Zorro

I have a BB-Q Guru with the 10 CFM fan mounted on a 3 year old OTB Supreme. I noticed that the charcoal on the opposite side of the grill gets hotter than the side closest to the fan location. Has anyone else experienced this and what did you do to fix this problem. I basically use my KK for grilling and rotisserie cooking. My problem is in Colorado at 9,700 feet elevation so the addition of forcing air into the grill helps a lot. If I just open the dampers up, I get uniform ignition of the charcoal--but it takes at least 2 1/2 hours to get the thing lit good. That doesn't work so well at a vacation home when there is a lot of activity and a lot of spontaneous cooking without a lot of planning. I always light the charcoal with 2 of the modified Harbor Freight torches that we saw on this web site. (In Colorado, Mapp Gas gets it going a lot faster than regular propane.) I have thought about putting some sort of deflector in front of the fan to disperse the air current inside the lower chamber. Any suggestions? Zorro

Breckenridge, Colorado 3 year old 23" OTB Supreme, BBQ-Guru, Rotisserie, Gas (970) 453-4033. Here 'till Mid April, 2009 then gone back to Wichita, Kansas. Back again late June 2009 until late October, 2009.

Glass Black Gen 2.2 Ultimate OTB BQ-Guru & Rotisserie.(316) 634-2739 Gone to Colorado till mid April, 2009 & again Mid June till October, 2009 Zorro

Dennis, Those are some great looking tiles! Zorro

Everyone is supposedn to seal their KK every so often. I just sealed mine after two seasons and hated the idea of using a paint brush to go over the many joints. Instead, I bought a $2.49 spray bottle and sprayed the sealer over the entire bar-b-q. It went really fast. BUT, I hated the way the once shiney tiles looked with a smudgy film all over. The solution to that--I used a new dry Scotch guard spunge like it was sand paper and it cleaned off the film leaving the grout joints sealed and the tiles like new. I don't know if this would damage the tiles but from the way it looks, I don't think so. If there is a better way to seal the joints in a reasonable amout of time without harming the tile surface, I would love to hear from you! Zorro

My wife said YOU WHAT? HOW MUCH? Actually, we talked about it a lot. It's a lot of fun and pretty lickety split too! Zorro

EZ-Que dirive shaft problems Hi Dennis, I am having the same trouble as everyone else keeping the square drive shaft in place on my EZ-Que with the 110v motor upgrade. I sort of have it fixed now with the shaft collar I bought after I saw it posted in the forum. I was also having trouble getting the basket itself to stay in place inside the KK Supreme. For now I have also fixed this problem with the shaft collar on the basket shaft to keep it from going into the socket too far. I think that the motot drive shaft is too short by about 3/4" and the motor bracket does flex quite a bit with something heavy in the EZ-Que. When you get a permanent solution available, please sign me too! Zorro

Dennis, I think 7' tall it too tall! I used to be in the packaged concrete business. We only packaged our bags about 3'-4' high on the pallet. At 7', you will likely have some boxes collapse or some truck will turn sharply and tip a pallet over no matter how carefully you put it on the pallet. Unfortunately, if you make the pallet too short, the trucker will probably stack the pallets making the problem even worse. I know charcoal is a lot lighter than concrete but 7' provides a pretty high center of gravity. Why don't you do an experiment to see what is the ideal height that provides some high degree of confidence in the shipping industries ability to deliver a pallet undamaged! Zorro

Welcome back Thanks Dennis--and welcome back. I will definietly take a smaller pallet unless someone shows up and wants a lot. I can't take delivery until I get back to Wichita this fall but I am willing to pay now to hold it. Let me know if that works for you. I know it costs money to store stuff in a warehouse. The pictures of the place you stayed in Bali were incredible. I will show my wife Lisa--she loves exotic trips and I would love to take her. We are coming to LA by car leaving Thursday to get our house in Los Feliz ready to sell. I do appreciate your concern about my little acorn nut problem. If you come up with an easy solution, great, otherwise don't sweat it. The thing cooks great and looks as good as it cooks! Thanks, Tom Ritchie

It was a little lopsided--but it didn't come loose and tasted great. The skin wasn't as crispy as aI would have liked it so I will turn up the heat maybe 30 degrees. It is a little tricky cooking things at 9,600 ft elevation and I haven't mastered it completely. Zorro

Here is the ideal setup for rotisserie chicken. BBQ Guru ProCom4, EZQ, (a gin & tonic and good cigar not pictured). Pit temperature set at 320 degrees F. At room temperature, the chicken was rubbed with EVOO, salt, pepper, soy sauce, marjoram, garlic powder, Paul Prudhommes "Poultry Magic", and Lowry's seasoned salt. Do it all on a shallow baking pan because all of this stuff will drip off the chicken. Put the chicken in the EZQ on into the KK. Then mix up what dripped into the baking pan (add more spices if you want) and drizzle it over the rotating chicken shortly after you put it into the KK--not later. I added one small mesquite chunk previously soaked in water to give the chicken a teriffic smoked flavor. It cooked for slightly more than an hour. Exact time depends on starting temperature and size of chicken. Let it rest for about 10 minutes uncovered before carving. YUM! (even if I do say so myself) By the way, this is Colorado--not senic Wichita! Zorro

Johnnyboy's Burkka Cover The embroidered "eyes" were digitized from a photo and then a machine stitched it up. My next one for Wichita will have blue eyes. If someone wants one of these, I can probably get it. (Hopefully you would be williing to help defray a small portion of my $100 extra cost to have the photo digitized). Anyway, I can't remember what the company charged for the embroidery but whatever my cost is will be yours. I left Johnnyboy's cover with them and they attached it. (I don't know if it was embroidered directly on the cover.) I suspect they made the eyes then attached them to the cover. Zorro

