BillywannaQ
Full Fledged Farker
Damn!! Just what my wife needs; another darn cooker!
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$299 Char-Griller Kamado First Looks
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Boshizzle
somebody shut me the fark up.
I'm really surprised to hear that temps respond rather quickly. I'm wondering if your initial higher heat or the fact that you lit your lump at the bottom has anything to do with that? Or maybe your maverick is more sensitive than stem therms..
I'm curious what the footprint LxW is with the tables folded down? Is it heavy to load it in back of a pickup? I have no intentions of getting rid of my kegs, but this is why I ask..
I stopped by Lowes the other night to check the CGK out. It weighs about half what the BK weighs.
JMSetzler
Babbling Farker
What makes the BK so heavy? At 90lbs that would put the BK at over 150? Thats about what the large egg weighs.
Baby Back Maniac
is Blowin Smoke!
I had a keg for several years and I can tell by your video that there is a LOT to like about your new cooker. They took a lot of the ideas that In-zone had with the keg and expanded on them even further. I'm afraid that you will eventually have to seal off that lower gasket. It's a great concept but I just can't see it going the long haul. I hope it does though. If it that happens, just take a pie pan and use it to pull the ash out the top. It's nice that the flanges are their for the diffuser to sit on because that would make great "handles" for pulling the fire box out. BK doesn't have that so it can be a little awkward to pull out.
I think you are going to be really happy with that cooker.
I think you are going to be really happy with that cooker.
Baby Back Maniac
is Blowin Smoke!
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Nomo4me
Guest
I'd be curious to hear why you make this supposition. Is it based on observation of another cooker?
Boshizzle
somebody shut me the fark up.
I don't know. But, the BK's walls are thicker than the CGK's walls. The CI grate is heavier too. Either way, the BK is a good bit heavier than the CGK.
That doesn't mean the CGK isn't a good cooker, though. I'm tempted to pick one up myself.
Boshizzle
somebody shut me the fark up.
I use a grill pan (basket) to hold the charcoal (the kind sold at Lowes for ~$10.00) and an aluminum pan in the bottom of my BK. All I have to do is empty the pans and I'm done cleaning up the ash.
tish
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Joe, I have the basket and the pan, but it's easy to use the vacuum, and then I don't have to actually touch the charcoal or the pan and get all full of soot. It's a chick thing. lol :eusa_clap
JS-TX
is One Chatty Farker
I saw this cooker at Lowes a couple weeks ago and it's at least 25lbs lighter than the keg. I'd be careful of using a really cheap pie pan at the bottom of the fire grate to catch ashes. About 1 1/2 yrs ago, after a brisket cook, somehow the ash pan caught fire with a really dark and stinky smoke. The flames were almost coming out of the lower vent. I had been using a cheap pie pan before with no problems, but that incident was enough for me to stop. I would recommend something heavier.
I've also used a shop vac, but it just seems to create a mess for me.
I've also used a shop vac, but it just seems to create a mess for me.
Sly-one
Full Fledged Farker
For maintaining a lower temp for low and slow, I start with fewer hot coals. If I start with too large of a fire in my BGE, then the temp likes to climb up higher than what I was wanting, but if I start with a smaller fire initially, it keeps the temps lower for a longer period of time. If you're using a chimney to start the lump, you might try reducing the number of coals in the chimney by 1/4 to 1/3.
I've been using the BGE starter cubes, and for a lower running temp, I just use 1/2 of a cube to get the lump going.
By the way, a box of the BGE cubes is $6.99. Tractor supply recently had the same thing (without the BGE name on it) for $1.99.
I've been using the BGE starter cubes, and for a lower running temp, I just use 1/2 of a cube to get the lump going.
By the way, a box of the BGE cubes is $6.99. Tractor supply recently had the same thing (without the BGE name on it) for $1.99.
JMSetzler
Babbling Farker
I wonder how the BGE starter cubes compare to the Weber starter cubes? A box of 24 of the Weber cubes is less than 4 bux. In reality half a cube might work with those too.
Sly-one
Full Fledged Farker
The BGE cubes (not really cube shaped) are about 3/8" thick and about 1.5 inches on each side.
JMSetzler
Babbling Farker
Here's Part 3 of the review: Cooking a 7-lb Boston Butt...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyZasR9aF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyZasR9aF0
JS-TX
is One Chatty Farker
I've used both the BGE starters and the Weber cubes and prefer the BGE ones. The Weber cubes flake quite a bit when you take them out of the package. Bust mostly I use a MAPP torch to get things going, it's much faster and a tank lasts quite a while.
Baby Back Maniac
is Blowin Smoke!
I hope I am wrong. I just think the fact that it's already leaking air when the vents are closed is not encouraging. With it being so close to the lump and being removed so often, I can't see it getting better with time. Also, the fact that the vents were closed down so much to keep the temps at 275 makes me think it's already effecting the cooker temps.
JMSetzler
Babbling Farker
Just curious... why wouldn't you think it's the vent itself where the air leak is? When I did the positive pressure test on the unit during the seasoning burn in the second video test, the vent is where the air leak showed up mostly.
AustinKnight
is Blowin Smoke!
The leak is in the lower air vent brotha, use some high heat gasket silicone around it and you should be good. Your butt looked really good love the videos keep up the good work :thumb::thumb::thumb:
JMSetzler
Babbling Farker
I'm not worried about heat getting to the lower ash pan gasket at all. The lump is insulated from that gasket by the firebox and its also above the gasket level so that gasket should be relatively cool compared to the top dome gasket.
