kad1979 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Posted May 20, 2012 As I posted before my 19.5 KK arrived this past Thursday. I am so very pleased with how my first two cooks on this beauty turned out. I cooked the pork butt for about 20 hours overnight Thursday night into Friday afternoon. I used El Diablo lump charcoal. As a first run my dinner guests were blown away as was I. I made pork tacos with roasted Anaheim chile, queso fresco and all the trimmings. Split open... I paired the meal with a very unique Belgian beer brewed like champagne. This beer was simply sensational! I also threw some ribs on to see how they would turn out. I cooked them approximately 5 hours at 225. While they turned out amazing in texture and flavor I over seasoned them a tad. I am not sure why but a rub that I have used many times before seemed to to be more salty on meat in the KK then on the regular grill. Strange. After finishing the pork I then proceeded with the venting. Oh my word, I really did not care for this. To see liquid, air, etc...seeping from the grout of a grill that I just bought (and wasn't cheap) made me a bit nervous. I had one tile come up considerably but I followed the instructions and pushed it back down before it cooled. Upon checking it the following morning everything looked in place. I had venting from roughly 8 spots around the grill...Any advice on fixing the grout where it vented? I don't want to screw it up. On to pizza Saturday night. I was very impressed with the pizza this thing cranked out. I was lazy yesterday and had to leave on a business trip this morning so I decided to keep it simple and just used pre made dough bought from Trader Joes. I cooked the pizza at about 625 for 7 minutes. The wife's BBQ chicken... I went with classic margarita... All in all a successful first weekend using the KK!! Now I am mad we are leaving out of town for Memorial weekend... Once again sorry for the crappy camera phone photos....next time I will bust out my camera.
bryan Posted May 20, 2012 Report Posted May 20, 2012 Re: First two cooks on the KK... Get a Van and take it with you.
mguerra Posted May 21, 2012 Report Posted May 21, 2012 Re: First two cooks on the KK... If Dennis will ever get the Portable in production, I aim to do exactly that...
