Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado Joe
Date:	4/18/2014 4:59:41 PM

I received a (very nice ) gift of a Kamado Joe grill recently. I haven't used it yet but I remember a lot of Big Green Egg talk on here, so I plan to search for some recipes. I figure the KJ and BGE work similarly, so recipes / instructions will be roughly similar?

Name:	Ulysses E. McGill -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado Joe
Date:	4/20/2014 12:16:20 AM

Yes, a very similar piece of equipment. It's more about the style of cooking/grilling/smoking than the recipe. Read up and give it a shot; if you're a grillin' man by nature, you're going to love it.

Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado Joe
Date:	4/22/2014 9:02:48 AM

I grilled some pork chops last weekend and over cooked them.  There was quite a bit of lump charboal left over and I have thought about taking them out of the grill to store them in an airtight container, but then thought that might be getting too obsessive. I have just read a lot about the necessity of keeping the lump charcoal dry.  I think my next attempt will be to smoke a couple of chickens, I have some "chicken sitters" that I have used on my old smoker, they work pretty well to hold the chickens up.

Name:	Ulysses E. McGill -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado Joe
Date:	4/22/2014 10:11:53 PM

I leave lump charcoal in both of my eggs and rarely have a problem with it keeping dry; I would'nt worry about it unless you think it will be a couple of months before you cook again.  Just curious, does the Joe have a ceramic plate for placment between the coals and the meat for slow cooking?

Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado Joe
Date:	4/23/2014 7:53:08 AM

yes, it has a ceramic plate that is split in two hemispheres so you can use either / neither / both. They call it the heat deflector. I couldn't tell if you're supposed to use this at all times or just for smoking. Here's a link to their instructional video page, they ahve recipes but they also break down the construction of the grill:

http://www.kamadojoe.com/videos/

Name:	roswellric -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado John
Date:	4/23/2014 8:57:14 PM

This is good therapy for you John. Gets you off the computer and into something more art than science.I think you'll love it - good luck! 

Name:	John C -	Reply
Subject:	Kamado John
Date:	5/8/2014 4:35:42 PM

so far I have done pork chops (overcooked them), pizza (perfect and fun), 2 whole chickens (tough to get the temp low enough but once I did it was easy).  It's been fun!