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Excellent results - looks very tasty.

You hit a home run with this all around. Never tried zucchini flowers. Seen them on a few different cooking reality shows and have always wanted to try. Most excellent post.

Chicken pie sounds great - I vote chicken pie.

I just don't understand the original question. There has only been 1 or 2 weekends over the last couple of years that I didn't kamado cook. .............................................................. For the non smart ass answer - I know I'm cooking (for the Guru pepper challenge) The Backyard Bistro Watermelon Crawl. That is all I have planned but I'm sure I'll come up with a few more things.

Really nice looking KK. A closeup look at the tiles/pebbles and they look awesome. Nice looking work area and deck too. After getting the right truck looks like she slid right onto the deck. Congratulations, now we are all expecting some seriously awesome cooks and pictures from you

What a really great looking chicken. The biggest down fall of me getting the 16.5" KK was no rotisserie option.

Sort of makes you wish you ripped the label off and didn't tell them what was in the boxes. I've heard of this before but always felt the can't ship charcoal was really stupid especially when boxed in consumer quantity. There are plenty of hazardous materials that get shipped as non-hazmat when shipped in consumer quantities.

Can't wait to see the outcome. Although I keep trying, I have yet to cook a brisket that I felt was top notch. Really great trimming job.

Ouch

Nice chicken cook. The orange glaze sounds fantastic.

Nice burger cook. Yea it looks so clean and pretty on the inside. Enjoy that look while you can, it won't last long.

This has opened my eyes up to rabbit. Since I have a reasonably priced source I'm going to do a few more, different, Elmer Fudd cooks to see what I can do with it. Droolicious for sure.

Mrs skreef wanted to thank everyone for the sentiments, she has not been able to logon for the last couple of nights but I read her all the replies. She had fun with this one - we don't cook with a lot of hot peppers so coming up with something to enter has been a challenge. This was a last minute idea as we were heading to the grocery store - inspiration from the Internet helped. Just yesterday I finally decided on what I am going to enter and will present it this weekend - the month is running out. Neither of us even thought about the possible consequences of coring and cutting the habanero peppers. Glad she didn't rub her eyes afterward.

All I will say is you better put your big boy panties on if you want to eat one of these flowers - LOL

Very nice comparison. Which version did your guests like best?

Really nice looking Backyard. Pool is awesome.

Very nice indeed. 2 lonely chicken sausages - LOL

He finally got a Wabbit but it took him so long he lost a lot of street cred. To build up his cred he served it as street Tacos. Brined for a few hours. Out of the brine. Oiled down and seasoned. Lightly caramelized Vidalia onions and sweet peppers. Seared the Wabbit. Deglazed the pan with red wine. Then added everything back in. On the kamado at 270* for 4 hours. Here it is so tender it fell apart when I removed it from the pan. Dinner was served. Tortillas, Spanish rice, pulled Wabbit, wine reduction, dip filling, onions and peppers. This was a tribute cook to my Mom. She grew up in the depression. They were so poor my Grand Dad raised rabbits so they had meat on the table. I've never eaten rabbit before much less cooked one. Mrs skreef had eaten rabbit before and suggested a braise. I took that idea and ran with it for street tacos. This was a totally awesome cook. It may have been my first Wabbit but it won't be the last. I finally found a reasonably priced butcher that not only stocks the standard meats but also some different cuts. We'll be going there every week.

This is the cook Mrs skreef submitted for the Guru pepper challenge. ..................................... I finnally decided on a pepper entry. It wasnt easy to decide but..I love spring and summer for continuous blooming of flowers, so why not a bouquet of Peppers with their vibrant colors. Kamado grilled Baby bell and habanero pepper flowers with asparagus stems. Planted in brown sugar dirt with serrano pepper grass. A cool side dip of cream cheese and ranch dressing. Prep work. Roasted peppers for their individual beauty. Ready to build the flowers. Grass and dirt. The challenge money shot.

Rain ain't going to hurt the KK. You and your carpenter might get a little wet but the KK won't care. Looking forward to the big day rainey pictures.

That's an interesting idea. With my setup you could possibly use smaller chunks then close down the airflow. It would probably take a little trial and error to figure out the exact right time to shut down for optimum ready to use smoke wood. Might give this idea a try one day.

After making around 6 batches of homemade lump I would say maybe yes or maybe no. In the process if you get a really complete burn off you have lump with almost no smoke profile. A slightly less than complete burn off and your lump will give you a nice smoke profile depending on the wood you used. The problem is regulating how complete your burn off is. Mainly your trying for the most complete burn off you can get so all your wood turns to lump. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Only 40 miles away - yay. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Nice rotisserie cook. Looks delicious.

I accidentally left my torch at my sister's house while on vacation. For the past few days I've been using cotton balls and alcohol. Although they work, I miss my MAPP torch. It's just easier. My sister is going to pop the torch head in the mail. Hopefully it's on its way. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk