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Friends round for lunch today. So I knocked out my favourite type of steak- Bistecca Fiorentina. Two dry aged giants, 1kg each. Served with no kneed bread, and various salads. Hamburgers sausages and chicken satay for the kids. Everyone happy.

That piggy has been with me for at least 71 years. I have an old photo of me in a diaper on a kitchen counter, having apparently climbed up there to get the piggy.

First tri-tip of the season. Also the first run of my fancy new Thermoworks RFX. Always knew Thermoworks would produce a Meater™️ alternative, and when they did it would blow everything else away. RFX can be used during sear, frying, etc. Keeping the probe in during sear is sweeeeet. Smoke indirect over low (225) heat until 110 internal, then sear to about 120. Perfect medium rare. Oh and…the tri-tip was awesome too.

Simple dinner last night: pork tenderloin with jerk spice, roasted carrots with brown sugar & honey glaze, mashed potatoes, and a 2012 DuMOL pinot noir.

Well Braindoc they're pruning the orchards about now getting ready for spring and for $80.00 I bought this crate of apple wood. Mind you now this wood is green (fresh off the tree) and a fork truck had to put it in the bed of my truck. Here's some pics to give you an idea of the quantity vs pre bagged. Now if I was to use this as chunks in the KK you could say it's pretty close to a lifetime supply. Earlier this week I bought seasoned limbs enough to fill a cardboard orange crate for $20, that'll tide me over until I cut these into smaller pieces for seasoning. Where there's a will, there's a way.

His cousin Arnold enjoys being out in my yard !!!!

Nope! Ziffel is alive & well on top of my PC!

Kind of cruel making the piggy watch you eat that 🫣

I'm a new owner with less than 4 months driving this beautiful 32BB beast and I am desperate need of advice from those with much more experience. Yesterday I cooked 3 lots of beef ribs with a smoked mac and cheese, each set of ribs was around 1.5kg (3.3 pounds). While the whole meal was delicious and all who ate went back for seconds I was confused with the cook and was hoping it would have been moister. I started the cook gradually bringing the cooker up to temp to make sure I didn't overshoot the temp and put the meat on when the lid thermometer showed around 110c (230f). This temp started to climb gradually so I closed the top & bottom gradually to keep the temps in what I thought was the right range. Things were going well and about 4 hours in the meat was at 74c (230f) and we wrapped each in butcher's paper and put them back in the bbq. This is when things got a little confusing for me. For the next 3 hours the meat temperature actually went down a few degrees, see meater graph shown. I played a little with the temp to kick it past the crutch but it just didn't respond. At around the 7 hour mark I wrapped the meat in foil over the butcher's paper and pushed the temp to 150c (230f) and the meat quickly continued to cook to the desired temp about an hour later. As I said the meat was delicious but was hoping it would have been moister. I am concerned the long cook may have dried it out too much. My questions are: Has anyone else experienced 3 hours of stall in their cooking of beef ribs? Should I have wrapped the meat in paper and foil earlier? When doing ribs in the weber kettle I used to double wrap and add beer and butter to keep it moist. I thought with KK's this was not required. Do you wrap and add beer/butter? Is there anything else I should have done here? Please share your wisdom so I can improve.

Woo, Hoo! We hit 74F yesterday (this is after 4" of snow last Friday!), so off to the grill we go! Tonight it's Pork Wings. Done @ 250F (w/Guru - I went out to the brewery for a cold one to celebrate while the wings smoked), indirect, hickory & apple chunks in the smoker pot, smoked for 4 hours. Plated with yellow rice (Sazon Tropical) and sauteed green beans.

I think his conversion of C° to F° is wonky. I believe he wrapped them at 165°F and pulled them at 208°F (according to the graph). Pushing the KK up to 300°F for the last hour, then pulling the ribs at 208°F with the resulting carry-over temp from the 300° cook probably contributed to the dryness he mentions.

Don't wait, every car has a trunk brother and a back seat....it's just down the street

Maybe my wife will let me get a pickup so I can cruise Rhode Island looking for orchards pruning their trees.

Next week! Will be in the low 70s. Today is snowing and the wind is blowing up to 50 mph. Not a good day to grill out!

Please don't tell me you slaughter the flying pigs !!!! 🥴

Yes, I have used it with the Billows, although Billows requires either using the 12V. power adapter or the ThermoWorks battery bank (I use this). The control cable from Billows plugs into the RFX Gateway and the power side plugs into one of the aforementioned power sources. To attach the Billows to the KK, use the ThermoWorks Universal Mounting Kit which fits exactly into the KK Guru port. https://www.thermoworks.com/billows-mounting-kit/

I’m sorry but the post is confusing. If you brought the ribs to 230f then they wouldn’t be too moist. I typically cook an 8 to 10 pound rack at 240 until internal team reaches 165f then wrap in butcher paper. Continue on until internal temp reaches 200 and take the ribs off. Leave the ribs in the paper and wrap in foil and then a towel and place that in a cooler for a couple hours to rest. How long it takes to get to 165f varies, they are all different but I would expect a 10 pound rack to take 6 hours then an additional 3 hours after wrapping. But anywhere from 8 to 10 hours is typical.

Very happy with the RFX. Meaters on the shelf.

Geeez, seems like I cooked that ages ago Dennis. If memory serves me right I believe it was a Top Round, nothing special about the cut an ordinary piece, however they sometime talk to you as you pass by at the market, give them a second glance and your walking down the aisle with em. A cut from my family youth, it's revived on occasion to remember a simpler past. Prepared correctly, it's a fine Sunday dinner

@Tyrus, I read through your post again this morning. Having not yet had breakfast, it made me hungry for a pastrami sandwich (why not?). Once again, great cook!

That homemade pastrami looks incredible! The week-long prep and precise temperature control really paid off. A good vacuum sealer, like the promax or introvac vacuum sealer, could come in handy for brining, keeping all those flavors locked in while saving space in the fridge. Definitely inspiring me to try making my own!