zachfeen Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hey all, Been registered and lurking here for a few years but never posted. I started off with a Akorn about the time I registered and had fairly good luck with it but lately it has been very difficult to hold temp, so I upgraded to a Vision Classic from Sam's club. I bought one of the new Diamond Cut versions with removable ash drawer. I also built a simple table for about a hundred bucks. I got the kamado a few days ago and initial impressions were hot and cold. The grill looks fantastic and for the most part the build quality is acceptable for the price paid. The hinge is a bit flimsy and the dome moves from side to side a bit when lowering and raising but that is not a huge deal. The thing that had me worried is the multiple areas for possible air leakage, there is a flange where the frame for the ash drawer meets the grill (this mating is not great, there is a large gap that is closed by rope caulk), and where the drawer/vent assembly meets the drawer frame is another chance for leakage although there is a gasket installed here. I was certainly prepared to get out the RTV and start sealing. I've done a few cooks on it now, a steak for first night it came in, a spatchcock chicken and some burgers today. For the most part my worries about air leakage are quelled, I was able to keepo 250 for the spatchcock without much issue and I have a ROck's stoker on the way that should make it foolproof. Bottomline for 550 bucks, I am quite happy with the new classic from Vision. Without further ado here are some pictures of my setup dsarcher, TKOBBQ and CARuggs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Glad to see you posting. Lived in MD the first 32 years of my life. Nice looking vision. Never seen that diamond cut exterior. Looks pretty kewl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOBBQ Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Welcome to the guru, lots of great people and info to be found here. What part of MD are you in? So. MD here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachfeen Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks, I am in Pasadena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retfr8flyr Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARuggs Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Welcome to the forum from Odenton Md Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garvinque Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I don't live in Maryland or have lived there but I have visited got crabs No Welcome to the Guru! Garvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachfeen Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks everyone. Got some spur of the moment bacon wrapped chicken breasts in right now, smoker is humming right along at 275 without much issue. Very impressed for the price far, so much easier to control than my Akorn was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozz73 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Welcome and greetings from another in the Dena! If need be we can exchange cooking tips via smoke signal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachfeen Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Didn't turn out too bad. My temp probe went crazy in the middle and was reading 330 degrees in the smoker while the dome temp was reading 200. I thought I had lost control of the smoker and closed it all down. Then realized my temp probe was just jacked, grill was at 170 or so for a while until I realized the issue and brought the temp back up. Chicken is still plenty juicy TKOBBQ and dsarcher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsarcher Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Welcome. Great looking kamado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickled Que Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Wow I like the Kamado and the bench good job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTVol Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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