OT - Never used 50 year old kamado

cookingdude555

Pretty cool ...:

https://www.ksl.com/classifieds/listing/45690896

Shows how close the BGE copied (and improved upon) one of the original kamado designs.

HeavyG

That is quite a find! Mint, still with some original packing/wrapping. I have no idea if that price is way out of line but I imagine that a serious collector would dig that.

R2Egg2Q

Ah, the "modern" style kamado.That would look right at home in the BGE museum in my opinion.  Thanks for sharing!

rekameohs

Very interesting as a collector/museum piece.  After you use it the first time, it is just a used Kamado.  I remember a few years ago, there were ~20 Black Knight pinball machines found still in the factory box in a warehouse.  It was the same with them - once you started playing them, they were just BKs in very, very good condition.

Jai-Bo

Cool find....I'm not sure about mid century though?  Anyone do any actual digging on it?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Here's what I found. Looks like it could be from the 70's

https://www.kamadoguru.com/topic/17831-does-anyone-the-know-the-history-on-the-kinuura-yaki-kamado/

JohnInCarolina

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Here's what I found. Looks like it could be from the 70's

https://www.kamadoguru.com/topic/17831-does-anyone-the-know-the-history-on-the-kinuura-yaki-kamado/

That makes sense.  I thought I remembered Ponch having one of these things behind his trailer.

Ozzie_Isaac

If I had @SGH overtime money, I would be all over that.  It is really cool.  Loved seeing the packaging too.

SGH

Ozzie_Isaac said:

If I had @SGH overtime money, I would be all over that.  

Sadly brother Ozzie, if you had my money, you would be in the bread line my friend. 

Jai-Bo

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Here's what I found. Looks like it could be from the 70's

https://www.kamadoguru.com/topic/17831-does-anyone-the-know-the-history-on-the-kinuura-yaki-kamado/

That's what I was thinking, still a cool piece!!!!

cookingdude555

They've cut the price in half now. My posting it here really ramped up the views to 400+. The seller probably thinks there is a ton of interest, but no one is biting.