Looks great for the price, just takes 3 seconds longer than the pen to read.

if you sign up for their sale emails then often do open boxes/weird colors of the thermapen for $75 pretty often.

4/11/2016 11:26:38 AM

Friendly BBQ competition down at the local growler shop - our team is doing 6 racks of ribs and 180 wings


[Edited on April 17, 2016 at 9:29 PM. Reason : .]

4/16/2016 11:04:16 AM

Good luck!!

4/16/2016 12:29:15 PM

http://slickdeals.net/f/8619474-ivation-extended-range-wireless-bbq-thermometer-35-more-free-s-h

Quote :

"The $35 model is a rebadged Maverick ET-732"

That's the thermometer I currently use. Once you get used to the programming, it's pretty solid.

[Edited on April 19, 2016 at 12:53 PM. Reason : Think I paid like $70-$80]

4/19/2016 12:53:46 PM

Nice. I ordered one. The power button on my transmitter stopped working.

[Edited on April 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM. Reason : I have to turn it on and off by putting the batteries in and out]

4/19/2016 2:56:06 PM

Thanks! i ordered one also.

4/20/2016 8:33:31 AM

this would be fun, but not for $400 - http://ncmpa.com/

4/21/2016 4:13:56 PM

Grilled a beer can chicken last night. That falls under "why haven't I tried this before"? A+ will grill again. Easy, juicy meat, crispy skin.

(Though the bird was pressed against the top of the kettle lid, and that was with it riding rather low on the can. Not sure how some people fit the things on there if the can doesn't slide in basically all the way.)

4/25/2016 6:22:13 PM

beer can chicken is a waste of beer. spatchcocking is the way to go with whole chickens.

4/25/2016 6:48:59 PM

^ agreed - read online about the science of it

4/25/2016 9:17:28 PM

^7. Came in yesterday. Any tips?


Beer Can chicken is a extreme waste of time. you are just going it for the look.

4/26/2016 3:48:05 PM

Quote :

"(Though the bird was pressed against the top of the kettle lid, and that was with it riding rather low on the can. Not sure how some people fit the things on there if the can doesn't slide in basically all the way.)"

I think that's what she may have said but i prefer to take women who can use proper grammar.

4/26/2016 4:02:50 PM

^^just remember you have to turn the receiver on first, then the transmitter

4/26/2016 5:29:45 PM

yeah that part is not logical

4/26/2016 6:12:48 PM

If this one craps out, I think I'm gonna go to the iGrill 2.

4/26/2016 8:46:53 PM

Just found a recipe for bacon and chive butter smoked chicken. I threw my chicken in some brine last night, gonna crank up the akorn to about 375 at around 3, spatchcock the chicken and go to town

4/30/2016 9:14:48 AM

put on a 10 pound pork butt at about 9 this morning. cracked opened a nice cold one. its going to be a good day.

4/30/2016 10:59:15 AM

^ to eat tomorrow?

4/30/2016 1:20:42 PM

5/21/2016 4:24:03 PM

My Lady just got me this little beauty.



Looking forward to experimenting with the smoker feature, any tips/recipes/rub suggestions for an amateur?

6/2/2016 10:42:14 AM

http://www.kamadoguru.com has tons of info

6/2/2016 12:19:12 PM

^^ welcome to the club.

1. Season the grates
2. Grab a Weber 22" wire grate to sit below the main Akorn grate (where you will sit a heat deflector for smoking)
3. Light some charcoal and learn how to maintain 225 degree and 350 degree temps. Cant stress this enough. Will save you hours of frustration down the road (and meat destruction).

[Edited on June 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM. Reason : a]

6/2/2016 2:10:24 PM

^^^ did she get that lightning sale? I wanted to so bad. It was $244. I need a new one mine is wore out but I was waiting on some money to come through.

6/2/2016 2:25:45 PM

dang they had a lightening sale on those? gotta let a brother know mane!

6/2/2016 2:33:09 PM

Best way to season the grates is by just going ahead and smoking a butt

6/2/2016 4:22:59 PM

It was $244 shipped for the red one.


I seasoned my last one with a bunch of almost expired red sticker johnsonville patties and 73% fat burger meat from food lion they are greasy as fuck.

6/2/2016 10:10:07 PM

How did you wear out the old one? Did you leave it out in the weather or something?

6/2/2016 10:21:08 PM

Added this lil guy to the lineup today. $125 and it came with a tank, propane, and a few accessories.





