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OT - What’s In The Crate?

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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    edited June 2020
    paqman said:
    So nice!  How long did it take you to assemble everything?  I wonder if it would survive in a weather like ours 🤔
    It would do just fine, you just need to to a couple low and slow curing fires at the beginning of each season to dry it out before going full on inferno mode. 

    Assembly to the better part of a day, once the base was built and shelf poured. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,482
    CTMike said:
    I purchased 6 dough balls from the local pizzeria as I don’t have time to get some ready for tomorrow. Can only fire the oven to 500 F as their recipe contains sugar.
    The good part about that is that it will take the pies longer to cook.  At least 6 minutes I'd say, maybe as many as 8.  During that time they'll pick up some decent smoke from the fire.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,482
    CTMike said:
    Today's fire in preps for pizza later:


    Can’t wait!
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • gmanrva
    gmanrva Posts: 424
    Breaking it in right!! Looking forward to some pizza pics!!
    LGE Mechanicsville Va, XLGE Wake Va., LGE Duck NC.
    Formely Gman2 before password debacle 
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,375
    They all look pretty amazing!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,145
    OK my butt those look great man! way to play through
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • FarmingPhD
    FarmingPhD Posts: 849
    Those look great Mike!  Love the oven and looks like many great times ahead.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Dang Mike.  I've been away a good bit.  This looks exciting!  
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,703
    Nice!

    Did you buy pizza boxes?
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    kl8ton said:
    Nice!

    Did you buy pizza boxes?
    No, the pizzeria packed the dough balls in a couple boxes. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

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  • gmanrva
    gmanrva Posts: 424
    That is awesome. Looks great!!
    LGE Mechanicsville Va, XLGE Wake Va., LGE Duck NC.
    Formely Gman2 before password debacle 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    edited June 2020
    Got the cabinet to the right roughed in today. The opening is for a SS door that has a paper towel holder on the back, and will contain a trash can. Next up is to install the veneer stone and then pour and polish the countertop. A sample of the veneer stone in the second photo.



    I also made a half red - half pesto veggie pie on Friday. Unfortunately I couldn’t get an after action photo as our guests inhaled it incredibly quickly. 


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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    It looks like you are enjoying the oven. I’m glad. I cooked in mine today just because I wanted to fire it up. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    Got started putting the veneer stone on. I’m clearly no mason but I think it looks pretty good so far. 


    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    It’s looking really good. We applied our own cultured stone too. We were slow but it saved us a ton of money. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    Spent some time getting a little more stone installed today:


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  • ChrisgrillsSTLMO
    ChrisgrillsSTLMO Posts: 399
    That will look amazing, thanks for keeping us posted!

    Good luck  =)
    Chris
    St. Louis, MO
    Unit 1: LBGE, cedar table Unit 2:Akorn
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    Yesterday morning I started putting on the slate roof as the chimney collar showed up, then fired it up and threw on a couple pies: cheese for the grandkids, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers over a dill cream sauce, and a pear, prosciutto, and gorgonzola pie drizzled with a balsamic reduction after it came out of the oven.


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,478
    CTMike said:
    Yesterday morning I started putting on the slate roof as the chimney collar showed up, then fired it up and threw on a couple pies: cheese for the grandkids, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers over a dill cream sauce, and a pear, prosciutto, and gorgonzola pie drizzled with a balsamic reduction after it came out of the oven.


    That salmon and caper one looks amazing! (They all do really).

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,482
    Homemade pizza dough this time, Mike?
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Homemade pizza dough this time, Mike?
    Yes, from the Elements book using the Ischia culture. 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    Got a little more work done yesterday and this morning before it got hot. Installed some more of the corners and some of the field on the back wall. I also removed the countertop from the form and got it polished - up to 1500 grit. A few air bubbles were exposed while polishing, I'm thinking I will just live with them instead of trying to fill with a slurry.


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,196
    CTMike said:
    A few air bubbles were exposed while polishing, I'm thinking I will just live with them instead of trying to fill with a slurry.


    If you live where it freezes at night, I'd fill them up.   ;)
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,383
    Botch said:
    CTMike said:
    A few air bubbles were exposed while polishing, I'm thinking I will just live with them instead of trying to fill with a slurry.


    If you live where it freezes at night, I'd fill them up.   ;)
    Good call, I didn’t think of that. 
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