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Ha! You make a great point Tyrus, in retrospect I probably could have gotten away with a quarter basket for them had I thought of it. A matching 19 would certainly be fun, but I have other bases I would want to cover before doubling up on KK’s. Pizza oven, Konro, griddle, maybe a Santa Maria. With the weather warming up I’m starting to daydream about the outdoor kitchen possibilities

Mine arrived yesterday; of course, I didn't have anything ready to spin since I didn't have the "pints" which are actually a pint and a half for the Deluxe model. I also was short on ingredients - all I had was skim milk so I attempted to get done if it closer to cream by mixing in some butter. I found a simple Creami recipe for orange sherbet online (orange juice, heavy cream, milk, and sugar) and mixed that up with my simulated cream. I also used a recipe from the Ninja recipe book for a "creamiccino", which is their version of a frappuccino using coffee, half& half, and sugar so I mixed one of those up as well. I had an several errands to run this morning, including my weekly to to the grocery store where I stocked up on ingredients. After I got home, put the groceries up, and got the cats settled down, i spun the sherbet. I've linked to my amateur, totally unedited video of the process and attached a picture of the result and a picture of the cats (just because). The sherbet was pretty good, but I did start tasting the butter near the bottom of the bowl. I prepped up two more easy recipes for future use - one with a can of peaches and sweetened condensed milk and the other just store-bought chocolate milk. I'm having foot surgery in a couple of weeks and won't be able to put any weight on it for 6 weeks, so I'll have plenty of time to experiment and get fatter.

That sounds offal 😂

Hey @Bunji I have all of those toys except a dedicated griddle. I can only blame the fact that I have been on this forum since 2017 and have been unduly influenced by my peers! If I was ever to be forced to slim down to just two, I would choose the 32 and my pizza oven. I use them the most @Tyrus. The 23 is great for smaller, quick cooks. You would think the 16 would be the best for small cooks but it is harder to light with the more limited airflow and proximity to the fire can be a disadvantage for some cooks.

Pulled some CostCo wings out of the freezer yesterday for dinner. Built a pretty raging fire on one half of the 32 and hit them direct for a couple minutes, then moved them to the cool side and closed the vents a good bit. Brushed with sauce a couple times while on the indirect side, as well as after pulling them off and wrapping in foil for a few minutes. Still floored at how easy cooking on the KK is. These were insanely tasty

A KK and a woodfired pizza oven are a perfect pairing.

Just look at how moist the meat was.

I had a little bit more time than normal to cook lunch the other day. I beat up a pork chop, breaded it with Panko breadcrumbs before frying in butter and serving with black pudding and stir fry broccoli with oyster sauce. Yum.

It's 7 am here so no pics of freshly made ice cream but here is my set up. As Jeff says, once you make and freeze your ice cream or sorbet mix in advance it is very easy to just reach in the freezer and present the perfect ice cream every time. One really fun combination that we like is fennel ice cream with a chocolate brownie cake. Never fails to please. Papaya and chilli sorbet does mess with your mind, especially when I used a particularly hot Borg 9 chilli in the mix. The PacoJet fits neatly into a small corner space in the kitchen. The canisters of made up ice cream/sorbet are stored in a tray in the freezer. The frozen mix looks like this. Magic just waiting to happen.

Son: "Daddy, I fell in love and want to date this awesome girl." Father: "That's great, son! Who is she?" Son: "It's Sandra, the neighbor's daughter." Father: "Ohhh, I wish you hadn't said that. I have to tell you something, son, but you must promise not to tell your mother. Sandra is actually your sister." The boy is naturally bummed out, but a couple of months later: Son: "Daddy, I fell in love again and she is even hotter!" Father: "That's great, son! Who is she?" Son: "It's Angela, the other neighbor's daughter." Father: "Ohhh, I wish you hadn't said that. Angela is also your sister." This went on a few more times, and finally the son was so mad, he went straight to his mother crying. Son: "Mom, I am so mad at dad! I fell in love with six girls and I can't date any of them because dad is their father!" The mother hugs him affectionately and says, "You can date whoever you want. He isn't your father!"

When we went on a Caribbean cruise years ago, there were several stops that featured a live band. I think every one of them played a song with a similar story with each verse ending with something like "don't tell your mama but that girl is your sister and your mama don't know." Of course the last verse ended with "don't tell your daddy but your daddy is not your daddy and your daddy don't know."

Yes, black pudding is what blood pudding gets called in the UK. There is a corresponding white pudding which is traditionally made with “lights” (pig lungs and other offal), groats and a nice touch of white pepper and spices like nutmeg. Both delicious. P.S. I like ketchup but it would be sacrilege to mask the taste of the black or white pudding with that strong taste!