32 Bigbad received yesterday, moved to the pool deck today.

[Mark Jacobs]

The moving company needed five people to get it in place. They've done other Kamado grills before, but this was their first KK. The initial curing process is now being performed.

[Mark Jacobs]

[5698k]

Congratulations! The 32” is really impressive!


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[MacKenzie]

Beautiful and just wait until you taste the food. 👍👍

[Cheesehead_Griller]

Very nice! I love my 32BB. I did a big cook of "Over the Top Chili" this past weekend on it. Turned out amazing. The best part, I left and went to Costco and the KK just kept doing it's thing  

[tony b]

Welcome to the Obsession! You're gonna love cooking on that BB32! Pics of that all-important 1st cook are a MUST on this site! 

[Mark Jacobs]

Not the first cook, but the second. Pork belly burnt ends and spatchchocked chickens. 

Edited October 29, 2024 by Mark Jacobs

[C6Bill]

Looks great !!!!!

[Tucker]

looks very good. of course pebble finish cooks better

 

[jdbower]

2 hours ago, Tucker said:

looks very good. of course pebble finish cooks better

 

The square tiles form a sort of ley line effect whereas the randomness of the pebbles causes more even heating - that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[C6Bill]

Just remember, pebbles are just broken tiles, i prefer food cooked in things that are not broken 🤣

[wineman]

What is the "initial curing process" for the 32" Big Bad; is that a requirement for all KK's?

[tony b]

Double check with Dennis, but he's made some improvements, including doing some initial curing at the factory now and you may not need to do it?

For us with older KKs, there was a curing step needed before taking the grills above 350F. You can cook as much as you want without doing it, as long as you don't go above this temperature. To cook at higher temps, like for pizzas, you need to incrementally heat the KK in about 50F steps from 350F to 550F, letting the KK stabilize at each step before moving on to the next one, then letting the grill soak for about an hour or so upon getting to 550F. What you're doing is curing out the solvent from the layer of material behind the tiles. You will begin to smell the solvent as it heats up. Keep going until the smell is gone. You might see some whitish gunk leaking out between the tiles. It's easily wiped off with a wet sponge. But, be careful, at this point the exterior of the KK will be quite hot, so be safe and keep pets and kids from touching it until it cools back down (takes hours!) Some tiles might bulge up, as well. You just press them back down as the grill cools down enough to be safe to touch again. We tell folks to make the best of this situation - fill the charcoal basket totally full (it's going to burn a LOT of charcoal), fill up a cooler with your favorite adult beverage and a nice chair to just ride it out. Also, a good chance to continue to learn temperature control by taking some notes on top hat positions at each temperature stop. It's safe to actually cook during this process, as the solvent is on the outside of the grill and not near the food. Good opportunity to make some pizzas.