sotv

Looks good, got one of these Weber fish baskets (large), haven't used it since I got it 12 months ago.

Any good? does it or the fish need oiling before use to stop sticking and what's the clean up of it like afterwards.

Just bought a GMG Pizza Pellet Grill Attachment for my Smokefire, other users have said it works well with the Smokefire and a couple of people have added a modded pipe down the the fire pot, to get temps up to 800f+ which is pretty good for a grill and more than enough heat for a decent pizza. Mine has cost with pipe just under £170

These aren't my pictures, but will add some once I get it up and running.

This is where the pipe will go to cover the gap between the pizza attachment and burn pot to retain more heat, the 2 pictures below show it without the pipe mod

Will probably trim the 2 front tabs tabs if needed to fit flush with the grate runners, 

11 hours ago, Stephane said:

Hello, 

Received the Aldi Kamado a few days ago, did our first cook with it and so far so good!

However, I ordered the Onlyfire charcoal basket from amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07G3X9DV2?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&th=1) that has been recommended here, which arrived today, and it doesn't fit. It is just a few millimetres too large for the firebox. The amazon description gives a diameter of 14 inches, but mine is about 5mm wider.

So my question is whether the issue is with the basket or the firebox? Would really appreciate if someone could send me the measurements of their firebox inner diameter! 

 

Thanks! 

@Cruiser52G has bought one of these, from an earlier post, hopefully they'll see this now and help you with any questions you have

I ordered some steaks from Larders of London turned up this morning before 10am (Expecting 21/4) after ordering yesterday. Well packaged insulation and frozen ice packs and steaks individually vacpacked and then packed in another strong paper bag

Won't be cooking them on the pellet grill till after Easter, so gone in the freezer for now. But from appearance they look really good value for £24.99 kg for 32 day dry aged steaks + Delivery. Ordered 1kg Wing Cote de Boeuf and came in at just over a kg (wished I'd ordered a couple now). They look perfect for lo&slo and finish off with a sear.

Ordered 3 x 500g Porterhouse Steaks (came in different sizes 1 x 530g 1 x 640g & 1 x 740g but just charged the 500g price from the drop down menu for them on the website.

BBQ Moinks

First time doing this Weber recipe, cube of cheese wrapped round with Ground beef, and a slice of streaky bacon on the outside.

The recipe tells you how to make your own rub and sauce, cheated and used Blues Hog Bold & Beefy and Blues Hog Original BBQ Sauce. Still worked great, the Bacon was lovely and smoky and the ball of beef had a lovely smoke ring round it with a small ball of melted cheese in the middle, delicious and one of the simplest things I've cooked on the Pellet Grill, recipe shows for a charcoal Weber grill times and cooking method for on the grate

https://www.weber.com/GB/en/recipes/beef/bbq-barons-cheese-moinks/weber-60465.html

Sorry you've had that experience, personally never had it with any sort of online delivery from them (maybe instore availability problems depending on your store), but stock availability online to order has always been accurate along with delivery time for me and there is no one else selling this within £180 of this price at the moment, well worth it if anybody was looking to purchase this model.

They often have online offers on most of their different BBQ's/Grills lines. Usually most items get a decent reduction at least once a year, whether this one does remains to be seen, but worth keeping an eye on, if not ready to purchase yet.

They're doing the Kamado Joe II for under a grand at the moment and was sorely tempted, but hanging on for a Wood/Gas Fired Oven, but if it goes on offer before I purchase the Oven will probably fold and get it instead 😀.

When you say pan do you mean skillet? If so always worth looking on Amazon, they're selling 3 Kichly Different Sized Cast Iron skillets for under £20 at the moment or the 2 skillet Dutch Oven set up for £22 if so.

Last bit of Cast iron I bought for doing roasts and cheese dip type things was this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lodge-BW13C-Seasoned-Casserole-Black/dp/B0971NGFQH/ref=sr_1_5? but not sure if that is what you mean by a tray, but this sort of cast iron design isn't that common

Thought for £12.89 from Amazon it's worth a punt, will update if its any good when I get it, but not sure how long it will be this price with a 50% off voucher too. So posting it now in case the voucher disappears and wanted to get one for yourself

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WELL-GRILL-Barbecue-Cast-iron-Charcoal/dp/B09N18SYQ6/ref=sr_1_132?

Doubt if it will be exactly the same as Weber quality but for 75% cheaper than the Weber version, worth ago. But it is porcelain-enameled cast-iron and exactly the same measurements as the Weber version according to the description.

6 minutes ago, Gaza the Instructor said:

I think you will find that is a red herring mate.

