Chris Topher
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DANG!!!!! Just missed out on this!!!!! New Classic II at Lowes for $400!!!!
Chris Topher replied to Beermachine's topic in Sales, Bargains, and Giveaways
To save a grand, i would escalate and try dealing with the main customer service department at Lowes’s HQ rather than at the store level. -
DANG!!!!! Just missed out on this!!!!! New Classic II at Lowes for $400!!!!
Chris Topher replied to Beermachine's topic in Sales, Bargains, and Giveaways
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Alternative to a pizza stone is a baking steel. Unbreakable!
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DANG!!!!! Just missed out on this!!!!! New Classic II at Lowes for $400!!!!
Chris Topher replied to Beermachine's topic in Sales, Bargains, and Giveaways
Well played. It looks like you got the deal of the year, only a few days into 2019 -
Do it now
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Nice review
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My understanding, from the info on this site, is that the DoJoe would be used with the top vent shut completely, allowing higher dome temp and airflow out of the front ala WFO.
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I think wide open on the top vents too much air. That’s a major issue with using a kamado for a high heat pizza cook and why the DoJoe (or similar accessory) could really up one’s pizza game.
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Thefreshloaf.com and pizzamaking.com sites are great... and rabbit holes, indeed. I found so interesting the predictive models for pizza dough using starter and ADY on pizzamaking.com. 2 other good books are Ken Forkish’s Flour Water Salt Yeast and The Elements of Pizza.
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Oxo tongs for me
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The US is apparently now the worlds largest oil producer. Cheap gas is good for consumers. Not so much for oil producers.
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When I don’t feel like firing up the Kamado Joe for a pizza cook, I go high in my oven with my pizza steel at 500* for about 6 - 8 minutes on 65% hydration dough (no oil or sugar), then broil for a minute or two.
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Yup. Ace ran this $699 deal last year. I had the same experience as @fbov: ordered, Ace canceled. Ordered again, Ace canceled. Ordered again, by phone confirming in-stock, Ace canceled. The benevolent Kamado gods then smiled on me when amazon ran an even better deal ($650 or so, iirc), free delivery, plus 5% cash back with my amazon prime card. About half the cost of a KJCII was a no-brainer for me to skip the improvements. As I said on my posts last year about my KJ quest, I’m a cheap %#*%+
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I’d guess a better crust on the soapstone.
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I have a FoodSaver. Works great for my needs, but I have nothing to compare it to. If you buy directly from FoodSaver, wait for a sale (which they constantly run). I think they have a 40% off deal right now. Don’t pay full price.
