Kamado Grilling, picked one up

[willizm]

So I’ve been eyeing up a big green egg for a long time but have held off as they are pricey with accessories factored in. There are a ton of more affordable options out there but the one at Costco caught my eye as it can with all the basic accessories you’d need to start and was $600. Decided to pick it up yesterday and put it together. I’ll be smoking a ribeye roast and then reverse sear at the end. I’m doing a cure procedure right now. Hope this thing is worth the hype over my standard Weber charcoal round grill

Anyone else have one of these and have recommendations for accessories?

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[importcrew]

Don't have one, but heard nothing but good things about these. Let us know how everything comes out.

 

[willizm]

Will do!! I think the first accessory I’m going to get is one of those temperature controllers which will help with smoking over a long time. The two that are out there is a flame boss 300 and a cyberQ Cloud with apps for remote monitoring and alerts

 

[Spivitz]

It looks real sweet, happy grilling!!

 

[willizm]

Got my kamado sitting at 230* and prepped the ribeye roast with some salt/pepper. Then I blended/smeared a rub to go on

3tbsp of olive oil
1/4 cup melted butter
3tbsp of stone ground mustard
Tsp of paprika
1/2tsp of Cayane pepper
5 garlic

 

[sickmint79]

in for the after pics

 

[willizm]

Temp is maintaining about 230-240*. Very easy to dial in. I also added a drip pan to keep the mess contained a little better. Except for the sausages. Those will just drip down to the coals.

 

[Shawn1112]

Updates please

 

[willizm]

Been slow roasting from 12:30 to about 4:30. Temps have held very steady at 225* in the kamado and internal temp is about 128 so pulled it off to rest while I make the Au Ju.

 

[willizm]

While the steak rested I removed the heat deflector and left the lid and vents open to build back up the fire. This thing is like a blast furnace. Seared all sides of the steak before bringing it in and put it in more foil. Temped at 140*. Time to eat. It was really good. The char was nice and crisp and the center was cool and knife cut through like butter. All in all, this was a very solid purchase. I will be using this as my primary.

 

[SleeperLS]

Damn, that looks amazing.

 

[Shadow99]

I like that backyard

 

[Unitsn4]

Does the seal between the lid and base look like it will last a while? That's the one of the complaints of non Big Green Egg versions I've seen.

 

[willizm]

Does the seal between the lid and base look like it will last a while? That's the one of the complaints of non Big Green Egg versions I've seen.

It will probably last a couple years, but they sell replacement gasket material on amazon so if I do have leaks it won't be too much of a pain to replace.