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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Kamado Style Cookers => Topic started by: HighOnSmoke on March 10, 2019, 11:18:16 AM

Title: My New Toy!
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 10, 2019, 11:18:16 AM

I have been wanting to try Kamado cooking for quite awhile. I mentioned it to Jaxon and he found me a new Char-Griller Akorn,
graphite in color,  for $175 in Macon. They are retailing right now for $328. Naturally I jumped on it at that price. Jaxon checked
it out and grabbed it for me. We drove to Byron yesterday and picked it up, along with the smoking stone.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/BBQ-Cooks/Char-Griller-Akorn-03-10-19/i-SgGVjWx/0/538912ba/L/Akorn-1-L.jpg) (https://michaelcoffman.smugmug.com/BBQ-Cooks/Char-Griller-Akorn-03-10-19/i-SgGVjWx/A)

I am doing the initial burn this morning and seasoning the cast iron grate with Flax oil. This is what I used to season my
Blackstone and a couple of frying pans.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/BBQ-Cooks/Char-Griller-Akorn-03-10-19/i-C8FDRzK/0/73d3b1f4/L/Akorn-2-L.jpg) (https://michaelcoffman.smugmug.com/BBQ-Cooks/Char-Griller-Akorn-03-10-19/i-C8FDRzK/A)

I will be doing a pork butt for my first cook on Tuesday.

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: tlg4942 on March 10, 2019, 11:29:40 AM

Great deal.  You will have fun with that Mike..

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: smokeasaurus on March 10, 2019, 03:07:07 PM

Gotta have that stone.

I use briquettes also in mine when I do not have lump and it works fine..........just sayin......

Congrats on the new cooker, we really like ours.

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: Pappymn on March 10, 2019, 03:54:36 PM

Great deal. I used the same oil on my carbon steel pans and my Blackstone


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Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: ACW3 on March 10, 2019, 04:35:59 PM

Congrats on the new cooker.  Looking forward to seeing your latest cooks on it.

Art

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: RG on March 10, 2019, 07:06:44 PM

Oh boy! You're going to have a ball cooking on that thing. Congrats Mike!

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: retfr8flyr on March 10, 2019, 07:50:39 PM

Congrats on the great deal. You will love your new Akorn, the learning curve is a little frustrating at times but you will get the hang of temp control fairly quickly. Just remember to start with a small fire and don't chase your temps. It takes about 15 minutes for a change in the vent to show up. It's real easy to start chasing your temps. The Akorn is so efficient that once you overshoot the temp it's very hard to get it back down.

Title: Re: My New Toy!
Post by: TMB on March 11, 2019, 08:45:28 AM

Congrats Mike, you got a great deal! :thumbup: