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Hi there @Durangutan. It would be great to hear and see more about your cooks on fire pits. I love the unpredictability of cooking over fire and, happily, even KKs remind you that you are not fully in control. The mix of variables: the coal you choose, where you light the fire, how you set your top cap and bottom openings, what the weather is like, how impatient you are, what you are cooking etc all make.a difference and any of those variables being a bit different to last time means you need to keep in touch with your cook to get the best results. Getting to know and love fire is such good fun.

Be radical - start your own thread. Fire, fire!

Smoked some Scotch Bonnet peppers in the KK. Low temp, about 100C with maple pellets in the hot/cold smoker attachment. I put them in my dehydrator afterwards and plan to grind them in small batches for some good smoked chilli flavour. The singed peppers at the top came as a result of overcorrecting and letting the temps get away from me for a short while. That said, opening up the top hat helped the smoke pull better through the hot/cold smoker and it stayed lit for all of the cook after that.

Hey all! I hope you’re all going well. Sorry it’s been a while since I posted. Life’s been fairly busy lately, the two daughters are amazing, but definitely take a lot of work and time up, as I’m sure a lot of you will understand. Had a few cooks recently, still absolutely loving the BB32. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's even true for the 32" and possibly for the 23" as well (if you add up all 3 grates). I know my 23" is bigger than any BGE.

But then you'd have to carry your brisket in the deli.

Tee hee. Yes, smokin’ hot Aussie! The recipe/method I was following said to slice them. Reason was to maximize the smoke flavour as you suggest. https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/preserving-chili-peppers/how-to-smoke-chili-peppers/

I wanted one too. It was a beautiful red one on a stand in a cheese shop in Brighton. We soon tempered our expectations when we investigated the pricing. That said, we are off on a road trip to Italy later this year. You never know, a beautiful bargain may await. Ha ha. I think the guy or gal in the deli can do that job pretty well without you having to shell out at all!

Just do like Tekobo and buy one of each smoker Dennis sells.

I visited Colorado and decided to have some supper at a local restaurant. I looked over the menu and see mountain oysters. Now being from Louisiana I’m thinking they’re just like salt water oysters I’m used to eating, but they come from fresh water in the area. Waitress: What can I get for you today? Poochie: I think I’ll have an order of these mountain oysters. Waitress: Good choice! They’re fresh and delicious. Poochie: How many do you get? Waitress: You get two and one vegetable. Poochie: Two?? Give me a dozen! That’s what I’m used to eating. Waitress: Oh my, you sure like your mountain oysters, don’t you? Poochie: Lady, where I come from we eat them right out of the sack.

Hey Tekobo, why did you slice the peppers before you put them on the smoker? More smoke flavor?

I didn't mean to put the stink face on the slicer. I'm sure there are 50 people happy with them to my one unhappiness. I loved what it did, just not the cleaning and fear factor. Slice away Tyrus and just ignore my bitching. And stop giving away blood for free.

@Tyrus I suspect he’s just using old cook photos to make it seem like he’s been busy but he didn’t realize you’d sleuth him out! 😀 just joking obviously great looking cooks @alimac23 spectacular color on the Al pastor. My girls are 4 & 6 so a few years ahead of you it’ll get a bit more manageable when they become self sufficient and then you can start training them as sous chefs to help you!

An added expense, but one thing that helps "simplify" the setup process, regardless of grill size, if you have the basket splitter - get a 2nd charcoal basket for it. Then, it's just a matter of swapping them out without having to fiddle with unused charcoal bits and assembling the basket splitter. Granted, with the bigger KKs, the basket splitter has more options for setup than my 23" does, but I still think that it would make things simpler for setting up a cook to have a separate charcoal basket for it.

Thanks Mack greatly appreciate the kind words. The girls are incredible, but being 2.5 years and 15 months old (16 months between them) they definitely need constant attention, I wouldn’t change it for the world, but it definitely makes me wonder what I did with my time pre-kids [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Na i just used this its a great chook rub Sent from my SM-T835 using Tapatalk

Another @Syzygies rabbit hole that I will not be following him down! For that kind of $$, I can hire someone to slice the meat for me!

Especially if your still plucking that guitar Mr Bonamassa! AHH, if I can do it you can do it, simple as learning your ABC's. I want one too. I also wanted to fly in space recently, but William Shatner took my spot. It's a beauty and for north of 14K it should sing a whole opera while slicing your meat. If it's any consolation, the Beswood has it's 10 inch blade manufactured in Italy so that might put me in the ball park, hopefully near the concession stand where they sell the beer. Thanks Syzygies

Hello, Been using my KK for about a year now and absolutely love it. I have read countless questions regarding the shaft to the Rotisserie motor being too long or too short and people cutting it down to fit. I had the same problem in that my Rotisserie shaft was too long and solved the problem by simply buying stainless steel washers (same size as came with the KK) plus l bought 3 of the same stainless steel hex bolts that were half an inch longer than the 1 inch ones that came with the KK You need the longer bolts so there is sufficient threads on the bolt to engage the threads in the KK bolt holes after you add the washers otherwise the bolt's threads may strip when you tighten them down. Both of these items I found on Amazon. Washers: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000BD5HEA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Bolts: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07D5W7QH2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I used the washers and bolts to lengthen the distance the motor bracket sits out from the KK. Simply place the washers on the 3 bolts between the motor bracket and your KK and adjust accordingly. By utilizing this method you can adjust the length the motor bracket sits out from the KK without cutting down the shaft plus this allows you to adjust for any Rotisserie motor you use in the future if not the original motor that came with the KK. I hope this post is helpful.