Jon B.

Welcome.................That sounds like a fun job!!!! Hopefully the KK will stand up to everything you throw at it. Good looking cooks.

That looks wonderful....going to try it soon!!!

I couldn't cook rice to save my life until I got this cooker. It is a little expensive but works like a charm (idiot proof). We do a lot of one pot rice dinners with leftover grill meat & veggies. The old school history and look is fun also.

Mom has been going down to the Sarasota /Bradenton area for 35 years. She had a condo down there, sold it when Dad died but still goes down for 3 - 4 months during the winter. Keeps her 86 year old bones moving!!!

The salt block is a "fun" cooking toy. Because of the size, we only use it for smaller cooks....like the scallops. Perfect for a 2 person cook. Would I have one......if Red Head Sue didn't work at Williams-Sonoma .....not so sure???? We use it about 5 times a year. I can't keep it on the boat in the summer..............draws moisture & sweats. The metal holder/rack that came with ours does help to keep it "aired out". I have to store it in the cooking trailer. It is a nice to have accessory and it does work well when we have used it. Now the rice cooker is another story.............couldn't live without it !!!!!! Love that cooking tool.

First cook in a week after driving Mother Dear's car to Florida for her......................... Cherry wood smoked a nice, locally raised, skirt steak on the KK at 250* (oops, no grill photos......running around like a mad man trying to get everything done at the same time) Whole grain rice with green onions, hot garlic, fresh ginger and mixed veggies. Cooked in the Donabe Kamado San in chicken stock (check out this link). Fresh scallops cooked on the Himalayan salt block with garlic olive oil & spices (on the gasser). Dinner is served..................

On the positive side.......if you don't have to work this weekend, you will have two full days to really get to know it!!!!

This is just not right.........shredded mini wheat for breakfast here

Hey croadie, Be fore-warned the "few" ladies on this forum are unbelievable on the grill. They can put a hurting to any "male pride" that we think we might have on our grills. What they lack in numbers............they make up in quality!!!!! (one of them to look out for..............starts with Mac and ends with Kenzie)

Welcome Croadie, Your experience with the "cheap kamado" will give you all the background you need to make the new KK perform like it should. Have fun!!! Jon B.

Oh..YA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm guessing after a few years of cooking, baking in the sun, freezing in the winter.........there will be very little gas/solvent/etc. left to vent??? Dennis told me some units never leak or pop tiles. I will report back when I get around to doing a 500* + cook and see what happens!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way To Go Rak!!!!! Also volunteering to help get it located once it arrives. Have great vacation!!

Oliver, Your new home looks great also. You kicked "you know what" getting everything ready to entertain and cook for a group like that!!!! Congratulations on your first KK family party!! Jon PS - I really do enjoy the different backgrounds and non cooking photos everyone posts. Like being there but not leaving home

How do you like the small thermometers that you used on this cook?? Have looked at them before but didn't know what i would use them for.............until now!!!!!!!i

That is truly amazing.......I would have cut my finger off shaping the carrot "thing" (guy talk) on top!!!!!

Rak, I'm trying a different approach......my unit sat in the west cost warehouse for a while and I will probably do 20 or more below 350* cooks before doing any high temps. I'm guessing that by the time I get around to doing a burn off or cooking at high temps hardly any venting will be necessary. I can't remember taking any of my other kamado grills above 500*.....just my cooking style. I do plan to keep an eye on the tiles after any higher temp cook.........however Dennis really downplayed the worry when I spoke to him. Just my 2 cents!

That is a great idea!!! Thanks for sharing.

Red Head Sue surrounded by crazies.............. http://http://

Notice all fine dental work..................3 or 4 KK's worth. Ha!!!!!! Those three innocent looking party animals put a hurt to the groom and his family. Welcome to our family!!!! The groom is normally a very serious fellow....vice principle at a local grade school. Look what my crazy daughters had him doing by the end of the night. (thus the groom on the couch photo). His poor family http://

Sorry Ladies & Gentlemen,,,,,,I was so rattled and wanted to see what the actual temp was, I dumped the butts in foil & in the cooler with out photos. Last daughter all married and now driving Mom's car to Florida for the winter. No KK cooking until the new year. My three................. http:// The groom after the reception.................

When I had my thermometer out for "Flying Blind" , I did the boiling check and it was off 20* - FYI

WoW!!!!

Out of town and a little late ........but I found this article & video interesting: http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/prime_rib_roast.html

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!