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This is a little photo heavy - it was a heavy day! Possibly over catered with food and alcohol! the shoulder ready to go on the beer selection finally found an excuse to open the double magnum I bought my Wife for her birthday last year: that’s only way I could chill it! beans ready to go shoulder all done and pulled happy with my spread! lunch is served we probably didn’t need to crack this: it was a Long day!

Cooking skinless chicken breast, planked in half, marinated in jamacan jerk. Using new warming grate on my 19.5

Tile Trivia - How many tiles on KK Grills? We use two different sizes of tiles 25mm and 28mm square. We actually weigh the tiles in grams and then weigh the buckets of sorted tiles to get accurate volumes to start on a grill 19TT 28mm square = 1,792 pcs 19 Lil Isla 25mm square = 2,476 pcs 19 Lil Isla 28mm square = 2,129 pcs 21 Supreme 25mm square = 3,249 pcs 21 Supreme 28mm square = 2,823 pcs 22 TT 25mm square = 2,744 pcs 22 TT 28mm square = 2,332 pcs 23 Ultimate 25mm square = 3,350 pcs 23 Ultimate 28mm square = 2,816 pcs 32 Big Bad 25mm square = 4,523 pcs 32 Big Bad 28mm square = 4,038 pcs 42 Serious Big Bad 25mm square = 5,229 pcs 42 Serious Big Bad 28mm square = 4,628 pcs

We have air! So I have taken apart the pump and had a look on the inside; I was wrong about the compressor, it is a basic AC bellows style pump. It’s pretty crude but it works (see video); interesting design from an engineering point of view but it does actuate and there are not holes in the bellows. My next concern was the kinking in the outlet tubes. I had already removed the bellows assembly by now so I knew they were capable of pushing air. Next I removed the t-piece and manually used the bellows and found the were working. Next - virtual CFD as I call it at work: I blew into the tubes and found there was no possible flow through the Long line. I took the t piece completely off and found that there was a manufacturing defect in the t piece: flash where the two pins meet in the mold (tool maintained not well would be my Guess: getting pins to blank off like this). So I drilled out the flash and presto: it pumps air now! so you don’t get curious and open one up: I have included photos and a video (note it runs off mains so don’t open it and risk 240/120 v shock!) 7B4AAEEE-A3B4-4FE9-BD1F-5AFBC7FC0826.MOV

Creamy Dill Chicken. I decided to run the wood fired oven differently today. Normally I run the fire on the left side and cook on the right side. Today I ran the fire in the back and cooked in the front towards the door. For cooks like this it gives you a bit more temperature control. If you need more heat push the pan farther inside towards the fire. Less heat pull it out towards the front.  I started with a loaf of bread. Not my best but not bad just the same.   I pan seared 2 semi flattened chicken breasts in a carbon steel pan. You can just barely see the foiled carrots in there to the left.  After I pulled the chicken I cooked down some onions and tomatoes. There is the new carrots now uncovered.   Once the onions and tomatoes were ready I added the creamy Dill sauce and let it cook down a bit (at around 450* it didn't take long). A really crappy money shot (very disappointed with this picture), but it tasted awesome. 

Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

Cooked up some nice pork ribs with a pineapple dusting. .they fell apart... Next up the bacon gave it some pineapple rub lol seem to have a lot of this but I reckon it tastes so great..on it goes.over apple wood..looking good..and sliced..I ate some and vacuumed sealed the rest..scored this upright static freezer from work it has coil shelves for even cooling .finally have more freezer space than my bottom draw on the fridge..Bacon in the freezer..now that I have freezer space I can put my cusiant ice cream maker to work .choc chip peppermint. ..put it in the freezer. And before tony asks I was thinking about throwing some pineapple head in but forgot I reckon it would of topped it of .Next time lol. Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

That thing should be on railroad tracks.

Ha, that has a hard time even going forward. [emoji4]

It's a commercial freezer the coils alow for even cooling which is kewl. https://www.bromic.com/refrigeration/bromic-solid-door-freezer-300l.html. these go close to two grand new .I scored this one for $150.00 from my work plus they let me use a truck to get it home .it's in great Nick . Plus I got to test it the condenser runs smoothly and it passes the electrical test the only thing I need to do is replace the LCD temp gauge that has blown hence the thermometer Outback Kamado Bar and Grill

I posted what I was up to just now, and see you enjoy “accidentally” opening that one extra bottle also (why they are always TOP shelf is beyond me - such a waste!). I am surprised how functional I am today to be honest - I must have eaten just enough and drunk a heap of water at some point. Or I may just still be drunk! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice score on that freezer! I've never seen one with cooling coils in each shelf like that! Bet it freezes that ice cream in nothing flat!

