Kevin H Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Greetings, So, as with many others on the forum, my path started with an initial interest in ceramic cookers prodded by a brother-in-law who liked one that was on "special" at our local warehouse club. I have to say I was unimpressed with the cooker they offered, especially when I Googled it and saw all the reviews. In my search, I noticed a picture of a beautiful, blue cooker. I hit the link and the rest is history..... six months later both of us have beautiful, 32" BB's in Dark Terra Blue. On a side note I talked the B.I.L. in to buying one first, that way I could figure out what options to get with mine. So, I know everyone likes details and pictures so here goes. As I mentioned the B.I.L. got his first so my first impressions were, OMG that is the most beautiful, huge, quality piece of equipment I'd ever seen and WOW are there a lot of pieces and WOW it is heavy. So, I knew I had have one but, maybe a 23" is really as big as I should get..... A couple of pics of the B.I.L. and his new best friend with his first brisket cook. Purchase, Delivery and Unload: After a few weeks of looking and second guessing myself on what size to get I went with the 32", dark terra blue, basket divider, side tables,baking stone, rotisserie, cover and several boxes of coconut charcoal and coffee wood spits. My decision to go with the 32" came down to the premise that you only get one chance to " buy horsepower", after seeing the flexibility to size the cook to whatever you need with the basket dividers and ceramic inserts it just makes sense if you have the room. With the side tables it takes up quite a footprint.... Delivery took about 6 days from California and everything arrived in good shape. So, with the tools shown I began the unpacking process. My plan was to do the unpack and setup by myself, and get some help to move it into place. As you might notice, I had the delivery guy roll the pallet into the garage. One thing to keep in mind is that typically you have to lift the crate up and over the top of the cooker. Inside the garage, I didn't have the head room inside the garage, now you know what the sawsall is about....IMG_0149.m4v Just make sure you have plenty of clearance for your blade path and wear gloves and safety glasses. Any saw will do the job. I won't bore you with the other details of the unpack. Let's just say that, I got it in place and yes, you need to plan and have help for that. The next weekend was a long weekend for Memorial Day (Thanks to all for your service!) so I had a chance to spend a lot of quality time with the BB. I'll let the pics speak for how great the weekend was. Cutting into the belly.....IMG_0110.m4v I'm so looking forward to many more great memories and really appreciate all the insight and experiences from the members of the forum. Last but, certainly not least, I too, am a Big fan of Dennis, have had several conversations with him and all have been enlightening and insightful. The quality of my experience is only matched by the quality of his product.... Edited June 12, 2017 by Kevin H 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Welcome! Nothing like jumping in with both feet. You done well! Thanks for the great pics and narrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stile88 Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Welcome to the kk family i love that color great choice and getting the beast that is awesome i bet you are so happy as you know no other cooker compares..looking forward to many more of your future cooks. Congrats on your purchase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangles Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Wow that is awesome. Looks beautiful and great pictures. Congrats. Great cook as well. I would have loved to get the 42 myself but I get the Australia tax which makes it so much harder. Looks like mine gets to my local port on Wednesday so not long now...Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Great review of your KK arrival and initial cooks. Stunningly beautiful KK as are the cooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pearson Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Kevin welcome the the kk forum and experience. Great pictures and nice cooks. I like your choice of color. Happy grilling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 @Kevin H - WOWZERS! Great pics and great story. Welcome here to KK Central and welcome to The KK Family. Congrats to you on some great cooks. We look forward to seeing many more. Again, welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Welcome to the Family (aka, The Obsession)!! Talk about jumping in to the deep end of the pool to learn to swim!! The 42" right out of the gate! Hats off to you, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin H Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Thanks for the nice comments. Just realized I fat fingered which model I got. We got the 32"..... Apologies for the mix-up. You know what they say about boys and their toys..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuley Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Looks like you are already hanging tons of fun!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Kevin H said: Thanks for the nice comments. Just realized I fat fingered which model I got. We got the 32"..... Apologies for the mix-up. You know what they say about boys and their toys..... It's still a damned big grill for a newbie! Can't wait to see more cooks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ora Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 Awesome Kev great idea getting your bil to suss it out first lol as you can tell by those great cooks it's an awesome barbie .still wondering why us Aussies don't get the KK tel truOutback Kamado Bar and Grill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 All Tru Tels are the same.. duel temp. They sent one batch to Indo that did not say KK by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Looks like you're up and running great already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
