Aussie BBQ Forum

spclst69,

Bit cold for a half moon this time of year, at least here in melbourne.

Anyhow just relax and start to use it, get to know it and it will be your friend.

I think the missus picked this up at Costco I think:

Goo oozed out of your temperature probe? What probe is that? Also, high end probes are rated to 700F (only)....I don't have to tell you, I'm sure you've worked it out....don't leave a probe in after 500F is a good rule. And the "Musty" smell....likely the oil and the mangrove charcoal com...

My old faithful CI grill plate from UG is a cracker (perhaps not so much as my fire bowl but that is another story). Trouble is I need to put the brakes on the heat a bit and my Kamado didn't come with a large selection of deflectors (zero to be exact - unless you count the pizza stone). So here is ...

Although it doesn't apply so much to baking specifically - I am not averse to leaving the lid up (being a bloke and all) until the whole top of the charcoal bed is well alight.

Actually anyone who hasn't at one time been tricked by the "probe was in the wrong place" at some time or another put up their hand.

flyonline wrote: Sorry Chris gotta disagree with you there, I check out the vanilla slice section every time I hit a new bakery. It's more important than crispy pastry on the sausage roll

You can't polish a snot block ...

Skuzy - do you find the cheese is way to smokey with wood chips? I smoked some cheese in a similar way and when I offered a sample to a firey at work, he said it smelt like a smoke damaged house and wouldn't touch it.

is it a kamado joe? dont they warranty it for life? I've cracked my KJ firebox and ring and BBQG replaced it under warranty. I found a replacement part on the Smoke King BBQ site which may be another option for you. http://www.smokekingbbqs.com.au/product/fire-box-and-fire-ring/ Thanks for the tips...

My seals from the start of this thread are still good as new, maybe a bit blacker. They are pretty flat and when I use two probe thermometers, one of them has quite a thick lead and breaks the seal a bit.

I put a small pile of charcoal from the last cook in and ran it at around 150 C for a few hours. No dramas so far.

BTW it has had a pretty big crack for ages (see reference to leaf blower)

Well I went to bung on pork loin and lamb roast last night and when I went to clean it out a big chunk cracked clean off my ring. Actually not the ring on top but the firebox. Anyhow, didn't want to be late for dinner so grabbed some Repco or similar maniseal I had kicking around in the garage and g...

My "fan button" is the compressor

Tried the leaf blower direct in the clacker once - I'll never do that again.

kenshinzero wrote:http://beanbay.coffeesnobs.com.au/ViewP ... ee-roaster

The Behmor 1600 plus is the baby I have, so far pretty happy with although its fair to say I will spend the rest of my life perfecting the roast. Its a bit like BBQ that way.

peteru wrote:

Gumb wrote:Is there anything better than the smell of roasting coffee beans ?

Meat BBQ.

I have to add, your nitro powered RC car running a bit rich smells pretty good in the morning.