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Tony, by “my library†do you mean directly from your computer? The picture you’re posting is 106 KB, not 2.5 MB. Maybe you could double check the size of the picture on your computer.

I think I figured out the issue. It may be that the photos that you are uploading are too big for the KK forum to handle. I don’t have any insight into how eBay works, but I’m sure that eBay has good software on their end that can accept a large picture and scale it down for displaying in an auction listing. The fact that you can upload photos to eBay, but not to the KK forum regardless of which computer you use indicates that it’s not a problem on your end. I just did an experiment. I tried to upload a full resolution picture off of my camera that was 5.6 MB and 4896 x 3264 pixels big. I tried both the advanced uploader and the basic uploader, and neither one worked. I’m using a Mac. I then took my photo and downsized it to 1200 x 800 pixels, which brought it down to 0.46 MB (461 KB), and it uploaded without problems. You don’t say what kind of camera you have, but I bet the photos you have are at least 2-3 MB. Try taking one of your photos, make a copy of it, and use your computer to downsize the resolution of the copy of your photo so that the photo is about 0.5 MB (500KB). Someone else will have to guide you through that process, since I don’t use Windows. But I’m sure there’s a utility program that came with your computer that will be able to do this. Then try to upload the smaller picture and see if that works.

I’m adding this picture of the 23†Ultimate that’s on its way to me as a test. Seems to work fine. Here are the steps that I used: 1. First, click on the “More Reply Options†button at the lower right corner of the “Reply to this topic†box. The “Reply to this topic†box is quick and easy, but you can’t easily add a picture from it. 2. Under “Attach Filesâ€, click the “Choose File†button. This will bring up a box where you can choose a photo from your computer to upload. Once you select your picture, click the “Choose†button. 3. Here’s where it gets a little tricky. Even though you’ve chosen your picture, you haven’t really uploaded it yet. Now you have to click the “Attach This File†button to put the picture into your post. 4. And you’re still not done yet. A little box will appear above the “Attach Files†area with a thumbnail of your picture. To the right it will say “Add to Postâ€. Click on that and something like [attachment=2172:23-ultimate-olive-and-gold-pebble-b-4870h-e-1408344600.jpg] will show up in the text box where you type. This is the code for the picture so it shows up nicely in the middle of the text. Hope this makes sense, and is of some help.

What happens when you try to post a picture? Where does the process break down?

Looks great! On a tangent: I’m assuming that your homemade frites are deep fried. If so, how do you go about deep frying? That’s something that I’m reluctant to do at home, because of the mess and corralling the oil.

Welcome! If you have time, post a picture of your BB 32. I love seeing pictures of KK grills in their home environments, and I’m sure others here would be, too. One question out of curiosity: is it easy or hard to find the same cuts of meat suitable for barbecue in Japan that are available here in the U.S.? I’m Chinese, and I’m relatively sure that in China it’s not hard at all to buy pork at the grocery store, but buying a pork butt might be another issue, since using a whole pork butt doesn’t really come up in any Chinese dish that I’m familiar with. Likewise, there are some Chinese dishes that call for pork ribs, but the ribs are prepared much differently by the butcher than the pork ribs used for baby back ribs.

Is there any issue with doing the heat soak without the grills and heat deflector? That way you could do the heat soak, then add wood where you want it after the heat soak is done, and then put the heat deflector and grills in place. I’ve seen a good number of kamado demonstration videos where the guy doing the cook did exactly that. The heat deflector and grills would also have to come up to temperature, but compared to the mass of the Komodo Kamado itself, I would think that this is a relatively minor issue.

Oh, NICE!

Thanks, BigLazy23! You should know that your posts helped me make my decision. Although I’m not sure what kind of dog is going to match my grill.

Ouch. I'm really sorry to hear that. Keep us posted, and I hope you get your grill soon.

When I was typing this post, I tried out Ferrari, Maserati, McLaren, AMG, BMW, and a few others. I just happen to like Audis.

This one. Olive and gold pebble. Thanks for pointing me towards your writeup. I remember reading it a while ago while looking into getting a Komodo Kamado grill. I can afford to be patient. One of the reasons I wound up going with ordering a grill from Dennis is that I had placed an order for a Kamado Joe Big Joe back in mid-June after my old grill finally died. Apparently Kamado Joe is having a hard time fulfilling orders this year (which is a good problem for them to have), and after most of the summer passed, I still didn’t have a good idea as to when I would be getting the Big Joe. One of their major online sellers lists the Big Joe as shipping in 4-6 weeks now. The waiting period gave me a lot of time to look into and think about other options and to ask questions, and ultimately I decided to cancel my order for the Big Joe and place an order for the KK 23†Ultimate. So the time it will take to get the KK 23†Ultimate to get to me will be a drop in the bucket. Have fun with your grill today! If you get a chance, take pictures and post a report. I’m sure I’ll be able to use the information when mine comes.

Hi everyone, I placed an order for a 23†Ultimate this week, which will be my first kamado grill. It’s on the way to the US, after which it needs to make its way to central NJ. My guess is that it will get to me in early October, right around my birthday. Although I didn’t really plan it this way, this will make a nice birthday present. I’m really excited about putting the 23†Ultimate to use. I’ve had a lot of experience grilling throughout my life using your typical round Weber charcoal grill and various inexpensive gas grills, including the one that just died on me after 10 years of faithful service. I imagine this will be like going from driving a Kia (no disrespect to my old grill) straight to an Audi. Now I just have to wait.