tekobo Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) I ordered side tables for my 23 Ultimate and they arrived today. Thank you to @Komodo_Kamado_UK for the home delivery service. @MacKenzie was more impatient that me and sent me a message to check if I had opened the boxes after waiting patiently for precisely 3 hours and 8 minutes for an update. So, I opened the boxes. Meat hanger for the 32 Big Bad and side tables for the 23 Ultimate. I was worried when I approached the 23 Ultimate. I have the grate hanger permanently attached on the left and the rotisserie motor bracket on the right. Was I going to need to take both off because they would not fit with the side tables in place? Happily the answer was no. On the right hand side we fitted the rotisserie motor bracket over the top of the side table bracket. I texted Dennis a photo while I was doing this and he suggested the rotisserie motor bracket should go under the side table bracket. Wouldn't work for me because of the small vertical screws on the rotisserie motor bracket that you can see in the right hand side picture. I will see how things work but I may need to size and cut a new shaft to go between the rotisserie motor and the KK to take account of the extra depth introduced by the new side table bracket. I took off the old accessory hanger on the left hand side and installed the new one under the side table here: So, I get to keep all the functionality that I used to have AND I have new side tables. Very happy. Looking at the time stamps on the photos, we went from unwrapped table tops at 18:10 to fitted tables at 18:40. Not bad. How do I know that Dennis is NOT going to insert a post telling me that I have the tables the wrong way round? Because I already got that from him on WhatsApp and fixed it before posting. So there. Edited July 13, 2023 by tekobo 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekobo Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 I just wanted to refer to the post above. I ditched these extra bolts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C6Bill Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 Looks great !!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrus Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 Beautiful wings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chang Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 @tekobo you have three KK's? 16, 23, 32? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekobo Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 9 hours ago, David Chang said: @tekobo you have three KK's? 16, 23, 32? Yup. I have owned five KKs in total. Sold my first two - a 21 and a 23 in blue pebble - and bought these three in tile. I am therefore fully qualified to say that tile cooks better. I sought advice from the forum before I bought my first two KKs. I was right to get two but wrong not to have got the 32 in the first place. I thought that the "go big or go home" rhetoric was just that, macho rhetoric. I should have listened. The 32 is the ideal KK and does most everything I've ever wanted to do. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 All that's missing is the pix of the hanging meat cook. Bet you can't wait to do that cook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekobo Posted July 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 I have some bacon curing just now. The meat hanger is going to be ideal for cold smoking the bacon when it is ready for that stage. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 I like the sounds of hanging bacon to cure it. Yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekobo Posted July 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Just to close this out. I did use the meat hanger to hang the bacon for cold smoking. I took @jonj's advice and dropped a hot coal in amongst the pellets in the cold smoker unit and it burned for hours on end. The only problem is that I chose the windiest day of the year and it appeared to disrupt the flow of smoke into the KK. I gave up after about 8 hours and only had a slight hint of smoke. You live and you learn. Next time! Here is a shot to prove that it happened. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Let it rest for a day or two, you might be surprised at how much smoke that it did pick up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted July 21, 2023 Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 I'm with Tony on the rest period you might be surprised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
