August 2018 Gold Medal Giveaway Winner!

[selectSt4r]

Congratulations, Mr. Bones!

[Mr. Bones]

Many Thanks, brother! Love yer avatar pic, beautiful shot!!!
Anybody will tell ya, I like critters way better than hominids.

Howdy from Kansas Territory, Welcome to Th Pit!
Lookin forward to learnin along with, an from ya!

Mebbe it'll be yerself winnin, next time, huh?
Don't be too negative, counta I never thought so, neither!

[Mr. Bones]

Well, my GOOR has arrived, processin pics at present...

A tractor trailer in my neighbourhood? That'll git th neighbours' attention...


(What's that crazy ol redneck up to, now??? LOL (mosta my neighbours already know, th new ones can all 'gossip n drool', as Jimi once said!


Hey, yall: This here's Johann, give him a warm welcome...

He kindly posed fer a pic; I was explainin th circumstances, as he unloaded. Nice feller, kudos to him an Old Dominion Freight!!! Turns out he an my next door neighbour are familiar; Matt loads him up every single day, out at Berry Plastics, so we had a quick confab, before Johann had to roll on, to keep his schedule.
Really is a small world, when ya git to lookin around, ain't it?

Here, a comparative study in size, with my OKJ Highland, an my Horizon 20" Classic...

Comparative size pic, II, with Th Blue Belle!

Bottom Line: IT HAPPENED!!!!!

[Mr. Bones]

Thanks, brother!
I had no ideal it took still took so long, nowadays, to git 'Th News' spread clean out to outlyin rural communities like STL!
All I gotta do now, (no pressure) is learn how to make me some BBQ!

[Bogy]

Mr. Bones I'm trying to remember how to cook with charcoal, in my little tiny Smokey Joe. So far, after 3 cooks, I might, maybe, take some pictures of tonight's efforts. The other's tasted good, just didn't look so pretty. And I might have made a mistake, buying lump charcoal, two learning curves at the same time.

[Mr. Bones]

Bogy Smokey Joes are delightfully good lil cookers! If ya want / need any tips etc., please lmk!!! I've gotta lotta SJS cooks posted, here on th site, an 7 Joes of various size/age/configuration/colour, hereabouts...

[N227GB]

A cooker that needs to be delivered with a pallet jack is....

[Mr. Bones]

Jus a dainty lil gal, only weighs 249# , a mere flyweight, in th offset stickburner arena...

[Mosca]

YESSSSS! Good one! Way to win, Bonesy!

[Mr. Bones]

Thanks, Brother!
It's sittin here in my driveway, an I'm still in denial/disbelief....

[Mr. Bones]

Here's th assembly destructions, they purty much seem to indicate that I'll need some assist to flip it up onto its tires/skid.

(Sure, they show a gal doin it, but she's likely tougher than me, an way less elderly, an stoved up! )

Could I do it? Ooorah!
Should I do it? Nooorah!

[Bogy]

I'm in Missouri right now, Kansas, you didn't want to do that today, did you?

[Mr. Bones]

Well, it's gonna rain tomorrow...
Welcome to swing on by, but I won't put ya to work, like that.
It'd be my privilege to meet ya!

[Mr. Bones]

Quick Peek; ain't assemblin her tonight, since I ain't got no help handy, to roll her around without skinnin up th both of us.
6 screws later, th top was off...


Of course, Smokey had to make an initial inspection, natch:




I'll post a few more, after Hogan's Heroes! LOL!



See, yall? I ain't th onliest one from Muhzurrahh, talks / spells funny!

[Mudkat]

Lol! That's funny rite dare!

[Danjohnston949]

Mr. Bones, "CUZ", You "LUCKY DOG"‼️ ❓ ‼️

[Mr. Bones]

My greatest stroke of Fortune, without a doubt, is havin beautiful people like yerself in my life, Cuz... That makes me a "Very Lucky Dog", indeed!!!!

Th rest is all jus stuff, Dust In Th Wind...

[jecucolo]

So cool!

[Mudkat]

Woot! Woot! She's starting to take shape!

[Huskee]

I wheeled my Yoder off the pallet, alone, when it came. I still can't remember exactly how I managed that. I was too excited to wait for help, but you are clearly much smarter, self-disciplined, and less hasty than I.

Thrilled to see the speedy delivery of roughly a week & a half!

From the time good ol' Mr. Bones got the paperwork signed & returned to me, the first call was made by the company in about 6 days, and it was sitting in his driveway 5 days later. for a total of 11 days from the return of the paperwork. It's no Amazon 2-day delivery, but I'd say for something of the sort it's not too bad!

[RonB]

If Mr. Bones had been hasty , he would have gotten the Hasty Bake.

[Huskee]

Well played RonB

[Mudbeaver]

The cat looks intrigued, can’t wait to see finished products!

[Spinaker]

Wahoo!!! That smoker couldn’t have gone to a better guy!! Congrats Bones, I can’t wait to see what you smoke up first! 😎

[Mosca]

And ya know, in a different thread I'm making brash proclamations about the circumstances under which I would buy a Komodo Kamado. There is NO WAY I would ever be able to get it onto the deck.

[troymeister]

Mr. Bones Dang...Congrats!!!!

[Mr. Bones]

Thank, amigo!
Dang Dang, Indeed!!!!!

[Cheef]

CONGRATULATIONS Mr.Bones!!
This is an older review of the original Good One. I used it quite a bit and it does have some good info hidden in it.
Mine is an older Open Range--Bought it at Smoke and Fire in Overland Park, and actually met the guy who was building them back then.
You made a wise choice GrassHopper--these things are built to run forever!!

http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=14738.0

Edit to say. Mine is one of the older generations they mention with the painted shelves. Mine are 2 side shelves

[Mr. Bones]

Many Thanks, brother!

I had that interview bookmarked, as well as his tutorial on all briquet cooks.
I totally git that it is made to run on their house brand of lump, but at $20/bag, of course I was wonderin about alternatives...