue.. Prices need to go up again. The 32" has never had an increase since it was released 9 years ago September.. It's time has come too.. Just some writing on the wall for anyone considering ordering..

You Go, Gurl!! Happy Anniversary. I know that it will be epic! 🍾

No better recommendation than that. I will put this on my list to do soon.

Thank you very much sir! Having it fall on a weekend was a great excuse to line up another banquet. Just planning it now...

That looks amazing- I've decided to give porchetta a try this weekend, but have purchased a considerably smaller one (1.5kg; 3-3.5lb). Was hoping to try my first Roti cook with it; should I aim for similar temp, but a bit less time? Trying to get my head around planning the cook....

And our early congratulations to you and @Sharky as well! Best wishes for a great weekend!

Well to say it was good would be an understatement. And we archived crackling I should have payed more attention to the fire as it migrated to the right side but I was a little distracted while it was cooking. It was a birthday party after all 🥳 The fire wanted to burn more to the right side of the smoke pot but that's ok. It still came out extremely moist and tender. We took the drip pan out for the last 15 minutes to get the nice crackling. It was so good, I will absolutely be doing this again !!!