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jonj

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  1. Welcome to the group, Dennis.
  2. There are quite a few of us here who need to buy @Troble a beer!
  3. I have a KK23 and a few years ago smoked two pork butts for 23 hours with one basket of lump. It was mostly an experiment to 1) try out the ThermoWorks Billows fan, 2) cook the butts without wrapping, and 3) it was a rainy night / day, we had guests, and I didn't want fuss with the cook. I documented it in the Pork section (23 Hour Pork Butts Using Billows Fan) if you are interested. So, I know a KK23 can run at least 23 hours at 230°F with a single load of charcoal. I don't remember if I used coco or regular lump (when I use regular lump for low-and-slow, I use large pieces - baseball to softball size). I use a wax starter for low-and-slow, placed near the top of the charcoal pile with a just a few pieces of charcoal over the top, and with the dome shut, top and lower vents open. I shut them to the 225° position when the grate temperature is about 175° to let the KK heat sink at the desired temperature. Similar to @tekobo's description above.
  4. After the multi-week below freezing period last month, we have been rewarded with several days in a row of high 50°s - low 60°sF temperatures. I waited a week for yesterday's unseasonably warm weather to unwrap the wood oven to make pizza. A couple of 14" New York style pizzas, one artichoke, mushroom, and goat cheese; the other pepperoni, mushroom, and black olive. Today's job is to clean and re-cover the oven and store the associated paraphernalia for a few more weeks until Spring. Oh well, the pizze were good!
  5. Meatzza! How awesome! Good news for Chiefs fans! Back to the Super Bowl.
  6. Since the temperature finally got up over freezing yesterday, i cooked some chicken breasts for dinner last night and future chicken Caesar salad tomorrow night. One pair used Jack Stack BBQ rub (dark color) and the other pair (for the salad) used Blues Hog High Flyin' Chicken rub (light color). Chicken with Jack Stack rub, truffle spice roasted potatoes, green beans with bacon and onion, baguette. Very tasty.
  7. We got up to 1°F yesterday, @Troble! Very nice birds!
  8. Beautiful! I'm sure everyone was blown away.
  9. Nice nod to Douglas Adams there, @tekobo! Beautiful tortillas as well!
  10. I've done several prime rib roasts on my 23KK and always use the method @C6Bill describes, albeit with a lower initial temp (200°F) and pull it at 112°F. On my 23KK, it only takes about 10 minutes to rise to 500-550°F after several hours at 200°F and then the sear takes about 5-6.5 minutes total. I think this method gives more control over the final temperature, but I've never tried the method @tekobo suggests (I tend to stick with what has worked for me before, especially with an expensive piece of meat...). I also add smoke chunks for the initial phase so the sear-first would be quite different. If you try the sear-first method, @tekobo, I would be interested to see the results.
  11. For our second Thanksgiving dinner this year (first was with my sisters with turkey, etc.), I decided to go with a boneless rib roast instead of turkey. Dry rub, refrigerated overnight, smoked at 200°F over cherry and apple wood for 2 hours, then seared (1 - 1 1/2 minutes per side, sear grate) at 475°F. I returned it to the KK main grate for another 20 minutes at 375°F to an internal temperature of 124°F, then foil and towel wrapped and placed in a cooler to rest for 1 1/2 hours (temp rise to 132°F). Served with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts carbonara, herbed stuffing with turkey gravy, horseradish cream sauce and/or au jus, 2003 Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon and 2009 Schramsberg sparkling wines.
  12. @tony b, I thought I recognized it!
  13. These are the photos which informed and confirmed my decision to buy my first Komodo Kamado in 2016. Nice to see them again.
  14. I start mine without the temperature controller and wait until the KK is close to, but hasn't yet reached, target temperature.
  15. @Basher, you've reorganized your outdoor kitchen, at least temporarily. Glad to have you back!
  16. This is the Billows damper setting I use: Just barely open with the damper plate. Let the fan work on the intake and output sides both.
  17. weed burner for grilling on KKs. Wax starter for KK smoking and for wood-oven.
  18. @David Chang, I'm late in responding, but what @braindoc posted is basically what I would say. I have no tin-lined copper pans, only nickel-lined or stainless. I chose not to go that route due to the use and care limitations of tin and don't find SS to negatively affect my cooking at all. Heat transfer / responsiveness is fine. Most of my pans are older All-Clad (copper-aluminum-stainless steel hybrid) or Bourgeat (copper-stainless steel) with some other brands mixed in. I don't mind the stainless steel handle esthetic. I would strongly recommend not getting pieces with brass handles unless you are very, very diligent about using pot holders or leather sleeves; they are much worse than cast iron handles in allowing heat transfer directly to your hand. I have a few and even after a couple of decades of use, still (Still!!) manage to occasionally forget how hot they get, even over low heat.
  19. What a wonderful bunch of cooks, @tekobo!
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