tony b

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Those types of questions are why this Forum exists. Ask away here. What size KK are you thinking about? That will be a major factor in how best to move it to its new home - size and weight. Also, is it a straight pathway from the dropoff point to the final spot? Is it level other than the steps? Will it need to go through doors or fence gates? Is the pathway paved? Your delivery person is almost assuredly NOT going to move it to your final spot, given your steps. If it were a straight pathway with no major obstacles, you can sometimes tip them extra to use their pallet jack to move it for you.

Cool beans.

Frommage D'Affoinois is one of my favorite cheeses AND I do have a birthday coming up within the next 2 weeks. Just sayin'!

Nicely spun bird!

Love Korean Kalbi short ribs! Only thing is that they make a huge mess on the grates. After the week in post-derecho Hell, I treated myself to a Prime ribeye dinner. Started out direct on the lower grate with mesquite chunks, 350F dome. 7 minutes 1st side, 6 minutes 2nd side. Then down on the sear grate for 1:30 on each side for the crust. Plated with sous vide mashed potatoes and a veal demiglace gravy, sauteed zucchini and a side salad.

Nice burger spread!

Love pichana. I did a Trader Joe's lemon rosemary road kill chicken, with what might be the last of the local corn for the year after the big storm. 😢 Main grate, direct, peach wood at 325F for the first 30 minutes, flipped to skin side down and ramped up to 400F. Plated with roasted garlic couscous and a nice salad. Good to have fresh produce again!

Experimenting is the fun part of this hobby!

I've used CYM for a long time as a binder. For chicken, I use mayo. I'm going to have to try that vinegar dunk.

It surely wasn't because of clean living on my part! Ha, ha!

I'd gladly trade your heat wave for the derecho that nailed us on Monday! Equivalent to a Cat 2 hurricane. Lasted for 45 minutes. Massive amounts of damage in the whole area. Trees down everywhere. I was lucky. No major damage to the house. Dog and I are fine. Got power back after 3 days. 75% of the area is still without power. The shocker was that a medium sized mulberry tree landed on the corner of the deck where the KK is. It was so buried that I couldn't see it. When I managed to get the debris off of it and pulled back the cover - not a single scratch! A miracle! The KK gods were watching over me. This is what I first saw when I looked out the kitchen door.

Sorry, I've never used any of those 3. First thing that popped into my head was to use the orange wood on duck. Also, anything done with Cuban mojo. I'd think that apricot would be similar to peach, which I like use with pork. No clue about the plum?

I did 4 prime filets in the sous vide last weekend. When I put them up in the freezer, I put butter and some seasoning in the food saver bags. Then, I just took them out of the freezer the day of, put them straight into the water bath for 3 hours and finished them on the lower grate. My guests raved about them. I wish that I'd have done this before, but I usually like to be more spontaneous with my preps. I have an idea that I want to try - take out the protein from the freezer and cut just the corner off the food saver bag, melt some butter (or use EVOO, depending on the prep) add seasoning, then inject it into the bag. Put it in the fridge to solidify. Then re-vacuum the bag and into the water bath.

I used to judge CASI chili cook offs around here, back in the day. I get almost all of my chili powders from Pendery's. Great stuff.

AWESOME!!! A Master Class in mechanical machine design!

Another 3-legged chicken for dinner last night. Local corn (of course!) Each leg was injected differently - Franks, Tabasco Garlic, and Teriyaki. Each was rubbed - 2 hot sauce legs got Slap Yo Daddy and the Teriyaki got Matcha green tea sea salt and sansho pepper rub. Direct, 325F, peach wood chunks. Plated with some sautéed green beans and red onion. Sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds and almonds. Lovely chardonnay. And, Yes, I did eat the 3rd leg, too - LOL! All 3 were tasty. Can't pick a fav out of this one.

Understand SV technique. What I was saying was some proteins can start to breakdown in texture if left if the bath too long. Since this brisket is already cooked, the amount of time before the breakdown begins will be shorter than what's published in the guidelines.

Nicely done. Well, at least you took the rubber do-hickies off the temperature probes! Yeah, timing on brisket is always problematic. If you start too early in the evening, it reaches the time to wrap in the middle of the night. If you stay up late to start it, you get to the wrap at a good time in the morning, but you finish too early (as in your case.) If you start it first thing in the morning, it's not ready by dinner time. No win situation. I'm eager to hear how the sous vide solution works out. My only concern might be it could affect the texture (mushy) if it sits in the bath too long before serving?

@Basher - lucky pooch! Tasty bits for him/her. Interesting cook, Tekobo. Dinner was a big azz porkchop, with local corn and some curry rice. Side salad, crusty bread and a nice TJ Rose complement the whole thing. Porkchop was rubbed with Eat BBQ and Sucklebusters Texas Pecan rubs. Direct, main grate, apple wood chunks. 325F. Plated. The yogurt container was actually the salad dressing - Penzey's Creamy Peppercorn.

No, it's not. It's a "kamado," but made by another company - one with a very bad reputation. Besides shady business practices, the grills were well known for shedding their tiles in large sections and crumbling apart in general. I owned one before I got my KK. Mine held up surprisingly well, but it eventually succumbed to cracking issues (the top hat crumbled apart where the rods went through to the spider bolt. Many of the previous owners refer to them as the POSKs (Piece of sh!t kamados.) This one looks in surprisingly good shape. I don't recall them making a model without legs though? How's the interior? Any signs of cracking?

Dinner was a nice salad made with grilled nectarine (rubbed with Pineapple Head) and chicken breasts rubbed with peach rub and sauced with Peachalicious sauce. Added some sautéed green beans, cherry tomatoes, and roasted almonds & pepitas. All over a bed of arugula and baby spinach. Made the vinaigrette with the oil from roasting the nuts/seeds, with peach white balsamic vinegar. A nice glass of pinot grigio to go with - makes for a tasty summer dinner.

For my down under buddies - shrimps on the bar-bee! 3 different spicy rubs - P = Peri-peri; S = Suya Pepper (Tekobo's blend); and B = Berbere. Plated with roasted spuds, green beans and red onions. Made a spicy jalapeno remoulade sauce to go with the shrimps. Nice viognier to go with all the spicy bits. The peri-peri were the spiciest, but all were very tasty, especially with the remoulade sauce.

So sorry for your loss, Bruce. 💐