Australia Day today and time to kick over the kettle and try out my new mods
A mate brought over a couple of marinated butterflied lamb legs and some chicken wings to test it out
Kettle came up to temp very quickly and I had to play with the vents to get the the temp to drop
First thing I noticed was how high the temp was . I usually setup with a basket on either side of the kettle and the meat in the middle and the temp sits around the 350- 400f mark with all vents open
But with this setup the temp maxed out within minutes of putting the lid on and stayed there until I started closing down the vents
Here's a pic when the lamb and wings are done
Three positives I noticed with this method were the extra space I had on the grill ( I would of struggled to get the 4lbs of wings and the lamb on with my usual setup)
Secondly the high temps, I usually just leave all the vents open but this time I had to close down the vents considerably to control the high temps
And thirdly maybe it was the half a dozen beers i drank but the meat seemed to be more evenly cooked , I normally switch the wings that are furthest away from the heat , closer to the heat half way through the cook but they all seemed to cook more evenly using this method
Here's a couple more shots of the food plated
Brother in law made a curry and salad to go with it
Although not cooked on the kettle, it still turned out pretty good
Here's my plate
And finally it wouldn't be Australia Day without breaking out the slip n slide( sorry about the modest nudity in the next shot but it was hot and boys will be boys
So in summary and still in trial, I'm pretty happy with how this mod turned out and will definitely be using this technique from now on