oldsteve This was a 12 pounder, left uncovered overnight. I ran the KBQ at 290-310. I wanted high enough temp for the skin but low enough to cook through without killing the skin. Took about 2 hours 30 minutes
I do not preheat the KBQ
Thanks Ernest! I will heed your advice. I'm still amazed how easy it has been to get the temperature dialed in. Every cook I'm loving this thing more and more. Hat's off to Bill Karau for designing this wonderful machine!
Beer, Tequila, and Vodka drinks go hand in hand with cooking and grilling. However, I HATE Corona. I'd rather have a Frontal Lobotomy than that bottle in front of me! Worst tasting beer of all time.
Broil King Sovereign XL, Grill Grates all the way, Maverick PT100, A-Maze-N 12" tube smoker, ThermoPro TP-12 wireless.
Joule Sous Vide; works great.
I'm psychic. I see a KBQ in my not so distant future....
Excellent thread ya'll got going here. I will be buying a KBQ within a few months. But then again, we'll see. I'm horribly impulsive. It's really difficult for me to be "Financially Responsible" when I want something this bad.
How bad do I want one? We wantsss our Precioussss bad.
Beer, Tequila, and Vodka drinks go hand in hand with cooking and grilling. However, I HATE Corona. I'd rather have a Frontal Lobotomy than that bottle in front of me! Worst tasting beer of all time.
Broil King Sovereign XL, Grill Grates all the way, Maverick PT100, A-Maze-N 12" tube smoker, ThermoPro TP-12 wireless.
Joule Sous Vide; works great.
I'm psychic. I see a KBQ in my not so distant future....
My first steak and lamb was at 150 degrees. I had all afternoon to experiment.
The last rack was at 220 because I had a rack of beef short ribs.
I use a baking sheet as a drip catcher when it's loaded. Or a small aluminum foil pan for small cooks.
I have used a drip catcher on the outside by the corners. I don't have a preference,
What temp did you perform the "cooking" stage of the reverse sear for the lamb and the steaks?
Also, as the grease drips out of the box, does it drip from the corners? If that's the case, I could simply catch the grease in a couple of tin cans.
I use a standard stainless pan to catch the grease from mine. It fits perfectly under both sides. Plus when you storing it, you can just slide it in the KBQ for more compact storage. And it cleans out really easily.
Also don't wait.....just buy. I wish I hadn't waited as long as I did.
Syko, you're in the enviable position of living within driving distance of the"KBQ Factory". You would save money on shipping and get to meet the man himself, Bill Karau. I can honestly say that if I had bought the KBQ first, I wouldn't have a garage full of all my other cookers. They all work fine, but the KBQ is in a class of its own. This would be a great time to be impulsive!
Beer, Tequila, and Vodka drinks go hand in hand with cooking and grilling. However, I HATE Corona. I'd rather have a Frontal Lobotomy than that bottle in front of me! Worst tasting beer of all time.
Broil King Sovereign XL, Grill Grates all the way, Maverick PT100, A-Maze-N 12" tube smoker, ThermoPro TP-12 wireless.
Joule Sous Vide; works great.
I'm psychic. I see a KBQ in my not so distant future....
Yes I will be driving to meet THE MAN and pick up the KBQ. I'm really happy I joined this forum. Such a rich resource of information. I wouldn't have known about the KBQ, otherwise. I'm really trying to be be responsible and wait until late January.
Feels like self inflicted torture. I keep thinking about all the easy smoking I could be doing while off for Christmas. And to top it all off, you guys are echoing what the voices in my head keep saying, "Get it now, get it now!" God bless ya.
Simmering in the juices of anticipation can be delicious and miserable at the same time.
Well the game didn't go as I wanted it too. But the Hawks played well and we had some awesome Turkey Legs off the KBQ!!!! You guys gotta try these sometime. I used Meatheads Disney Turkey Leg Recipe. It was super easy. I made 6 batches and put two legs in each batch, each batch was held in a one gallon ziplock. Super easy, fast and clean. Here are the results.
Halfway Through the cook.
Last edited by Spinaker; December 8, 2015, 02:55 PM.
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Thermapen
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Beer - Original 16
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Rye - Gibsons Sterling
Beer, Tequila, and Vodka drinks go hand in hand with cooking and grilling. However, I HATE Corona. I'd rather have a Frontal Lobotomy than that bottle in front of me! Worst tasting beer of all time.
Broil King Sovereign XL, Grill Grates all the way, Maverick PT100, A-Maze-N 12" tube smoker, ThermoPro TP-12 wireless.
Joule Sous Vide; works great.
I'm psychic. I see a KBQ in my not so distant future....
I know some of you experience the "bite thru" skin on the chicken... Are you able to achieve that with turkey?
I would say that it was as close as you could have gotten to bite through. I think with the skin being thicker, its is much tougher to achieve. But this skin was as crispy as could be. You can see on some of them the skin broke open.
Syko I don't stress over bite through skin or smoke ring. For turkey legs, my main objective was juicy flesh but I got pretty good skin. That's icing on the legs.
Beer, Tequila, and Vodka drinks go hand in hand with cooking and grilling. However, I HATE Corona. I'd rather have a Frontal Lobotomy than that bottle in front of me! Worst tasting beer of all time.
Broil King Sovereign XL, Grill Grates all the way, Maverick PT100, A-Maze-N 12" tube smoker, ThermoPro TP-12 wireless.
Joule Sous Vide; works great.
I'm psychic. I see a KBQ in my not so distant future....
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