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Lol!!!!

Ckreef is seeing chickens in my ribs lol

Lol I totally see it!!!! It was like CCs picture of the wood. I can see a tigers face in the fire

Everything is looking good!!!!!! What dizzy pig did you try?? I have a bunch and like their lineup

It is a community in its truest sense. I love that about this hobby

I have a 5 bone standing prime rib roast.  Angus Certified!!!!!

Tony "Tinyfish" stopped by today to pick up some items that he ordered from Dennis and were shipped with my delivery.

It was a pleasure meeting him and showing him my setup.

I explained that I was doing a rotisserie cook and really didn't understand the setup. One hour later he helped me configure everything and get it running.

I can honestly say that I wouldn't have had a clue on how to set that thing up on my own. He took the time to help set all the pieces just right!!!

That would have been a nightmare to figure out on Christmas Day!!!!

Thanks again tony for the help and the seasonings that you gave me!!

I am off too!!!  Love my time off

After last night.... water and greens today!!

I got to say..... I am really loving these KKs!!

Last night I had some friends over and did some ribs and wings for them.  

I used the 23" KK for the ribs and the 32" KK for the wings.  

I loaded the 23" and had it settle at 225 degrees and added some peach wood for smoking of course.  Added my rub and let them go for just over 5 hours.  The pictures are not the best as I had been consuming... and it was really dark.  The flash helped but hurt the image quality a bit.

I tried Eat BBQ Zero to Hero and it turned out really good.  The rub turned out a beautiful red colour on the meat!!  It was sweet with a bit of spice.

Anyways... 

I added 8 lbs of wings to the 32 at 350 degrees.  This was the first time that I cooked wings without a deflector stone in.  They turned out really good, however, I prefer 375 with stone in for my wings.  

For the wings I mixed plowboys bovine bold and yardbird on half, and then ground pork rinds to the other half.  Once cooked I sauced the pork rind ones with franks wing sauce.... they were quite delicious!!

The ribs were tender, pull of the bone clean.  Very pleased with the rib texture, smoke ring and bark on this batch. 

My company seemed to love it all and now it is early in the morning.... and I am regretting that last beverage!

piece of cake

I am cooking ribs in pouring rain.  I really like the vent top dome style vent on a KK

Fantastic Mac

I cooked for 12 min then pulled the paper. I don't like high heat pizza cooks. 550 is more than enough. The last 3 min. I pull the paper for a little extra stone love

Today, I decided to try the 32" out with the Komodo Kamado baking stone.

I pulled out a fresh bag of lump and realized that today was my day to cook!!!  Lucky pull = GOOD DAY FOR COOKING!!

I loaded a full load (approx half a bag of lump into the charcoal basket!! 

I lit the lump in three spots and timed its heating.  It took 30 min. to get from 0 to 350.  It is pretty cold here -4 so I had a lot of condensation as the grill rapidly heated.  45 min. total to get up to 550 degrees for this cook.  

Let it heat soak for an hour at this temp before I got going.  

Made four pies today for the family and to have some leftover

1. Pepperoni and bacon (no cheese) for my sons allergy

2. Pepperoni and bacon and half with green pepper

3. Pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, sundried tomato and habanero peppers on half (spicy)

4. Sliced Mozzarella with basil and tomato sauce

That was the best crust to date.  Look how evenly golden brown the bottom is.  The KK baking stone is something else!!! It retains the heat well and made the perfect pies today!!!!!

I am in love with these two new grills!!!!!   

Looking good buddy.

I say keep the wife happy and cook when you can!!

A happy wife.....

It is so clear to me lol

Jon I see an eye the nose area. I really can see a tiger face.

CC I hope you really see it too or else I am going to check myself into a hospital ASAP

great setup for the winter season!!!

And great looking meal!!

^^there you have it sports fans^^

Rak has been itching to come check out the new KKs, however, he is still not cleared medically to drive. I drove 45 minutes to pick him him up and brought him to check out the KKs.

Well I think I converted him......

He is in love !!!

Let's go Rak time to pony up and join the club kid.

Glad to see you out and about buddy

^^lol^^

Navigators are the bomb!!!

KK=RR of the Kamado industry

Dennis the shipping thing is no big deal. It was the fact that you're customer is extreme OCD/control freak and needed to be on the ship steering it home LOL!!

The stainless tops are so beautiful and they are super functional. Especially with our climate they will be great!!!

Benton, I agree with you. It seems that every time I look at them I catch a new part that draws me in. And I am constantly just unlatch inns because I like the sound it makes !!

well, it has been one week since I took delivery and I was really busy with work and getting everything set up.  I don't think that I really took it all in.  

I ordered my grills on August 16th, and made a few adjustments to my order later that month to a 23/32 combo instead of a 23/23.

They shipped October 3rd, and I followed them on all of their boats and missed ports cut off dates.  I talked everyday about KK and learned a lot and constantly waited and wondered when they would arrive.

Fast forward to last Wednesday.  It was a whirlwind arrival and I was so busy, unpacking, dump runs, storing everything, setting it up, taking pics.  Then I was crazy busy at work all week and then we had crummy weather. 

I cooked yesterday for the first time and was just so surprised with their responsiveness and functionality.  

I was just sitting in bed and I felt all this pressure just subside.  I finally own these things.... it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I smiled and thought this is one of the coolest things that I have ever done for myself!!  I love cooking and BBQ, it is my true passion and hobby.  If anyone ever questions the cost of these to me, I can honestly say that I would pay double for the amount of happiness this purchase has brought me.  Yes it is material possessions, but it is a hobby for me that I can share with my family and friends.  

I go outside daily and just admire them...... I am so grateful to finally be cooking on the best!!!

Lookin' good.  You dreamed the long dream to get here..

There you go.. Now the long wait is a distant memory.  

Dennis, not only have I purchased a new set of cookers.... but more importantly I have gained a new friend!!!

Thank you so much for all of you're help during the process!! Komodo Kamado is something that you need to see for yourself only once!!! And once that happens... you see the quality and power of them!!

I feel like all the waiting and worrying has just disappeared!!!  

I am so impressed with them!!

 

 

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Call me crazy but does anyone else see a tigers face in the flame??????  

I thought you photo shopped this one CC

Awesome cook buddy. No deflector?? That is interesting!!

I'm liking what I am seeing so far!!!!