Vanole

Glad to see another poster on here with an SOB in the herd. Tri tip looks awesome. Hard to find here on the east coast. Comissary at Langley AFB has them on occaision. Great cut of meat.

Another in Richmond Va. https://richmond.craigslist.org/for/d/vintage-kamado-kikuya-big/6280249280.html

There is an Imperial for sale in the Miami Craigslist for $100. Actually located in Sunrise. https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/hsh/d/original-imperial-kamado-clay/6262600671.html

The Viking has been around since early 2000's. One of the old Eggers (Tim M) had one. He used to live in Northern Va, then moved to the Outer Banks. His old website is still up you might be able to contact him their. http://www.tm52.com/bge/ John or any of the moderators if I posted this against the rules please delete and I will stand in the corner.

Could be a Sakura or a Kikuya. I have a mid 70's Kikuya. On the front in vicinity of handle you may see a Kikuya sticker. If I remember correctly direction for use were packed inside the cooker.

Welcome, I am in Va Beach like yourself and am afflicted with the same grill/smoker sickness. Must be the salt air.

Welcome, I am from Va Beach also out off Great Neck Rd. I am sure you will enjoy Kamado cooking.

I have a Digiq and a Flameboss 200. Both good units. Customer service goes to FB. My FB was DOA on arrival. Called them and a new one was inbound that day. New one upon arrival took 7 minutes to set up and connected to Wifi. Bottom line I would not hesitate to buy either unit.

Back in my bicycle touring days I had something like the Firebox Stove Nr4 in the video. It worked like a champ. I don't have it anymore. In 04 I bought a portable wood burning grill called a Woodflame Delecto and lug it along in the motorhome along with a Holland Companion. The Woodflame gets piping hot but is a bit of a pain to clean. Runs either on batteries or ac power.

Thank-you for acceptance into the group. Have been cooking with a Kamado (Kikuya Hibatchi Pot) since 1977 which I bought while stationed in Japan. Since that time I have added 2 LBGE's and a Primo Oval XL. I will go ahead and take the walk of shame, and admit I have a couple of gassers and charcoal grills hanging around. Even though I have been cooking on a Kamado for quite a while this old dog is not adverse to taking aboard the numerous tips and techniques that the fine cooks on this forum pass along.