Why would Costco advertise a price and not honour it. I've bought plenty off stuff of them online and instore and always been charged the price advertised? This is a Vat inclusive price as well. I can go right through to payment and get this this price, just checked

What size is your oven Steve, I've narrowed my choice down to 4 different ones 2 wood and 2 dual fuel ones, but not sure what sort of sized cooking area best suits my needs. Apart from pizzas, looking at doing things like a roast chicken or lamb with maybe sides, but not sure what sort of cooking area I would need.

Shouldn't lose much with Gas, but a bit more difficult with wood as not sure what cooking area I would lose with wood needed to burn it

The dual fuels are either 55 x 45cm or 60 x 40cm and the wood fired ones are 60 x 60cm or 80 x 50cm

The Masterbuilt 800 series has popped up on Costco website today for £669 delivered, you can sign up for Online Membership for 1 year for £15 with no checks like the instore membership

https://www.costco.co.uk/Garden-Sheds-Patio/Barbecues-and-Firepits/Smokers/Masterbuilt-Gravity-Series-800-Digital-Charcoal-Grill-Smoker/p/2127148

Do you wrap the meat in foil or Butchers paper when it reaches the stall?  I haven't used my ProQ in a while but wrapping at around 150F always helped the internal temperature rise past the stall quicker than leaving it unwrapped in my experience, but still takes a while to finish. Stall can take anything from 2-4 hours to get past depending on cooking temp, size and type of meat in my experience whatever type of cooking vessel your using charcoal, pellet etc

Happy New Year everyone, Cooked these outside in a T-shirt in December today, weather has gone mad here in the UK

Sticky Maple & Bourbon Wings very sweeeet but delicious.

8 hours ago, pittmab said:

Don't if you decided on anything but just saw this:

https://prosmokebbq.co.uk/collections/delivita-wood-fired-ovens/products/delivita-wood-fired-oven?_pos=2&_sid=e5e9a3960&_ss=r&variant=31978628579422

That's a really good price (they're offering a PKGO free with the PK360 on a seperate note), but decided on at least an 80cm cooking base after doing a bit more research as want to do more than pizza's and smaller sizzle pan type cooks on it.

Like the look of the Pulcinella if it comes down a bit more in the New Year Sales or consider a Dome if it comes back into stock in the next few months. Got to be wary of weight and manoueverability due to the confined space it will have to be transported through to get to the back garden though, whatever I get.

Looking to buy a Wood Fired oven (hopefully a deal on Black Friday). Anyone help with advice and recommendations. Although want to cook pizzas on it would like to be able to roast a chicken or leg of lamb in it also.

Looking around a £1500 budget, was looking at the Delvitia as would like a ready assembled version that can be used after curing, but don't think it's big enough to accommodate a chicken.

Next to impossible to find the Philadelphia blocks (wrapped in foil) in the UK, spotted these in Lidl yesterday for £1.99 each and decided to give these ago on my smoker.

Did them as low as they'd go on my Weber Smoker (160F) for 2 hours, not quite cream cheese consistency , but absolutely delicious it was like a slightly smoky gooey fondue spread on a Carrs Cheese Melts. Sprinkled some Meat Church Honey BACON BBQ Rub on them and scored them across the top before putting on a cast iron stone to smoke

Thoroughly recommend whether done in the oven at a higher temp as per instructions or lo&slo on the smoker/bbq

Don't know if the Kamado Joe Jr would work for you at 13" Diameter. But Amazon doing it at a very good price at the moment £358.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kamado-Joe-KJ13RH-Portable-Versatile/dp/B00IJ74RBO/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?

1 hour ago, pittmab said:

I already own a kamado style BBQ and decided I wanted something even more set & forget for days when I don't have a lot of time or for an overnight cook. I went for the Traeger Pro 575 as got a great deal on it.

I've only done a couple of cooks so far but it seems great. Really easy to use, come up to temp pretty quickly and holds temp with 5 degrees all day - 12 hour brisket cook was a doddle.

I'm not sure what the running costs are yet and availability of pellets could be a consideration (you can't pop to the local garage in an emergency and grab a bag).

If I didn't already own the kamado, I think I would have gone for the Masterbuilt 800, it has all the ease of the pellet grill, the griddle plate and can reach higher temps (certainly than the Traeger) for searing, pizza etc.

As @sotv says, I think you'll be happy with whichever one you go for, good luck!

I use these and grab them at the offer price they currently are on Amazon Cookin Pellets around the £25 mark for 18kg. They work really well on my Smokefire, good flavour and usually very little or no sawdust in a bag. They do a Hickory one as well but at £33 currently I would wait till they come down to around the £25 like the Perfect Mix.

