tony b

Gorgeous grill and a definitely cute pooch, too! Can't wait to hear/see pics of that brisket and butt cook.

The Cork jazz festival is on my "bucket list" now after a friend there sent me multiple links to performances this year. If you get a hankering for more Guinness (and other tasty beers) and can't make it across the pond, do what I recently did and visit their brewery here in the States (Baltimore). It's an experimental brewery/taproom, so you go to try lots of beers beside the "classic."

A spin on an old commercial tag line - "Where's the beets?" (btw - I did spot them in the white bowl!) Saw the Makers glass in the background. It looked suspiciously empty?? I'm liking the Cave Man coffee rub that you sent me. Tasty stuff.

Glad your soup came out well. Recall that I had hoped that Nigerian Maggi cubes were the "secret ingredient" in the rub, but never did nail it down. But, as we engineers say, "Close enough for government work!"

That was a close one, indeed! One of my favorite sayings - "Gravity always wins!"

Killing me, MacKenzie! Everything looks awesome, as usual! Just curious on the Ina Garten's dish, what's the slabs of white stuff on the side - sous vide chicken/turkey breast?

2nd that! Would love to have a take-away kebob place nearby.

Sorry, not a ton of help here with identifying those spices, most of which I've never seen before. The dried ginger root is the only thing I'm sure of. The black things in the lower left corner look like my Javanese Long Pepper, the straw looking stuff in the green tub looks like ground lemongrass. After that, not even a wild ass guess as to what the rest of this stuff might be??

Love seeing you go "all in" on the chicken parts!

The grand reveal awaits! Flashbacks to my contractor using a boom crane to lower the steps for my new deck (steel) over the top of the house. I was a nervous wreck the entire time!

Understand. Just wanted to make sure that it wasn't a currywurst or similar?

Nice job on those ribs! I bet the chicken got devoured, too, as I think roasted whole chicken is the single best thing that the KK does better than other cookers.

@MacKenzie What's in the sausages? The texture looks very course and if the color is true - it's yellow inside? @Kevin H Not familiar with the "ice cube method?" Were you cold smoking at that point?

Cool. See that they carry Lane's stuff. Another line of rubs/sauces that I won't have to send you anymore. At this rate, there won't be anything left to ship - ha, ha!

Me, neither. Where's "here?"

At least we made it to November before we got our 1st snow this season. Less than 1" last night, but it counts as the 1st official snow. Should be gone by mid-day.

I think so, too!

Nice writeup, Jon! I have the baby Grill Dome, but haven't used it in years. With a basket splitter in the KK, I can do all the small cooks that I used to do in the Grill Dome.

Nice snags, MacKenzie. I'm also lucky that I have a local buddy in the sausage business.

Yeah, that color did look a little like "photoshop" to me, too!

Fat chance of that working out for you, Jon!

Nice ODK and yes, a cute pooch, too!

Game on!

Off to a great start, Jon! Can't wait to see the uncrated pix!