Hi @DennisLinkletter or somebody else who knows the right way to use the smoke accessory, i ordered one on Monday, it arrived on Friday:how good is that (maybe not so exciting if you live in the US). I searched the forums and couldn’t find any info on tips and tricks for this thing. anyway, I set it up how I thought it should work and I don’t think I got it right as it didn’t really smoke! It would start out ok but then go out. Fortunately I was looking for a light smoke and am using some coffee lump so that should be enough for my cook so nothing lost. I’ll post the cook up later when it is done. so this is what I am looking for: 1) when assembling the unit, does the tube that goes into to the kk have the grill facing up or down inside the chip canister 2) what’s the lighting technique? Do you light some wood (or charcoal) and drop it in and then top the canister up after? Or do you put wood in and then drop some lit wood or charcoal on TOP? 3) how much wood to start? Do you just TOP up as it goes (ignore uppercase TOP - Apple loves doing this, I have no idea how to stop it) 4) should you let it burn for a bit with the lid off to get it going? 5) on the pump - recommended setting? 6) note I have the newer version of the kk with the port for this thing, that was straight forward to put together but if this is an instruction set it would be great to add it here. I was running the kk at 225, is the setup different at any other temps. if somebody can give me some detailed descriptions, I’ll take a photo or video next time I use it and post them here. Thanks in advance: the thing is awesome I just need to know how to use it right!

Hear ya, Bruce. My old side-by-side in the kitchen didn't have hardly any actual freezer space after the ice maker took up 1/3 of that side, so I went out a long time ago and got a cheap chest freezer for the basement. That's my stash for when I hit up Costco or when my local supermarket has a good sale on meats. It was a great investment coupled with the Food Saver.

That’s pretty cool Aussie or I guess I should say that’s pretty frozen. I’d like to have one of those my refrigerator freezer is stuffed with stuff lol

Very nice. That should be a useful accessory.

Now that everything is cold again I have had a closer look at things. The pump isn't pumping! The motor is running but no air - so not matter what technique or wood I would have used it never would have worked with no air going in. Fortunately I have designed portable oxygen concentrators before so know a thing or two about compressors: I will open it up and see what is going on (hopefully the compressor isn't connected to the tubes properly). Worst case I suspect it is a diaphragm pump which can fail early (the diaphragms can get holes if molded incorrectly or with cheap materials). If the compressor is buggered: I luckily have one or two compressors sitting in a cupboard I can use instead but will have to back it off considerably as it is overkill for pumping a bit of air! If there is something weird on the inside I will post some pictures up on how to fix things. The product isn't made by Dennis and yields cannot be expected to be 100% from his suppliers (although I am sure he wish they were!); if this pump is faulty it is not a reflection on the high quality stuff coming out of Indonesia: I am just unlucky! Hopefully I can fix it, if not I can use a compressor I have or go buy a fish pump.

Nice looking dinner and what a beer selection, I would gladly drink some of them.

That bread is looking just fine, CK as does everything else.

So what were you up to last evening?? Confession time!!

I hear yah about the money shot. My last posted cook was a real sloppy plate. But, as you said, it's the taste that counts at the end of the day!

1st posted use of the new half grate. Yahoo! I just received mine for my 23, but haven't gotten to use it yet.

Lately I've been filing the tube and lighting through the side holes and yes, I do have to watch it and make sure it doesn't go out. Something that I thought helped was to make sure the fuel you use is dry, so I've put mine in the microwave to make sure it's dry BUT be careful with that as it can go on fire. You don't want to ruin your microwave, maybe I should put the fuel in the dehydrator that would be a lot safer.

Looks like your are all set for some gooood eating for a little while, Aussie.

The main tube should be angled towards the KK. I have only ever used pellets and I've never had a problem. I lite it in the side holes with a MAPP torch. Although you would think the going through the lit pellets adds a bunch of oxygen, it really doesn't as the burning pellets uses up most of the available oxygen going in from the air pump.

Yeah, this thing is kinda tricky. I have often struggled keeping it lit, too. I finally bailed out of using wood chips and went to pellets like those used in pellet smokers. I seem to have better success with those. I'll try and answer a few of your other questions as best as I can. 1) The small tube that the air flows through, the opening (you have a later version with the grate) should be facing down, so it doesn't get clogged with ashes, as the chips/pellets burn. 2) I tried the lit piece of charcoal, but found that it does works so well, at least for me. I just fill the tube with the pellets and blast the side air holes with my MAPP torch until I get good smoke production going. 3) & 4) I fill it up from the get go. see #2 above and put the lid on. 5) I was an early buyer, before Dennis started supplying the air pumps, so I bought one at the local pet store. So mine only has one speed/setting, there's no adjustment. I tried putting a flow valve in the outlet tube, but it didn't work very well. I don't change how I set this up based upon the smoking temperatures. I normally am doing cold smoking, with no fire inside the KK. Search the Forum, as both Dennis and some members have posted videos of the smoker.

@DennisLinkletter Dennis, your absolutely right, there’s a lot of storage room here, but then again, it’s not only about storage, it’s also having the option firing this beast up to 750 degrees withn 20 - 30 min. for a fast cook, Problem is, I’m still short on time, i don’t even have the time to cook my self. But I just took my wife out to dinner in Germany’s best restaurant, Vendome, 3 michelin * here some images 1. dish: Veal Heart 2. dish. . Squids: 3.dish, Langostinos 4. dish, : walley 5. dish: pork. 6. dish: Guinea fowl 7. dish rhubarb sushi 8. dish. Coffee and chocolate amazing dinner!