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@Bruce Pearson - Glad to see you posting again. We've missed you. Hope everything is OK there??

No worries, mate. Crispy skin is crispy skin, regardless of how it got there!

Welcome to the Obsession. Glad to see that you loaded up on cocochar and coffee charcoal. Those items are often overlooked as "accessories" when buying a KK. I was recently in Austin and had plans to go to the Salt Lick, but some last minute issues came up and I missed out on going. 😢 Was one of my "bucket list" items. Guess I'll just have to plan another visit!

Welcome to the Obsession! You're about to enter a whole new world of BBQ cooking with your KK. Here's a link to some startup advice I gave another newbie here.

Keep the questions coming! That's what this Forum is for. Dennis will work with you to make sure that your final purchase meets all your needs. No pressure salesmanship from him. Only advice - load up the pallet with as much cocochar, coffee wood charcoal, coffee wood chunks as will fit - only way to get it these days.

@Syzygies - interesting idea to run tubing through the temperature probe port from the cold smoker. Will need to find a reducer, as the cold smoker outlet is much larger than the probe port.

They're all stunning pictures!

Don't we all!

Nah, it's food first, drinks a close 2nd and safety maybe?? LOL

I'm gonna hurl!

Same here!

Steel, when heated to high temperatures, like in the firebox of the KK, will discolor like that. No worries.

It's quite common for Stainless steel (and carbon steel) to show discoloration when heated to fairly high temps. Remember the pot is in the middle of the fire. Several hundred degrees hotter than the dome thermometer. It's not a problem.

We all agree that Dennis is amazing.

Excellent dinner.

Welcome to the Obsession, cab! Lovely KK and nicely done pizza during the break-in. You're off to the races now! Keep posting pics of your cooks.

Nice idea for the strainer with pellets. Will look into it.

ROFLMAO! Reminded me that I have a set of small clay "bricks" for baking bread that I've rarely used. They don't have lids like this one.

Looking awesome.

Big 2nd on the PBW to clean grates and more importantly, the rotisserie basket/rods/forks. I have a 23", so no help with the bigger size.

Not tried this one. There's one at Korin that I get for the yakitori that is very close to cocochar. Sumi Charcoal | KORIN

2nd Robert. You have an air leak somewhere. I shut mine down when I bring in the food and by the time I'm done cleaning up after dinner, the fire is out. I typically look for a 100F drop in dome temperature.

For that small of a pot, pellets are definitely the way to go.

Unfortunately, my Jamaican source for pimento wood & leaves can't import here any longer. Going to have to hoard my stash like my cocochar! 😢

I LOVE my donabe rice cooker. I rarely make rice in anything else, unless its risotto or paella. @Jon B. you got that right! 💲