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Certainly wouldn't fit a brisket. You might fit a boneless shoulder in one but not sure how results would look.

I'd be amazed if that holds enough coal for any kind of slow cooking as well, and overfilling them messes with airflow so makes them work less well. I'd steer away from a small one tbh

Yeah, it’s not worth it for anything other than standard bbq fare.

You’ll need the big one for slow cooking / smoking stuff.

First overnight cook on the kamado in progress.

5Kg pork butt on at 225f, went on the grill at 19:30ish
woke up at 6am to internal temp of 170f
wrapped it with sugar butter and apple juice and bumped temp to 250f
will pull it at 203f internal and straight into the cooler it goes.
taking it to a friends birthday bbq at midday so won't see it again until it's served now.

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Has anyone here got any experience of doing meat low n slow on a cobb bbq? I’ve never heard of them but have just been told I’m in charge of cooking a shoulder of lamb on one tomorrow. I’m up for it but wouldn’t mind a quick primer of some kind

With credentials like this, how the fuck haven’t I heard of this device before? The little gravestones next to the heart and stroke association logo is wonderfully ambiguous. Approved by? Condemned by? Who knows? Let’s cook!

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looking at how it's laid out all I can do is wish you luck on your endeavours.

also...

It’s got these big round charcoal briquette things that last two hours. There’s a few of them but no means of starting them off of the grill so I guess there’ll be a break halfway. Got enough beers to not give too much of a fuck either way

I somehow managed a decent result from the Cobb thing. Wouldn’t rush to cook on one again mind

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nice job. that thing looks like it was originally designed for bundt cakes in that shot.

Now you mention it, it really does

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Some praise for Green Mountain Grills who were very quick to talk me through diagnosis and mailed out some replacement parts for a 3 year old smoker I was having a few issues with. First communication was 6/11, parts sent 15/11, received and fitted today. Great service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2X-5_YMKWE

Every year I ask the Mrs shall we do deep fried turkey for Christmas, every year she says I should know better given that I work in insurance. Then you’ve got this guy doing his indoors!

It's a popular way for Americans to burn their houses down at thanksgiving. A mate (originally from Los Angeles) said there was always some idiot in the neighbourhood who set fire to their house putting a frozen turkey into a fryer on the deck.

I picked up a Fireboard 1 on ebay recently thinking I may pair it with a fan for more precise temperatures.

Annoyingly I didn't read up properly beforehand and didn't realise that you need an extra, very expensive, cable to pair it with a fan https://fireboard-eu.com/shop/drive-cable/

Long shot but I don't suppose if anyone knows whether there are third party versions of this or if you can just create your own? Google has found me nothing so far.

Since @tw brought it to my attention is it wrong that I really want this?

Looks like an utter bargain.

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I doubt it, it looks like an 8 or 9 pin din which sends on/off info and power to the fan, maybe something exists but I'd have thought there's something else going on circuit wise to keep it a closed system?

I've got something similar for my thermoworks billows but it connects by USB c, just checked online and it's 20 quid for a replacement, 100 quid for a cable is a bit spicy.

No wifi bbq here, Chop.

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Yes, 8 pin din. Also can be used to charge the device and the cable has some sort of speaker. I might have a go with a multimeter and a chopped off cable (I'm assuming it is a standard size) to see if I can spot anything useful but not feeling hopeful.

Have you seen this?

https://docs.fireboard.io/drive/cable.html

Yes, makes me suspect that I won't be able to do anything myself.

We just pulled the trigger on an Aldi Kamado for some low and slow. What temperature probe set up are people using? I’ve looked at the thermoworks website but the choice is confusing.

i'm using the thermoworks signals and billows and am very happy with them.

https://thermapen.co.uk/digital-bbq-thermometers/139-signals-wifi-bluetooth-thermometer.html

you'll want a usb-c external powerbank that does 12v output to power them both if you want to go low and sloooooow
I use this one ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08Y6XBM8X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 ) which will last you a few days on a full charge no problem.