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And don't forget those ever-important pics! Like we say here, "No pics, it didn't happen!"

Yer killin' me, @tekobo! I'm so effing hungry now after looking at all those amazing dishes. You're amazing!

Pretty much, yeah. It's an aesthetic. Not an indicator of quality in the cook, technique, etc. Just a chemical reaction that sometimes takes place under the right conditions.

HURRAY!

From the reddish color, I'm guessing a Merguez sausage - spicy lamb.

Yep, time to break mine out, too. Maybe Suya Pepper beef skewers?

I don't use the drip pan normally for indirect cooks. Just Aluminum foil on the lower grate, unless it's a big fatty hunk of meat that I expect to shed lots of fat during cooking. Then I might use the drip pan or a cheapo Aluminum one (makes cleanup easier.)

That's awesome, Paul! I know that the Family is very proud of him. Here's to much continued success!

I bet it's similar to doing a pork "brisket." These are damn tasty cuts of pork goodness, too! Pork Brisket – Porter Road

@Bruce Pearson - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂 🥂

Thanks for the recipe. Pretty easy. Doing steaks tonight, might give it a whirl?

Sauce recipe, please!

Looks like Yogi is searching for a "peek-a-nik" basket!

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Sounds similar to Forest Lumps from Eastern Europe. I was able to get a few boxes back in the day. Good stuff, but they went out of business. Review of Forestlumps Charcoal -- Naked Whiz Ceramic Charcoal Cooking

I've not seen it at my local Lowes but will look into it. Home Depot is way across town from me and I rarely shop there. This might be enough incentive to make the trip though.

@C6Bill I used to LOVE Weekend Warrior from Wicked Good. But, when they had their fire and lost a lot of production capacity, it became too expensive to ship here; so the local BBQ store (same one where I get JD now), quit carrying it. While the ACE website would let me order it, it would cancel the order a couple of days later, saying it wasn't available. Curious to see what you think of Rockwood. I've tried it, but moved on to FOGO and JD. KJ Big Block is good stuff, but I can only get it via Amazon, so it tends to be pricey for me. Don't think that I've ever tried any B&B, so no comments on that one. @Firemonkey - nice score on the JD. I pay $30 for a bag here.

Not a bad testing setup and reviews. Can't complain about their results - Jealous Devil is my current "go to!" My only issues with their results are that they seemed to be OK with Cowboy, which most of us think is total crap charcoal, and they apparently don't know that BGE charcoal is actually Royal Oak (but to cut them some slack, Naked Whiz did a re-review of BGE a couple of years ago and said that they no longer say it's made by RO on the bags, but it most likely still is.) The Best Lump Charcoal, According to Our Extensive, Very Smoky Tests (msn.com)

Welcome back @Firemonkey!! You've been away far too long! Like @Poochie said, throw a dead animal on that thing and get it dirty inside!! You know that you can cook while doing the burn-in. Royal Oak is about as cheap as charcoal gets.

I always cook veal more done than I would a beef steak. I like that just blush in the center.

So, it's the pictures that are wrong, not the written description. OK, so they REALLY are smaller now - more like a briquette?

@DennisLinkletter - just posted my review. Hope it helps combat the couple of negative ones folks posted. You might want to add some helpful tips on how to light it, as that seems to be the biggest complaint in the negative comments. Also, you need to fix the last bullet in the description that says the logs are 1 7/8" long. One negative reviewer noted that, so I confirmed it. It's repeated down in the "product description" section, too, so make sure to fix it both places.

Ain't nuthin but a KK thang, baby!

But, Inquiring Minds Like Our Would Like To Know - where were the roasting potatoes underneath the chicken thighs in that wood oven? That pan arrangement just screams out for roasting veggies underneath dripping meats!

Very nice!