I love this little toy! I seasoned/cured it this morning. I didn't have to work today. So, I figured I might as well throw something on it and take a spin around the block and kick the tires and look under the hood.
The only thing I had in the refrigerator were some Shady Brook Farms' Sweet Italian Lean Turkey Sausages and some frozen boxed Angus burgers someone bought to a cookout I had earlier this month. Why the hell not!
I'll just say I loved playing with this lil kooker. I pre-gamed by watching a few YouTube videos on how to control the temp on these kamado lookers. I built a nice pyramid fire with some lump coals let her rip with both the intake and the exhaust wide open until I was about 100 degrees or so within range of my target temp. Then shut the bottom down to about 1 and the top to about 3 and steadied the climb and coasted right into my target temp. Eventually, I brought the top down to about 1. I didn't have much lump in there at all but she held steady for about 3 hours when I seasoned between 400-425.
After that, I had to make a run. So I choked the fire out. To my surprise, when I returned, I had about 1/4 of my coals still usable. That's when I decided to fire her back up and throw on the sausages and then the burgers.
Everything cooked wonderfully.
The only problem I'm having now is that I want the Akorn Jr.'s Big Brother... These kamado kookers are fun.
My big grill with sidebox may ride the bench for a minute lol
The only thing I had in the refrigerator were some Shady Brook Farms' Sweet Italian Lean Turkey Sausages and some frozen boxed Angus burgers someone bought to a cookout I had earlier this month. Why the hell not!
I'll just say I loved playing with this lil kooker. I pre-gamed by watching a few YouTube videos on how to control the temp on these kamado lookers. I built a nice pyramid fire with some lump coals let her rip with both the intake and the exhaust wide open until I was about 100 degrees or so within range of my target temp. Then shut the bottom down to about 1 and the top to about 3 and steadied the climb and coasted right into my target temp. Eventually, I brought the top down to about 1. I didn't have much lump in there at all but she held steady for about 3 hours when I seasoned between 400-425.
After that, I had to make a run. So I choked the fire out. To my surprise, when I returned, I had about 1/4 of my coals still usable. That's when I decided to fire her back up and throw on the sausages and then the burgers.
Everything cooked wonderfully.
The only problem I'm having now is that I want the Akorn Jr.'s Big Brother... These kamado kookers are fun.
My big grill with sidebox may ride the bench for a minute lol
