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Woo hoo! Our Mexican neighbour helped with making the tortillas. I think her expectations were low and this Al Pastor recipe far, far exceeded her and her husband's expectations. Hurrah for @Troble. I made fish tacos to start, followed by Al Pastor and then finished with pineapple and ginger sorbet. I was touched by the fact that she has not been able to get to Mexico for a while (looking after sick old dog) and so was super happy to have the taste of Mexico brought to her. And her husband loved rolling the meat in the fat that accumulated in the bottom of the pan.

Boneless leg of lamb on the rotisserie, Mediterranean salad, dirty rice, pita

Cheeseburgers and corn on the cob

Chicken tacos al pastor last night, with home made corn tortillas. This one’s a firm favourite with the family. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Salt, pepper, Butter, olive oil, garlic, lemon chicken

Finally a chance to smoke Beef Plate Ribs. These are insanely rich and flavorful. Did these @ 275 for about 7 hrs. Kept smoke generator going most of the cook with Hickory chunks and coffe chunks .

Last night I got out two frozen chooks that my Italian butcher had spatchcocked and deboned for me. Per another post on this forum, I tried dusting one of the chickens with baking powder to see if the skin came out crispy. Heat soaked the 32 to 250C and cooked the chickens on the top grate. IMG_0175.MOV That fat came out of the chickens. Soooo delicious. The chicken on the right was the one with the dusting of baking powder. It came out a little browner but no real discernable difference in skin crispiness. I also cooked dessert on the KKs. Roasted strawberries with sugar and black pepper followed by a few drops of rose water at the end. Then I cooked some chocolate fondant Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their KK cooked dinner! P.S. The starter was not KK cooked but it is worth a mention. Sous vide cooked octopus legs, compressed in a meat press for making ham, cooled and then sliced to make octopus carpaccio. Game changingly delicious with a drizzle of good olive oil.

Memorial Day brisket(s)

The weather here has been miserable for more than 2 weeks, no sun, just rain, wind and cold. I don't care I'm lighting my KK anyway.

Another great fish meal on the Kamado. I live in the Rochester. my area and we went out on a friends boat last night in Lake Ontario , had some great conversations and caught some steelhead and salmon. Today I cooked a steelhead filet that I brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with sea salt and fresh ground pepper, as well as B T Leigh’s Something for Spring Asian rub on cast iron at 400°. My wife made lemon artichoke pasta as a side. Both were wonderful. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

My lady friend asked for a turkey sandwich the other day

Yesterday I decided it was time to do some pork ribs. Lit the KK and shortly there after unexpected company arrived. In all the commotion I forgot about checking the KK temp. It was 425F and time was wasting. I needed to get the ribs on so they'd be done before bedtime. I put the ribs on and shut dome vents down to almost closed. By the time 5 hours had pasted the temp was now about 225F. We all know the last thing one wants to do is overheat a KK, it takes forever to get the temp down. I was dreading opening the KK. Surprise my ribs weren't burnt to a crisp. There's still hope for a nice dinner. I will admit the ribs were a little dry but the KK flavour more than made up for that. Plated with a baked potatoe with taragon, butternut squash and the first radish of the season.

Here's a smoked/rotisserie chicken over a pan of beans. We gave it a cajun style dry rub and basted it with a cajun-bacon compound butter towards the end of the cook. Also made a tangy jalapeño slaw and cornbread. Everything came out great but the beans (pinto & black) with the drippings, bacon, poblanos, coffee, etc. sort of stole the show. I used the heat deflector as a shelf for the pan to keep it off the direct heat.

I honestly LOVE Aron Franklins process 50/50 course cracked pepper and kosher salt. Not going to lie I like a little blackening seasoning and cayenne also. Cook at 275F for 7-8 hrs no wrapping to really keep the Bark intact . Did these a couple weekends ago just melted like butter in your mouth . Used the big double bottom drip tray with beer and rosemary to protect from direct heat. Oh forgot chilled them in the freezer to cool em down and cold smoked em for 2 hrs (Hickory/Pecan) the day before thats the 2nd picture with no seasoning .

Now that I’m getting settled and have succumbed into my obsession, here’s a some picks of my cooks. I’m cooking 3-4 times a week and everything has blown me and everyone else away with the outcome. Thanks everyone for your encouragement, advise, and support! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

One of my favourite meals to cook on the KK is paella. Especially since moving to our new house, which has an induction cooktop. Steel paella pans are never perfectly flat, so induction cooking is a pain. And then there is the mess. Cooking a paella outdoors, over fire, is one of life’s great pleasures. And that’s all traditional paella was- a rice dish cooked over fire in a pan. Having spent some time in Valencia, I’m well versed in traditional paella- and often make a traditional inspired dish with chicken, green beans and sliced Roma tomatoes. At other times- I go maximalist. Tonight, with my parents visiting from interstate, was maximalist. Chorizo, chicken thighs, baby calamari, prawns and mussels with Roma tomato, saffron, spicy smoked and sweet pimenton, fresh rosemary from the garden and green beans on top. My friends always complain that I say that each iteration of a dish was the best ever. They have a point. Nevertheless this was the best paella ever- smoky, spicy, redolent of the aromas of fresh seafood and herbs, the bitter crunch of the soccsrat from the bottom of the pan. Sharpened up with a healthy squeeze of fresh lemon over the top. Heaven.

Brown sugar & maple syrup glazed bone in pork chop with duck fat and truffle salt air fryer potatoes and roasted carrots

Prepping for Super Bowl tonight. We are in Italy and our friend is going to open his bar so we can watch the game from 00:30 tonight. I will be introducing the Italians to Franks Hot sauce and blue cheese dressing. Not brave enough to try to get my KK 16 down in the lift and down the road to the bar and so we will be using their professional oven. Here is what 5kg of wings, neatly prepared by our local butcher, look like. Dry marinade applied, now waiting in the fridge. Fly Eagles Fly!

