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Never needs sealing.. It's an outdoor industrial insulation and very durable.. You can hit it with a hammer and not chip it off.. It's elastomeric enough that you can spray it on copper sheet, fold in in half open it up and it's fine.. At high temps you can put your fingernail into it like a hot tire..

It's been in a garage safe and sound.. It's been in a garage safe and sound..

This is an older mixup.. I sent this Supreme Classic to a customer who had changed his mind and wanted an OTB. He had already opened and trashed the crate and this has been stranded in his driveway.. I lost his contact information and just heard from him.. Pick up only.. First $1080 OBO Save $640

In the last 2 months or so word has gotten out that I helped some of RJ's customers with spare parts. Since then I've shipped fireboxes, charcoal baskets, grills, draft door assemblies and damper tops. I feel for these semi stranded KAmado customers and I've been happy to help. Problem is that I have no staff in the States, my brother helps out but just can't deal with this new demand for little stuff.. As you know we are small boutique company who build a small volume of very high quality cookers.. By choice, I personally handle all correspondences with my customers.. I have two companies and two children and not enough time and energy to handle RJ's customer service shortfalls. So I'm going to have to apologize and tell you that I have chosen to no longer handle these requests. Life is short and I need to prioritize and focus these days. . My family, KOmodo and Hand Hewn Floors customers have to come first... It also just delays your getting a precision cooking machine! Thank you for your understanding on this issue. Dennis PS If anyone knows where people are reading that I'm selling K7 supplies please add a post that I no longer can do this..

Digital World.. Is there a way to tell which I have? I know it has the new grout, but I'm not sure about the lip. I'll have to go thru my production manager's notes... but she's in Germany on holidays. I obviously pay her too much. I think you might have the new lip but not the new grill spacing.. But don't stress.. The lip you have is still great. I just wanted zero tolerance and you can't get that from hand made. As you know we now live in a digital world, so I had to go digital for the new Gen 2.2 lip

The Gen 2.2 has it all! It does look that way but it's still on the right. It must be late afternoon light shining through the front door.. I always use a tripod and the timer to take low light shots in the factory.. But the door is higher and wider (so ash won't pull out with the burner), thicker metal in the door plate and there is a SS burner support that sits in holes in the floor and takes the weight off the burner door rods.. Oops more unannounced 2.2 features! Most have now been sold.. the Gen II's without the new grout/insulation have been reduced and if you look there are new build classifications. The Gen 2.1 has the new grout/insulation. The Gen 2.18 has the new lip and the new grout/insulation but not the new firebox. The Gen 2.2 has it all! So from this announcement on.. upgrades will appear as different numbers just like software and there will be a chart showing what the changes are. The larger the number the more significant the change. Just remember last years Mercedes still looks great and drives beautifully and this years model is always going to have improvements...

Looks great.. Baah! As you know I'm a big fan of lamb too.. So I'm dying to know why the metal pan? Did you start it on the grill and then cover it for part of the cook? I've tried foiling brisket in a metal tray with a cup of beef broth to make ajus for sandwich dipping. And I do have a big leg of baah in the freezer right now..

Here are some more sneek peeks.. We're just casting the first one with the new insulation tomorrow.. Here are some more sneek peeks..

