Turtle

I am a longtime happy camper with my KK, and as all of you KK owners and voyeurs know, there is nothing built as good as a KK. Just received my free spring upgrade in the mail . Can you believe it... a free spring. The baby could be put in a museum it is made so well. Also purchased a 3/8" upper grill and am absolutely amazed at the welds. Again museum quality. It seems that Dennis only hires people who have the same passion he has for making distinguished grills. Yes they are worth every penny!

Re: Sirloin tip roast = Jerky and roast beef Wow! Both of those recipes look wonderful. I am inspired and will have to try them!

Eight more Count me in for eight boxes if they are still available! Turtle

Thank you, Firemonkey. Your new avatar is classy. Have enjoyed catching up and seeing all the great work Dennis is doing. I see that continuous innovations and superior customer service is still the norm!

Re: Komodo Kamado, the one turtles recommend most.

I find that Lowe's or HomeDeopt usually have Cowboy Lump.

Re: I see a Stoker! Pretty kkool!

I see a Stoker! That is a nice lookin' cooker, and looks great in contrast to that plush grass! How do you like the Stoker? The Stoker looks like a well built machine and I wondered if it controls the temp real well?

Re: First Kook has begun Not likely.. you'll be too busy eating. Pics on Saturday (bets?) Love the pics and congrats on your new cooker!

Re: How ya'll are? Y'all have a big hot water heater. Long showers are expensive. So her shower was a blessing (no pun intended).. and entitles you to spend extra dough too.. for the KK upgrade. Won't read about anyone who is not satisfied with their KK or the company!

You'll be impressed Congrats on your new cookers. You won't have any regrets!

Re: Charcoal Plugs??? Wow! I'll never look at my plugs the same. Too bad you don't work for NASA, they need some of that passion for precision and testing.

Re: Great lookin birds! Soaked them in hot water /added sugar soap (laundry sink) for an hour and all the gunk came off easily. Still took me about 15 minutes to clean (since I took all the clamps and screws off (first cook still in the protective phase)) . Was a LOT easier than I thought it would be since all the grease and smoke stains came off just like that It looks like new again Thanks for the feedback! It gives me a lot of hope since I have a rottis on the way. I hope sugar soap isn't what made it all come off.

Great lookin birds! Those make my mouth water. How is the rottis as far as the set up an clean up. Some folks have seemed to think it wasn't worth the extra work. But it appears the rottis is a great way to cook the birds. Especially when we get to gawk!

BS post... I get it. You're paranoid? You ain't seen nothing. I live in Florida the lighting capital of the Western Hemisphere, the home of Alligator Alley, and the roost of the most aggressive rat with wings, aka. the seagull. I'm so paranoid I can't leave my house during the day for fear of being struck by lightning. I refuse to live within 3 miles of water because I might loose a limb to the gators, and I won't walk the streets at night without a big umbrella to shield my hair from the seagull droppings. I don't know if Dennis uses alumina in his KK or not, but if he does it appears that it is a very common ingredient in ceramics. http://ceramic-materials.com The ceramic-materials website also has "hazards of alumina dust" but it seems all the "hazards" are in relation to snorting powdered alumina dust for 20-30 years (sorta like breathing coal dust for 30 years like a coal miner). I imagine that snorting powdered portland cement dust would have adverse effects much sooner. Below is a study by the European Food Safety Authority that concluded it was safe to use Alumina as a filter for drinking water to filter out too much fluoride. http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/af ... oride.html

Big, wide, loose, threads The threads on the KK are loose and extremely robust stainless steel. Fat wide threads that have some play in them. Until you cook a few times the top is almost too loose. Haven't heard about exploding claims. And don't have anything to report about being poisoned. My KK has fed lots of people lots of man-size BBQ platters with bibs and all. But the only thing exploding (and maybe toxic) is Bubba's bean dip, and deviled eggs washed down with hot beer.

I have had my low and slow fire go out on two different cooks during the night. Maybe it was because I didn't stack the lump all nice and pretty according to the sizes of each piece (I just pour it out of the bag and let chance take over, rather than the "minion method" of artful pyres.) With the Guru, and something other than Cowboy, my temp will stick +/- one degree for over twenty four hours.

Grilling does appear to be dangerous. Ya know.. Cavemen used to grill their food, and the population of Cavemen is pretty low now days. Doesn't that prove their point? I mean how many Cavemen have you seen, besides the one on Geico commercials?

Re: I'm out the Door on my way to San Fransisco.. Congratulations to your Grand Father! Q must be good for you.

Yumm! The food looks great and I like how you cooked so many things. I'm learning about grill space and charcoal management from the pros. And thanks for the tip on brine. I have done chicken breasts with brine and can't believe how juicy they are (even after I freeze them and microwave the snot out of them three weeks later!) Can't wait to what it does to ribs!

My hats off to you! That is some real seat of the pants flying. I'm too faint of heart to go above 10' AGL without TCAS.

DOH! The boat! Those are some cool pics. 30 miles!! How do you stay clear of the Cesnas? I used to instruct in gliders (the hard wing, glass windshield variety) and we would ride mountain wave to 12,000 (No O2.) That was back before I really knew how many general aviation planes are out there.