tony b

Excellent set of knives, Charles! Envious and I have more knives than I know what to do with - including 3 Shun - Utility, Santoku and Nakiri. The other is a single bevel 15* yanagiba that I picked up on Amazon for a decent price ($77) to check out how I like the style before thinking about plunking serious coin down on a better one. This one is great for slicing and I get to practice my manual whetstone skills to sharpen it, too. But, alas it's not available on Amazon right now. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I06P3Z8 Big fan of Japanese knives, but the really nice ones are serious coin - thousands of dollars. Probably never going to get that far into it, but they are handmade works of art, just like a KK. Seems only fitting, right?

Did the House Divided on a chicken leg quarter - very nice. Lots of garlic flavor. Can't wait to try that one again soon; maybe on roasted potatoes? But boy, that PitMaster Select #1 on the brisket was FANTASTIC. Best brisket that I think I've ever done and my dinner guest thought so, too. Can't wait to do a nice steak with it next. While they say it's their regular brisket rub on steroids, I think that it is more like their Ancho Espresso on steroids. Can't wait to write up my review for the Kickstarter campaign. Hoping this one's a "keeper."

Nice bread, MacKenzie, but we've come to expect nothing less from you!

Was that the Aussie peach (quandong) sauce on the chops? Been thinking that might be a good use for it?

Another bennie, Aussie, is that the cold smoker can be run if you're doing a rotisserie cook, as I can't fit my smoker pot underneath the roti basket.

Haven't done Hasselback spuds in a while, so that might be the ticket. Used the same combo - lemon myrtle and pepper flake seasoning on steamed green beans last night, with a little butter - excellent. I put the lemon myrtle in the steaming water. I've put herbs in my steaming water for most veggies for many years now. Trust me, it works.

OMG! That crackle looks seriously awesome, mate!

I have the frogmat, too. Works great, but be careful about the temperature limits on direct heating. These work pretty well, too. https://smile.amazon.com/Cookina-BBQ-Reusable-Cooking-Sheet/dp/B0081TIE5K

Never seen the cheese sauce part before, but beer brats are THE thing around here in summer time!

Just to second MacKenzie and Charles - you will be amazed at how nice and moist chicken is on the KK. And yes, pictures please!

Very clever idea with the double pizza stones in the oven trick!

Nice indeed. Have some salmon in the freezer that I need to cook up. Used my lemon myrtle for the first time last night in some freekeh, along with the Native Pepper flakes. Citrusy, indeed. Now, to figure out what to use the Bush Tomato on??

Yummy looking lamb!

Genius!

I do the baking powder and salt rub on my chicken skin overnight to help with crispy skin. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Nice sammie, but where's the "bus?"

Looks seriously tasty.

While it's not G&T weather here, yet, I can enjoy the barrel-aged beers at the local brewery in the meantime! A new release every week in January. This week was a Strong Scotch Ale finished in a Heaven Hill bourbon barrel.

Nicely done!

I did that a few years back when the funky salt craze was going on. I find that there's more of a textural difference than a taste difference between many of them, with the exception being Indian Black Salt that has a fair amount of sulfur in it and the smoked ones. If anyone is interested in giving this a go, here's where I get most of my off the wall salts - https://www.seasalt.com/gourmet-salt/gifts-samplers.html

Adding my Welcome to the string. Pics, pics and more pics, please. If it was me, I'd be going crazy having to wait a week to get my first look at it uncrated!!!

Can't get the vid to play?

My baby Grill Dome will do that in humid summer weather, and I don't even cook on it anymore. But, it's nothing that a Grill Floss and a MAPP torch can't handle!