A Kamado barbecue type cooker is a type of cooker discovered in Japan and brought back to America by returning GI’s. The modern Kamado cooker is made out of heavy glazed ceramic, and can be used as a grill, oven or smoker. It is versatile. It is a vertical type cooker, in that the fuel is placed in the bottom of the vessel and ignited, and the item to be cooked is place on racks directly over the burning fuel. There are many reasons that a person may want to own a kamado style cooker. This article will cover the “Top Ten Reasons to Own a Kamado Cooker.
Reason:
A Kamado cooker can be used as a conventional style grill. It can be used to grill all types of meats and poultry, including steak, chicken, burgers, brats and dogs.
It can be used as a “real barbecue” type smoker to cook traditional barbecue such as pork shoulder, pork ribs, beef brisket and smoked chicken.
It can be used as an oven to cook things such as pies, breads and cobblers.
It can be used to make pizzas, just like a wood fired pizza oven. Throw a pizza stone on it, let it heat up to highest temperature and bake a fantastic wood fired pizza.
It can maintain a very low temperature for a very long time with requiring additional fuel. Perfect for smoking barbecue “low and slow.”
It uses charcoal as the main fuel source, which is easy to find and inexpensive.
It is easy to use. Just put in charcoal and light.
It is made of heavy ceramic. This makes it super-heat insulated. Outside does not get super hot. This is a safe cooker.
It can be used at very high temperatures, even as high as 750 degrees, for certain foods that require high temperature, like baking a pizza.
You will be the envy of your barbecue/grilling buddies as you will have this fantastic cooking tool and they do not!
The Kamado cooker is a great way to do various types of outdoor cooking. It uses charcoal for a fuel, is heavily constructed and will last for many years of service, and can cook a variety of different foods in three different methods, grilling, barbecue and baking.