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Re: Definition of OTB Never shelled out the coin for a 1st growth. I have bought Cos d'Estournel in the past, as high on the ladder as I've gone!

Re: Definition of OTB Super jealous - must be nice to toss back a 1st growth for no special occasion!

Re: Pork Butt Feedback The only thing that I cook by time is steaks, but when you have guests coming and are on the clock, then you need a rough approximation for when to start cooking. Next time, I'll put it on the night before at bedtime and let it finish whenever the next day (my normal routine when I'm just cooking for me). I should have done that this time but thought I could get it cooked just-in-time! My bad.

Re: Pork Butt Feedback Thanks for the feedback. The other goofy thing about this one was that it stalled around 150F -152F, again lower than my previous experience. Mine usually stall in the 165F - 170F range. At first, I thought that the meat probe on the guru had gone bad, but I checked it with the Thermopen and got the same temperature. So, this one became more "chopped pork" than "pulled pork."

Did a 7# bone-in butt yesterday. Put it on at 6:30am @ 225F, indirect, with the guru. Had to take it off at 7pm (we're getting too hungry!) and the internal temperature of the butt was only 175F?? Was tasty, but didn't pull all that well and the bone didn't fall out like it does when you get to 195F, which was my target final temperature. I've never had a butt take this long to cook before. I generally go by the standard 90 minutes per pound, so this one should have been done in 10 hours, with plenty of resting time before dinner. So, here's the deal. This was the first time that I've injected a butt. Would that have affected the cooking time?

Re: Honeyed peaches It's a Terra Blue. They run the gamut of some brown to lots of brown mixed in with the nice azure blue.

Re: Patiently Waiting In Warner Robins GA Once you try it, you'll see for yourself. It burns nice and slow, with almost no flavor of its own so the smoking woods you are using shine through, which makes it ideal for lo & slo cooks - pork butts, ribs and briskets.

Re: Forestlumps charcoal Always looking for something new, better, different, is all. Nothing wrong with Royal Oak; it's my "everyday" charcoal. I buy 6 bags at a time. For the price point, it's hard to beat, but it's not my favorite. So far, other than Dennis' coco, which I hoard for special cooks, I'm a big fan of Weekend Warrior. If you believe that all charcoal is the same, you should check out the Naked Whiz's website and his reviews of lots of different charcoals.

Re: Forestlumps charcoal Just opened my second box. At least this one had several large chunks in it. But, again, lots of smalls and fines. They need to work on that.

Re: KK in the background shot for a PR campaign Hi aiza, We have a lot in common. I, too, have a baby Grill Dome as my second grill. I bought it back when I had my POSK for small grillings like burgers, brats, and chicken breasts. When the POSK started to seriously crack, I upgraded to the KK and, like you, the Grill Dome sees less and less use. When my basket splitter arrives, hopefully soon (hint, hint, Dennis!), I may have to permanently "retire" the Grill Dome, even though I recently bought the extra grill for it.

Re: Galaxy Outdor - Kamado Rocket? I don't believe this outfit has anything to do with Richard Johnson (POSK developer and all around scoundrel!). A couple of guys bought the rights to the old Kamado and tried to make a go of it, but never seemed to get any traction. I was actually on their forum for a while. I think they sold out to this Galaxy outfit. All I can remember about it.

Re: Prime Pork Chops Looking killer!

Re: Forestlumps charcoal While my shipment arrived in good condition, when I opened the first bag, to be honest, I was disappointed. The bag contained a very high percentage of chips and small pieces (quarter size or smaller), very few large pieces, with the rest being medium sized. It lit easily and burned OK for the short cook that I did (10 minutes at high temperature (500F). I will reserve final judgment until I do a longer low and slow cook.

Re: Forestlumps charcoal (spammer post conversation) After the first one, I figured it out and hit the "spammer" button on the other 2. Actually, my first thought was it was some poor guy using a bad language translation program. But, I'm a trusting soul and give most folks the benefit of the doubt.

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Re: Inaugural cook experience questions I go with Robert's postulation, you didn't actually have the dome fully latched, so you were leaking air, which threw off your temperatures. When you shut the dome, make sure that the latch goes all the way down (you'll feel the second latch point). BTW - the only difference between a chicken cooked at 375F and one at 400F is the cooking time. The end results will be exactly the same. You will find with experience, that cooking on the KK is very forgiving when it comes to temperatures, so don't fret if you're off by 25F - 50F (up or down), just adjust your cooking time accordingly. Most of the time, we're cooking to an end temperature of the meat anyway, so time is only an approximation for planning purposes. And, if it's done early, you can usually hold most things for at least a couple of hours if you wrap in foil, then in a blanket or beach towel and put into a cooler.

Re: Heat/Ash Shield -- which way is up? Don't sweat it, guys! We've all been there one way or another. That's why this forum exists; to ask all those seemingly silly questions and to get answers without being made to feel stupid or embarrassed. All we ask is that you help out the next guy, even if it's just to say, "I've done that, too." or "Yeah, I had to ask that too, when I first got my KK."

Re: Charcoal choices? Woo-Hoo! Hawgeyes BBQ had Weekend Warrior Briquettes. Ordered 2 bags! UPDATE: Fed X just delivered my box from Hawgeyes with my WW briquettes!

http://komodokamado.com/forum/filedata/fetch?id=67518 http://komodokamado.com/forum/filedata/fetch?id=67518 Re: Aussie lamb Second that. I am lucky to have a local lamb supply. I know that I posted these before, but here's the picture of the lamb ribs that I did last weekend. Again, locally sourced.

Re: Heat Deflectors Most of the time, I just use the drip pan that came with the KK, especially on shorter cooks. Not that I don't use the heat deflector, just only on longer cooks where the extra heat-up time isn't an issue.

Re: Charcoal choices? If you want to try a good briquette, Weekend Warrior makes a good one. The Whiz gave them a "thumbs up." http://www.nakedwhiz.com/productreviews/wgcbriquettes/wgcb.htm I use those in the baby Grill Dome, as it gets easily clogged with the smaller pieces of lump and big pieces give too uneven heat distribution in it. My bad! I just went to their website (Wicked Good Charcoal) to post a link about the briquettes and the webpage says that they have suspended production. Damn, and I only have a 1/2 bag left!

Re: Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details Susan, I recently bought 2 Shun Kaji knives, a Nigiri and a Santoku (love them!), so I want to keep them in good shape for as long as I can. Hopefully you can restore yours. I originally thought about wooden spoons, but without trying it first, was wondering about the thickness and whether or not I have 2 the same size - LOL! My guess is that chopsticks might not be big enough, especially if you don't level off the bottom of the potato to stabilize it and to keep from cutting too deep on the ends. Enough speculation, time to get into the kitchen and experiment! Empirical data is always superior to hypothesis alone!

Re: Tappecue - May be interesting?

Re: Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details I can think of all kinds of possibilities for stuffings. Susan, my only concern with your technique is the impact on the cutting knife from hitting the butter knives. I think bgrant3406 is onto something with the rolling pin idea. Just need to find a wooden dowel (or similar) of the right diameter to use that won't damage the blades on my knife (or I could use one that I don't care about too much if the blade gets dinged up some).

Re: More Sear basket fun Having "buyer's remorse," but not from buying the splitter for the KK, but the extra grills that I recently bought for the Grill Dome, hoping to expand its usefulness. They're still in the shrink wrap. I will probably do some side-by-sides between the GD and KK on a couple of burger cooks to see which one uses the least charcoal to get the job done.