tony b

👍 on the order. Will be good to see you cooking again. All is well here. I've actually been retired for 8 1/2 years now. I'm now an official geezer - got my Medicare card last month. 🤣

My 1st thought, too.

That's our @Poochie! Missed your bad jokes. What have you been up to?

Stayed in my North Africa groove - Moroccan chicken (Baharat) & carrots (honey, butter, scallions and Ras El Hanout). And some garlic toast to go with the salad.

Vid works! Nice looking DSP!

Great minds @Troble - chicken shawarma skewers last night paired with falafel and tzatziki sauce. Side salad with herbed vinaigrette.

DSP is a classic and one of my favs.

What Robert said! I usually do chuck roasts instead of briskets, as they are too much meat for me usually. But, I cook the chuck exactly how I cook a brisket.

De Nada!

Don't hold your breath! Dennis hasn't been able to ship the charcoal to the States for some time now.

I've used this one for years. Works great for me. I can generally get a 30lb bag of charcoal in it with my spare charcoal basket w/splitter. COMMANDER 40-Gallon (160-Quart) Black/Yellow Tote with Latching Lid in the Plastic Storage Totes department at Lowes.com

Tried my hand at a focaccia. Veggies & herbs with a dusting of parm. Another reminder of why I don't like to bake! Dough proofed overnight and was very wet and sticky. I probably added another cup of AP flour during the kneading and it was still a PITA to work with. On the KK at 350F for an hour. It picked up quite a bit of smoke - you'd have thought that there was bacon on it - ha, ha! Despite the stubbornness of the dough, it came out pretty good!

That's the extended hexnut wrench for taking the cover off the spring assembly in the rear.

FYI - you shouldn't be grilling with the lid open anyway; it's bad for the gaskets.

Never seem that one before???

Welcome to the Obsession! You've just graduated in your BBQ cooking to Master level over your BGE. If the "stone" that you are referring to is the "heat deflector" then don't sweat the damage - you don't need to use it - most of us don't. If it's the pizza stone, then you probably need to replace it - assuming that you want to make pizza or bake bread? As noted, a picture would be helpful in sorting that out for you. Yes, as noted, those are parts for the rotisserie. If you want to use it, here's the recommended motor for it (Dennis does not sell them). Grill Rotisserie Motor Universal Heavy Duty Electric Operated Replacement (onegrill.com)

Welcome to the Obsession, as I'm often saying to new folks. You can use the cold smoker on hot cooks. I have had a Guru for many years and use it on my longer cooks, just for peace of mind. MEATER+ or Block is a must have in my book for rotisserie cooks (no wires). I use mine a lot on other cooks, too. Plus, I have a 4 channel Maverick (XR-50) that I use often.

Give the Jealous Devil a try. I'm liking it a lot.

Definitely a POSK (Piece of Sh!t Kamado) made by RJ. Offer them $100 for it, as it appears to be in relatively good shape. Could use a new gasket and the grate, while dirty, doesn't look rusty.

That's a crazy big fire, dude! Glad that you tamed it and the food came out great! The benefit of being able to adjust those grates up/down!

Whuuut? TWO 42's! That's just insane! You must have a restaurant or do seriously catering to need that much grill space? OR, you've hit the lottery and don't know what to do with all that extra cash! LOL!

@tekobo - we all dream of the day that we can get Dennis' coco-char again! I'm hoarding my last boxes like gold!

I've been in their wine club for a couple of years now. I like that all of their grapes are grown on their estate. This is my crazy time of summer (fortunately after last year's hiatus!) with golf outings, beer festivals and out-of-town guests, I've been busy. I've been cooking, but just couldn't take time to take pictures and post them. Tonight I managed to dodge 2 thunderstorms and cook dinner in the "eye of the storm" - hence, the semi out-of-focus grill pic! It was just starting to rain again. Local corn (of course!) and peri-peri chicken breasts and a nice side Caesar salad.

Back in the saddle again! Grilled chicken picata with better corn and roasted parmesan potatoes.