Aussie Ora Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 After looking at all this hard work I thought I might just have a drink lolOutback Kamado Bar and Grill 1
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 good for you, Aussie. If it doesn't rain I'll do more this morning, get your ice cubes ready. 1
Aussie Ora Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 Great effort Mac your sun room looks greatOutback Kamado Bar and Grill 1
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 Update, 2 down and 2 to go. It looked like rain this morning when I was out so I thought I'd better get right at it before breakfast. The 2 worst sides are done and I'm done with the extension ladder. Thrilled with that now to make breakfast. It is going to taste sooooooooo good.:)
tony b Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 Great progress, MacKenzie. You'll have it banged out in no time. After having morning coffee and newspaper on the deck, I finished up the gazebo - put on the mosquito netting sides and the little plastic covers on the exposed bolts/nuts. Good to go and just in time - weather forecast for our weekend is bumping 90F, so it'll be nice to sit outside under the shade of the gazebo a sip some cocktails, while smoking something yummy on the KK!
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 That is wonderful news, Tony, you are good to go. I just finished the third side but that's it for today, surely there will be enough sunshine over the weekend to do the last side. I think I'll take a break before I start the deck.;)
Jon B. Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 15 hours ago, tony b said: Tony, Your round deck and curved stairs is very interesting looking. Did you design and build? I like it................ 1
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2017 Report Posted June 2, 2017 I am tuckered out so a quick lunch was in order. Homemade pasta made earlier came to the rescue.:) 2
MacKenzie Posted June 3, 2017 Report Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) I revived enough to do the last side before breakfast. It's just after 9 AM and cleanup is complete now for the fun stuff, breakfast. The reward- I have some pork belly to smoke next week. I am on the last package and sure do not want to run out of KK smoked bacon. Edited June 3, 2017 by MacKenzie 5
tony b Posted June 3, 2017 Report Posted June 3, 2017 Nice reward! Purple Crack eggs are still a winner! @Jon B. - I designed it, but didn't build it myself. The contractor located a foundry up in Dubuque that made the stairs. One of the scariest sights as a homeowner is watching a boom crane in your driveway, with the boom over the top of your house, lowering down a 2000+ lb staircase!! 7
FotonDrv Posted June 3, 2017 Report Posted June 3, 2017 53 minutes ago, tony b said: Nice reward! Purple Crack eggs are still a winner! @Jon B. - I designed it, but didn't build it myself. The contractor located a foundry up in Dubuque that made the stairs. One of the scariest sights as a homeowner is watching a boom crane in your driveway, with the boom over the top of your house, lowering down a 2000+ lb staircase!! Did you use the crane for the KK delivery?
Paul Posted June 3, 2017 Report Posted June 3, 2017 Impressive deck and stairs. So Tony are you the one who decided to use the auger bit for the mailbox?
tony b Posted June 4, 2017 Report Posted June 4, 2017 @FotonDrv - no, I built a ramp for the stairs inside the house and 5 of us pushed it from the garage into the foyer, up the stairs, through the house and onto the deck via the kitchen door. We did take the top off to make it a tad lighter. The POSK came off the deck using the same pathway, in reverse order. @Paul - believe it or not, the auger mailbox came that way with the house back in '85. All I've done is occasionally paint it. 1
MacKenzie Posted June 4, 2017 Report Posted June 4, 2017 The experience of getting the KK on your deck is not one you are likely to forget.
tony b Posted June 5, 2017 Report Posted June 5, 2017 Especially having done it twice! First with the POSK - only 2 of us muscling it up those stairs with a refrigerator dolly - one agonizing step at a time! And then the second time with the KK. Which is why I got smarter the second time around and built the ramp and recruited more beefy guys! 1
MacKenzie Posted June 7, 2017 Report Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) Got the cold smoker out while I was doing the bacon smoke. The whisky barrel wood smells so good and so does my bacon.:) Taste test tomorrow at breakfast. Maybe I'll go to bed early tonight. Edited June 7, 2017 by MacKenzie 5
tony b Posted June 8, 2017 Report Posted June 8, 2017 Nice looking bacon, MacKenzie. Looking forward to doing my next batch, using the Purple Crack in the brine! 2