This must be the year for Christmas Rib Roast. Smoked (apple & cherry) a smaller (4 pound trimmed) boneless rib roast this year at 200°F, then seared for 7 minutes total at 450°F. Covered and held until it reached 128°F. Served with farm-style green beans, three cheese potatoes, and a 2008 Spottswoode Cabernet.

Merry Christmas. Santa delivered two primes, a 9.5 and 8.5lb so both were cooked on the 23 KK. The first on the 24th without a sear but cooked at a variable temp, the second with a sear on the 25th. Both tasty, and were festive meals for all, each a bit different but easy work when finished on a KK.

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It had been awhile since i did beef ribs, but i was going to my sisters for diner I figured it was time for some. And a little steak just to be sure we had enough food lol

I First steaks on the 32”, prime ribeyes, SPG, seared at 700. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A nice weekend to make some chicken 😁

Sunday dinner consisting of 1/2 split turkey with two cod wrapped medley seafood stuffed pieces, fresh butternut squash, mashed potatoe, asparagus, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Two wines, a German reisling and a Georgian red. A beautiful New England day, one possibly the last for sitting out to enjoy as fall takes hold of the temperature..

ribs today on a lovely Fall day…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

wife and I just returned from Paris where we had some incredible meals. A 1 star, a 2 star & two 3 star Michelin restaurants in a week Lots of seafood, some duck, pigeon but I had a hankering for a cut of steak all week so tonight I made Tri-tip, air fyed potatoes in duck fat with truffle salt & asparagus

A little salmon. A little zucchini. Got to love all the cooking area on the SBB42. It always comes in handy.

came out great on the KK ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You will have to trust me on this one, it did taste goooood. I used 2 lbs of Bison very lean ground meat and made 1 meatloaf and with the leftovers made to large meatballs.

happy sunday folks..

3-day salt brine got "very" deep into the roast, then hit with black pepper, garlic, thyme and rosemary overnight. Smoke time was roughly 4.5 hours at 225 degrees (6lbs) over hickory (buried) and cherry and then seared, came out wonderful!😊

Sunday dinner. Pickled schrimp as a starter, main course Sirloin steak, home fries, broccoli, spaghetti squash, garden fresh tomatoes in a light greek, with peach, blackberry cobbler for dessert cooked with coals in the Lodge dutch oven.

I managed to use up half of this 22kg squash (galeux d'Eysines variety) for my New Year's party vegan dish When I piled it all into my double bottomed pan in the 32, I started to regret not having bought a 42. Luckily it all cooked down nicely and, with the addition of some cooked grains and romesco sauce, it was a real hit on the night. Meat eaters found solace in this pork paella, cooked in my greenhouse to stay out of the wind. And yes, @tony b, there was soccarat!

Spinning a chook.

I started by dry brining the four steaks that I cut from a Picahna that I bought from Costco on Friday. My cook used a half basket of charcoal, cranked the heat up to about 400 and started the cook on the indirect side until it reached an internal temperature of about 110-115 degrees. Then I moved them over to the hot side and finished cooking to get a nice sear and render the fat cap. Target eating temperature was about 130 for a nice medium rare.

Decided to do a batch of chicken drumsticks today, rain or not!

We had Thanksgiving early, so i cooked up a small Butterball, the skin rendered out nicely if i do say so myself 🤣 And bread of course, one extra tangy sourdough and one cranberry cinnamon honey sourdough. I also made a caraway seed rye not pictured. And Cranberry walnut loaf.

Finally mobile enough after breaking my leg to venture into the backyard… have spent the last 3 days tidying the front yard and backyard. Our house no longer looks abandoned! Unsurprisingly am completely shattered with exhaustion- but did manage to fire up the KK for a nice mixed grill tonight… corn, vege basket with potato, sweet potato, broccoli and asparagus, beef sausages, chicken satay skewers, marinated lamb ‘lollipops’ and a couple of eye fillet steaks. A big hit with the family after a long hiatus!

Tri tip cooked like a brisket, coffee cardamom rub. Cooked to 203, no wrap, rested about an hour. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

SRF steaks last night Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All rain yesterday so cooking was done in the house, but not today !!!! The key lime pie was from yesterday 😁

I did some beef burgers for dinner this evening. It was a nice change, homemade buns, the works.

Made a book case for a friend. Walnut w/ hardwax oil finish.

Whole pork shoulder, 21 pounds. I need it done in the next hour so i just wrapped and will hope for the best, it was probing nice and tender so it should be good. Cherry habanero BBQ sauce just prior to wrapping. I wont bother with FTC, i'll just leave it wrapped in foil with a single towel over it in a cardboard box. That will be good enough for a two and a half hour rest. In total a 21 hour cook at 225, i did bump it to 235 for this last hour wrapped, and the peppers did find their way into the foil with the pork lol And as usual two loafs of bread, this is the sun dried tomato/parmesan/garlic and herb sourdough

Always been curious about these so I finally took the plunge-and glad I did!!!😲 Smoked at 200 degrees for 3 hours over hickory and oak using CocoChar (only charcoal I ever use in my KK) then bumped up to 275 to finish off, total cook time was 5 hours (no wrap)...Great bark and "very" tasty, these are SO easy to do-WILL DO AGAIN!!!👍😊

Last weekends turkey was so tasty I was asked to make another 😁 and a tomato basil mozzarella pie to go with it. I can not take credit for the pie lol

get well soon @remi some kfc spiced chicken and grilling chicken bones for tare sauce. my old tare became a biohazard of mold. i guess i need to start freezing it instead of just putting in the fridge.