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Cooked a tandoori marinated lamb leg yesterday, served with mint raita, garlic naan and mango chutney, such a tasty meal! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is my roti cook! Dennis suggested a loaf pan fits on the basket splitter deck! I have two cast iron loaf pans by Lodge that worked beautifully for this. Roasted brussel sprouts and cubed taters. Bird was dry brined and seasoned with Herbs de Provence blend. I used Blues Hog lump and preheated for 90 minutes as I had some grocery shopping to do before I was ready to put the bird on. Used a combustion wireless thermometer and was super pleased with how the signal was not blocked by the Kamado. It utterly fails in my metal cookers and so this a real triumph! Lit from the top this time by dumping hot coals from a chimney and I am pretty sure i got longer burn time than previous cook with this same charcoal. There is nothing like the Komodo roti!! I think I prefer the spit to the basket based on ease of cleanup alone. i am getting closer to those long burn times with everyone's help. Thanks again to the wonderful people here for your timely suggestions 🔥🔥🔥

First Pulled Pork of the year 😊 I prepared the meat, my wife the coleslaw and buns. Delicious:)

Very nice. Love lamb. Love tandoori. 1 + 1 = Yummy!

@CaptMorg82 yeah buddy!! I just got my first box of cocochar today from amazon. I will try it and then hit you up to go in on a charcoal order if I can’t be without it! Thanks so much for suggesting it! @jeffshoaf sounds like you have some really fun cookers. Would love to see a pic of your live fire set up 🤗🔥🔥. It sounds like I need to try lighting from the top. I appreciate the suggestion. I dont have a fan controller so I will do this first and see how far i get. @David Chang ha!! If only I could get my hands on that enchanted charcoal of yours 😎😉!! What an incredible run!! I have noticed the basket in the TT’s to be bigger relative to grate size than the 23 which has a round basket. I have 1.8 cf volume. Good to know you also light from the bottom. Although we seem to be in the minority. @wrandyr i just got my box of cocochar and it IS wrapped in plastic 😁. The box is half the size of the 20# bags of lump I have been using so its very dense. At a burn rate of 0.5#/hr this will get me 20 hours for sure combined with lighting from the top. I may get a looflighter! I also have a few bags of the char logs and will try those and compare. I’ve begun to weigh how much charcoal i use and how long it goes - will report back once i have data compiled. @tekobo very good to hear that the moisture isn’t affecting your stored charcoal. Do you love the coffee lump? I am going to experiment with lighting and possibly close the lid earlier. It’s possible i am overshooting and its affecting my burn time. @jonj thanks for linking your cook!! I will try this lighting method with keeping the lid closed and lighting from the top! No fan controller yet for me. @MacKenzie thanks for the update and extra detail about the lid. So nice to include the photos, they make it very clear. Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and the additional specificity on lighting!!! ☺️😀🔥🔥🔥 I have a chicken to roti tonight and will do the brisket next weekend. I will post pics!!

Holler at me if you make it to Iowa!

I just started curing this tonight in vac seal. my second attempt at charcuterie. first attempt at curing beef longer than what pastrami takes.. i'm expecting about 1 week cure, 2 months dry, maybe another 2 months in the bag...i dunno lets hope nothing goes wrong... recipe here.

Great story on change of heart. I am in a similar position. I started Gozney, then Big Joe…. And so on until I came across a KK. now I’m tossing up do I go a Gozney for pizza and a KK or just the KK. KK already a big step up so doubling triples my initial planned investment. Anyway, enough about me. now you have your KK, how has your experience been?

I have been planning on writing this review for the past two years I just have never been able to make the time. I’m not big on writing reviews but I decided I would go ahead and do that now I’m thinking about it. I have been thinking about getting a Komodo probably for the past three years, and once I decided to build a pool and a new outdoor area I figured this was the time to make the investment. Like most people I reached out to Dennis and he was very responsive yen answering all my questions and trying to figure out what works best for the area I was putting together. One part of the conversation that was especially notable was when I told him what the design of my outdoor area looked like and how I had to make space for a 42 inch gas grill. He laughed and asked what I wanted the gas grill for, ‘are you going to be storing stuff in there?’ And I remember thinking well that’s arrogant or someone who is very confident in his product. Delivery went smoothly as can be expected, the grill is super heavy as you all know, installation in my outdoor area was a massive undertaking with a platform being designed to accommodate the weight. So two years in what’s my conclusion? Boy what a waste of money. Specifically what a waste of $7000 for my 42 inch Alfresco gas grill. I probably use the gas grill once every 50 or 60 times I go outside to grill. In fact I’m fairly certain the last time I use the gas grill, coronavirus wasn’t even a thing. I think I would have probably been much happier with a much smaller gas grill for resale purposes, and the largest Komodo I could fit in my space. so what do I use my gas grill for you may wonder? The pictures tell the story and I’m not even making this up……….. sigh.…… Merry Christmas everyone.