2023 Smoking/Grilling/Cooking thread

[Hoosierdood]

Made baby backs this weekend while building a roof over my daughter's patio. Didn't really have time to mess with them so went about 6 hours, @250°, no wrap. Turned out great.

Easiest ribs I ever cooked.

That’s exactly what I do. Close the lid and check them after 5 hours. Beats the hell out of the 3-2-1 method, and always come out tasting great.

 

[Brandon]

Let them sit on indirect heat at 200⁰ for about 20, hickory wood blocks for flavor. After about 20 I'll let the kamado heat up and move to open flames.



Letting the heat build now.

 

[Brandon]

Now if you'll excuse me!

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Not the normal subject, but it was a tasty breakfast. First zucchini of the year from the garden and some fresh basil became fritters topped with Romano cheese and served with a side of prosciutto. Pretty tasty.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Not the normal subject, but it was a tasty breakfast. First zucchini of the year from the garden and some fresh basil became fritters topped with Romano cheese and served with a side of prosciutto. Pretty tasty.
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That is my favorite way to eat zucchini. I would plop a couple eggs on top and go to town.

 

[d.kaufman]

Homemade bacon is phenomenal. Got a sweet taste from the apple/cherry wood mix

 

[mikek]

Smoked a fatty

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Smoked a fatty

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Not what I thought a first!

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Grocery store had spare ribs on sale. The wife and kids are heading out to a concert, so it's going to be dinner for me. Modified the 3-2-1 method, more of a mow my grass-2-1. I think 2 hours wrapped is too much for me, I like a little more chew to my ribs, but the sample bits that pulled off were quite tasty.

 

[BigRed]

Venison backstrap from last year's deer season.
Fresh beans from the garden.
Cabernet that was a Christmas gift from the youngest a few years back.

Classify these as good times.



Smoked with hickory on an old school Weber Smokey Mountain and then finished with a reverse sear on a cast iron skillet on a Weber kettle

 

[d.kaufman]

Doing rump roast, double baked taters, and corn on the cob for dinner on the trusty weber today

 

[EyeCarry]

Last night I actually tried something I saw on a show a few years back. Cooking directly on coals...
After the wood fire I had going from burning brush from the past weekend's cleanup, I banked the logs side by side. I placed two ears of unshucked corn on the logs and turned them every minute or so until I deemed them done. I set them aside on a plate and cleaned off the logs. Then I placed a nice ribeye directly on the log's embers. After turning it a time or two, it was done to perfection. The flavor was fabulous. Between the steak rub and the hardwood embers/smoke it'll be hard to do it any other way....
Bon appetit !!

 

[d.kaufman]

Roast resting



Double bakes just off as well. Didn't realize it was such a crappy pic

 

[BigRed]

Last night I actually tried something I saw on a show a few years back. Cooking directly on coals...
After the wood fire I had going from burning brush from the past weekend's cleanup, I banked the logs side by side. I placed two ears of unshucked corn on the logs and turned them every minute or so until I deemed them done. I set them aside on a plate and cleaned off the logs. Then I placed a nice ribeye directly on the log's embers. After turning it a time or two, it was done to perfection. The flavor was fabulous. Between the steak rub and the hardwood embers/smoke it'll be hard to do it any other way....
Bon appetit !!

I have yet to try that, but keep hearing it is fantastic!

 

[BigRed]

I got one on a black Friday sale like 10 years ago from gander mountain. Think brand is chard?

Looks like I tracked one down I can pick up this week...bacon time!!!

How did yours turn out?

 

[d.kaufman]

Looks like I tracked one down I can pick up this week...bacon time!!!

How did yours turn out?

Absolutely phenomenal. Ended up just slicing by hand

2023 Smoking/Grilling/Cooking thread

Made baby backs this weekend while building a roof over my daughter's patio. Didn't really have time to mess with them so went about 6 hours, @250°, no wrap. Turned out great. Easiest ribs I ever cooked. That’s exactly what I do. Close the lid and check them after 5 hours. Beats the hell out...

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[BigRed]

Absolutely phenomenal. Ended up just slicing by hand

2023 Smoking/Grilling/Cooking thread

Made baby backs this weekend while building a roof over my daughter's patio. Didn't really have time to mess with them so went about 6 hours, @250°, no wrap. Turned out great. Easiest ribs I ever cooked. That’s exactly what I do. Close the lid and check them after 5 hours. Beats the hell out...

www.indianagunowners.com

The more time goes by, the more I like home made stuff.

 

[d.kaufman]

The more time goes by, the more I like home made stuff.

Sure I can buy bacon cheaper, but why. This was literally the best bacon I've ever eaten, and it was my first attempt

 

[d.kaufman]

Last night's dinner was wagyu bacon burgers and some key west jumbo shrimp. Tonight was boring, just had salads with fresh tomatoes and cukes from the garden

 

[cg21]

Last night's dinner was wagyu bacon burgers and some key west jumbo shrimp. Tonight was boring, just had salads with fresh tomatoes and cakes from the garden

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For the past few years….. almost a decade now lol I have been focusing on producing my own meat…. I have raised everything from rabbits and chickens to cows and sheep and everything in between. And I did well I haven’t bought meat from the store since I started…
I am just now scaling back my “meat” department only keeping the pigs. Then the rest of my meat will be from the woods (deer turkey squirrels fish frogs etc etc might still raise a batch of chickens here and there) I REALLY want to focus on my garden orchards and preservation in the coming years. I have gotten some stuff from them but not really ever perfected it or put in a lot of effort.

All that to say a tomato and cucumber from the garden are delicious and a lofty goal for me.