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awesome set of cooks there. well done.

Welcome mate. You wont ever 2nd guess your KK purchase

Wow mate that is some restore you did there!! You have done a terrific job at restoring it. I am not sure i would have had the patience but its been a pleasure to watch you fix up the KK. Cant wait to see the first few cooks you will do and see how you find the KK.

Awesome job guys, you are going to love your new KK. Can't wait to see your first cook on it.

Great to have you back @CeramicChef. Thats some ride you have been on over the past few months. Looking forward to your posts here again on the forum.

Ahh ok cool @ckreef ive done the blue loctite trick and it works well. Just when the loctite fails, just put some more on. Does the solid bar piece get around this issue @ckreef? Thx

Hey Aussie, I usually put a piece of wood to support the motor under it. the basket is quite heavy and with the protein in there too its even heavier, so if you dont balance the basket properly the motor will jump in places. I thought i would support the motor and put a long piece of wood under it that touches the ground so it doesn't hang. Hope you picture what i mean. ill try and take a pic when i get it out next. Now with the spit rod only and not the basket, you may not need to support the motor at all as its quite lighter on the turn. its just with the basket (which is all i have at the moment) i thought it would be better to support the motor. The motor hangs out quite a bit as well. With regards to the bracket, i have never had an issue with it, just personal preference to support the motor to ensure i dont ruin anything Post a pic of your setup when you get it. Cheers.

Thats the one i have mate. Got it from the same place. It does wind the other way compared to overseas motors, so on the basket, it was unwinding the thread. I will have to get Dennis to send me the solid bar attachment so it doesn't unwind the thread in my next order. I have had no issues with it. Its pretty solid. Good warranty and spins quite a bit of kgs. Ive got purchased quite a bit of stuff from those guys and never a problem.

Nice work Aussie, glad you didnt just leave it to gather dust, and sent it packing to a new home. It looked in quite good condition too. I too have something i should be cleaning up and letting go with. My spit. I had purchased it around 3-4 years ago. Used to use it all the time before i got the KK. Its just too much effort when the KK just sings and cooks anything i can throw at it. Its over a meter long and doesnt owe me too much, but i should get out there and sell it. Its one of those things you may use once a year, but its nice to have.

Great cook CK. I love using the yakatori grills for small table top cooking like that. Adds another side to cooking in front of your guests.

I agree here with @Aussie Ora, the dual controls on the bottom vent look cool, i would go for it if it was me, but i like to pimp my KK out where i can. The deflector stones, i dont use one down the bottom of the fire pit anymore, as @DennisLinkletter has mentioned, its an older way of cooking and can create too much heat down in the firebox. So they are not really required in the KK, maybe other komado cookers but not these. I use the double bottom drip pan if required, or like the others just put foil down on the bottom grate. Its easy and quick to do. I do however have the pizza stone and i suggest that one to use up the top of the grill. That one gets a good work out when i do pizzas. Mine came with the new ash deflector, so all i can say is to get the new one. I find it keeps a bit of the heat away from the teak knobs down the bottom, so anything to stop them burning or keeping them cooler i think is worth it.

i remember my grand parents having similar yellow handle knifes when i was growing up. Not seen those type of knifes for a long time. Nice find mate.

Nice video mate.

Wow mate, congrats on the restore. You sure had your work cut out for you. Great job on the salvage of a fellow KK grill. You are going to love cooking on it once you have finished the repairs. Keep up with the updates. As the others said, the inside of the grill looks good. Love the colour that the teak side tables came up. Looking forward to seeing the end product.

Mate that is effing epic!!!!! Wow, that is some serious KK kit there. I have the 32" and i thought that was massive. Look at those huge 2x staino springs on the back!! wow. Cant wait for you to fire her up and cook something huge on it. I agree with the whole pig idea well done mate.

Killer mate. Cant wait to see the outcome. That knife sharper is something from another planet!! haha. Never seen something like that before. I got some pork belly going on the KK this evening, Im hoping the crackling turns out mint.

Hi @ckreef, for a single line on a PC you hold Shift + Enter and that will take you to the next line and not paragraph. Would that sort out the issue for you? I am not sure how this would work on a mobile device, but ill have a look. With the extra spacing (paragraph) it sets out the posts a lot nicer i think. However this is how the software is currently set (from the supplier) and it can always be changed. If you look at how Word spaces its lines these days, its usually 1.5 spacing. This makes thing easier to read at a glance. Let me know your thoughts above and if that still does not help, ill start a poll and see what everyone's thoughts are. Cheers.

Awesome mate. I think i need to start probing around the 195F mark as the last brisket i did was dry as a nun... So im pretty sure it was way over

Wow nice job on the brisket mate. Gotta try one of them over the Christmas break. How do you know when the brisket is done?

Haha, yeah that was one of my best crackles. Im going to do another one for Christmas and boxing day, so ill post up the cook then. Gotta go find a nice big roll for Christmas. Did a mad pork belly the other night too. Ill have to post up some pics. Mad crackle and think i have nailed the cooks on them now. Just patience is needed to get the crackle up and going. You dont wanna ruin the meat just to get nice crackle. give it a crack, would love to see the results. Love my crackle too

Ah i see. Yeah access to them on the bottom rack could be a bit of a pain. Believe it or not i have not done any ribs in my KK Gotta give them crack over Christmas. Plenty of pulled pork. Usually have it on the 2nd nighest rack.

sweet mate. yeah dont need to kill anyone Play it safe

Love it Aussie, nicely done. Ive been cooking my chooks lately like that as i couldn't be bothered with the roti Love the BBQ outside the KK gives. What temp you take the IT to?

Good to see you posting again @wilburpan. That looks like a good welcome back cook I'm going to have to try the Aaron Franklin rub you talked about. Any chance of a link?

Nice job there mate, you knocked it out of the park. Interesting place to put the ribs, im going to have to try that. Did you cook it with a diffuser or drip pan in over the coals?