AdamG

Anyone else managed to get a cook in over this bank holiday? I managed to get 2 cooks in myself so far. Some cod on the friday... Also got some ribs done Sunday aswell. I need to remember to take more pics lol.🍻 Would be great to see what others have cooked😁

I have not heard of those before, I will check them out👍. Upload some pics if you get chance😁🍻 Thanks

I get my wood chunks,chips and dust from smokewoodshack aswell and its always been really good stuff, so they get a 2nd vote from me👍

Welcome to the forum!👍🍻

I may have to try the chicken in breadcrumbs soon, looks great!👍🍻

This is definitely something that can catch alot of people out and create a game of 'chase the temp' 👍 Keep the cooks and pics coming....and dont forget to send leftovers my way😜 Adam

Looks great vk2003! How it burns can be slightly different each time, i have had it were its burned a line right through the middle and sometimes just one side. I would not worry too much about it. I always hand load the bottom layer before tipping the rest in to reduce the chance of suffocation (this has only ever happened once but it was due to awful lumpwood producing alot of ash and blocking the firebox grate holes). If i want to increase the temperature quite significantly after a good steady temp, I always give the charcoal basket a shake with some welding gauntlets (a good stir would also help if you dont have a basket). For example, in your case once I was ready to raise the temp, I would have took the chicken out to check the coal, stirred the coals after noticing the 'hole' in the middle and make sure I can see some of the holes on the firebox bottom (if its a very long cook i would add some more lumpwood if needed) . Then load grills and food back in and then adjust vents. Should take roughly 2 minutes total. I only do it if im raising the temp by quite a lot, otherwise i dont bother. I only do it to guarantee its going to get hotter but its not required as it rarely struggles to raise temp on its own. But considering its your first cook, I think you did a very good job!🍻 How did you find setting the vents for the first time? My first time I was paranoid I was going to overshoot massively....and it took me a while to get to cooking temp due to being too conservative haha

Looks great @pittmab🍻😁

Welcome to the forum👍

I agree.... @Icefever you need to change your name to Firefever so we can get some sun hehe😉🍻

Sounds like you did a good job, welcome to kamado cooking🍻

Looks great @Cruiser52G, how did you find your temp control and getting it to the desired temp for the first time?

Personally I would like a roof eventually over mine. The benefits for me would be for the winter cooks so the coals dont get wet during lighting (and not getting totally soaked when the food is finished). If you do or plan to do alot of low and slow, roasting, indirect cooking etc then I think its worth considering since rain would be less of a concern in my opinion. With these types of cooks I can leave the food cooking outdoors while im doing other things in the house...but this depends on how much trust and what type of bbq you have. If you only intend to do direct cooks then I cant see any real benefit. I wouldnt do direct cooking unless its a lovely sunny day.😎 Thats my input anyway, hopefully others will share their opinions to give you some more ideas etc👍 ...I have yet to build my table though so I have a long way to go haha🍻

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your purchase! Check the Aldi kamado post for a wealth of knowledge on that particular kamado...its a very long post so beware😉 My kamado is coming upto 3 years old now and after a good clean it looks pretty good still🍻

Yeah, i managed to get some cooks in this weekend and last weekend. Chilli beef stir fry and did the beef joint yesterday for a pre mothers day roast dinner. I need to remember to take more pics lol ( i will upload some more since my wife took more than me)

Im still here🍻 Hopefully the activity will pick up this spring/summer😎

Welcome to the forum Stuart🍻 Be sure to check out the Aldi kamado post for some great tips/info 👍

Thanks for the heads up! 👍

Welcome to the forum frizz. This is a good place to get alot of info on the Aldi kamado, compatible accessories etc. Its one heck of a topic but worth skimming through for allsorts of info🍻

Welcome to the Forum Steve👍

Welcome to the forum!👍

That's a great idea for me to try it out! Now I just need to complain about how rubbish our sieve is and we should get a new one😉

Thanks for the detailed response, it does sound like it would be suited for me as I would only do small portions and nothing too ambitious. thanks again

I have been trying to decide wether to get one of these myself or not. Cheese looks good regardless 🍻👍 Let us know how it tastes compared to ready smoked cheese😎

Thanks Phil👍