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I'm thinking the spring will dissipate enough heat where I won't need a glove. Who wants to wear a glove?

See the last comment by LVLasertech here, http://www.instructables.com/you/backtalk/?action=reply&commentId=CR4T1Z5FXK69YX4 Oh jeez!

Hi All, My draft door handle burned out so I thought I'd pimp my friend who is a welder to manufacture something that may work better. I have to go to work so haven't mounted it yet and tried it so not sure how well it will work. Any thoughts? Here is a pic,

Looks great! Welcome to the club.

There is another forum member that has had a great deal of difficulty dealing with Rock. His has never worked right and customer service is non existent. He has it in a box and not even using it. Too bad-thats an expensive paperweight. I have had nothing but success with BBQGuru and used them for years. Maybe he'll chime in and tell his story.

Hi All, I've always used lump but have been getting tired of paying $1lb for the stuff. I even tried to get a deal on it by buying it by the pallet but no such luck. Apparently not much mark up in it. Anyway, I was in Trader Joe's today and noticed they had hardwood briquettes. A bag was $6 or so and was 18lbs. I tried it tonight and it was pretty good stuff and burned a long time. No strange flavors or any other weirdness. Not too sure how much ash was produced though, the cooker was too hot. I used it for grilling but will stick with lump for the low and slows. Give it a try. For $6 or so its not a bad deal. Joe

Re: Dr. Slade

Ha ha. Yeah I saw that. I was very careful about controlling the ooze. Trouble with JB Weld is that it takes forever to cure so if there is a hole or a leak somewhere, you'll know it. I'm going to send him an email and see how his repair is holding up. I remember he did that years ago. I filled mine in with the black grout and its almost imperceptible

I think its fair to say that most patients prefer applanation for pressure checks rather than non contact. Its more comfortable and more accurate. Michael, I managed two refractive surgery centers for years before switching careers. Worked with many MD's in my time. Participated in the Staar phakic IOL study (before they changed the name to ICL, more palatable to the patient) and several other studies including B&L wavefront LASIK studies. Its been five years since I left so much has probably changed although when I left the technology stalled. Glad I changed careers though. With the recession not much disposable income for elective surgery. Steve Slade still practicing in Houston?

Ahhh! Good thinking. I'll check my kit. I know I have one for a 40cal might be one bigger in there. Update-I only had a 40cal brush for my handgun and it fit perfect. Thanks for the idea!

I'll give it a go. I may order some of these tube brushes but not sure the correct size http://www.torringtonbrushes.com/stainl ... ushes.aspx I was thinking 7/16"

That was my thought. Lots of ash down there. I tried PAM but it didn't work and that's canola oil with a high smoke point. One thing I notice with my new cooker is that the latest gen firebox really gets the draft door area HOT! Maybe cause it's larger and closer to the door. Any ideas what to use to clean the draft door tubes? I looked all over for a wire pipe brush that would fit but couldn't find one.

OK I just had a mental image of that had literally laughed out loud. That was funny. Too bad for the food though.

HI All, I thought I read somewhere that the draft door works better if the prongs attached to it are cut shorter. Mine doesn't slide freely especially when hot. Any ideas? Thanks, Joe

My wife gave me a black eye for grabbing her bark

I want to leave a reply to this guys comment but I'll refrain Anyone want to go over for some raw BBQ at his house http://www.instructables.com/id/SKWTHOV ... IBFXA2OIFY

Well the shipping company didn't damage it but someone else who put it back on the crate. Shipping company was quite gingerly with it. That said the insurance route wasn't

