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Komodo Kamado Ceramic Smoker - Two layers of insulation produces more satisfactory results
Metal charcoal griddles actually radiate and loose heat like a separate looses water. Low and Slow cooking in a ceramic smoker is how protein absorbs the complex flavours from the charcoal and your smoking woods added for a focused flavor profile.
The result of burning these huge volumes of charcoal is of course the great volumes of air that is needed to burn the fuel. Enormous volumes of of charcoal must be burned to maintain your low and slow cooking temps because of the major percentage of the heat and smoke literally lost out the chimney and heat radiated from the body. This hot dry air dries out your protein and wastes fuel and smoking wood. This is why people love to use smoker and grill.
It's not difficult to find people ranting about the food from their glazed egg-shaped grills. Other ceramic griddles use the mass of their dense glazed bodies to lower heat loss. This has made them known for damp results which they produce.. The truth is a "dense" glazed pot is not insulating unarguably. One can easily confirm this statement by just touching it at gentle heat. Your burned hand will immediately remind you about their lack of insulation.
One the other hand the Komodo Kamado smoker has a three layer body, a dense hot-face, an exceedingly permeable insulation and then jacketed with a hi-tech acrylic insulation.
This 3 layers construction needs burning a miniscule volume of fuel, about a tennis ball worth of charcoal burning to maintain low and slow temps. On long cooks with large pieces of meat this low airflow basically creates a steam cloud inside the lid. Less airflow also implies that your smoke will be in contact with your meat for more time before it's vented.
For comparison, one 16 lbs bowl of charcoal at 235f will last for roughly 85 hours. Most metal smokers need to be refilled every 4-5 hours, these numbers speak forcefully. The insulation also provides great stableness for set and forget low and slow cooking.. No more staying up all night attending your fire and chasing temperature. That is how great engineering makes KK the most user friendly ceramic smoker built.You can easily set your target cooking temp, go to sleep, awake to find it chugging away at the same temp you left it..
The result of burning these huge volumes of charcoal is of course the great volumes of air that is needed to burn the fuel. Enormous volumes of of charcoal must be burned to maintain your low and slow cooking temps because of the major percentage of the heat and smoke literally lost out the chimney and heat radiated from the body. This hot dry air dries out your protein and wastes fuel and smoking wood. This is why people love to use smoker and grill.
It's not difficult to find people ranting about the food from their glazed egg-shaped grills. Other ceramic griddles use the mass of their dense glazed bodies to lower heat loss. This has made them known for damp results which they produce.. The truth is a "dense" glazed pot is not insulating unarguably. One can easily confirm this statement by just touching it at gentle heat. Your burned hand will immediately remind you about their lack of insulation.
One the other hand the Komodo Kamado smoker has a three layer body, a dense hot-face, an exceedingly permeable insulation and then jacketed with a hi-tech acrylic insulation.
This 3 layers construction needs burning a miniscule volume of fuel, about a tennis ball worth of charcoal burning to maintain low and slow temps. On long cooks with large pieces of meat this low airflow basically creates a steam cloud inside the lid. Less airflow also implies that your smoke will be in contact with your meat for more time before it's vented.
For comparison, one 16 lbs bowl of charcoal at 235f will last for roughly 85 hours. Most metal smokers need to be refilled every 4-5 hours, these numbers speak forcefully. The insulation also provides great stableness for set and forget low and slow cooking.. No more staying up all night attending your fire and chasing temperature. That is how great engineering makes KK the most user friendly ceramic smoker built.You can easily set your target cooking temp, go to sleep, awake to find it chugging away at the same temp you left it..