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Morning mist photos. I think you’ll all appreciate the hidden storage behind the island, small but important feature

@tekobo thank you very much. Yes I am happy and I’m not going to lie it’s been a paradise being able to take my kids in the pool at the end of day to reward good behavior and then to be able to go out there at night and completely relax. It sucked for the first month of this quarantine when the girls couldn’t go outside because our yard was under construction but now I’m very fortunate I will most certainly show daylight pictures and progress of plants. The pineapple guavasa are alreday starting to flower and look super cool. I still have to plant my vegetable gardens and install the citrus and passion fruit. I also have to install music. I feel like I post too many pictures already as a newbie so I try to update big milestones. There a few more to go still till we’re done we’re in the process of picking furniture and getting ready to order Edison bulbs and candles for the patio/bbq island. I still have to install the passion fruit and orange and lime trees. But I also still have to get a new roof, install roof integrated solar, install 3 Tesla powerwalls, install 2 EV.chargers tent my house for termites, I then plant my citrus trees and passion fruit, plant my vegetable boxes. Then I will be done. ETA end of June. Major renovation

Outdoor lights were installed today. Construction is officially done. Still have to install patio lighting and outdoor furniture but close to done and functional celebrated with some vino and took my iPhone out for a spin. Got some cool shots

@Wingman505 @MacKenzie gave me this recipe and it’s served me well https://pin.it/4pdzASj

@MacKenzie I just read about 9 pages on this thread to catch up and now I’m starving. Gosh you make it look so easy truly inspiring

I think this be the best mine I’ve ever seen on this site. 😀 @Basher project looks fantastic. That rock wall turned out great and that cabinetry is looking fabulous. You must be excited. Great work

Thank you for all your advice. I have definitely decided to ditch this stupid sourdough starter I’ve been keeping and go all in on your NY crust recipe. While it wasn’t perfect this week it was damn good and 200% better than my initial attempt. A few more cooks and I should have it down. Your help has been immense and my girls thank you

Practice makes perfect. Cheese pizza, Hawaiian, bell pepper & mushroom, pepperoni, basil & prosciutto. Pepperoni and Hawaiian were sourdough crusts others were NY style

@MacKenzie thanks for the tip I’ll definitely try that. I lit in the center but as you can see from the video the right burnt much hotter and faster. I think I’ll try lighting the right and left side next time and see how that with as well as trying your and badgers tips. It’s a fun time to experiment!

@Basher will definitely try that next time going to do some more adventurous Peruvian sliced chicken this week and I’m also itching to try the leg of lamb. I dong coo a lot of lamb ex dog ground land for Shepard’s lie and every since you posted that rotisserie leg of lamb a few months ago it’s been on my brain

@Basher thanks for the tip I will have to try that next time. I did not read that prior to the cook. overall it went well however I had the right side of the coals burning much hotter and faster than the left which resulted in me needing to take off one bird earlier than the other. I need to work on a more even and consistent fire in the future, When I did remove one bird and moved the 2nd bird over in the cradle I didn’t secure it as tight as before so it moved around a bit and some of the skin got scraped but all good i was really amazed at the difference in taste between the rotisserie cook and traditional roasting method. Also the skin on the rotisserie chicken was nothing short of luxurious. IMG_2156.MOV

@Basher I’ve actually been thinking about this quite a bit today. My wife woke up talking g about how great the meal was. Usually when we eat beef it’s brisket. Occasionally I cook a flat iron or tri tip and tact allows the wife to eat the ends which are more overcooked then what I like in the middle. So partly it just eating filet. I don’t grill filet anymore like maybe I used to before kids. But the reverse sear and I think the power of the KK was what did it tonight I’m taking my rotisserie for it’s first spin. I can’t wait

@Basher I don’t think it was the piece of meat. I had my eye on two other ones but as the guy was packing my ground meat the dude next to me grabbed the two cuts I was eyeing and I had to “settle” for these think it was just due to the fact I’ve never done a reverse sear and I got lucky on my first cook with timing. I didn’t use a meat probe. Just look and finger test. But the juiciness and tenderness of the meat was just perfect Its always tough cooking steak in my house because I like mine medium/pink but the wife likes hers overcooked (no pink). I managed to get mine cooked perfect to my liking but found this mythical spot for the wife where it’s not overcooked, still slightly pink but not “undercooked” in the wife’s eye. however to be clear my comment about the steak was only in reference to the taste and tenderness of mine.

I am honestly blown away right now. I just did a reverse sear fillet mignon that was without a doubt the best steak I’ve ever cooked in my life. I grilled some asparagus and whipped up some chimichuri with some roasted red potatoes. I am utterly blown away at how perfect the steak turned out. It wasnt the cook that’s for sure. It was the magic of the KK

Roasted chicken w/red potatoes underneath...gonna whip up some Peruvian green sauce to go with it

Pizza round 2. This tine utilizing tips from the legendary @MacKenzie cheese pizza, double layered pepperoni pizza and prosciutto & basil pizza. 3x improvement over last week thanks fir the help Mac!

@Basher they have that feature but I have t played with it yet. The hot tub and pool aren’t in the same operating system but fortunately their color shades seem to be an exact match. I’ll have to play with the various settings and slight shows to see but I git this thing called the IntelliCenter that manages the pool solar heating, the gas heater (winter/night backup), the pool lights and the outdoor lighting in the backyard. the spa is a stand-alone unit that operates independently

Excellent looking cooks Mayor congrats

Set up the pool lights last night....getting closer to being done. Should wrap up construction this week. Then on to furniture

@Basher I used the double drip pan per Mac’s suggestion. She seems like she knows a thing or two 😉

@basher seemed to take about an hour. I put the double drip pan on the top grate and then the pizza stone on the top grate above that. I believe it was more or less an hour to get it up to 500 but I was in my hot tub drinking San Diego IPA beer so my timing could’ve been plus or minus 15 minutes

Made pizza for the first time. Tried two dough recipes one with instant yeast that I slightly messed up the mixing so resulted in a bit dry dough and the second with a sourdough starter I’ve been keeping both we’re edible girls loved their cheese pizza but I wasn’t happy with result. 2nd with pepperoni and sourdough crust was better. takeaway lesson is I need to improve my dough skills but super fun night with the girls

@tony b this was my claim to fame back in the day. I had LT do our commercials for 8 years when he was dominating the league check this out

@tony b that’s awesome. The Tahitian is the 7x7 model great spa. They’re super high quality will last you another 12 as long as you maintain it which I’m sure you do. That’s really awesome.

Leaks are fixed. Hot tub was delivered today. Should be soaking in the tub tomorrow night with the family. Extremely grateful for that. I grew up in the hot tub business and this brand Caldera Spas was started by my Dad and godfather. We got out of the business long ago and it’s now manufacturers by Watkins Manufacturing which also owns Hot Springs Spas the model I got is called the Cantabria it’s essentially the KK equivalent of hot tubs https://www.calderaspas.com/shop/utopia/cantabria