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Strong words there @tony b I’m gonna have try it now!

I suggest reducing the moisture content of your pellets or wood chips by heating them in the microwave until it stops steaming. The reduced moisture helps to keep the wood smoldering and not go out..

It may not look like much but smoked it has an amazing effect on my guests' appetites.

Tried Rodney Scott's Porcini Garlic Herb Pepper rub on a steak last night - double thumbs up! Giving Gunpowder a run for my #1 steak rub!

Yep I used wide foil all the way across the lower grate. Essentially allowing the fire / smoke to come up front and back - wide foil leaves about a 1-2 inch gap all the way across front and back which is perfect. I had the two big drip pans that came with the kk42 as well as one smaller one wedged in one side that covered most of the lower grate. I can take a picture once my grates are clean of the arrangement - soaking them now. I would say this setup did not catch 100% of the grease but close. The KK is certainly no worse for wear. All of the bbq came out great, too. Just a crapload of work. Started the cook around 10am sat. Was finally done at 4am Sunday. I held done butts in a hot cooler. Had one with an ice water bath going to cool it down quickly as I pulled it and put each butt in vac sealed bags. I pulled 3 butts worth and bagged the 12 -15 bags, allowed the bags to cool in the cold cooler for 30 mins, then cleaned the utensils and repeated the process until done. Hot bbq stayed hot. Pulled Q cooled down fast. Now I have around 50 vac sealed bags ready to roll. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Grill view is blurry because it is dark but as you can see the results are great. First couple butts off the smoker are perfect. With this many they are not all done quite at the same time but the KK never disappoints. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Will post pics. It is so many I am not interrupting the cook to wrap through the stall. Worried the heat will kick up too much. The kk holds in so much moisture it should be totally fine to bring them all the way up without wrapping them —wrap for resting in a coolers (plural) while I pull it all and put it in bags. This is for an event couple weeks from now. Pull, put in bags in ice bath, vac seal. On may 7th warm them up in sous vide bath gently. Gonna be great. I have done this same qty before a year ago but did 2 cooks of 6 on main grate. Due to time constraints I figured max that kk out. After a year and a half of experience on this thing I have ultimate faith. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How many 9+ pound pork butts can you fit on a kk42? Whelp, I got 12 on right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pork back rib dinner today and did I mangle the ribs. The good news is they tasted just fine.