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First time out with the FB Pulse wireless probe. So far so good, tomorrow it will be Super Bowl chili 😁

Winters are long and with it comes episodes of down time that lead you to look for alternatives in your food prep. That said, it all boils down to, "I got tooo much time on my hands". So as the story goes I bought what is better known as in the BBQ world of Weber products a piece called the vortex. It's a conical cylinder like holder for charcoal, and it's use was developed to assist and aid in cooking by allowing you to position your fire in different ways. It's a fire basket so to say, you can move around to meet your needs. I thought about this and how it applies to chicken wings in a Weber, a good idea, but I thought again and looked at the possibility as to how it would perform in my 23 KK. Here we are, front row and your about to see through the magic of pictures how it all unfolded. Starting with wings marinated, fired up, set up, and cooked up. 45-50 mins later @ 460 degrees with no flip because I was lazy and just wanted one side pretty this is what we got. Try as you might adjusting the knobs on your computer or reaching into your screen to get one, it ain't gonna happen. Now I just know some of you out there are saying I got a 32 it's a 23 the numbers are only reversed, nah too fat brother...your not a club member, 23's only. Accompanied with a quick veggie parm that was almost rivaling them wings. All I can say is, "eat your heart out or make your own."

Kinda like a basket splitter just for the middle.

Attractive piece of meat

Fine, be that way. But I can do this with my 32 😁 😂

Clearence and positioning Toney. I used the circular SS disc Dennis gave us as a base to sit on the handles of the fire basket then I laid two bricks down on top. Directly on top of the bricks I had a 13 1/4" grate from a tiny cooker, this I centered/laid on the bricks while centering everything in the middle area. This vortec was 13" in diameter with no bottom, it's open on top and bottom. I positioned the vortex unit on top of this grate, the grate holds the charcoal in not allowing anything to fall through between the bricks. This whole assembly once complete gave approx a 1/4' clearence from the top KK grate once in position. Now if I placed the vortex on our lower KK grate and then placed the top grate on it was just off by an 1/8" and wobbled a bit on the vortex. I didn't like it, so I came up with this and it was perfect. I pulled out the lower vent gate a little for good air flow and opened the top pretty wide too, it all settled in around 460 for a long ride and stayed there throughout the duration. I peeked a couple of times, but took 45-50 mins for a 205 internal. This is the way to go, and the advantage of doing it in the KK is even better because you know how good/moist it is in our KK's. Set it and forget it, best wings I've had...no brag, just fact.

Like @tony b, I took the opportunity of unseasonably temperate weather yesterday to use the KK23 for some baby back ribs. Nothing unusual, just my normal recipe. Plated with bbq beans and slaw, sauce on the side: A good Groundhog Day.