Hi All, This is a bit of a story so hang on. I sent Dennis an Email letting him know I needed another cooker for the fourth of July weekend (this was June 29th). I was having a PARTY! Dennis said the only one he could get me in time was the black one used on the Today show. It needed to be shipped to Michigan and this one was on the east coast. All of the west coast models would have taken too long to get here. Dennis let me know it had been cooked on a few times by Chris Lilly. I'm thinking what do I care if its been cooked on. Its a great cooker touched by and eaten off by celebrities for crying out loud So I gave Dennis the go ahead and he said he'd ship it out. Two days later its at the terminal in Michigan. UPS can't get a letter to me in two days let alone a 600lb BBQ. I was excited so I left work early rounded up 4 friends and went to pick it up. As usual moving this beast was a challenge. My friends and I (who by the way HATE when I get a new K) are quite adept at moving these bad boys. We heaved it off the pick up truck and set it on the driveway. I removed the shrink wrap and checked out the cooker through the crate. I noticed that the KomodoKamado name plate was shifted and the grout was broken around the nameplate. I thought to myself, "this isn't good" and as I suspected it wasn't. Once the cooker was removed from the crate I noticed that the bolts that hold the nameplate/latch assembly had been torn apart from the cooker. It was clear that someone had tried to use the handle to lift the cooker onto the pallet. A note to those who aren't familiar with moving Komodo's - DON'T USE THE HANDLE TO LIFT THE COOKER. It is not designed to lift 600lbs. I spoke to Dennis and he assured me that its an easy fix and the structural integrity of the cooker had not been compromised. Dennis also said that he'd be happy to send me a new cooker if that's what I wanted but I'd have to pay the difference in price for it. Since the cooker had been "used" he gave me a solid deal on it so I thought that was fair. I wrestled with the idea for a few hours and decided since my wife's job was a victim of the economy and crating the cooker back up wasn't my idea of fun, I'd give the repair a try. Dennis said that if it didn't work I could swap it out so really what did I have to lose? I broke out the tools and got medieval on the cooker. I ground out all the loose bits of refractory material, blew out all the dust and mixed up a decent amount of JB Weld. I then clamped the faceplate in place, secured the bolts making sure they were straight and poured the JB weld in the hole. Dennis sent me some refractory material but I was impatient and couldn't wait The JB is good for 500f and has a high shear strength so I was pretty confident it would work. Also if it didn't, I knew the refractory material was coming and could easily grind it out and start again. 24 hours later I removed the clamps and tape, resecured the latch and closed the lid. SHAZAM! It worked like a champ! I've been cooking on it for the last week and it's tip top! I just need to smooth some of the grout material over the JB and no one will ever know. So what's my point? My point is this. I called Dennis, the owner of the company, who managed to get me a cooker delivered in 2 days. While it was damaged, through NO fault of his own, he offered to take it back no questions asked and send a different cooker. Please remember that shipping these things to and from would cost almost $1K that would have come directly out of his pocket. Furthermore, he shipped the repair materials worldwide express which took three days (that's express from the other side of the globe) which I'm sure wasn't cheap. Lastly he always responded to my emails which is very important. So what appeared to be something big turned out to be something very easy to fix and more of an aesthetic repair. Thanks Dennis for getting me squared away and sticking by your customers! Its truly appreciated! A picture of my new black beast in action!

Check it out. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to- ... -and-slow/ I tried to include as many pics of the K as possible

Very nice. Looks like a Ruth Chris ad

Hi, I submitted my pulled pork tutorial on instructables.com Hopefully someone here can benefit. Enjoy. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-pulled-pork-A-classic-low-and-slow/ Joe

Its been going for 12 hours and then the problem suddenly popped up. It was heat soaked I moved the probe around and its withing 10 degrees now. Maybe a combo of probe placement with a TelTru that was a little out of calibration made the problem appear worse than it was. Thanks! PS these butts with the bone take a long time.

HI All, I'm doing 25lbs of butts right now and my guru is showing a temp of 255f while my Teltru was showing dome temps of 300f. This was a big discrepancy so I tried moving my guru probe around and it still measures the same. I tried a new TelTru and it too measures close to 300f and this one I calibrated. using boiling water and confirmed it with my Thermapen so I know its right. My feeling is my Guru probe is faulty somehow so what should the dome temps be if I want 250 at the grill? I am also using the upper rack so I'm wondering if I should just keep the dome temp at 250 and not worry what the lower rack temp is. I don't want to overcook the top butt. Thanks, Joe

I'm doing some butts tomorrow so I'll start taking pics

Thanks! They were really delicious. The picture shows a strip loin I cut in half and the steak in the background is a head roast I cut from a whole tenderloin. Both were phenomenal. I usually get the K to 800f, sear the steaks on each side (sorry, no times since it varies with steak thickness) and then drop the temp down to 500 or so and let the heat penetrate to cook the interior. I use the top grill, not the sear grill.