There’ve been a couple post about kamados recently. I had a cook today that reaffirmed my love for mine. Today I planned to cook some pork belly burnt ends. At 2:20 I realized I’d forgotten about this and had to pick up my daughter at 3:15. I quickly stirred the remaining coals to make the ash drop underneath. Filled up the Primo w lump added a paraffin cube and covered it w a chimney full of lump. 15 mins later I dumped the chimney of hot coals over the top of the lump in the cooker, added 2 chunks of wood, inserted the heat deflectors and closed the lid. After 15 mins the temp gauge was a little over 200 but bc I’d used a whole chimney of hot coals I already had nice blue smoke. So I put in the meat on and adjusted the vents. At this point I’ve got a pretty good idea on how the temps rise and made an educated guess w the vents. I wanted the temps to get somewhere between 250 and 300. At 2:55 I left to pick up my daughter and take her to Jiu Jitsu as well as take my son For a hair cut. 2 hours later I returned to find my cooker chugging along at around 265 degrees. Perfect. I’ve pretty much stopped obsessing about temps etc and no longer use my Maverick after one of the probes stopped working. I just use the Primo thermometer and try to use my senses rather than rely on technology. Based on visuals I opted to give the pork belly chunks another half hour of smoke before steaming them in a tinfoil packet w brown sugar and honey. I then covered them w a glaze of Sweet Baby Ray’s, Texas Rib Candy, and Pete’s. I finally found a good use for my leftover Rib Candy that I haven’t been so impressed with. Perfect in a glaze!!
Primos are excellent cookers. I’m now able to get this up and running w good smoke in 30 minutes. That temp was locked in and could’ve gone another 6 hrs without touching it. That’s VERY convenient. It really help me get all my chores done!
Primos are excellent cookers. I’m now able to get this up and running w good smoke in 30 minutes. That temp was locked in and could’ve gone another 6 hrs without touching it. That’s VERY convenient. It really help me get all my chores done!
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