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Tony, some people have a Rolex collection, I get why and I have a similar ideal. Mine is the perfect grill and this is it. I like it so much I want it in a different colour. I also really support Dennis. The passion he has reflected in his kks and that is another reason I don’t mind my money on it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ha. I had to go back and watch to the vid to see what I said. Thank you @Syzygies for watching to the end and providing the timing range so I could find it quickly. Shame. I didn't do my bit for gender equality. I normally say "Bob's your uncle and Matilda's your Tante. Next time.🤗

I’m just catching up, I’ve been busy but still grilling every day. Here are some current cooks the kids loved. IMG_4075.MOV IMG_4077.MOV

I've been in their wine club for a couple of years now. I like that all of their grapes are grown on their estate. This is my crazy time of summer (fortunately after last year's hiatus!) with golf outings, beer festivals and out-of-town guests, I've been busy. I've been cooking, but just couldn't take time to take pictures and post them. Tonight I managed to dodge 2 thunderstorms and cook dinner in the "eye of the storm" - hence, the semi out-of-focus grill pic! It was just starting to rain again. Local corn (of course!) and peri-peri chicken breasts and a nice side Caesar salad.

I think it was the benefit of waiting for the fire to die down. He would have needed a grate about a floor up to get away from those flames! @jeffshoaf, @Basher thank you for the tips. I do use kiln dried wood but it will of course absorb moisture from the air. I like the idea of wood fire and found that my Solo stove is very good at keeping the smoke down so I have used that instead. Will try again on my Argie grill. The thought of wood smoke on my burgers. Hmmm.

Great job Kemi, thank you VERY BIG... you are my hero! And the best line... "and Bob's your Uncle"

I have a 42 and I just ordered another 42. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

NICE!! I have always wanted to try the gyro style meat stack, I have a roti too. That looks fabulous. Thanks

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Aha. Very exciting to see some actual Dennis cocochar, thanks @johnnymnemonic. This is the stuff that I use: https://proqsmokers.co.uk/products/proq-coconut-shell-briquettes. It is excellent, no crumbling after the cook, slow burning and very efficient. That reminds me - I'm running low. Will put in an order in case they get a shortage. No KK person likes to be without their favourite fuel.

@tekobohere are some pictures. In the first picture I put a pencil in the picture to reference the box size. It's 20lb in a very small footprint. You can tell this is some dense stuff. In the second picture you can see the average sizes of the pieces. Some are broken, some are whole. The one in the bottom of the picture is standing on end so you can kind of see a cross section. A "log" is 6-10" in length. They are not very uniform. Looks like they are pooped out of a machine and dried in an oven or kiln. In the 3rd picture I have a piece of kindling from the box. It's kind of nice that they provide a little wood kindling you can use to start your fire or put underneath your charcoal chimney. In the 4th picture, I'm holding a "log". The fifth picture is my cold green egg with leftover blazing coco. Looks pretty good at first glance. The sixth picture is after I just stir the firebox up with my hand a little bit. Note that all the logs are just crumbling. In the seventh picture, I'm holding a partially burnt log. In the 8th picture you can see how it easily turns to dust. I crumbled it very easily. Here's a video I found containing Dennis's CoCo Char being lit. It looks much more uniform and higher quality than this stuff. Maybe it still turns to mush after it is partially burned, IDK. My personal preference for a kamado is a charcoal that doesn't turn to dust after being partially burned.

That's a crazy big fire, dude! Glad that you tamed it and the food came out great! The benefit of being able to adjust those grates up/down!

No, the painters tape is just due to me being a little "off" lol I think now that I really know how to setup the thing the painters tape isn't needed. And starting the measurement at the 7 inch mark probably doesn't make it easier to read lol

There was quite a lot of smoke initially but it went blue pretty quickly. The wood was kiln dried so very dry; I had newspaper tucked into the log cabins and I think a good percentage of the white smoke came from that paper. I waited for it to burn down to mostly embers before starting to cook; maybe 20 to 30 minutes. I'm still learning this grill and cooking with wood and this was really too much wood and too much heat; I can manage the cooking temp by raising the gates but burned my arm from the radiant heat while flipping the burgers. I had on heat gloves but they only reach about halfway between my wrist and elbow and the burn was in the exposed area below my elbow. I guess I need to get some welding gloves with gauntlets that reach my elbow.

For several years we have wanted to build a shed to store things that really shouldn't live in our basement (like gasoline powered equipment). The purchase of "Babe" (as in Paul Bunyan's big blue ox) this past summer (21" Supreme) pushed us over the hump. Totally home built from plans. Babe lives inside during the winter months, rolling out for cooks then back under cover. Will remain on the porch now (under sunbrella cover) till the snow flies. Tried a brined ham for Easter roughly following these directions - https://www.daringgourmet.com/how-to-smoke-a-ham/ Used apple wood in the pot with coffee char for fuel - turned out well if I do say so myself. John

Wrapped with tinfoil would also make a nice hat. Tinfoil hats are increasing in popularity around these parts. 😜 And that’s all there is to say about that.