Hey guys and gals! Been cooking outdoors for a long time now... almost exclusively over lump charcoal. With that said, I owned a Traeger back in the day, when they were manufactured here in the US. As much as I enjoyed the convenience of that ole Traeger, I was never fully satisfied with it. It left almost no smoke profile on the meat, and it struggled to hit 400 degrees on a warm day. It was pretty much a < 325 degree cooker. Well, I used the heck out of it for a few years, and then got fed up with it's short comings, sold it, and went back to lump charcoal. Fast forward to today... I have been cooking exclusively on Ceramic grills/smokers for the past few years. LOVE THEM! So what brings me here? We have a large family, which means we quite often have a pretty crazy schedule. Personally, I find cooking outdoors to be very therapeutic... but with a large family, there are many days where I simply do not have the time to cook over lump charcoal. So what to do??? Last month, I sold one of my kamado's and bought a fellow pelletsmoking.com members Mak 1 Star...thanks for selling old faithful #69 Sparky!!! All I can say is that I absolutely LOVE this Mak 1 Star. Because of the pure ease of using it, I have been cooking outdoors more then ever... probably 5-6 days/week...and the results? OUTSTANDING!!! Between my Kamado Joe Big Joe, and my new (new to me) Mak 1 Star, I am finding that they make a VERY NICE team!
Thought I'd share some recent cooks with you guys. Some done on the Mak, and some done on the Kamado:
Thanksgiving turkey
Big ole butt
Bunch of tri's
APL honey glazed spatchcock chicken
Melt in your mouth baby backs
Extra meaty beef ribs
Reversed GrillGrates smash burgers
Mak smoked sausage minestrone soup. YUMMO!
Thought I'd share some recent cooks with you guys. Some done on the Mak, and some done on the Kamado:
Thanksgiving turkey
Big ole butt
Bunch of tri's
APL honey glazed spatchcock chicken
Melt in your mouth baby backs
Extra meaty beef ribs
Reversed GrillGrates smash burgers
Mak smoked sausage minestrone soup. YUMMO!
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