Trailblazer Jumping right in...

[SomethingelseIdo]

I did lots of research and after 5-6 days, I’m going to echo that I should have pulled the trigger much earlier! Ordered Sunday, shipped Monday, arrived Tuesday evening, assembly and first fire Tuesday night, first smoke Wednesday morning.

Chicken thighs, low and slow 200F-235F for 3 hours with a hot burn to crisp before serving.

Just before disaster struck!

I missed a paragraph in the manual:
If you have completed a low and slow cook that has caused the accumu-lation of grease on your foil, you must change the foil before cooking at high tempera- tures. Failure to do so will most certainly cause a grease fire in your grill.

I lost both meat probes and my Polder probe in the ensuing blaze. ? I saved the chicken but had nonstop panic as I watched fire drip out of the grease spout! The chicken got great reviews though...I personally think it would have tasted better without the adrenaline hit. ???

The cover was out of stock when I ordered...so I added repla

 

[SomethingelseIdo]

Next up was peppers and Italian sausages.

I told it to go all out. It started slow and took off like a rocket. My Trailblazer and I are still establishing mutual respect. Lol!

Saturday I ran salmon on the other side of the grill grates on “Lo” while I did things around the house. Add arugula, kale, and some homemade lemon pepper dressing.

Today I did a pizza (garlic, pepperoni, fresh basil) no pictures on that one as the keto crust malfunctioned and I wound up with an inside-out calzone instead. It was tasty but presentation was on par with a preschool play doh project...green,white,red all over.

 

[Blues1]

Nice job...all of them!

 

[Infantryman]

Love all your pics.....your food looks delicious! Great cooking info too.......welcome to the forum, great info and helpful folks here.

 

[Mastertech59]

I love part about changing your foil before cooking at high temperatures, just what I want to do after several hours on low is to take apart the grill to refoil, one more reason I don't foil and just scrape now.
Your food pics are making me hungry.