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IMG_3565.mov Hello All, I am moving my KK with me to Belgium. The movers contracted a crane to lift it off the deck, so I found it worthwhile to record the process. There seem to be an issue uploading the videos, but we’ll start with some photos while I try to sort it out. Due to coordination issues between the movers, seacan delivery company and the crane’s, the KK was first lifted off the deck by the crane to be moved onto the street. Then the crane left and the seacan arrives a couple hours late… Once the seacan arrived, and they tried to pick it off the street and raise it up onto the liftgate of a truck. However, the elavation difference between the truck carrying the seacan and the KK was too large; hence, they took it to the warehouse and ultimately moved it with a forklift. Note that I have kept the large majority of the crate that it originally came with since I expect to move quite often. Whilst the bed may last a few more moves, the top portion will have to be replaced because it sat uncovered in the backyard facing the ever changing weather for a year and a half. Cheers, Franck IMG_3565.mov

I've owned a VacMaster VP115 and VP120. When the VP115 failed after seven years, I replaced it with a JVR Vac 100 based on advice here. I've since gifted that machine to a friend, now that I've given up that apartment. I'm waiting for the VP120 to break so I can replace it with another JVR. The JVR is wide enough to seal two 6" wide bags side by side. I have workflows where that's huge. The JVR is designed to open easily, like the trunk of a car. The VacMaster is in every way an earlier generation. I hesitated to get an oil pump machine first time around. Oil pump machines are easy to maintain, don't get destroyed by water vapor, and develop a better vacuum. Anyone contemplating an air pump machine "to keep it simple" just isn't ready yet. Wait, then buy an oil pump.

@MacKenzie - I did some the other day - awesome! Like I said earlier, the local corn is coming in and it's as great as always. Tonight, an ear with some St. Louis Ribs and potato salad. Summer doesn't get any better than this! Ribs were slathered with CYM and a blend of Meat Church's Holy Gospel and VooDoo rubs (might just knock Dizzy Pig Dizzy Dust off the throne!) Cooked at 225F to start with and ramped up to 300F (I was falling behind), indirect, with the smoker pot of hickory and peach wood chunks. Came off after 3 1/2 hours.

Boneless leg of lamb I picked up at Costco. Marinated two days in balsamic, fresh mint, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, onion powder, all spice, cinnamon and Correia der air fryer some baby potatoes Mediterranean salad with home grown cherry tomatoes, cucumber and mint fresh homemade tadziki

I ordered side tables for my 23 Ultimate and they arrived today. Thank you to @Komodo_Kamado_UK for the home delivery service. @MacKenzie was more impatient that me and sent me a message to check if I had opened the boxes after waiting patiently for precisely 3 hours and 8 minutes for an update. So, I opened the boxes. Meat hanger for the 32 Big Bad and side tables for the 23 Ultimate. I was worried when I approached the 23 Ultimate. I have the grate hanger permanently attached on the left and the rotisserie motor bracket on the right. Was I going to need to take both off because they would not fit with the side tables in place? Happily the answer was no. On the right hand side we fitted the rotisserie motor bracket over the top of the side table bracket. I texted Dennis a photo while I was doing this and he suggested the rotisserie motor bracket should go under the side table bracket. Wouldn't work for me because of the small vertical screws on the rotisserie motor bracket that you can see in the right hand side picture. I will see how things work but I may need to size and cut a new shaft to go between the rotisserie motor and the KK to take account of the extra depth introduced by the new side table bracket. I took off the old accessory hanger on the left hand side and installed the new one under the side table here: So, I get to keep all the functionality that I used to have AND I have new side tables. Very happy. Looking at the time stamps on the photos, we went from unwrapped table tops at 18:10 to fitted tables at 18:40. Not bad. How do I know that Dennis is NOT going to insert a post telling me that I have the tables the wrong way round? Because I already got that from him on WhatsApp and fixed it before posting. So there.

So the Al Pastor cook was definitely a success and enjoyed by everybody. I did one pork shoulder so about 7lbs and we had 8 adults and could have probably fed 16-20 persons easily. This was fun to make and will definitely be in the rotation for parties. One of our amigos brought over this tequila from their last vacation to Mexico and one of the best we’ve ever had and it complimented the meal. Tacos made with Nixtamalized blue corn along with cilantro, onions, radish, pineapple, homemade salsa and Pico de gallo along with Mexican street corn salad and some Spanish rice. All the best,

Mother-in-laws old arbor swing was falling apart. purchased a new Cypress bench and built a pressure treated Arbor frame. whole thing came in under $700 cost. new pre-built arbor frames were over $1,110 by them selves with 2x4 construction no less..

I made a turducken from scratch - ONCE! Never again!

Pardon the mess, but this is what I ended up doing to incorporate my KK’s

Thanks @tekobo and @tony b, arm wasn’t broken thankfully but banged it up pretty good. A few more days hopefully and I’ll be all good 🤞. Definitely looking forward to a great summer and years of enjoyment with my KK. Although, @tekobo the neighbors have politely asked that I keep my clothes on!