"The waiting is the hardest part"

[Redhud]

My lord, there is nothing worse than being at work all day when your beautiful wife sends you this pic before 10 AM! Thanks SnS, can’t wait to give her a whirl. My first Kamado style, if anyone’s got any pointers I’d love to hear em and maybe save a mistake or two. Thanks all in advance

[HawkerXP]

Oooo. Congrats!

[klflowers]

Nice

[marshall]

Can't wait to see it fired up! Congratulations

[Mr. Bones]

Congrats, what a nice way to start th week!

[smokenoob]

send it to me, I’ll build it n break it in for ya!

[Donw]

Congratulations.

[RonB]

That's the way to start the week!

[Texas Larry]

Sweeet! Congratulations!

[Redhud]

Here we go boys, breaking her in with brats and sausages. It got late! Thanks all. Here’s to a Monday ending well.

[mnavarre]

And the poor little Weber looks on forlornly....

[Redhud]

Doesn’t she though? We were all joking about that and if I wasn’t so thrilled with my new toy I probably would’ve felt bad. It’s ok we ran her hard all the way up through the weekend. She’s served us well

[FireMan]

Ooooooooooh! Magnifico! From the first pic & then the beauty lightin up with a chimney of "goods". 👍 🕶

[jfmorris]

Redhud looks great! Did you get the base model, or the Deluxe model? If base, do you plan to order the ceramic deflector at some point? My interest in a Kamado like this over my 22" kettle would be the ability to use the ENTIRE 22" grate surface for smoking a lot of meat, compared to using it with the SNS like I do now in my kettle...

[Redhud]

I’ll guess Jeff. I went with the Deluxe for all the extras but primarily the ceramic deflector so I can, as you say, use the entire surface. I’ve got a small fleet of the kettles all set up with SnS so area’s never been an issue but to get a large amount on one will definitely save a lot of hassle. This’ll be fun to learn and the kettles will be there in a pinch, splurge and get the deluxe, you deserve it!

[jfmorris]

Redhud its Jim, but close!

The future of my job is uncertain, and still paying for a wedding and tuition for my youngest daughter, so no new grills or smokers are in my immediate future...

[Redhud]

Jim, bummer on the job and nothing new but congrats on the wedding and school. Almost done. Best of luck to you and yours.