Grate was rusted in a few spots but I removed it with the included brush and pumice stone and did a few applications of canola oil + heat and it's ready to go. Now if I could just find a cover for it that doesn't cost $45 Amazon has a great $7 grey one for my Kettle I just wish they had something similar for this grill.

6/3/2016 7:44:58 PM

I think she might've picked it up on the lightning sale, but I haven't asked. The timing seemed right.

In reference to the heat deflector and insert rack, I picked this guy up on Amazon (along with some silicone gloves) http://www.amazon.com/Char-Griller-6201-Smokin-Stone/dp/B009E8NATC?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

^ Also pretty sure my parents have that exact same grill.

[Edited on June 6, 2016 at 9:13 AM. Reason : ]

6/6/2016 9:12:31 AM

Theres a like new weber genesis 330 on CL for $300. I'm really having a hard time saying no. If anyone needs one go ahead and take it so I won't.

6/6/2016 9:30:25 AM

went with my dad to this grill store in North Raleigh. he's been ogling a Saber infrared grill for a while now - like two years and he's gone to this store to quietly lurk around and look at it several times but this time he took me. sales guy comes up trying hard to sell him on the grill and they get into this brodown about who knows more about Saber grill technology. it was like straight off of King of the Hill.

he left again without buying anything. dude just refuses to spend money on himself, so in the spirit of father's day my mom and I decided to just split the cost of the grill ($1100) and buy it for him. can't wait to try it out.

6/6/2016 9:39:48 AM

to infrared grills

6/6/2016 10:23:42 AM

have you looked at Saber? not your typical infrared

6/6/2016 10:28:20 AM

In the akorn, the Weber grate with a pizza pan is cheaper and more versatile than the smoking stone. Sometimes I put charcoal on the upper grate to sear the piss out of steaks. Also, the pizza pan won't break if you drop it.

6/6/2016 5:58:14 PM

Nice, never thought of a upper tear searing option. I might have to get a grate and pizza pan in addition to the stone.

6/7/2016 8:26:01 AM

What should I grill this weekend?

6/9/2016 10:55:07 AM

I've been wanting to try a smoked chuck roast. Rub it with Montreal steak seasoning or something like that, smoke it like a butt, then pull it apart.

6/9/2016 11:08:07 AM

& Ohhhh that sounds wonderful

6/9/2016 11:55:58 AM

^^
I did that 2 weekends ago, except just salt, pepper and a few other spices. It was awesome

6/9/2016 2:26:59 PM

Raleigh's Costco has USDA Prime now...think Ribeye is $18/lb and Fillet is $22/lb (might have more options). Buddy got the fillets and holy shit were they good. 1.25-1.5". Wrapped them with bacon and reverse seared with lump.

I'm curious how much more that stupid Butcher's Market place charges for that meat.

6/13/2016 9:28:45 PM

One of the reasons TWW is dying, is NRR's decline in uploading food porn.

6/13/2016 9:53:22 PM

I'll cosign that.

6/13/2016 9:57:22 PM

NRR doesn't upload food porn because TWW is dying.

6/13/2016 10:32:16 PM

once every 6 months though, i mean come on

6/13/2016 10:56:29 PM

He's too busy RC'ing to post food porn.

Do the right thing mang.

6/13/2016 11:13:21 PM

i'll try to do better

6/13/2016 11:19:32 PM

I promised some Boston butts for my family's beach trip but waited too long to get them from piggy wiggly. When I went this morning they only had 1 4 lb butt, and the butcher didn't have any more to cut, so I begrudgingly went to food lion. I got 2 8.5 lb butts that were almost $30 a piece, and I was furious, that price just didn't seem right. Got up to the register though, and for some reason it knocked $30 off. I checked the flier and signs, nothing about bogo or 50% off, so maybe I just got lucky

6/25/2016 11:18:01 AM

Gonna try some grilled Mahi Mahi for the first time today. I am



[Edited on June 25, 2016 at 11:23 AM. Reason : sdf]

6/25/2016 11:21:21 AM

Grilled thick cut pork chops last night on the performer using apple wood chips.

I was very pleased with the taste but probably should have taken them off at 140-145 instead of 150.

6/26/2016 8:23:25 AM

My original Akorn took a shit on Fathers day morning. I went to dump the ashes and the guts of the ash pan fell apart. We had big plans for a steak dinner that evening so we went to Home Depot and picked up this beauty. I used a bunch of almost expired burger and sausage from food lion to get a it seasoned and burn all the paint smell and shit off before cooking the steaks.

6/26/2016 8:40:07 AM