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03-10-2012, 09:53 PM | #241 |
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03-10-2012, 11:44 PM | #242 |
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great pizza JM was it your birthday?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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03-11-2012, 12:31 AM | #243 |
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The 225° Test - Failure but I still think it's possible...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZ05bsnxLM
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03-11-2012, 08:25 AM | #244 |
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Wonderfully informative series of videos, JM. Thanks so much for your hard work.
With all of your cooks, have you gotten a sense for how the Akorn performs in the wind? Thanks. |
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03-11-2012, 10:46 AM | #245 |
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Happy Birthday JM and thanks for all of the videos, very much appreciated
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03-11-2012, 10:49 AM | #246 |
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JM, When you were holding at 150ish, what did the Kamado's stock temp guage read? I cooked 2 racks of spareribs on mine yesterday and was able to hold at ~ 275 according to the guage and they came out perfect.
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03-11-2012, 10:50 AM | #247 |
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I'll be aiming for 225 today JM, I'll letcha know how it goes.
For the record, your timings would have been helpful at the beginning of the video.... how long before you closed the vents down from full, how long before you ratcheted it down the 2nd time. Kamados are like freight trains for heat. If too much lump got burning early, it might have gotten you past the 225 sweet spot. No idea, just wondering what else to try, besides a water pan to help curb it, although someone has mentioned that on this cooker, that might just steep out the fire. Wish me luck, and keep those mods comin! |
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03-11-2012, 11:01 AM | #248 |
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Not really.. it hasn't been too windy here since I got it.
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03-11-2012, 11:02 AM | #249 |
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When I was holding at 250, my gage was reading about 210.
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03-11-2012, 11:18 AM | #250 | |
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03-11-2012, 11:36 AM | #251 |
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Does your CGK shut down and choke out quickly when you shut the bottom air vent? I still haven't made any changes at all to my primary air control but yesterday when I was cooking the chickens I had to keep my vent around 2 to keep the cooking temp up around 375-380. If I shut it down to 1 it would start dropping pretty quickly. You have me curious enough now that I think I will start it up this afternoon with a thermocouple laying on the main grilling grate just to see what happens. I also want to see if I can rig up a way to mount a thermocouple up right next to the CGK thermometer as I wonder if the temps are that much cooler up there or if it is really that inaccurate? I found that mine is about 30-35° lower than what I am measuring on the grill grate.
Edit: Never mind I just watched video 7 somehow I missed you posting that one |
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03-11-2012, 11:56 AM | #252 |
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I watched your last video and to be really honest, your cooker behaves exactly like my Bubba Keg at low temps. It may be an air leak issue, but if it's like the Bubba Keg, it's an effeciency issue. Now that I've got an egg, I can say definitively that the double walled insulated keg (and I'm assuming your grill is similar) is holds in heat WAY better than the egg...but it's almost counter productive degree on low temps. The egg's get hot on the outside (despite what the marketing material says). That's the whole reason they are able to maintain lower temps...because they can diffuse enough heat to hold lower temps with a big enough fire that the grill does not go out. The BK (and possibly chargriller Kamado) are almost too efficient and it works against us. Saves a lot on charcoal though. :)
The solution is to cook more meat. If you have a big roast in there (or multiple big roasts), it will hold low temps a lot easier. It's just too efficient to hold 225 for an empty cooker. |
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03-11-2012, 12:08 PM | #253 | |
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The Komodo Kamado is a very well insulated cooker. You can comfortably put your hand on the outside of it at searing temps. That said, you can also hold very low and slow temps, reportedly for up to 48 hours on a single load. Is it just that it's a super tight cooker?
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03-11-2012, 12:09 PM | #254 |
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I cant fully explain this to you because i don't fully understand it but i think it has to do with the convection action in the BBQ when the lid is down it will circulate the moisture as well. I'm sure there's a better explanation out there but like i said i don't fully get it but have experienced it and never used water or any liquid again and my meats always come out moist and tender.
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03-11-2012, 12:55 PM | #255 |
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Well, it's raining cats and dogs here, but the acorn is keeping temp perfectly.
I'm sitting on 238 right now, with just the slightest cracks in the top and bottom. To be fair, I did start with more lit kingsford than I needed (about 8 lumps white), and a huge hunk of pecan. As a diffuser, I am using the weber grate JM spoke of (thanks Lowes!) and a muffin tin with 1/2 the tins filled with apple juice. I'm sure that's keeping the temp down a bit. I'm sure I could get it down a little further, but for now, I'm happy, and it's cooking well. |
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