We had a public holiday here today/ and had old friends over for lunch.
7kg brisket, cooked for 11.5hrs, 4hr rest. Meat church holy cow.
Plenty of sides- smashed roast potatoes, no-kneed bread, coleslaw, espresso BBQ sauce, horseradish cream, spicy smoked salsa. Very happy guests, and very happy me!
It was a large pot, about 4 gallons. I give an amount away, but fortunately, gumbo freezes beautifully, itβs actually better after frozen. Itβs a tradition in this part of the world, one Iβm proud to be a part of. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
No, I just make an appropriate fire, no splitter. I do own two charcoal baskets, which facilitates saving extruded coconut fuel in place, swapping in other charcoal for e.g. a pizza or bread cook. I store the other basket on a "box store" terra cotta plant saucer.
I bet you nailed it. Used fogo yellow bag. Nice large pieces. Was not distributed very well on my part. Fire burns front to back, did not account for that. Thanks,
Reverse seared ribeyes at 450β° topped with chanterelles simmered in a garlic butter sauce. Steamed and grilled the corn and broccolini on the Napoleon grill at medium heat for about 15 minutes. Pulled the ribeye off the lower grate at 128β° internal temp and it's perfection. YUMMM!
This weeks local crop share had an abundance of fresh fall related items that went well in my KK slow cooker. Adding all the ingredients into a deep tray along side a marinated tender chuck roast all wrapped in foil and time prepared a hearty tasty meal.
Long time 23" Ultimate owner. I've experimented with many approaches to "radiant heat". I wouldn't double the basket splitter.
I'm a big fan of the 23" ULTIMATE DOUBLE BOTTOM DRIP PAN. It makes a great heat deflector, and an easy to clean drip pan when lined with foil. (Some people use the drippings for gravy, where the double bottom helps prevent scorching.)
I use it as a heat deflector for pizza. Using any ceramic cooker as a pizza oven, one needs to confront the "heat from the bottom" effect. Wood-fired dome pizza ovens don't work this way. The best deflector helps here.
Long ago, I'd get several years at a time out of a giant unglazed plant saucer (no lead risk) lined with foil. Again, leave several inches around the outside.
The real art to radiant heat is to time the fire's arc. Cook on the return from "low earth orbit" when the fire is waning but the dome remembers.