Yet another random Kamado company

BizGreenEgg

Beacon grilling???  Looks like a small Vision grill.  Not a bad price for someone looking for more toys.

http://tools.woot.com/offers/beacon-ceramic-grill-with-stand-red-or-black-2?ref=tg_cnt_wp_3_1

fishlessman

i would say that is made by the same company that makes vision grills. same drop down table, same daisy....

BizGreenEgg

@fishlessman you think the knob on the daisy melts just like the one on the Visions?  

maso

Thinking of getting... It does look like a vision, but they don't list a 13" size. Anyone with a small vision have a model number available? I wonder if CGS BGE small parts would fit this? 

BizGreenEgg

maso said:

Thinking of getting... It does look like a vision, but they don't list a 13" size. Anyone with a small vision have a model number available? I wonder if CGS BGE small parts would fit this? 

Probably a safe bet that the CGS stuff would fit.  It's all 13" grid based and the Woo handles don't stick up that much.  Should have enough clearance in the dome.

Maybe @tjv has seen this model before?

hondabbq

These knockoff companies re popping just as fast as Yeti tumbler ones.

fishlessman

hondabbq said:

These knockoff companies re popping just as fast as Yeti tumbler ones.

its easy to jump on board, places like this will put any name on the egg you want, 250 cost for XL'S and your a kamodo business
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/XL-Black-kamado-charcoal-EGG-Grill_60308858424.html?spm=a2700.7724857.29.55.sp14ib

nolaegghead

fishlessman said:

hondabbq said:

These knockoff companies re popping just as fast as Yeti tumbler ones.

its easy to jump on board, places like this will put any name on the egg you want, 250 cost for XL'S and your a kamodo business
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/XL-Black-kamado-charcoal-EGG-Grill_60308858424.html?spm=a2700.7724857.29.55.sp14ib

....another example of the damn Chinese (never mind kamados were invented in Asia) taking the jobs of Mexican workers...

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves!!!

fishlessman

the funny thing was that importing chinese eggs is how bge started in business

KiterTodd

Great price.  That adjustment dome up top looks like thin steel that'll rust out in a year.  Can't tell for sure in the photos though.

DaveRichardson

There's a company in Columbus, GA That makes a cast iron Komado.  I can't recall their name right now, but I've already booked a visit to them later in the year when my better half is running a half-marathon in the same city!

rmr62

DaveRichardson said:

There's a company in Columbus, GA That makes a cast iron Komado.  I can't recall their name right now, but I've already booked a visit to them later in the year when my better half is running a half-marathon in the same city!

I have a couple patients who work at the foundry, and one is directly involved in making these.  I have not seen the actual product yet though

stlcharcoal

DaveRichardson said:

There's a company in Columbus, GA That makes a cast iron Komado.  I can't recall their name right now, but I've already booked a visit to them later in the year when my better half is running a half-marathon in the same city!

I met them at the HBPA convention.  That thing is HEAVY.  The lid open a full 90 degrees which is cool.  The only thing that made me wonder is how fast it goes through charcoal since it's made out of a conductor rather than an insulator.  Made sense to me to make a wood stove out of cast iron, but not necessarily a smoker in my mind.

nolaegghead

Cast iron is not nearly as great a conductor as, say, the carbon steel that Webers are made from.  It will hold heat well due to the large thermal mass, so you won't get the quick temp drop you would from the Weber Kamado.

HeavyG

This may be the cast iron kamado in question - http://www.goldenscastironcooker.com/

Plain ceramic kamados like the BGE  get their temp stability from the mass of the ceramic material not because they are insulated per se. Ceramic is not a good insulator. An inch of dead air has about the same R value as an inch of ceramic. That is why the new Weber Summit Charcoal "kamado" proves to be as fuel efficient as an Egg despite being made of thin stamped metal - that dead air between the shells provides some degree of insulation. 

KiterTodd

HeavyG said:

This may be the cast iron kamado in question - http://www.goldenscastironcooker.com/

Plain ceramic kamados like the BGE  get their temp stability from the mass of the ceramic material not because they are insulated per se. Ceramic is not a good insulator....

What?  An iron egg?  My head is about to explode.  I didn't know such a thing existed.

DaveRichardson

Yep, @HeavyG, that's the one.  I will be taking plenty of pictures when I go there!

HeavyG

KiterTodd said:

HeavyG said:

This may be the cast iron kamado in question - http://www.goldenscastironcooker.com/

Plain ceramic kamados like the BGE  get their temp stability from the mass of the ceramic material not because they are insulated per se. Ceramic is not a good insulator....

What?  An iron egg?  My head is about to explode.  I didn't know such a thing existed.

Well then this one will probably cause your head to actually explode - http://www.blazegrills.com/product/blaze-kamado-coming-soon/

Toxarch

Be nice to have one or two of those Goldens on a stick burner trailer.

FaceDance

I just sent that link to a buddy who has been on the fence about an BGE for years (aka... his wife says no).  I told him buy it, maybe you realize you love it, and you buy a realtime unit in the future.  If not, you're out $220 and you've got a small kamado you can use occasionally.  

DaveRichardson

The aluminum one is interesting!  I think I like the iron one better.  I called the foundry last night on my way home and the iron one weighs in at 450 pounds!

KiterTodd

HeavyG said:

Well then this one will probably cause your head to actually explode - http://www.blazegrills.com/product/blaze-kamado-coming-soon/

That's pretty cool looking.  
When I'm not cooking can I brew beer in it?