Legs for lunch

[bigmikey]

Used the vortex with some cherry and hickory,  took about 40 minutes












   

[weldboy]

Man all these pictures are making me want a vortex

[bigmikey]

I love the vortex but it's all I know. I just got the kettle and vortex in September,  never used kettle without it

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Damn good looking.  Don't regret my vortex purchase one bit!


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[WNC]

That last pic is nearly convincing me to order a vortex!
Chicken looks great!

[jd]

Those look really tasty, I sure enjoy my vortex, thanks for sharing

[mcgolden]

Guys, I almost bought a vortex a couple of months ago but I saw a couple of posts about it possible creating too much heat and ruining grates, lid handle welds, etc.  Has anyone run into any issues?  It looks like a great accessory but I'm not willing to sacrifice a grill to have one.  I must say, these pictures do look awesome.

[indy82z]

Guys, I almost bought a vortex a couple of months ago but I saw a couple of posts about it possible creating too much heat and ruining grates, lid handle welds, etc.  Has anyone run into any issues?  It looks like a great accessory but I'm not willing to sacrifice a grill to have one.  I must say, these pictures do look awesome.

I have not seen any issues so far, but I also use it only on a $10 craigslist beater grill.

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Guys, I almost bought a vortex a couple of months ago but I saw a couple of posts about it possible creating too much heat and ruining grates, lid handle welds, etc.  Has anyone run into any issues?  It looks like a great accessory but I'm not willing to sacrifice a grill to have one.  I must say, these pictures do look awesome.

Last night I did wings with the vortex using lump, which appears to burn quite a bit hotter than KBB.  It was only my second time using lump so I am still getting used to it.  I had just enough to fill my chimney 3/4 of the way, which filled the medium vortex about half way.  It didn't seem to be as hot when I first put the wings on, but after the first flip of the wings which had the lid off for 2-3 minutes it was screaming hot with my lid thermo tapped out.  I like to flip my wings 3 times, and last night when I was done after about 30-32 minutes, the center of my cooking grate was glowing red.  After the wings I cooked some romaine so I actually moved my grate to another grill for 5 minuntes or so to cool back down before putting it back over the vortex to direct cook my romaine.  I can see where the vortex could potentially cause damage, but my grate is still in good shape.   I  would say that with the vortex you need to be easy on your lid handle as it gets the brunt of the heat.  I was wondering last night if the vortex might be part of the reason Weber went with bolt on lid handles recently.   Wings came out amazing as always but the way!

[austin87]

@bigmikey how do you do those chicken leg lollipops with the bone exposed? Are you cutting meat away or cutting it near the knuckle joint on the bottom end and pushing the now freed leg meat up to the thick part?

[bigmikey]

I cut near the knuckle joint and push meat down. Then trim off any loose tendons I can get to. Plenty of videos on YouTube to watch