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Nanuk, when I got my first kamado style cooker, I found the biggest challenge was around stabilizing a fire at the desired temp. What you will find, is that in a kamado, fire gains inertia. If you are targeting 225 degrees for a cook, you have to start closing the vents or slowing down the inertia 50 or so degrees below your target. If you wait until you get to 225, you will blow through your target temp and get too hot. Another aspect of this is the size of the fire. For low and slow, I light one area of the lump. For higher temp cooks, I light multiple spots. If you light too much charcoal, your fire will be too big to maintain lower temps. Wait time is generally a matter of your personal preference. I pay more attention to this when going low and slow to ensure the grill has stabilized around my target temp. When cooking hot, I only heat soak the grill when I want radiant heat from the dome of the grill (e.g. pizza, chicken).

Only gets worse.

Gesundheit! ðŸ˜

Wow! What a great looking paella

Nice cook poochie

Welcome Bowser

Gorgeous!

Excellent cook Wilbur!

Outstanding

Awesome! Great looking tiles.

What color are you thinking?

Love to see a picture

Nicely done Pooch!

Lookin good

I just spit out my drink. ðŸ˜

Grillus Interruptus. That stinks. I'll congratulate you on Monday.

Looking good with the new KK.

Belated welcome Rak. You will reach terminal velocity soon.

All of the grills vary in how much solvent is left. The secret is to ramp up slowly. If you let the temp get away from you, that is when bad things can happen. I had bubbling in several places, but no tiles lifting. Being very experienced with Kamados, this will be a snap for you.

I'm hearing the Bee Gees. Sah-weet disco ball.

Simple and delicious. Great look at those tiles too.

Don't fret Bosco. I would dump the rear door if I was having Dennis build one. I pull the front door open to ramp fast. Sounds like Syzygies is only opening the back door, not both due to it being the easier of the two. All good. And they look great.

Gnomatic, I have a Terra Blue that I love, but have actually seen Autumn Nebula up close as well. That was my first choice and I subsequently, changed to TB while they were on the water. The AN was shipped to me by mistake. It was really pretty, but it depends on the look that you are going for. In the end, I decided that if I was going to buy a really big, tiled grill, I wanted it to stand out rather than blend into our outdoor kitchen. I don't know how you have held out so long. I've found that once you start sniffing around the site, the fever gets terminal pretty quickly. Sooooooo, I will save you some time. Yes, it is a lot to pay for a cooker. And no, you won't regret it for a second once you get it.

Excellent!

Massive meat coma! Nice bosco