MacKenzie Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 I spent some time getting the rotisserie figured out for an up coming chicken;) So it was a late burger cook tonight. I ground a blade roast to make these burgers. Ready to grill. On the grill Ready for the bun. Plated- Up close. 1
tinyfish Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 Lovely burgers MacKenzie I think its time for me to do some of those beer can burgers this week. Look at pebbles all sparkling clean inside.
MacKenzie Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Posted July 22, 2015 Thanks, tinyfish. It won't be white for long;)
tony b Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 While these burgers rock, I'm waiting with bated breath for that roti chicken!
MacKenzie Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Posted July 22, 2015 While these burgers rock, I'm waiting with bated breath for that roti chicken! Me too, Tony. It will be my very first. Keep your fingers crossed I hope to get it on this morning.
Poochie Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 Juicy burgers ya got there. I could go for one or three for breakfast this morning.
GoFrogs91 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 Wow MK. Look at you already working the basket splitter. Amazing looking burgers and those homemade buns are just ridiculous!
ckreef Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 Nice burger cook. Yea it looks so clean and pretty on the inside. Enjoy that look while you can, it won't last long.
CeramicChef Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 MacKenzie - I LOVE burgers and I think burgers are about the best food out there! Young Lady, those are some world class burgers you cooked up there on Pebbles! Simply a wonderful cook. Mega kudos!
wilburpan Posted July 23, 2015 Report Posted July 23, 2015 Always love a burger cook. I noticed you used the basket splitter. Did you do that to do direct/indirect cooking? And with the 21†basket shaped the way that it is, can you split the basket in the other direction? The 23†basket is round, so I can split it front to back or side to side.
MacKenzie Posted July 23, 2015 Author Report Posted July 23, 2015 Yes, Wilbur, I wanted to do an indirect cook and then sears but they looked good and I just did a very short sear so I could keep all the juices. No, can't run the splitter the other way the basket is the same shape as the inside of the grill.
tony b Posted July 23, 2015 Report Posted July 23, 2015 So, we've now uncovered the first big design difference between the "standard" 23" and the HiCap 21" - the shape of the charcoal basket. While I use the side-by-side split 90% of the time, it's nice to be able to do "front-to-back" on occasion. Given the airflow profile inside the KK, there is a difference in how each cooks, in my opinion, as I've not actually measured temperatures to see if my theory is correct. My impression is that there is practically no difference in left fire vs right fire in a side-to-side basket split, but there is a difference in a back fire vs front fire in a front-to-back basket split, with the back fire being hotter than the front fire arrangement (for the same draft door/top hat setting). This is based upon the shape of the lid. There is left/right symmetry, but not front/back symmetry. Maybe Dennis has studied this and can tell us if this is actually the case??
wilburpan Posted July 23, 2015 Report Posted July 23, 2015 There should be a difference, since the vent is placed towards the back of the grill, which creates a natural flow of air across the cooking area. In general, this is a desirable thing. I forgot which book this is from, but the same principle holds in kettle grills.
tony b Posted July 23, 2015 Report Posted July 23, 2015 That's one of the few nice things about cooking on a Weber kettle - you can position the top vent circumferentially anywhere you want to get direct or cross-flows. Those of us with the round charcoal basket can basically do the same thing using the basket splitter and positioning it relative to the top vent to achieve the desired flow pattern.
