tony b

Another night of the local corn. This time with a snack pak of snags from my local shop - Smoked Knockwurst, Weisswurst, Currywurst and Wieners. For the wieners, made up a pot of hot dog chili (a.k.a. - Greek chili - which gets its name in my hometown because all the local drive-ins that specialize in chilidogs and chili cheeseburgers, are run by Greeks. This is NOT Skyline style with the cinnamon in it!) Just going on, so you can see the colors of the snags. Sorry - I was going to upload more pics, but I'm having Internet problems (my provider, not the Forum servers). Will try again later.

À chacun son goût, as the French say! You didn't catch the part about the wife liking Black & Blue?

That's the fun part of this hobby - no one "right" way to do it - whatever works for you and you get the results you want - that's OK.

You'll have to let us know what his response is when it arrives!

Nicely done!

LOVE the bundle of Shit The Bed with the Dude wipes - PERFECT! I bookmarked their website, doing my best not to order the 4 pack, because I've got a pantry full of rubs and sauces right now and no room for more!

Interesting experiment. I've just naturally put my ribs bone-side down, unless I'm using the vertical rack. Probably doesn't make that much difference, as I normally do ribs indirect (foil on the lower grate).

Last visit to the "Corn Lady" yesterday until next year! 😢 Here's the reason to own the half grate if you have a 23" KK. Corn on the half grate and then toss the steak (Flat Iron in this case) onto the sear grate down below. Sides of sautéed mushrooms and melting potatoes. Homemade chimichurri sauce. Steak was a bit too close to "Black & Blue" for me, but was still a tasty cut of meat.

Haven't brewed anything new since April because of the lockdowns and all the cancelled Festivals. I try to drink local as much as I can otherwise. In the fridge right now is an "New Zealand Pilsner," (Green Dragon) made with Moteuka hops from Lion Bridge here in town. btw - I live in Iowa and we have some nasty winters here, but I still use the KK year round. My only concessions to the weather are windchills in the negative numbers (i.e., below zero F) and pouring rains (drizzles are OK, just not a full on downpour!) So, be thinking year round use of your new KK.

Very Denim looking tiles. Don't know if I've ever seen a KK with that same color before? Can't wait to see it in its new home! Pics, please!

Nice way to spend your birthday - golf & Plinys! Unfortunately, I didn't get up to Russian River on my recent visit to Napa - the smoke was just too bad that day and I was concerned that they'd close down before we got there for lunch. But, I did score some Pliny at a bottle shop in San Jose! Never done "chunks" before. Will be interested to hear if it works out for you. My inclination would have been to puree them in the processor with the other rub ingredients to make a paste.

Happy Birthday, Troble!! Sounds like a wonderful plan and I can't wait to hear how this turns out. Injecting is the way to go on larger hunks of meat like briskets and butts. I even inject whole chickens. I've been growing yellow aji peppers for a number of years now. This year's crop has been disappointing so far. I've only got one ripe one on the plant right now and just a couple more in the ripening process. So, not enough to make a batch of my hot sauce this year! 😢

Also don't forget to load up that shipping pallet with all the cocochar and coffee wood charcoal and chunks that will fit - cheapest shipping that you'll ever pay for those, too!

I would be one of those folks. It's even worse now that the derecho trashed my trellis system for my hop plant. The KK now sits right out in the open, on an elevated deck 7 ft off the ground, in the wind tunnel created by the close gap between my house and the neighbors. One trick with the Guru (assume it's similar for other models), close the damper on the fan outlet down to less than half open and just barely open the top vent off its seat - make the fan do the work. Otherwise, you can get vacuum drag across the top vent and pull air into the KK when the fan isn't running and mess with your temps. Once the inside temp gets above the controller setpoint, it can't bring it back down. You are at the mercy of the airflow created by the wind as to where your temps will equilibrate to?

I've owned a Guru for many years (pre-dates my KK). I just like the security on very long cooks (over 4 hours). I always use it on pork butt and beef brisket cooks.

I seem to recall an episode of Bourdain on some island with the coconut crabs and they were eating them, so my guess is YES. He said that they definitely tasted of coconut.

PBW, my man! Cleaning the cradle is a snap.

Hope you folks Down Under don't have to put up with these "uninvited guests" at your cookouts too often! Good thing they're vegetarians! https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/family-bbq-in-australia-crashed-and-swarmed-by-dozens-of-giant-robber-crabs/ar-BB19oqmt?ocid=msedgdhp

Some of the folks in my homebrew club have fermenters than can be pressurized, which allows them to hook up their CO2 supplies and force transfer their beers to kegs without opening them up to the air (oxygen), similar to how a commercial brewery does it. I'm old school and have to syphon transfer my beers in the open. There are some tricks to help minimize the oxygen exposure, but there's always some. In a big IPA, with a lot of dry-hopping, even small amounts of oxygen can have an influence on the final beer. Just something you have to live with - or spend more $$ on upgraded equipment (homebrewing is a lot like BBQing - LOL!!)

I use several different configurations when using the rotisserie - Dennis' basket (with insert), the straight rod with forks, and the same straight rod with an adjustable rectangular basket. Each has it place/use. YMMV

Pretty cool to have a special water source like that. I've been brewing over 25 years, so I've just about done it all, including meads and ciders. Don't have a particular favorite, but if you look at my brew log over the last decade, you'll see a few batches of Baltic Porter, my winter beer. COVID has put a damper on my brewing this summer - with all the Festivals being cancelled, I'm only brewing for myself. Have a few hops I want to experiment with, so maybe some pale ales/IPAs are in the works? I struggle with the super big IPAs, as I am not set up for oxygen-less transfers, so it's hard to pull those off.

PBW to the rescue again!

Welcome - I'm a homebrewer as well, but I wish that I had this sweet bartering deal!!

Don't we all?? 😄