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Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby Chris__M » 07 Sep 2015, 12:19

I got back from a great holiday in Devon (England) a week ago, today. 9 adults and 5 children in 4 cottages.

This holiday had been planned since last year, so when I bought my Davy Crockett pellet grill in December, the folk immediately commented "A portable grill? You are taking it down to Devon with you, aren't you?" I hadn't been planning to, but I was soon persuaded.

Fortunately, the largest of our cottages had a private garden, which made it easy to set up for the holiday.

We had no fixed plans for food - we were planning that sometimes we would do our own thing, and other times we would all muck in. As we were going out a lot, I wasn't intending to spend long hours with the grill, so the first thing I did was just grilled burgers and sausages for everyone. (No pictures, sorry!) However, I started out smoking the burgers first, before turning up the heat, and opening the driptray for direct heat. Once the burgers were cooked, the sausages went on, and it was a great hit. The hint of smoke in the burgers was much appreciated.

The next couple of days, I let others take the culinary duties, but mid-week, I decided I felt like a quiet day at the cottages, as we had been out every day. So I decided to get a couple of pork shoulders and do pulled pork, to cook Wednesday, but eat Thursday. At the same time, one of my friends had asked if I could help her do greek-style kebabs. I didn't realise that she was planning this for Wednesday evening, she didn't realise my pork shoulders would take up the grill all day.

But never mind, what we ended up doing was this. The pork shoulders were seasoned overnight, and put in to smoke from early Wednesday morning. By Wednesday tea-time, they were doing well, but not completed, so I removed them, and finished off in the oven, which allowed us to do the greek-style kebabs.

Which went down a storm:

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In the perforated tray is pork, which was marinated with fresh rosemary and parsley, dried oregano and thyme, mustard powder, smoked paprika, a chopped red onion, lots of olive oil and the juice of a lemon, plus a slug of cider vinegar. At the back are beef kebabs formed from beef mince, onion, fresh parsley, cumin, and other various ingredients. In the foreground was a space to grill individual pitta. These already been cooked once in the oven, but grilling them as we served, warmed them, gave them a bit of a toasty taste and produced attractive grill marks.

As for the pulled pork, this is what it was like after a couple of hours in the smoker.

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This is after completing in the oven

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And this is the pulled pork, ready to be refridgerated overnight. I do it in a mustard and cider vinegar sauce - it is a bit more yellow than usual, as I used a prepared mustard, rather than my usual mustard powder, but it calmed down on reheating the next day.

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Thursday evening, we served the pulled pork with rice and potato salad, as a change from the bread and sandwiches we had been eating earlier in the week. Also, as an extra surprise, another friend came over to see us, bringing his portable pizza oven. Needless to say, we were stuffed.

All in all, it was a fairly successful excursion. Unfortunately, on the very last day of the holiday, I was asked to grill some chicken pieces, and it came up with an error (code E10), which I was unable to clear. However, this was not a disaster, the chicken simply got cooked on the kitchen grill, and was enjoyed by all.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby essexsmoker » 07 Sep 2015, 19:40

Looks great. Very handy to be able to take the pellet grill with you.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby Chris__M » 07 Sep 2015, 22:06

I'm well impressed with the Davy Crockett. It did take a significant part of my boot up (I driver a Berlingo), but I still had room for a large suitcase, a bucket of pellets other gear and 3 guitars.

So while it is a lump, it is definitely portable. I've found the best thing to do regarding carrying it around is to find a strong fabric bag, and use that to carry all the innards separately - the grids, driptray and heat deflector; plus assorted tongs and stuff. This makes the grill body light enough for it to be an easy one man carry.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby essexsmoker » 09 Sep 2015, 14:04

Sounds like a good idea! Keep thinking about a pellet grill and am erring on the GMG side.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby JBBQ » 09 Sep 2015, 16:11

Thanks for the pics its good to see real life useage and meats etc!

I was goign to get one with a bonus that I never got this summer, and ended up making a mini wsm myself instead!

Then I got the bonus late :lol: might pick one up in the states and check it in as luggage $price = $price!!!
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby Chris__M » 09 Sep 2015, 21:01

JBBQ wrote:Then I got the bonus late :lol: might pick one up in the states and check it in as luggage $price = $price!!!


It's portable, but not that portable! :lol:

Things I like about it, in particular:
  • Because it is 12V it has lots of possibilities for plugging in - the included 240V power supply, cigar lighter, clips for car battery. One of the minor irritations while on holiday was managing the 12V lead through a patio door that kids kept trying to shut tight (the placement of windows wasn't convenient to the patio). At some point, I plan to arrange some kind of portable power, which might be just a deep cycle battery. It'll just be easier for this kind of usage.
  • The double drip tray, which can be either closed for slow cooking or open for direct heat. At one point we had visible flames around our burgers and sausages, which you don't get with a solid drip tray.
  • Fuel economy. I took two bags of pellets with me, based on the usage I am used to with my Traeger. Of course, being smaller, we didn't even finish one bag, and we did plenty of cooking.
  • Being that much smaller, if it does get messy after a cook, all the innards will fit in a sink for easy cleaning!
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby Chris__M » 13 Sep 2015, 22:58

Finally got an answer on the E10 code - turned out it was a fan lead not quite connected.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby essexsmoker » 14 Sep 2015, 08:55

Is it simple enough to fix or hasbit got to go back?

Would really like one of these or maybe the daniel boone. Not sure.

I just don't get the time for long cooks do this would take the pain out of it.

Better get saving!
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby aris » 14 Sep 2015, 12:22

I'm thinking about one too. I'd certainly bbq more often if I did have one.
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Re: Holidaying with GMG Davy Crockett

Postby Chris__M » 14 Sep 2015, 14:46

essexsmoker wrote:Is it simple enough to fix or hasbit got to go back?


Once I knew what the problem was, it was easy to fix. Simply take the base plate off the electronics and push all the wire joints together.

I am guessing things jiggled loose on the drive down to Devon, but not completely loose, as the grill functioned fine until the last day we tried to use it.

What was frustrating was not knowing what error "E10" meant. Had we known, we would have probably fixed it on the day.
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