Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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@Duluth said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I was asking similar questions about a 18 months ago. A Kamado or a Traeger? I wound up going for a Kamado Joe and have been very happy. It's easy to use, easy to clean and you have more methods of cooking than just smoking
Nothing really to add to what @canefan and @nzzp have said. @hooroo also had some advice, he suggested if I get a Traeger I should pick up a bra and panties for myself too
Haha a mate of mine put it best. He said he loves to eat BBQ. But he isn't interested in working hard to get BBQ. Set it and forget it, basically like an oven. I don't like the look of the masterbuilt charcoal grills. They look like a gas grill and you probably need power supply to run the fan and thermostat. To me that isn't BBQ
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@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Haha a mate of mine put it best. He said he loves to eat BBQ. But he isn't interested in working hard to get BBQ. Set it and forget it, basically like an oven.
Yeah I understand that. But with a good thermometer the Kamado isn't that much more difficult, the temperature is so stable. I use a meater plus and keep an eye on the temps with the phone.
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@Duluth said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Haha a mate of mine put it best. He said he loves to eat BBQ. But he isn't interested in working hard to get BBQ. Set it and forget it, basically like an oven.
Yeah I understand that. But with a good thermometer the Kamado isn't that much more difficult, the temperature is so stable. I use a meater plus and keep an eye on the temps with the phone.
I totally agree. I have an akorn set up with a Tip Top Temp. Basically a bimetal coil thermostat that allows me to leave the BBQ unattended for long periods. And it feels more primal, more BBQ
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@Duluth said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I was asking similar questions about a 18 months ago. A Kamado or a Traeger? I wound up going for a Kamado Joe and have been very happy. It's easy to use, easy to clean and you have more methods of cooking than just smoking
Nothing really to add to what @canefan and @nzzp have said.. they were who I listened to when I made my decision. @hooroo also had some advice, he suggested if I get a Traeger I should pick up a bra and panties for myself too
You manned up bro! You manned up!
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If I can make another suggestion which is a definite option if you are restricted in terms of room/space or having neighbours close by who may object like apartment living, when moving into an apartment, I had to, very sadly, give up my Kamado Joe.
However, making the choice of a Weber Family Q, I can do pretty much everything a Kamado can do in a much smaller footprint.
You can smoke, you can low and slow indirect cook as well as hot and fast easily reaching temps of 300°C plus.
I loved my Kamado Joe and if we moved into a house again, I would get another but... it would not replace the Webber Q.
Just today for lunch, did a small lamb rump reverse sear and OMG!
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@RoninWC said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
If I can make another suggestion which is a definite option if you are restricted in terms of room/space or having neighbours close by who may object like apartment living, when moving into an apartment, I had to, very sadly, give up my Kamado Joe.
However, making the choice of a Weber Family Q, I can do pretty much everything a Kamado can do in a much smaller footprint.
You can smoke, you can low and slow indirect cook as well as hot and fast easily reaching temps of 300°C plus.
I loved my Kamado Joe and if we moved into a house again, I would get another but... it would not replace the Webber Q.
Just today for lunch, did a small lamb rump reverse sear and OMG!
Isn't Weber Q a gassie?!!!?!?! In tight spaces you could also go with a Weber go anywhere,
an Akorn Jr,
https://www.chargriller.com/collections/all-kamado-grills/products/akorn-jr-kamado-charcoal-orange-1?_gl=11a1zj59_upMQ.._gaMTQzNTkwNDk2OS4xNjg2OTc2MTkz_ga_4KM0RQRY7J*MTY4Njk3NjE5Mi4xLjAuMTY4Njk3NjE5Mi4wLjAuMA..
or one of these
Rambler Tabletop Charcoal Grill
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@RoninWC said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
If I can make another suggestion which is a definite option if you are restricted in terms of room/space or having neighbours close by who may object like apartment living, when moving into an apartment, I had to, very sadly, give up my Kamado Joe.
However, making the choice of a Weber Family Q, I can do pretty much everything a Kamado can do in a much smaller footprint.
You can smoke, you can low and slow indirect cook as well as hot and fast easily reaching temps of 300°C plus.
I loved my Kamado Joe and if we moved into a house again, I would get another but... it would not replace the Webber Q.
Just today for lunch, did a small lamb rump reverse sear and OMG!
Webers are outstanding. Deceptively spacious and yeah that heat fucken cranks at a great rate of knots if you go inside and forget to turn it down like I often do.
My go to is a butterfly chicken, impossible to get wrong and always delicious.
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Thanks guys. All good advice but the prime take away is @Hooroo advice about the Traeger and bra and panties. Taken on board sir!
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@Catogrande remember mate, no shame in getting the Kamado but still going for a new set of bra & knickers. Every man deserves to treat himself now and then
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Catogrande remember mate, no shame in getting the Kamado but still going for a new set of bra & knickers. Every man deserves to treat himself now and then
Yeah no idea on the BBQ stuff but happy to advise on the latter when you start that thread.
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Catogrande remember mate, no shame in getting the Kamado but still going for a new set of bra & knickers. Every man deserves to treat himself now and then
Yeah no idea on the BBQ stuff but happy to advise on the latter when you start that thread.
Started that one ages ago, it's a by invitation thread though. Can't think why you were missed.
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@Catogrande must have been washing my hair
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Catogrande must have been washing my hair
Humble brag that you’ve still got enough
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OK fellas, I know this might sound dumb questions etc, I got a Broil King Gas BBQ a few months ago, after discovering if I had read instructions I would of known that I was turning temp down instead of up and explained why I was getting piss poor heat etc. So now I getting there with it, did a cracker chargrilled stek on weekend, after a few tips . Got BBQ set up in Garage now other reason I getting keen. So thinking Pork Roast any tips? Ie crackling, what do you roast it or on? Any other suggestions on easy good stuff to do. Generally only doing it for me and Mrs. Same as roast beef and lamb etc, do veges etc with it? I know I sound amateur and admit I amQ!
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@Dan54 said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
OK fellas, I know this might sound dumb questions etc, I got a Broil King Gas BBQ a few months ago, after discovering if I had read instructions I would of known that I was turning temp down instead of up and explained why I was getting piss poor heat etc. So now I getting there with it, did a cracker chargrilled stek on weekend, after a few tips . Got BBQ set up in Garage now other reason I getting keen. So thinking Pork Roast any tips? Ie crackling, what do you roast it or on? Any other suggestions on easy good stuff to do. Generally only doing it for me and Mrs. Same as roast beef and lamb etc, do veges etc with it? I know I sound amateur and admit I amQ!
Does the BBQ have a hood?
Weber Go-Anywhere Charcoal Grill | Portable Charcoal Grill | Weber BBQ
