First burn on the Acorn

dport7 · Aug 11, 2015

got er out, lit er up, about 3/4 chimney full of charcoal, 2 chunks of cherry,
10 minutes later temp at 400 on the maverick.

Closed er up, got it to where it maintained 400 and in went the corn bread.

Boy they didn't take long, I didn't time it, but I'd say 7 or so minutes they
were ready.

And boy was it good! I was at Costco a couple days ago and seen this NEW
Krusteaz mix, and had to try it. Well worth the money.

ButtBurner · Aug 11, 2015

nice!!

be careful!!

thats a lot of charcoal to light!! It can get away from you in a hurry!!!

Fwismoker · Aug 11, 2015

I like the little corn pan!

Seein some nice thin blue out there nice

cowgirl · Aug 11, 2015

Looks mighty tasty Dport! Nice job!

Ron_L · Aug 11, 2015

:thumb:

dport7 · Aug 11, 2015

ButtBurner said:
nice!!

be careful!!

thats a lot of charcoal to light!! It can get away from you in a hurry!!!

Your right.
That was way to much charcoal. I didn't know how much to use. It's been a hour and a half later and it's still running at 400. looks like it will be there for a while yet too.

Guess thats the learning curve.

Can i close this thing down and let it smother or will it creosote the inside?

Big George's BBQ · Aug 11, 2015

That looks Great and to think I was in Costco today

dport7 · Aug 11, 2015

Big George's BBQ said:
That looks Great and to think I was in Costco today

If ya like spicy, it's got a little kick to it, not much, but you can taste it.

Decoy205 · Aug 11, 2015

dport7 said:
Your right.
That was way to much charcoal. I didn't know how much to use. It's been a hour and a half later and it's still running at 400. looks like it will be there for a while yet too.

Guess thats the learning curve.

Can i close this thing down and let it smother or will it creosote the inside?

Great Job! Yeah I start mine by lighting one piece of charcoal or lighting a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol. Works like a charm. You have to light small fires and let them slowly come up to the desired temp.

And yea! Snuff out the charcoal you'll have plenty leftover for next time it's one of the benefits of the kamado style cookers.

Decoy205 · Aug 11, 2015

Fwismoker said:
I like the little corn pan!

Seein some nice thin blue out there nice

I was surprised how easy it is to get thin blue with these.

Blythewood BBQ'er · Aug 11, 2015

Nice first cook! I will load mine with lump and then use a weber cube slightly buried in the lump. If I'm doing a low temp cook, I will break the cube in half and bury it in the lump and lite.

Smoke on Badger Mountain · Aug 11, 2015

Have fun with the new baby

jbounds286 · Aug 11, 2015

ok that corn pan is legit...where did u get that? i must have it!

dport7 · Aug 12, 2015

jbounds286 said:
ok that corn pan is legit...where did u get that? i must have it!

Ya, that was a nice find. I got that and these two

at one of the scrap yards I visit. I just finished putting a season on the other two today. All three are pretty old time boys.

I like the pie shape pan, it has a hole all the way through the center, I have a couple others, but neither has that.

captndan · Aug 13, 2015

The Acorn is a magical cooking machine. Ditch the charcoal for lump like the book says. Like that CI too.

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