AdamG

welcome to the site😁

Welcome😀

I thought I would put some info about the Monolith kamado just in case anyone else with the same questions stumbles on this topic aswell... I went with the monolith pro classic in the end. It was a very close call between the 2 since both have their strengths over each other. Something which is easily missunderstood though is you get a lifetime warranty on the monolith pro series (older ones only get 10 years though). When I seen them both in person, side by side I was more impressed with the monolith's external quality. Internal was the same. For me it came down to either: air lift lid, better top vent, better gasket. or: stainless banding and hinges, stainless charcoal basket, woodchip feed system, wooden (better?) handle/side shelves. prices were within £100 of each other so i ignored that since it was a hard decision anyway lol. Just go with the one that you lean towards because there is no wrong choice. I think it really comes down to the optional extras rather than the kamado itself and this applies to all brands. If you have any questions or want some pics to help decide then just message me, info on the Monolith is a little short and it may seem the risky choice due to much less info online. thanks adam

thanks Icefever👍

I bought a Monolith Kamado in July last year and can give you some advice on that if it becomes a possible contender. I had my mind set for 3 years on a kamado joe classic 2, and then it was between the classic 2 and the classic 3 (big difference in price though!). I became aware of the Monolith classic pro series a month before buying and I ended up getting that! It was an extremely close decision though, a day earlier or later I might have gone with the kamado joe classic 2. But yeah, any questions just fire away👍

that is the cast iron grate that usually goes under the charcoal (to stop charcoal falling into the ash pan and blocking airflow), the charcoal in this cook is held in a basket. That was an experimental idea to see if I could emulate a gas hob for cooking rice and it worked quite well😀

Thanks Tabs, I am still in the 'testing different lumpwoods' stage so I think i might give em a try. My last bag was ebc lumpwood which was full of huge chunks with hardly any dust/bits which was great. Only thing was it seemed to produce quite alot of ash and not last as long as others I have tried. So I still want to test other ones before settling down🙂

I was wondering what this coal was like and had seen this deal....thanks for answering my question before i asked! Now I just need to convince the wife we need more charcoal 🤕🤔🤣

Hi all, My name is Adam and decided to join this forum so I could talk to others about barbecue (rather than me boring people to death with me talking lol). I originally started out on a cheap horizontal smoker....and within a few months I could see the limitations of it (it was a really cheap budget one). 6 years later (last july) I finally got a Kamado grill and I have been very happy with taking the plunge. Even though I have been grilling for 7 years I would still consider myself a newbie since the old grill was only used when the weather was nice (a handful of times each year with our weather!) Thanks for reading and here are some pics of recent cooks I have done