Jesse Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hello and good morning Kamado Guru, my name is Jesse and I reside in Whittier, CA. I've been smoking on my large BGE for about 2 and half years now and love it. I mainly cook Chicken, Tri Tip and roast lots of peppers for salsa on the BGE. I've also done a few turkeys but still need to perfect it, I've found that it really is a science and getting all the steps right. My neighbor and I have been battling it out for years, we both started off on the evil gas grills and slowly moved over to charcoal. He always had an electric smoker and would use it once in a while but once I brought home the Egg we both started smoking more and more. He evolved onto the Treagger and a Weber Kettle, I'm not really fond of the Treagger but the Weber I'm really starting to like. Many times we get both together for bigger cooks like this weekend for Valentines Day, we did 10 Rib Eyes, veggies, Salmon and chicken. Now on to the main reason why I searched for this forum of experts. I recently picked this up (what I believe to be an Imperial Kamado) off of craigslist last night and need to know more about it. Right now this is the only picture I have of it cause when I got home last night it was getting dark. I'll get it a bit more cleaned up this weekend and see if I can find any kind of markings on it. It appears to be in really good shape on the outside, the fire box is cracked a little but it's currently stuck inside so it might be worst once I get it out. I've seen a few threads on guys restoring these but can't remember what forum they were on or were I saw them. So if we have a few here please feel free to share them here. Thanks all and hope you enjoyed the pics. Jesse John Setzler, TKOBBQ, fatboy1271 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack. Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Jesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosco Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 welcome, great intro!! Lots of help here on the restore of the Kamado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Thanks, yeah I've been around forums for a while now and know that a thread is no good without pictures. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOBBQ Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Welcome to the Guru, lots of great people and info around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTVol Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck0531 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks for all the welcomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75tranzam Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome to the forum! Can't wait to see more photos of your new find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retfr8flyr Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaxxQ Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Great to see another SoCal griller here. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwarbiany Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome from just down the road in Laguna Hills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Welcome to the forum! Can't wait to see more photos of your new find. Thanks, I've made plans to get at it this weekend and really give it a good scrub down. Told the wife to leave me alone for the day but we'll see how that goes. For some reason these have been popping up like crazy around here right now. Already saw another 2 on craiglist, one was the same price as mine $40 and another one for $200. Next one I see I might crab it just in case I need parts, haha. Welcome to the forum! Great to see another SoCal griller here. Welcome! Welcome from just down the road in Laguna Hills Thanks for all the welcomes guys and fellow Socal dudes. How about this weather, huh? JaxxQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy1271 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Awesome intro! Love the pics and good luck on finding out what you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Thanks. Had some time this weekend to clean it up and check for cracks. Only 2 small hair line cracks by the plug box, nothing too bad and can be fixed. The fire box however is a different story, it has cracks all over it and I'm not sure it's worth fixing. What do the experts think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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