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Congratulations on the latest arrival in your family You will have some great food adventures in that grenade locker. The cooking we did in this grenade locker was with C-4 and we never found a way to get a good smoky flavor out of it...

For me part of using a BBQ is the meditation of kicking back and tending a fire. I use a Thermopen for checking the temps of the products in the cooker, and a timer to keep track of cooking times through the various phases of the cook. BTW, interesting stats on the results of the Poll. One cancels the other!

Bruce, your Beetle Mania is superb to be able to get 300K miles out of one! Whats your secret?? Were they the 1600cc or were they larger engines?

My mistake, the Windsor engine was what I was thinking of for the motor swaps into small cars. Thanks for the clarification! The 4.6 liter V8 would have been fun to try to adapt into a small car.

351 Cleveland engine? Great engines! and I really wanted to put one in my Triumph just couldn't afford it.

Aussie, after seeing that I think I need to go eat something! Probably will not be that tasty looking though...

Welcome and congratulations on coming to your senses and deciding to get a Komodo. It is the best Kamado style cooker I have used and I have been using this style for 55 years! I am retired and my wife and I don't entertain all that often but you will find you have more family and friends than you realized once you share some of the very tasty, moist, products from the KK. We got the 32 so we could have cool areas and hot direct fire areas all in the same cooker and you can get into it to flip meats without burning your arm by going in from the cold side.

Charles, I never would have guessed that it would have lost some power with the joyous noise Back pressure on the valves, or air flow through the carbs/intake maybe did that. I do know that 2 stroke engines are very sensitive to the exhaust but I never would have thought a Harley would suffer. If one gets old enough he might actually learn something! Thanks

So where is the Thread you want to put these Posts? What's it's name? Here is my contribution

It is pretty amazing what will fit into a small car, especially if it is a box on 4 wheels. I stuffed a 50gallon gas water heater into the MINI and closed the hatch! My Honda 600 was a pretty small motor yet enough power to tow my 350cc Yamaha single MotoX bike (chain removed). I made a bracket to bolt onto the rear bumper that had a front axle (motorcycle) attached and then removed the front wheel of the bike and clamped it onto the car. Funny seeing a car towing a motorcycle that has more power than the car

Charles, I forgot to ask, were those straight pipes? Some nice flames if the timing is a bit off

TonyB, when I was in college in 1971 I saw a Jensen Healey and had serious lust over it but no way to buy it Had the VW Bus, the Honda 600 Sedan and the Ford 3/4 ton Supervan (which was a pig). Liked the Honda and the VW since they both were nimble and could go darn near anywhere, although the Honda would float pretty easily (long story).

I must admit that the MotoX bike would be serious fun without the bank officers fretting about their $$ going up in smoke, or shards of fiberglass. A Vette was the first car I went over 100mph in but that was a long time ago (1962 in a '59 Vette). The bike can go anywhere

It was great, along with fresh biscuits or English muffins and espresso it all made the day go well! If I was not off to work I kicked back with drip coffee and chilled by the fire. I was building my own home while living in the construction at the same time I was building homes for others several miles away. Here is what I ended up making. The lamb came from the neighboring ranch.

Dennis, I can honestly say that this was a car I have never seen nor heard of!! I can see a similarity to the Karmann Ghia. How did it handle?

Charles, that hard tailed Harley sure looks nice BUTT my backside gets sore thinking about the hardtail, but a great around town cruiser! Very good looking

Aussie, Triumph sure has come a long way in 50 years! Nice ride!! Was that an ambulance I see in the photos??!! I can see you appreciate useful vehicles as do I. My sports cars were/are for just the smile

Is the firebox lined with cement?

First car, I owned 1/2, a neighbor kid and I bought it for $50 each and we took turns driving it. Second car. 3rd car, 1937 Ford. This is a photo of another one but the only difference is that mine had black lacquer fenders. 4th, 1959 Sprite. Got broadsided in a parking lot so I cut the front end off, put a frame under it and a small block Ford V8 in it. You can just barely see a holley 4 barrel sticking through the hood. Although I did not "OWN" it I certainly called it mine. I was in charge of it and drive it to hell and back. 5th, 1968 TR4a-IRS after putting 60k miles on it in 14 months I stuffed a 289 Ford V8 under the hood. 6th, 1971 3/4 ton Ford Van, converted for camping. 7th owned at the same time as the 6th. My commuter vehicle Honda 600 Sedan. 600cc air cooled was a great little car to drive until I got run off the road by a drunk. It was either a headon or take to the soft shoulder and when I steered it back onto the road at 50mph it tripped on the asphalt lip and went airborne! Pretty dramatic but no injuries for me or my Girlfriend, which was amazing. The drunk never stopped but I encountered someone who also saw him weaving and speeding on that mountain road. Mine was white. 3 days after the wreck. Amazing what duct taped and convertible rear window plastic will do in place of glass. I drove it 400 miles home in the rain with the wipers going! The we decided to fix it. We chopped the roof did the bodywork and ran it another 25K miles before selling it. 8th, 1968 VW Bus in Baja California on a fishing/surfing trip and Santo Tomas Quatras Casas. Fun machines to use when taking the VW Bus into the desert. I had a rack on the rear of the buses to take them. d d 9th, 1972 VW Van. Loved driving this but had to sell it to buy a work truck. Sold this to a sweet looking blond woman that looked very secretary type with pantsuit and all. Turned out to be Secret Service Agent!! Always wondered where is was used after I sold it... 10th, 1970 1 Ton Chevy, converted to utility. I also owned this while I had the work truck. 1966 Bug. 1937 D-2 Caterpillar I owned for several years making trails and hauling firewood. I came in handy pu;lling neighbors out of ditches I traded a 1" drive Proto ratchet wrench and a $100 for the utility bed! Drove and worked it for 20 years. 1968 Pontiac. My $135 roller to get up the dirt road comfortably. It finally biodegraded.. Had the truck at the same time. Road AFTER the phone company worked on it... More like wrecked it!! Had this at the same time since it made getting around in the mountains very easy. 11th, Pontiac Grand Am, the smile was more a shriek of horror and panic! It had the second worse brakes of any vehicle I have owned. It would have made a good target. 12th, GMC 1994 3/4 ton Suburban 4x4 with all the HD towing stuff. The worst brakes, ABS allowed me to cruise into vehicles and make a big mess twice! Unplugged the brake system and it worked fine. Finally gave up and got a Honda Element which had great brakes! Honda was a good car but very noisy interior! The current rides. 2009 and2011 MINI's.

I sooo love lamb chops in the KK!!! I once traded a few weeks work for 2 lambs full butchered. Chops and eggs for breakfast for a long time!

The drawing board is my problem, I am lefthanded and nothing ever turns out perfect I would actually love to be able to make a good dough, as I would love to do Latte Art, but that too has eluded me.

OK, that makes me feel better knowing that it is probably what my pizza crusts are lacking and it makes a whole lot of sense if you want a think somewhat crunchy crust, not doughy or bread like. Thanks for all the input

OK, here is a question that my wife posed. Are you cooking the dough first and adding the toppings and then firing it again to melt the cheeses? Now I had never thought about doing this but I can see her point in making a thin crust that is crispy. What say y'all?

Then there is this that is a fairly simple fluid bed roaster. http://www.coffeeshrub.com/shrub/content/sonofresco-flagship-roaster-one-pound-capacity

You have more control of how old the beans are when you using them. There is a learning curve to roasting but not insurmountable. I had more difficulty with the software and eventually gave up and just roast with sight, sound and smell.