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18 hours ago, Chanly1983 said:

Well I am getting a guru but the more I am reading into this forum the gas attachment is not a necessary item. The double drip pan I will be using during holidays or not but I am already paying for the shipping and I would rather have it not use it a lot then need it and kick myself.

I had a thought while day dreaming at work today... I know bread with steam can be done on the KK, how about a New England style steam/ bake? Maybe load the double drip pan up with moist seaweed and layer shellfish, corn and potatoes and the varying grills?

thanks again for all the help and ideas. I have settled on the lighter color with charcoal tweed colors. I want the color scheme to marinate for another day or so then I will be ordering tomorrow or Wednesday!

Great choice. I liked the lighter colour with your background too. That said either would would great. Could get both I guess

Good luck - you will love it when it arrives. 

I second this... Tapatalk was really handy.... thanks in advance

Looks great Tyrus.

I am going to give this a go this weekend.  Butcher recommend Eye Round which I will do around 2kg to see how I go this time around. I will use Teriyaki with brown sugar. Might put chilli to give a bit of heat too. 

Thanks for the tips on temperature. I will put some wood for smoke too. 

I normally use foil as the deflector. Do you think this will be enough? My deflector is unused....

15 minutes ago, BonFire said:

Still working, but got a couple of weeks off starting this weekend.

Now that’s the dilemma, what to cook....can’t wait. Pics will be posted

I Vote suckling pig

Sounds great. We lived in London for 3 years. Despite what people say, you can find some great restaurants out there. Some pubs had great food as well. I wish I could recommend places but it’s over 10 years ago now. That all said, I couldn’t handle warm beer...

We had some of the best seafood in iceland. We managed to get to a restaurant and the chef said to us, don’t worry about the menu. I will cook you something up. He cooked up some fresh fish cheeks - must have been a big fish as there was a lot of flesh. We also had a few side dishes. Had some great adventures there. We also chased the northern lights. I managed to get some great shots with my digital slr at the time where digital slr’s were rare. I remember having to wrap the camera in my scarf as It was so cold. Some great sites to see in Iceland. 

Have fun

Wow that’s looking great. Very nice. 

5 hours ago, BonFire said:

Trying to do a test run with roti spit, but won't fit.

All good found my answer

Ahh... I should have told you about that when I was around. I must admit I had to read the forums a few times to get my cradle roti working. 

So what did you end up cooking?

Hi guys

Thinking of making smash burgers for lunch tomorrow. I normally grill burgers on the main grate. 

For smash burgers would you put the steel plate on the main grate or bottom grate?

That’s amazing. Looks so tasty

1 hour ago, Aussie Ora said:

You in Perth mate nice spot .let's get a few things straight you don't need the flaming torch from hell for your KK  you can bring this puppy up to 500 for ages before it even looks close to being heat soaked.think forward sear .I fill my basket add a couple of samba  fire lighters from bunnings  vents all open ark it up to 350 ,400 lift lid  throw on wood.add foil as a deflector the temp drops and just adjust my settings it's that easy I'm ready to low n slow 250f set in half an hour.

What Aussie says is true. I add beer into the equation. 

Haha that’s great. I had a tin of special edition coins I collected over my life. Then kids came and used it as toys.... most of them are now lost. Much like my sleep. 

Nice cook up as always. 

What a beautiful KK and family. Look forward to th cook photos

Magic easer works good. 

I use a car wax once all cleaned up. 

What great pictures. Looks like a fantastic project and I am sure the food will be great. 

It’s a good point. I have my blower to clean my pool area. The KK was a bonus. I have a petrol one too...that is too powerful for this hahaha

The makita one has 3speeds and you can vary the throttle as well. Like MacKenzie says you have to control it otherwise ashes everywhere and it it also sparks. I take the grates out and go top down. 

I did go through the vents once doing a low and slow where the coals were dying. Yep... make sure you do that slowly as ashes on the food... I learnt the hard way. 

Send more pictures when you have time 

Do you have a big outdoor umbrella? Perhaps use that to shelter from rain but where I am at it’s only drizzle and seems to have stopped. I am hoping so anyway as I have to take my two boys to Aussie rules footy games shortly

I am not sure on this one. People on the forum have cooked in rain and snowwith no problems. I am not sure of the burn in though. 

My understanding is that you don’t want moisture to get in after the cook to avoid the freeze/thaw cycles. We wouldn’t get freezing weather where we are so I would assume you are okay. 

Not related but just so you know, I was still getting areas that vented after the initial burn in. After about 3-4 high temp cooks it stopped. I patched grout each time. I do see bulges every so often but they go down after the cook. Nothing to worry about I have been told

Wow another stunning KK. I wouldn’t envy you getting up flights of stairs. 

I don’t normally use any electric lighters minutes. Gives me time to prep the cook and get a beer. I find that the KK is pretty easy to get going without the extra gizmos. For a pizza cook where I am heating the stone, I let it heat soak for 1.5 hours some start and it’s fine 

If I am stuck for time, I used to use a el cheapo hairdryer. Nowdays I use a makita cordless blower like Mackenenzie. That gets it going fast. But again, I find I don’t have to do this often. 

Have fun with the first cook

What a beautiful setting and KK. 

Go the full basket. I started at 5:30am. It was still running at 10pm. As others have said, you might as well use the heat. I cooked burgers for lunch. Rib eyes, veges and bread rolls for dinner. Was a fun first cook. 

Great pictures of the KK’s and Bruce’s adventures. 

Wow! Great pics. 

Yes I use. It

Exciting... now you got to start planning that first cook. I use Troys Meats but I think Aussie's local is closer to you. 

I'll let you know when mine arrives...got a slight incline going down at my place as well.
The vessel shipping mine is in tomorrow, reckon the cargo discharge and the load back usually takes around a day and a bit, quick question for KK owners in W.A. how long after landing did you get it delivered home.