2016 Gratuitous Grilling and BBQ thread

[JollyMon]

Yeah, that is a real nice job of no gray. Very nicely done. Pan seared?

I actually cheated and just sous vide it and finished with a pan sear.

 

[Fargo]

I actually cheated and just sous vide it and finished with a pan sear.

IMO that is the way to go. I've been doing poor man sous vide with a cooler, pot of boiling water, and thermopop for a while. What kind of skillet do you use for the sear?

 

[chezuki]

I actually cheated and just sous vide it and finished with a pan sear.

It may be cheating, but there's no arguing it's damn near foolproof. I wouldn't send that steak back.

 

[JollyMon]

IMO that is the way to go. I've been doing poor man sous vide with a cooler, pot of boiling water, and thermopop for a while. What kind of skillet do you use for the sear?

Just a standard Teflon pan, as I cant seem to find our cast iron pan since we moved. I was half tempted to go outside and fire up the grill for the finish, but sometimes thats more work then its worth, especially since it was only a sirloin.

 

[Fargo]

Just a standard Teflon pan, as I cant seem to find our cast iron pan since we moved. I was half tempted to go outside and fire up the grill for the finish, but sometimes thats more work then its worth, especially since it was only a sirloin.

On winter weekends, I'll let the fireplace burn down to hickory embers, chuck a cast iron grate off my smoker on the bed of coals, and sear whatever is coming out of the sous vide on there after it come out of the water. IMO it works even better than the grill and I don't have to go outside.

 

[saleen4971]

oh man, now i have to get started on making my smoker.....

 

[VUPDblue]

I ended up with a 17# butt and a 12# brisket for this weekend.

 

[Fargo]

I ended up with a 17# butt and a 12# brisket for this weekend.

What kind of cooker are you using? IME those are both 24 hour or so cooks.

 

[VUPDblue]

What kind of cooker are you using? IME those are both 24 hour or so cooks.

Big Green Egg. Most likely I'm going to halve the butt and only cook 8# then freeze the other, then trim the brisket and only cook the flat, which should be about 5#.

 

[ccomstock001]

Kroger has pork shoulder on sale for $0.99 a pound right now. I'm hoping it comes out good. Just wish I had a better grill to use.

 

[Fargo]

Kroger has pork shoulder on sale for $0.99 a pound right now. I'm hoping it comes out good. Just wish I had a better grill to use.

I did 35 lbs of the 99 cent kroger shoulder last night. It came out just fine:

 

[ccomstock001]

I may be crazy for smoking a pork shoulder when it's only 17 degrees out but I don't care. Where does everyone get their wood chunks from? all I find in chunks is mesquite and hickory and everything else is just in chips.

 

[chezuki]

I may be crazy for smoking a pork shoulder when it's only 17 degrees out but I don't care. Where does everyone get their wood chunks from? all I find in chunks is mesquite and hickory and everything else is just in chips.

Walmart and Meijer have chunks of hickory, Apple, oak, cherry, and mesquite. IMO, nothing beats hickory for pork butts.

 

[chezuki]

^ Can you tell what kind of phone I'm posting from? Lol

 

[sharkey]

^ Can you tell what kind of phone I'm posting from? Lol

Obamafone?

 

[Fishersjohn48]

^ Can you tell what kind of phone I'm posting from? Lol

lol

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Schedule didn't allow for smoking today but really wanted some Northeast North Carolina BBQ so I threw some loins off the wild hog I shot in the slow cooker with my secret NC BBQ sauce and let it cook all day. Just shredded it and added some more sauce, waiting to make a fat sammich.

 

[dyerwatcher]

Anyone use a Traeger? I've been considering one. Looking for pros and cons. Thanks in advance

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Anyone use a Traeger? I've been considering one. Looking for pros and cons. Thanks in advance

I don't personally have one, but my buddy does and I've had nothing but good quality smoked meat off of it. I like the set it and leave it option.

 

[Vigilant]

Anyone use a Traeger? I've been considering one. Looking for pros and cons. Thanks in advance

I have two, love them! But the Big Green Egg has me cheating on them!