Here is one of Johnnyboy's OTB covers with "Eyes" added to freak out my friends before they get close enough to really see it. This cover is extremely well made and has seen two winters outside at 9,600 feet elevation--it still looks great. Johnnyboy makes great covers! Zorro

Wichita, Kansas or Breckenridge, Colorado (Prefer Wichita unless you want a lot of the pallet. I will be in Breckenridge most of the summer & fall from about July 20th through late September.) Zorro

OK, I'll take a pallet. Zorro

Hi Dennis, Sounds like you have been run around a few extra miles on the way to the finish line. Sign me up for at least 8 boxes--4 for Wichita and 4 for Breckenridge! Have a great 4th of July. Zorro

I noticed that some of the pages on the forum can be sorted by date. It would be nice if all of them could be sorted by date. There are probably several other ways to sort the postings that would be useful as well. Not being handy with web site management means I don't know how dificult it would be. Zorro

I can't wait! I know mine (Black Beauty??) is in the crate several days ago. I didn't even know what new features the Gen 2.2 had. I am thrilled and sure hope it gets here soon. I just hate cooking on the big steel gasser. Zorro

Hi, Three things to try. 1) Cook the crust for a few minutes before putting any toppings on it. Be sure to use a fork to pierce the crust all over to let the moisture escape before you put it in the oven. Pop any large air bubbles that appear during this stage. Don't get the crust too done! 2) If you use pizza sauce, put some of the cheese on the crust before you put the sauce on it (ie--put the sauce on the cheese instead of the crust). 3) Go easy on the toppings--most people (including me) often put too much using the "more is better" theory. That usually makes the pizza soggy. Good luck! Zorro

Hi!!! I made one of these useing 3/8" SS tubing available in small lots from "online metal supply", I had some small diameter high voltage wire with silicone rubber insulation from left over from another project--it burns with flame but works really good with fiberglass sleeve available from in minimum lengths of 5 feet from "Soller composites". The ignighter wire insert into ignighter hole in the handle was a brass rod a little too big to fit so I stuck a piece into my drill press and turned it down to a snug fit then bent it so it was far enough away from the SS tub extension for the flame thrower nozzel. The hard part was brazing the guide tubes for the ignighter wire to the main gas line. Bending the SS tubing was a breeze with a $10 bender available from many sources on Ebay. (You can grease the sliding portion to make it bend easier but it isn't necessary) The high voltage wire soldered easily to both the ignighter element furnished with the Harbor freight handle burner tip and the manufactured one from the brass rod that I got from Ace hardware but you have to have a very soft solder and a plenty hot soldering iron. I have made one for the Wichita KK Gen II on order and can finish the second one for my KK in Colorado once Harbor freight sends me the two back ordered ones. (The last one is to light my wood fired pizza oven--it will be a little funky with a long low snout to light logs in the middle. DJ's tool works great, it doesn't cost too much and it lights wood and charcoal real quick without a lot of items to deal with. Sorry for no pictures. Last sunday a week ago, lightning took out my phone system, security system, 2 internet routers, blew a 5" hole in the inside of my great room wall (no outside damage visible), blew out my theater power amplifier, welded the LMBs to my satellite dish, fried 2 satellite receivers, ruined a wine room cooler and now I can't talk to my gate from my computer to let my friends in or use the steam generator in my shower. Who knows what else I can find to get up to my $10,000 deductable insurance limit? This has been a rotten week and I don't feel like taking a picture yet. Other than that, life is grand! I certainly hope yours was better--but DJ's gadget is world class for lighting our KK's. Zorro

Hi Tucker I Have to go back to Colorado to do that! After July 5 you will see the magnificent Johnyboy cover (enhanced by local Wichita embroiders who put Burkka eyes on it). I will take a photo of it (it's pretty neat and the cover itself is perfect). We bought the Breckenridge house in November 2007 (and we still own another house there) and have spent our time moving in. Sorry we are late with the picturers. We get back there after JUly 5th, 2008. Zorro

Me Too!!

We too are happy campers! We have a multi $000's Viking gasser that has melted its gas ignighter 2 times at our Wichita home and a Lynx gasser at our Breckenridge, CO vacation home that we have never used because it sits in the shadow of our Kk OTB Supreme. (The gasser is for emergencies only.) We have just ordered a Gen2 Ultimate for Wichita--BRING IT ON!! We have never experienced the kind of attention to detail and product improvement recomendations from users actually executed like Dennis Linkletter! We have all the resources to get the best of good stuff and we suppose there is a price where we would say that this is no longer a good value. The Komodo Kamado is absolutely the best value (and product) out there if you like to grill/bar-b-q/smoke. Please Dennis--deliver our Gen2 Ultimate soon. We're hungry (and I'm wasting away and practically a Zombie anyway compared to what I read in the press about Americans) Don't waste your time or money buying anything other than a Komodo Kamado--period!!!!!! Zorro

How about making up an online ordering form with an automaticly generated response that lets us know for sure that someone actually received it--or at least will when they get in a place to read messages sent over the internet? I have sent 2 emails to place an order for my 2nd KK and a week after sending the second one, I still haven't received an acknowlegement that I am in line. I know there is a price list on the web site but there doesn't seem to be a rcognizable proceedure for placing an order. The KK is an absolutely fabulous product but it is made 1/2 way around the world and there often seems to be a lag between the time a message is sent and the response. I wouldn't trade the KK I have now or the genuine concern of Dennis for continual improvement of his product and customer satisfaction--but I sure would like it to be simpler to place an order!! Zorro

Hi Jasen, Is there any special tool needed to bend the SS tubing so the gas still goes through? If so, where do I find it? I know how to do the rest of the project but I don't want to crimp the middle of the tube when I turn the corner! (Boy I hate this keyboard!!!) Thanks! Zorro