OT - Akorn Jr. for $91 @ Amazon

Focker

Deals everywhere!

Lucky#13...a redhead,   for $74, a 60 qt for $21, and a SS paddle for $2.50.  Beer making rabbit hole penetrated.  "Red" will be getting put to use on the road soon.  CG Platesetter ordered.

Biggreenpharmacist

Mine will be here next friday. 

milesvdustin

Screw it, im gonna go get one in the morning. Local walmart has 5. 

Actually, will ine walmart price match another?

cookingdude555

Good haul @Focker

Focker

milesvdustin said:

Screw it, im gonna go get one in the morning. Local walmart has 5. 

Actually, will ine walmart price match another?

A crap shoot depending on the mgr you get.  I have called before to make sure, and have been denied a price match at one location, and accepted on two others by pics on the 14 WSM and 28 BS.

Sh!t or get off the pot. 

milesvdustin

I just drove an hour one way to get one at $74. Also got a stainless paddle for $2.50. They have the 17" blackstone for $47. Tempted, but not that tempted. Im gonna go checkout and drive the hour home. 

nolaegghead

nolaegghead

Quality was above my expectations.

cookingdude555

I put hardly any charcoal in and its been at 400 for 5 hours. I should have cooked something. It reminds me of my bubba keg. Way efficient. 

cookingdude555

I sprayed the cooking grid with cooking oil after about a 2 hour burn off. Looks good and seasoned now. At least until I open it up and it all burns off. 

Focker

cookingdude555 said:

I sprayed the cooking grid with cooking oil after about a 2 hour burn off. Looks good and seasoned now. At least until I open it up and it all burns off. 

Looks good to go.
That's the one thing that drew me in on this thing...felt line iron.  Was going to buy a BGE CI grid on the woo for the small.

I learned through the years...it's better to buy the whole grill, than a grid, for maybe 20 bucks more. 

Foghorn

Like moths to a flame.  

JohnInCarolina

Foghorn said:

Like moths to a flame.  

DMW

Guys...

I did the things....

lousubcap

@DMW -  you can just stage it inside the XXL.  Will yield a double bonus impact and SWMBO will never know it is there.  

Carolina Q

I paid $146 for mine back in June. When I found out they were $91, I called WM and the mgr said they would refund the difference. When I got there the next day, it rang up at $74! I got a refund of $76 with taxes. 

Nice cooker. Holds temp well, doesn't use much lump. I didn't want the CI grid so I bought a Weber Smokey Joe 14" plated steel grid.
Doesn't like the rain though. Still cooks ok in it, but the ash catcher fills up with water. Looks like it might be coming in around the two bottom latches so I'm gonna get a tube of silicone and see if that'll help. I still need a cover though. Using a trash bag for the moment.

Carolina Q

BTW, if your dog devastates your Mini, this is what you're left with...


If he does the same thing to your Akorn (this is not mine (yet ), just an online pic I found)...

nolaegghead

My brother also picked one up

nolaegghead

He took it back and got another.

nolaegghead

Mine in the smaller grill lineup.

Carolina Q

I'm thinking about adding longer legs. Should work fine as long as I can keep my dog away. Black pipe (or galvanized), not EMT. With the weight, it might be stable enough.

Thoughts?

cookingdude555

Ive seen the stilts adjustment. I think its a good idea if its going to be your daily driver. Its taller than my mini or mini max and as such it's a little tall on my work table. Mine will really be a travel cooker so it will live in the shed nearly all of its life. I like the smokey joe grid idea you had. Because I will use mine only a few times a year, there's no chance that cooking grid won't be full on rust for me. 

Carolina Q

Well, I had a large and a mini. My mini had gotten to be my daily driver - until my dog destroyed it. Now that I have found an affordable replacement, I expect the Akorn will become my go to cooker. Not only does it cook just as well, but it's considerably larger than my min was. My work table is a bit too high, but not terribly so. What I need is either a coffee table or some stilts. At least on the current worktable, the beast can't reach it! We'll see.

I expect you're right about rust on your CI grid. If I can find a 14" SS grid, I'll buy one. Weber makes a 22.5" SS grid, but for some season, no other sizes. The plated one is fine for now, but it'll rust too, eventually.

cookingdude555

Yeah I think a SS 14" grid is on my watch list as well. Some of my eggs have the older non SS grids and they are rusting over now. I love CI but not the upkeep. If you use the cooker enough it stays seasoned on its own, like the one on my medium. 

JohnInCarolina

Carolina Q said:

I'm thinking about adding longer legs. Should work fine as long as I can keep my dog away. Black pipe (or galvanized), not EMT. With the weight, it might be stable enough.

Thoughts?

Definitely advise against tying a dog to it!  Lol

Carolina Q

JohnInCarolina said:

Carolina Q said:

I'm thinking about adding longer legs. Should work fine as long as I can keep my dog away. Black pipe (or galvanized), not EMT. With the weight, it might be stable enough.

Thoughts?

Definitely advise against tying a dog to it!  Lol

hahaha, ya think?

Carolina Q

BTW, my dog wasn't tied to the mini. It was on a small table - too small - and when he went counter surfing, well, that was all she wrote.

Focker

Looks like the creature at the end of The Mist that shakes the Land Rover.

Do legs defeat the purpose of this tabletop/tailgate grill???
A little wind or nudge, and humpty takes a fall.

A rolling table or cart might not be a bad idea though.

epcotisbest

Carolina Q said:

I'm thinking about adding longer legs. Should work fine as long as I can keep my dog away. Black pipe (or galvanized), not EMT. With the weight, it might be stable enough.

Thoughts?

This might solve the stability issue, but would create a tripping hazard.

BluegillSmalls

Just picked up a 36" Blackstone today for $120 marked down from $278.  Wally's are clearing out their lawn and garden stuff. Thanks for the heads up!