May 2022 - "Great Giveaway" Three Sweepstakes Winners!

[cgseymour]

Congrats to the winners

[carolinagolfer]

congrats to the winners! Cook on!

[Uncle Mike II]

Congrats to all. Glad I did not miss out, as I have not been online for a while....better set up a reminder notification asap !

[WillieMac]

Fellow Pitmasters: Apologies. It took me awhile to overcome technical limitations (essentially, MINE) to upload video of the unboxing and, separately, my first cook, with my newly acquired and fabulous SnS Deluxe Kamado, courtesy of the amazingribs.com Pitmaster Club. Thanks to Huskee for helping me with this. And in case you don't get far enough into the unboxing vid for the kudos, here's a public shout-out to FedEx Freight Priority and driver Joe Eggers for a perfect delivery - and above-the-call-of-duty move down my alley, across an elevated wooden deck and on to a backyard brick patio WITHOUT A SCRATCH. Thanks!

First cook vid coming tomorrow.

[Waster]

Nice spot for it. Now fire that baby up and show us what you’re cooking!

[DTro]

Sure is pretty! Enjoy and thanks for sharing!

[jfmorris]

Such an awesome birthday present! Glad to see your unboxing video - and that driver went above and beyond breaking the pallet down and moving everything for you.

[WillieMac]

As promised ... first cook on my new SnS Deluxe Kamado. Spoiler alert: It worked very nicely. Cheers!

[klflowers]

I think I am going to have to do a butt now. Great job!

[Mosca]

Nice video, thanks!

[Sid P]

Great video of a great first cook, Willie! My only suggestion (and I’m truly just polishing a diamond) would be to use more rub to get more bark. Of course I’m bark crazy…

[jab688]

congratulations to the winners.

[WillieMac]

Thanks for the kind words, all. This was and will be a massive learning experience. (As it remains on my trusty Weber/SnS rig, which I'm most definitely keeping.) My studies continue this weekend Going to try Clint Cantwell's citrus herbed spatchcocked chicken today, then pizza Sunday ... the wife has the dough perking in the downstairs beer fridge Cheers!

[WillieMac]

Huskee Thanks for your help! And I'll try out the foil trick next time. It was worth splitting the shoulder to get the extra bark. It might seem sort of OCD but after I shredded all the meat, I went back through the bowl, fished out the bigger chunks of bark and sliced them up. Mixing that back in, along with the de-fatted drippings, really seemed to make everything pop. Damn good eating. We also bag up the leftovers into dinner-sized portions and freeze them. Keeps really well.

[cruiseplanner1]

Congratulations to all of youi on your prizes. Bill we have something in common, I enjoy my cigar and whisky whilst running the smoker. Enjoy

[WillieMac]

Might as well go peaty on the scotch, then. Can't have enough smoke out there!

[WillieMac]

jfmorris Thanks. I used the griddle and rack to collect my drippings - although I couldn't get the pan out cleanly until the Kamado cooled down because those handles are so close to the side (of course while wearing gloves) without spilling everything. Seems like it'd be a lot less of a mess, too. Might be a better idea to use a large aluminum tray. Looking forward to trying a multi-level cook!

[jfmorris]

I remove the rack out of the pan when collecting drippings - one less thing to wash. And you are right - it can take hours for the grill to cool once you close the vents!

I usually leave the drip pan in the grill until the next day, or whenever it cools enough to put the cover on, then dump it in the trash and wash it in the sink. Sometimes I line it with the 18" wide heavy duty foil - then all I have to do is pull off the foil and wad it up with the grease in it, and nothing to wash.

[WillieMac]

Panhead John Thanks! As a matter of fact, that Bic lighter was resting in a kitchen drawer ...

[fzxdoc]

Very nice cook, WillieMac . Congrats again on scoring the big prize. You've got a heckuva smoker there. Enjoy your cooks.

Kathryn

[Mojo0209]

Congratulations to all!

[IronNole]

Congratulations winners!