I haven't posted pics of much here for a while, so thought I'd share a few pics of my past few months with the MAK. The SmokeFire journey was kinda fun, but dealing with the cycles of things working, breaking, working, breaking with firmware updates I decided that I needed a little more predictability and reliability and decided there wasn't much else left to try and it was time to buy another quality US made pellet grill.
I'm very happy with the MAK so far. It's doing it's job very well. After having the CampChef and the SmokeFire, I'm amazed out how efficient the MAK is. I haven't done any scientific tests and no longer have the old subject to compare to if I wanted, but I swear the SmokeFire burned 2-3 times the pellets for the same cooks at the same temps. Anyway, here's a few of the prettier cooks I've put out over past 3 months with it along with one charcoal cook snuck in since turned out so pretty and the first time I've ever done flank steak fajitas (usually just order fajitas at a restaurant). The flank steak was Prime from Creekstone Farms, just because I really never see flank and skirt steak at local stores.
So, you have enchiladas using Hatch canned enchilada sauce (great stuff), steak fajitas, beef short ribs and reverse seared chops w/sear done on Weber Traveler (my wife and daughter won't eat beef ribs), an Italian sausage fatty stuffed with mozzarella and sweet peppers, and a simple halved yard bird.