In following my mission statement and driven by an unyielding desire to build the best that is possible, I set out to make a list of what I'd change if I was to start from ground up and build a new Gen II. These were features that in hind sight or from customer feedback were found to not be as good as they could be. Changes/Upgrades: 1.) A lower rear Stainless spine not only the one over the hinge. 2.) To improve the ease of installing the rear stainless cover. 3.) More room between the main and lower grill and enough room for the heat deflector and new larger drip pan to fit under both the lower grill and an 8" EZQ cradle with a big bird in in it. 4.) To change the shape and size of the charcoal basket to give more airflow resulting in more even burn patterns and better airflow for high temp searing. 5.) A digitally milled interlocking lip. The original interlocking lip was milled in my woodworking factory in MDF which in hindsight lacked the rigidity needed for the mold making process. The back right side did not completely fit the upper half perfectly. 6) During inevitable expansion from very high temps the grout could not move with the cooker which created cracks that opened while hot and closed when cold. Some customers needed to fill expansion cracks with silicone which could handle the movement and temperature. This just was not acceptable. The problem with expansion was most noticeable in the textured cookers which eventually led to me discontinuing building them. For almost two years, I scoured the internet and tried numerous products that either were unable to handle the high temps or were impossible/difficult to work with. Many of the materials were NASA and military spin offs and ridiculously expensive. Including the one that I finally went with. Last summer I started testing an elastomeric industrial insulation that incorporates nano ceramic spheres created in a high temp vacuum.. It is marketed as an outdoor spray on insulation for reducing heat loss as well as OSHA rated protection from exposed high temp pipes (designed to be used as an insulation for the space station/shuttle. A 385ºf high temp steam pipe can be sprayed with 1.5mm of this material and you can grab the pipe with your bare hand and not be burned. It not only wears great but drastically improves the cookers performance buy reflecting heat waves back into the cooker. I'm also now using it as an adhesive to attach my most current production. The magic is in it's being elastic and does not crack or tear when the cooker expands from high temps. It's not been announced to the public yet as not to kill sales of cookers in stock although All cookers shipped since last December have been grouted with it and all current Gen 2.2 OTB's tiles are attached with it. The grout problem was KOmodos last Achilles heel. Both the lip of the Gen II and new 19.5 OTB were CNC milled with a .15mm tolerance. The two cookers actually do not need gaskets to prevent them from leaking only to cushion the two halves when the cookers is closed. I have also changed the design of the two layers using a ribbed design that adds strength to the cooker and has more of the insulating material which now is made with aero foam cement equipment to make them lighter and have a higher R value. New larger Gen 2.2 baskets on left, previous Gen II basket on right. I'd like to note that Gen II's can easily burn 25 hours on a well packed bowl of charcoal.. The 2.2 with it's larger capacity, better airflow, better insulation and the new insulation holding on the tiles and being used as grout will set low and slow records. New round Gen 2.2 firebox on left.. This shot shows the new heights of the grills, new firebox and charcoal basket CNC milled master for the 2.2 mold Yes, I can sleep better and night now..

Hey I've never cooked with a bone in! Hey the only thing I've ever cooked with bones are lamb legs and ribs.. That's the danger with having great common sense. In my mind bones are dense and solid.. I thought they have to lay around for years in the dessert to become porous and insulating.. Oh well.. if you only told me up front you have wimpy lightweight bones..

Thermal Conduction - Bone in more Juicy! Sorry guys I'm going to have to toss in my 2¢ here.. Conduction: Heat travels through a solid/dense materials fastest. Therefore the bone will absorb and transmit heat to the inside of your meat cooking it from within. Just as sticking a large nail into a potato will reduce it's cooking time. So leave that bone in your meat.. It will get it to your target temps quicker which means that it will also loose less moisture. Bone in = hot faster, results juicier!

Argh.. Has it been another year already? This time around, I think I'm feeling a lil' bit like an adult. Must be having the kid and all. No party, I'm going to keep quiet until my 50th in two years..

Watertight Integrity!

Re: Steaking my claim NOthing like the 3/8" rods to hold heat for branding your steaks.. Nice marks FM.. Thanks for the Pics..

Re: perfect application for using coconut extruded charcoal. You know the rules... PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN Wise Guy.. 383 grams Nice sweet smell 12 grams or 3.2% Sent some to Doug already and he got similar results.. This is the exact same factory and the same quality CoConut charcoal that was shipped by RJ and KAmado in 2003. (I have all the documents, so there can be no denying it) Labels on the boxes and the boxes are being loaded this week. I printed those labels last June and it took me a year to get through all the BS with RJ's old supplier (also a kink).. Now I'm dealing directly with the factory..

Re: WOW! That was HOT! It should be able to be re-calibrated.. It's a LT225R 5" stem Don't walk away takes on a whole new meaning at 1,200ºf

Cut me I still bleed Apple juice! Picked up a new app in December.. VMware Fusion I can have a Windows XP window open on my OSX desktop and use both at the same time.. Intel powered Macs kill all arguments.. They are the best of both worlds and just a bit more.. But like everything in the Best of the Best category, You pay a bit more too. I threw out 96,500 foreign language files in 756 folders totaling 1.46 gig off my hard drive yesterday... Any MAC users want to know how, write me..

perfect application for using coconut extruded charcoal.. This is a perfect application for using coconut extruded charcoal.. Weight it, light it, time it.. Next burn will be the same. My container is being boxed right now.. 74% Fixed carbon - 3.4% ash

KOmodo's nitrogen injectors Now you have not heard about KOmodo's nitrogen injectors to cool your beans quickly.. One short blast will instantly cool ya beans..

Re: You're teasing those of us who can't use a roti/EZQue!! Of course! and Guru ready. It will be a smaller Gen II.. but it's really pretty big. Much bigger than I thought it would be when I drew it on my Mac..

So it burns out in X hours and then cools.

KOmodo House Roast

Re: I hear an idea in the making That's the ticket. "a powered/air type dispenser".. with a small bead.

Some good KOmodo trivia..

It's fine, although for bars, bathrooms and kitchens I recommend using silicone in the groove part of the tongue and groove. This creates a barrier to prevent spills from getting under the flooring and creating odors..