MAK Grills talk/pics/thoughts/reviews and appreciation thread

[4ever3]

Can a MAK handle bad weather ya ask?

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That is NUTS Robb!!!

I have a friend whose house faces north, putting his back patio facing south. If he leaves his Silverback running east and west? The Oklahoma winds out of the south blow it over...

 

[KevinJ]

Todays MAKtion, Duroc Pork STL Spares people keep requesting the Spares and I say OK, guess I'm good at it or maybe not so good at other things. :shocked:

So Tasty :hungry:

Loot 'N Booty Everything Rub with a dusting of Killer Hogs Hot Rub.

 

[pjtexas1]

Yeah, that's a built in part of the cool down process designed to reduce preheat time on your next cook.

And here I was dumping the pellets out of the pot. You may have to come and repossess my Mak. Obviously I don't know what I'm doing.

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[Baychilla]

So close but so far away.........I was so thrilled this morning that FedEx tracking showed my 1 Star arrived at the Austin FedEx facility at 5:51 AM. Why wait for Monday delivery, I'll just go pick it up today. My excitement was quickly over when I discovered that unlike the regular FedEx facility, the freight facility is closed on Saturday. So Monday it is.

Thats better than my Washington DC UPS experience. Item loaded onto the truck - out for delivery - truck at facility - package not delivered - reason: Too early (it would've been a day early)

Yeah, that's a built in part of the cool down process designed to reduce preheat time on your next cook.

So keep them when cleaning the pot and re-seed them afterwords?

Todays MAKtion, Duroc Pork STL Spares people keep requesting the Spares and I say OK, guess I'm good at it or maybe not so good at other things. :shocked:

So Tasty :hungry:

Loot 'N Booty Everything Rub with a dusting of Killer Hogs Hot Rub.

What was your best temp/time for smoke flavor?

 

[Eads Ranch]

Better call at 7am Monday morning before they load it on the truck. After that you'll have to wait for them to bring it.

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That's my plan. Don't want to mess around waiting on them.

 

[GrantAshton]

Well, I can't seem to get images to post. I've uploaded to imgur and shared publicly but they are not showing when I use img tags.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Crispy Bacon]

Have a couple butts going on as my first cook. I still need to set up my WiFi. First I just need to learn how to use the use program better to set up what I want it to do on the user 1 program. If I get the hang of that & I think I’ll be good to go!

 

[Sid Post]

Well, I can't seem to get images to post. I've uploaded to imgur and shared publicly but they are not showing when I use img tags.

What am I doing wrong?

Are you using the Original GIF Link? With all the options, it is easy to grab one that isn't compatible that gives you that result.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/eE0agx8.jpg?1[/IMG]

 

[rwalters]

And here I was dumping the pellets out of the pot. You may have to come and repossess my Mak. Obviously I don't know what I'm doing.

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At this point I am starting to wonder if you’re gonna make the MAK family probationary period... lol. Actually, it’s not a laughing matter. Sorry

 

[GrantAshton]

I've a handful of cooks in now on my new MAK Two Star.

My first one was brats in beer & sauerkraut.

As you can see the brats are shrivelled. Not my goal. I thought I should start at 245* to get good smoke. However, this kept the brats at too low of a temp for too long; thus, the shrivelling. Next time, I'll start at 425* and adjust from there. I have this recipe down on my Weber kettle and I'll get there with the MAK.

The second cook was soy-sake cured hot smoked salmon.

The salmon was great. I started with the Smoke setting and turned it up to 220* as it's cold here and Smoke was sitting at 170*. Next time, I'll aim for 200* for the entire cook.

Last night was pastrami.

This, too, turned out great. We had leftovers this morning for a breakfast hash.

And today there's a pork shoulder. Here's where it's at right now.

I'll post more later on my overall thoughts about my MAK.

Note: Thanks for the image posting advice, Sid!

 

[rwalters]

Well, I can't seem to get images to post. I've uploaded to imgur and shared publicly but they are not showing when I use img tags.

What am I doing wrong?

Use Tapatalk and problem solved...

 

[rwalters]

Todays MAKtion, Duroc Pork STL Spares people keep requesting the Spares and I say OK, guess I'm good at it or maybe not so good at other things. :shocked:



So Tasty :hungry:



Loot 'N Booty Everything Rub with a dusting of Killer Hogs Hot Rub.

You my friend have officially been declared the Brethren rib whisperer!!! Man those look good

 

[rwalters]

I've a handful of cooks in now on my new MAK Two Star.



My first one was brats in beer & sauerkraut.

As you can see the brats are shrivelled. Not my goal. I thought I should start at 245* to get good smoke. However, this kept the brats at too low of a temp for too long; thus, the shrivelling. Next time, I'll start at 425* and adjust from there. I have this recipe down on my Weber kettle and I'll get there with the MAK.



The second cook was soy-sake cured hot smoked salmon.

The salmon was great. I started with the Smoke setting and turned it up to 220* as it's cold here and Smoke was sitting at 170*. Next time, I'll aim for 200* for the entire cook.



Last night was pastrami.

This, too, turned out great. We had leftovers this morning for a breakfast hash.



And today there's a pork shoulder. Here's where it's at right now.

I'll post more later on my overall thoughts about my MAK.



Note: Thanks for the image posting advice, Sid!

Excellent start and fantastic looking food

 

[rwalters]

So keep them when cleaning the pot and re-seed them afterwords?

I clean my firepot out after every cook no matter how long or short. I just prefer starting clean every time. I rarely “re-seed” the pot with fresh pellets. I used to, but it starts so quickly either way that I just stopped doing it.

 

[pjtexas1]

I clean my firepot out after every cook no matter how long or short. I just prefer starting clean every time. I rarely “re-seed” the pot with fresh pellets. I used to, but it starts so quickly either way that I just stopped doing it.

^^^ This and I like hearing the pellets hit the empty pot. It lets me know the auger is working and that I didn't forget to clean my cooker.

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[pjtexas1]

Started pork belly burnt ends a couple hours ago. Set to smoke. I'll bump the temp up when I put the sausage on. I'm really liking the wifi thing!

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[rwalters]

Started pork belly burnt ends a couple hours ago. Set to smoke. I'll bump the temp up when I put the sausage on. I'm really liking the wifi thing!

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Beautiful

 

[GrantAshton]

Beans are ready for dinner tonight.

I'll start assembling the mac & cheese soon. I'm using cheddar & fontina that I cold smoked yesterday plus some gruyere.

 

[rwalters]

Beans are ready for dinner tonight.



I'll start assembling the mac & cheese soon. I'm using cheddar & fontina that I cold smoked yesterday plus some gruyere.

Oh man, I could dive head first into those beans!!!

 

[pjtexas1]

Oh man, I could dive head first into those beans!!!

Me too! If they taste half as good as they look...

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