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First Mini-Max cooks

feef706
feef706 Posts: 853
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Not much but broke her in over the weekend
while out of town, portability is doable but painful if you don't have a table..

1st ever on the MM was chicken thighs, cooked just as I expected, the crowd liked


 Also cooked sausage and cheddar worst but no pics so it didn't happen

Final for the weekend was a 7lb butt, cooked for roughly 8 hours, pulled at 196 because
the crowd was hungry, but shredded easy, not too bad for the little guy


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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    Also no issue with running out of charcoal for the low and slow, I have yet to open her up and see what is left as I was driving home all day today, but can update if anyone is interested, I ran it at roughly 250, it did spike at times but towards the end I was ok with that as it never really went above 310 and peoples were hungry.

    I loaded it to the point that the improvised plate setter was resting on the lump, which may have hurt as I noticed a small crack in my newly made plate setter as I was setting the meat on the grill, it survived the cook but may not be around much longer, need to check it out and see the extent of
    the damage 
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    Da Club..... Welcome!
    Seattle, WA
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,534
    Very nice!!!  
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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,835
    Nice looking inaugural cooks. 
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,921
    Looks good!

    ____________________
    Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. •Niccolo Machiavelli
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    I acquired a MM just prior to the holidays. Have about 4-5 cooks under my belt. It is noticeably different from my medium, and has a small learning curve. Gonna like it I am certain. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    Beautiful thighs.   Welcome to the mm group.  
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Looking mighty good from here!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    nice!
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  • stompbox
    stompbox Posts: 729
    I like how you just brought the whole grid inside instead of taking the meat off the grill. lol.  I guess that can be a benefit to the MM I never thought of.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    You are going to love the MM. We do, and use it frequently. Awesome cooks!
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    northGAcock said:
    I acquired a MM just prior to the holidays. Have about 4-5 cooks under my belt. It is noticeably different from my medium, and has a small learning curve. Gonna like it I am certain. 
    Sorry....this should not have been about me.....your cooks look outstanding. All solid. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    stompbox said:
    I like how you just brought the whole grid inside instead of taking the meat off the grill. lol.  I guess that can be a benefit to the MM I never thought of.
    I was trying to control the temp between saucings so I decided to just lift the hole grid off and keep the lid shut while I flipped then basted, worked pretty well.

    Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. After 3 cooks I'm sold that I'm going to enjoy her for a long time.
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    northGAcock said:
    northGAcock said:
    I acquired a MM just prior to the holidays. Have about 4-5 cooks under my belt. It is noticeably different from my medium, and has a small learning curve. Gonna like it I am certain. 
    Sorry....this should not have been about me.....your cooks look outstanding. All solid. 
    Your fine, I do the same thing all the time
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    For those who are interested. Below is the lump remaining after the butt, more than I expected but it's hard to tell in the pic.

    Also is a pic of the improvised plate setter, used a angle grinder with a tile blade, took about 20 mins but wasn't hard to do. The crack doesn't look too bad at the moment, not sure if I can do anything to keep it from growing 


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  • Jai-Bo
    Jai-Bo Posts: 584
    Glad you are breaking in the MM.....I am looking forward to my call from a friend/dealer to go pick mine up when he gets em in!!!  Will be an added bonus to the camper/boat/hunting camp!!!!
    Hunting-Fishing-Cookin' on my EGG! Nothing else compares!
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Nice group of MM inaugural cooks. Enjoy
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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