The hopper on mine holds just under 9kg and lasts around 16-18 hours on a constant cook a little less on stop start shorter cooks definitely more expensive than charcoal to run, but the ease and versatility is worth the extra cost imho

I've bought 4 of those big plastic containers with lockable lids that are stackable and lockable. Proved to be thoroughly watertight (holds 2 of these 18kg bags) and I keep all my charcoal and pellets in them and means I always have plenty of fuel in stock will add another 2 bags of the Perfect Mix in the next couple of days at this price.

Can understand why people are opting for the Traeger 575 when it is currently £500 cheaper than the Smokefire EX4. I know production costs have gone up but why Weber have chose to raise the price of the Smokefire by £250 and keep it at that all year must be costing them sales in the Pellet machine market.

I'm a total convert as I have said, can't think an way of cooking outdoors (except for maybe a Gozney Dome) would make me want to use my Smokefire less, it's been a revelation for me.

Can only speak for a pellet grill as that is what I own (Smokefire EX4) but it has changed the way and how many times I cook. I probably cook 3-5 times a week in the summer and 2-3 times a week in the winter on mine. Case of setting the temperature waiting 20 minutes to reach it and away you go (Believe the Masterbuilt is the same principle  as well)

Because I have bought into the accessories, as well as use cast iron I cook a wide variety of meals at temperatures ranging from 225-600F and can adjust the temperatures during the cook also.

Did saffron & white wine mussels on Saturday evening at 7pm using the Weber Wok and a Chicken Sunday Roast including Vegetable and potatoes yesterday, pellet grills are so versatile, I've found

Bought myself a Pit Barrel if I need the occasional charcoal fix or the odd time I'm cooking for a large amount of people and need the extra capacity, but otherwise it is all pellet grill cooking now.

Whichever you decide having an outside electrical point is a real boon because cooking in the dark with a trailing extension wire from the kitchen ain't the best & really only heavy rain stops me cooking outside and that's because I worry about the electronics, but otherwise I can't think of any drawback of either machine you're looking at

Whatever you decide I'm sure you'll enjoy

On 6/19/2020 at 5:54 PM, Adi dassler said:

Had some lovely porchetta for sunday from gridiron meats arrive today. Never done it before,so I'm going to do it on the rotisserie. Also had some baby back ribs from them which aren't the meatiest so I'll source my ribs from my usual butchers

Do you remember the weight and approx size of it? thinking of ordering one from Costco for Boxing Day (4-5kg) supplied by the same company you got yours from. Just unsure if the length will fit in my cooker and if it would be better to order 2 smaller ones to cook side by side.

I'm used to Porchetta being pork loin wrapped in a pork belly with lemon/herb stuffing. But this Taste Tradition's one seems to be a boned and rolled suckling pig, which sounds lovely if so?

Bought a whole piece of skirt steak today, after trimming it down left with 3 good steaks and a good selection for fajitas at a future date.

Cooked it with Lambs Kidneys and Stuffed mushrooms, skirt and hanger have got to be my favourite 2 pieces of steak and they cook so well and so tender on the Smokefire

First time doing pulled lamb, very nice. Took just over 9 hours (Smokeboost for 2 hours and 240F for the rest) coated in Jess Pryles Hardcore Carnivore. Wrapped in foil with a cup of  lamb broth for final 2 hours and 45 minute rest. Half a shoulder (1.25kg) probably reduced weight and size by a quarter after trimming but enough meat to serve 3-4 people still.  Served with Steamed Bao Buns (Boiling Water, 10 minutes on the Weber Wok at 425F) and spring onions and garlic mayo

Sirloin Steak and Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms. The feta & cheddar cheese got a bit lively down the sides, but will try & find some deeper Portobello ones next time. They're a really tasty side done on the pellet grill with a hint of smokiness to them

Used the Weber Elevations Tiered Grilling System, marinated the chicken thighs for 6 hours and Boiled the rice and left to cool for 6 hours also before scrambling 3 eggs and reheating the rice for just under 10 minutes to make the fried rice

1 hour ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Any feedback on the Masterbuilt range of Pellet Smokers, would be appreciated!

Friend from Australia wants to buy a Pellet Smoker for her son here in the UK, so looking for advise.

Any good suppliers? Discount Codes?

 

Don't think Masterbuilt make dedicated Pellet Smokers anymore? (for a couple of years at least) https://www.masterbuilt.com/ seem to be just Gravity Fed or Digital Smokers now on their website as well