You're gonna rock this thing.
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Good stuff. I’ve never used any other kamado than my BGE, so I wouldn’t have guessed such a difference! I suspect other ceramics are more comparable.
About an hour at 45* sounds right. When I do a brisket, I start by lighting the egg, getting the fire moving, putting it in medium idle, and THEN I take out the roast and trim, inject, apply rub, etc. By then, the gray smoke is gone and I’ll have the whispy white that is characteristic of kamados. The BGE will then maintain temperature long past the time the roast is done.
When using a DigiQ, it’s pretty neat. Every couple minutes or so, the fan whispers on for about 5 seconds. The bigger problem is the fire running away rather than dying out! That being said, on a daytime cook you won’t really have to get the apparatus out, once you get the dampers set it won’t vary by more than a couple degrees until it starts running out of fuel. The DigiQ is security for the overnights.Comment
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Medium idle on mine is bottom and top about 3/4 of an inch. That gives a steady rise in temp from the time I shut the lid after lighting to about 250. If you put the fan in too early it takes forever for the gray smoke to clear. For my BGE in midsummer, 225 is top and bottom both just barely cracked, like 1/64â€. Touching it a little bit moves 5*.
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It's just about breakfast time here. Cant wait for my share.Comment
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The first cook on the BGE was a success. Yesterday, I cooked two chuck roasts. I started the cook at around one PM. It was a loooong cook. I finished up at about 3 am. I didn't wrap at all through out the cook, well I guess I did at about 195 F, just to push it over the hill. I let them sit in the oven for a few hours, got out of bed then pulled them and vac sealed for a later date.
The little I did taste was very good. Excellent bark and a great smokey flavor. I used the smoke pot filled with pecan and a little bit of oak.
I lit the BGE and allowed it to come up to temp, then I hollowed out a space in the middle of the fire, and placed the 1qt. Dutch Oven into the fire. Then I added some additional lump to the fire box. I really like using the smoke pot. I get some great, clean smoke while using it. As a bonus, you get nice little pieces of lump when you are finished. (I like to use it in the Hibachi.)
Anyway, next up is using the Fireboard system to run the Egg. I am waiting on the adapter. As well as a KAB.
Oh yeah, and my Smokeware arrived. The Egg looks sharp.
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reminds me of the 1st chuckie I did. wife kept asking if it was done yet! I think it was 8 or 9 hours and the stall was forever. I was scared that it was going to turn out dry. now the wife lets me do the chuckies. seems like I'm doing all the cooking since I retired! they look great(chuckies) Spinaker plus the nice shinny top on the egg. so the 2 mile drive was worth the effort. lolComment
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