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Re: Sweet Flavor.. Did you include any smoking wood or did you go straight CoCo? I'm currently using the CoCo with various smoking woods to see if I can differentiate between them. I have to admit, when I use hardwood charcoal with anything but mesquite or hickory, I can't tell much difference. Perhaps my pallet is simply trashed from the abuses of my college years, principally sampling my way through every bourbon and blended whiskey available. I just ordered some mahogany smoking wood to try and look forward to being able to try the coffee wood that Dennis may make available.

Re: Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from myself and KK. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all the best for the New Year from Fat Man and me! Also, thanks for the year-long gift that is this Forum. I can't tell you how often I search and find great advice, and when I need more info you members are there to help out. A sincere and heart-felt "Thank You". Finally, thanks to the "SF pallet-share" crew, especially Tony for taking delivery and Peter for sharing some of his mesquite reserve (still waiting for just the right use). I used the CoCo today to smoke my first batch of cheese (post w/ photos to be uploaded later) ... thanks David (aka Camel City) for your advice.

Re: Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details Hey Camel City, Thanks very much for posting this. I suspect by now that you've sampled the cheese after it mellowed a while next to your favorite beer! Any chance you could provide an update on your results? I'm definitely intrigued to give this a try and would be interested to hear your thoughts on your batch and any changes you might make for next time. Thanks in advance!

Re: KK CoCo Char Review is posted.... I am about to fire up my first batch of the new extruded and this is the first I've heard that it doesn't snuff-and-save as well as lump. Is this a common experience, and I'd be curious to understand why this happens. Any ideas?

Re: Happy Thanksgiving Dennis, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your immediate and extended KK family. Your success has led to our shared success. Thank you and enjoy the holiday!

Re: Damn you, Dennis.... Wow! Your family is very committed to being available via phone and text no matter what they're doing! Personally, I'm doing just a touch of work that comes with a lovely wife who got the order wrong on the following two activities: backing out of the garage -and- opening the garage door. Fortunately, she recognized this before completing the first activity. Honestly, she would have to do many more such things to square the ledger with my own....

Re: First Burn of KK Extruded Coconut Charcoal Excellent review, Peter. The photos helped because I would not have thought such a small amount of fuel would have given you the 6+ hours of cook time with plenty of fuel remaining. Pretty impressive! Congrats, Dennis! Has anyone tried lighting the ECC with the flame-throwing weed burner yet?

Re: BBQGuru New Product

Re: Alice our new puppy is in the house! ... buy inferior cookers!

Re: BBQGuru New Product

Re: BBQGuru New Product According to the Stoker website the WiFi capable version has been delayed, now projected January 2012. I've been holding out for the WiFi version ... it's a race now between the WiFi-capable Stoker and the new sexy plug that Dennis previewed recently and is in production. I hope they tie!

Re: New Guru plug design finalized and in production It just snaps into the Guru inducer tube which is built into your lower fan faceplate (since 6/09) For earlier KKs it fits into the inducer tube that you received from Guru and tapped into your KK faceplate. As you may have discovered the silicone plug from Guru is not really designed for high temps.. Excellent! I'm about to order a Stoker and needed a post-cook plug, so a few weeks ago I ordered a silicone plug from Guru. I'll use it until you're ready to ship these gems (assuming it doesn't melt/burn away!).

Re: New Guru plug design finalized and in production Great idea ... and attractive, as always. Please let us know when you'll be taking orders! How will this install into our existing KKs??

Re: Thanks Dennis!....and I can't wait ... love the story!! You and the family will love the KK! Wise move cooking ribs out of the gate. Be aware, given your son's penchant for ribs, he will be eying your KK for future inheritance shortly after the first cook!

Re: Hall's Hill I'm not about to bet against Dennis. Shall I begin to organize a NorCal pallet order now, or do I need to wait a bit??

Re: Review of the 2011 Komodo Kamado 23" OTB Gen 2.4 Ultimat I should have known. Beauty and function are not sufficient ... it also has to entertain! I'm anxiously waiting but would happily buy the current version only to upgrade once you release the upgrade.

Re: Review of the 2011 Komodo Kamado 23" OTB Gen 2.4 Ultimat Great writeup! When those plugs are available for purchase, please let me know.

Re: Opening Day Babybacks That makes sense ... I had assumed foil first. I may have to try that approach just to compare. I'm lovin' the no-foil product but who's to say I might not like the foiled boyz more? Thanks

Re: Opening Day Babybacks They look fantastic! I also just rub, cook at 200-220 for 4-5 hours with a smoke-pot that I put on the coals when I add the ribs, paint with whatever sauce I've made or bought, and then cook for another 20 minutes to set the sauce. I've never gone the foil route either. With foil, would you wait to add the smoke-pot until the baby backs come out of the foil? Do you get a get a good smoke on the ribs when using foil?

Re: Pizza Night Yeow ... that pie looks F A N T A S T I C !!

Re: Polish your kk! Thanks for the tip. Does anyone know if this is similar to Buffalo Milke? http://www.buffalomilke.com/ I am not a shill for that stuff but it really is great on my cars, very easy to use and sounds similar to the product you list. Don't know how the costs compare since I had not discovered the Slick Mist stuff.

Re: To Rotis or Not To Rotis Thanks for the photos. That plug looks great! Hey Dennis, can we order one of those custom KK plugs?

Re: To Rotis or Not To Rotis Yes ... a photo would be great.

Re: Low and Slow With Lump Question For low-and-slow I light my lump as Dennis recommended to me when I purchased: fully pack the basket, filling in the big gaps with medium chunks and the small gaps with small pieces. Then I light a tennis ball size in the middle (I use a weed burner flame-thrower for about 90 seconds ... love that thing!), blow the hot spot with a cheap hair dryer for about a minute, and close the KK with the vent and cap wide open. If I'm in a hurry I pull the vent (or both vents) open rather than just spin the dial to wide-open ... gotta' watch the temp though because it can heat up fast. I begin to close the air down as the temp gets to within about 25[sup:nk9i305g]o[/sup:nk9i305g] of my goal temp. I use a smoke pot with my wood of choice but I have to admit that I have a hard time distinguishing between various woods (except mesquite, which dominates). Perhaps my smoke palate is unrefined but I suspect the issue is the lump smoke (oak) overwhelms the smoke pot wood. I'm looking forward to using the extruded coconut that Dennis is teasing us with at the moment ! You may want to check into that as a potential source of fuel if your issue is sourcing fuel.

Re: To Rotis or Not To Rotis Excellent info ... thanks a ton! I'm planning to score a new Stoker w/ the built-in WiFi and will also get one of the Guru plugs. I've been going manual on the airflow and that has not been terrible but thought I'd give this a go.