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!

Did Turtle PM with an additional order? His post says 8 boxes' date=' but the tally looks like you have him at 15?[/quote']

Sorry for the confusion. Yes I did a PM but won't break the rules again!

15 is correct.

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 also found it on ebay' date=' before there was a forum.[/quote']

Ditto here!

The search goes on...

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

Re: I see a Stoker!

Works great! I used to have a Guru...like the Stoker better. Since I'm a geek I have it connected to my network and I can monitor my cooks from work!!

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

I will post the final product tomorrow!!!

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?

.. the wife wanted to take a shower first (imagine that, the female of the species delaying a departure )

So with some spare time on my hands, got on the net and started reading....

...after reading a few hours worth of posts..

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???

A bit of an interesting story about the silicone plugs I thought worth sharing ...

So there you go, no silicone was harmed in the production of your polder port plugs, but I did have to rough up some charcoal - hehe.

-=Jasen=-

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!

How is the rottis as far as the set up an clean up.

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.

That was just a reference to the BS post by the "other" kamado.

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I'm paranoid about things I would eat a meal off of 3-4 times a week at least. Just looking for that confirmation given this is a newer cooker, manufactured overseas using material used in kilns.

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

top didn't look like it had been changed other than materials..

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.

The 2nd question more related to ceramic cookers such as BGE, Primo, etc.

...(this is SO not about the asbestos / exploding claim). ...

they start talking about "alumina", exotic materials used in kiln refractory materials, and having no testing done to see if food safe.

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.

i have to agree...quality of life is just as important as the longevity! Grilling my food is an acceptable risk in my opinion

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..

I'll be off line during the next 24 or so hours it takes for me to get back to the States. I'm back to celebrate my Grand fathers 95th Birth day..

Congratulations to your Grand Father! Q must be good for you.

Have a great time! Just to clarify' date=' are you flying to the US or are you flying to California? We on the Atlantic generally consider those two to be mutually exclusive [/quote']

Since Dennis was born and raised in southern California that should go a long way for something. And I lived in Santa Barbara back in the 80s. That was before I even had a pass port and they let me come and go as I pleased.

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!

We kind of operate on the "Big sky, needle in a haystack theory" I've never heard of a collision between a foot launched aircraft (hang or paraglider) and a GA plane. I've had small planes come within a few thousand feet of me, and have heard and read some close call stories, but in general it's a pretty remote chance. Of course we have to respect restricted airspace & obey air law, as we operate under FAR103 (for the moment anyway) Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mtns. offers some outstanding paragliding. In the fall, when cloudbase goes to the moon, we are regularly thermaling to 14000-16000', and on the good days to to 18 grand. Carrying a small O2 bottle on the super high cloudbase days, but since I live at 5200' and hike & mtn. bike at 10,000 quite a bit, I go to 14-14500 on my glider without O2. Here are a couple of more shots from the DR from the 2006 competition.

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.

Umm....I think he meant the aircraft carrier, USS Kitty Hawk.

But I dig where you're coming from Turtle. I'm way into UNpowered flight, having been flying paragliders for about 7 years. It's pretty amazing how far things have progressed both in powered and unpowered flight.

Here's a shot I took in Feb. of this year, flying in a comp in the Dominican Republic. That a good friend of mine out ahead of me. We are in route on a 30 mile triangle flight, most of it at or near cloudbase. Awesome day.

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.