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That's my Cascade plant. It's about 10 years old now. It's already reached the top of its trellis (15 ft). I typically get about 2 lbs of dried cones off it every year. I rarely use all of it, as I tend to newer hop strains now.

Welcome to the Obsession! Can't wait to see the pictures of the uncrating and first cooks!

Heating up your KK that hot for a pizza cook, including leaving the pizza stone inside is a lot of heated up mass. I would fully have expected it to still be warm hours later. That's the beauty of this beast!

I am always amazed at your photography skills, MacKenzie. That burger pic is just magazine worthy!

The newer models have a separate port for the cold smoker attachment, so you can use the smoker and controller fan at the same time. A couple of folks on the Forum are in the process of retrofitting their grills with the smoker port - ckreef is one, and rick has posted pics of his retrofit effort.

Reach out to the store and ask if they can get in some of the other woods, in particular some of the fruit woods. They might be able to order you some.

Yes, it does, more so than on pork ribs.

Inspired by all those glorious beef rib cooks by Aussie, I decided to give it a go today as my Memorial Day BBQ. Marinated in Korean BBQ Rib Sauce, then dusted with Dizzy Pig Raising the Steaks. On the KK, indirect @ 250F with the smoker pot of mesquite & post oak chunks and a cup full of mixed fruit wood pellets (apple, cherry & peach). The last 45 minutes, tossed on an ear of corn. Plated with some air-fryer spuds and a nice fruity Zin. The corn was surprisingly good for this early in the season. Obviously not local - I won't see any of that until after the 4th of July!

My local dealer only had the 20# bags. It's not that much volume-wise, as the pellets are very dense. Per their website, it only comes in 20# and 40# bags.

It is Stanley Cup Finals after all! Go Blues!!

Very nice looking KK and you wasted no time jumping right into those great cooks, too! And, nice pooch - patient, just waiting for treats!

Not a fan of metal clips like that, as they conduct heat from the grate and give you an elevated temperature reading. That's why I went with cork, as it is: 1) essentially free, 2) a way to recycle the used corks, and most importantly, 3) has a high insulating property so the probe is measuring true air temperature next to the meat.

@El Pescador spotted that wine cork & toothpick holder for your grill probe - well, done!

Indeed!

I've been using these lately and like them a lot. https://bbqlumberjack.com/our-pellets/

Peach Melba coleslaw dressing - CRAZY, but I like it!!

Yeah, Doc's pooches are special. Very nice dogs.

Is there a trend emerging?

Where's the beets? (intended pun on the old Wendy's commercial!)

That's why I came up with the wine cork alternative.

A classic KK cook. Nothing better than a great roasted chicken - whole, spatchcocked, rotisserie, al mattone, - whatever (just not beer can, please!) I don't think you can break the latch on a KK just by opening/closing it - I'd be shocked if someone ever did. Granted, the nuts can loosen over time and need to be re-adjusted to get a good closure, but that's hardly the same as the KJ incident!

Many ways to skin that cat! I've heard of the spud trick before. Do you run into the problem of the potato cooking and getting soft enough in a long low & slow cook that the weight/tension from the probe pulls the wooden skewer out?

I've only had 1 Guru probe go bad on me in all this time (a good decade), so just a bit of bad luck. Had a lot of Maverick probes go bad! We'll see how the new unit (XR50) holds up. They do look heftier.

Simple dinner last night - very nice day to sit on the deck and have some Vinho Verde while dinner cooked. Chicken legs & thigh marinated in Uncle Dougie's (I injected some into the chicken, too) and a nice ear of corn. Direct, 350F, cherry wood chunk. Plated up with some salad and crusty bread. Oh, and more Vinho Verde! Corn came from somewhere down south, but was still pretty good for this early in the season.

Crazy hot fire, so I'm guessing this cook only took a minute per side?