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Grilling, Smoking, BBQ, etc. WAYCT (What Are You Cooking Today) Outdoor Edition

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    Clint_D
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 5 Jun 2011

    Looks incredible @mclaincausey! How was the Remus?

    ATX IH Hoarder

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      mclaincausey
      見習いボス
      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

      Thanks @Clint_D !

      I really enjoyed it. A guest gifted it. I’d never heard of it. Lots of the expected vanilla on the nose, but my first sip recalled a Speyside single malt and then the bourbon characteristics settled in.

      Think it, be it.

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        setandsetting
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 5 Jan 2016

        @mclaincausey:

        I think kamados (like the Big Green Egg) are the best if you don't mind the hassle of charcoal and the associated preparation and being patient enough / having the time to get the temp dialed in (sometimes you just want to use a gas grill to sear off something quickly). I think the best kamado, though, is the Primo Oval, because instead of being circular like traditional kamados, the Oval gives you several advantages while retaining what makes kamados so great. First, you can fit more ribs and other long items like salmon filets on there without needing a rib rack or to upsize your cooker; in general, there's more capacity because of a more efficient layout. Second, and most importantly, you can configure multiple temperature zones zones. So, I can be slow-roasting something in one area and searing something in another. This is not possible in a traditional kamado. Beyond that, the way that Primo designed the grill grates (reversible–can have your meat close to the fire or farther from the fire depending on how they are flipped) and associated accessories (like heat deflectors that can be applied to either or both sides of the grills, a firebox divider to keep the heat on one side, etc) afford you a ton of different configurations to do all kinds of different things concurrently on the cooker rather than tasking it with one thing at a time. They do make a gas version as well. I have the Large charcoal and it is the best cooker I have ever used. The XL would give you the capacity for a very large party.

        The biggest disadvantage is that they are not cheap, and you need a few accessories to get the most out of it: deflector plate racks and deflector plates (these allow you to isolate the heat from the meat to do low and slow), a firebox divider can be helpful if you want to keep the heat on one side (I have not actually used mine yet, but it does help with zone cooking). Finally, extender grates both boost your grill capacity and afford you more temperature zones. There are also other things I don't have like griddles and I think now a rotisserie.

        I think it's the best cooker on the planet because of its extreme flexibility.

        Finally, the Smobot is recommended (for ANY kamado-style cooker) if you are doing things like shoulders or briskets that go overnight. This brilliant device replaces your daisy wheel with an actuated daisy wheel. It has a pit and two meat temperature probes, so you basically set it and forget it. There is an app for your phone and a website you can use to monitor the cook. It will alert you when the pit reaches your desired temperature (or strays from it by a configured number of degrees) and when each of the probed meats reaches a desired temperature. It takes advantage of what makes kamados great: their extreme efficiency and ability to maintain steady temperatures for long periods. Placing a fan on a kamado as all other temperature management systems do to me is sacrilege. And it is not as practical, because it is harder to run something like that that runs continuously off a USB battery if there is not an outlet handy. Smobot just makes little micro-adjustments to the daisy wheel the same way you learn to do manually with a kamado to maintain temp, and can keep temperatures for literal days depending on the size kamado you have.

        They're built like brick shithouses and such a simple design it will outlast us all.

        Finally, if it matters, they are made in America.

        It only took me a year but I pulled the trigger today on the Primo 200 Junior based on your recommendation. Bought the dealer's floor model and cypress cart and saved a few hundred. Got the deflector plates and holder things. That's it on accessories so far but I'm sure come spring I'll be ready to start doing all sorts of things with it. I went in thinking I was going to buy the Large but the Junior is not tiny at all will still fit a small Turkey.

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          motojobobo
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 22 Aug 2015

          To celebrate out last motorbike trip only meaty stuff was gonna do. So on Sunday we put a lamb (minus hind legs) a-la-cruz (literally, crucified…) which takes about 6 hours to cook to perfection.

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          And last night we wrapped up with a traditional barbecue along with some corn chips, bread and pickled onions.

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          The journey is the objective.

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            Matt
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            Joined: 4 Oct 2011

            Whoa.

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              setandsetting
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 5 Jan 2016

              My jaw has dropped. That's amazing.

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                endo
                見習いボス
                Joined: 29 May 2020

                now I need to get some lamb

                si tacuisses

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                  Brian
                  Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                  Can anyone recommend a not to expensive temp probe that stays in the bbq to monitor the internal temps?

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                    denim-dawg
                    Iron Heart Deity
                    @motojobobo
                    Joined: 20 Oct 2021

                    @motojobobo Outerworldly. This is perfection!

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                      Nocturama
                      Haraki san Prodigy
                      @Brian
                      Joined: 1 Jan 2023

                      @Brian - I have an InkBird which has been reliable and not too expensive. They’re available from Amazon (at least in the UK). 👍

                      #JustStopCrocs

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                        Brian
                        @Nocturama
                        Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                        @Nocturama thank you will take a look and see if it’s available here in Oz

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                          Brian
                          @Nocturama
                          Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                          @Nocturama said in Grilling, Smoking, BBQ, etc. WAYCT (What Are You Cooking Today) Outdoor Edition:

                          @Brian - I have an InkBird which has been reliable and not too expensive. They’re available from Amazon (at least in the UK). 👍

                          They have them in Oz so ordered a 2 probe version
                          Thank you

                          Also this is todays task hopefully will end up as pulled pork

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                            Brian
                            Joined: 24 Nov 2022

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                              Brian
                              Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                              Weekend of bbq
                              Reverse sear tomahawk this evening

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                              last edited by 23 Apr 2023, 06:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                scarfmace
                                Haraki san Expert
                                Joined: 20 Feb 2015

                                great looking steak right there! what temp was your bbq? With all your charcoal lit, I can imagin it must have been quite high no?

                                "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                                  setandsetting
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                                  First smoke on the Primo! Bone in pork shoulder. Smoking duds involve IH Easy Shorts and IH jean vest.

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                                  • Daniel SanD
                                    Daniel San
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                                    Joined: 2 May 2020

                                    some sausages and beer , all I need 😁

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                                      setandsetting
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 5 Jan 2016

                                      2 hours in and I haven’t started drinking yet so I’m already doing this wrong.

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                                      • goosehdG
                                        goosehd
                                        Mod Squad
                                        @setandsetting
                                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                        @setandsetting A beer is needed in one hand to offset the weight of the spatula in the other hand. Not doing so is going to cause muscular imbalance and/or spinal back issues. Please correct asap as I don't want to see you get hurt!!

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        • seawolfS
                                          seawolf
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                                          Safety first!

                                          “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                          @zeebeeleather

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