― Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 1 May 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Sunday, 1 May 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curious George (Bat Chain Puller) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 1 May 2005 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Weather permitting (or maybe even if it rains) we're going to be trying out smoking brisket on saturday. I can't wait!
― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 2 May 2005 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm sticking some ribs in there too soon
― Porkpie (porkpie), Saturday, 7 May 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
We finally got the gas grill scrubbed up yesterday late and grilled some fresh kielbasa today for lunch. The plan is to grill the asparagus we got at the farmer's market this morning for brunch tomorrow (I'm also going to try for a hollandaise, along with waffles, berry compote, and chiccarones. Probably some bacon too.)
― Jaq (Jaq), Saturday, 7 May 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Saturday, 7 May 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
that's the brisket cut, nicely across the grain, managed to get a good smoke ring too, the meat wasn't fall apart tenderthough, maybe cos it only got about 6 hours, possibly because it wasn't a very fatty cut.
http://photos11.flickr.com/12896707_1adcba9af6.jpg
How it looked on the plate, made the beans too, despite being soaked overnight and cooked for 4 hours, they were still a little hard, tasty though.
http://photos10.flickr.com/12896706_2152f85d7e.jpg
this is what it was cooked on
― Porkpie (porkpie), Sunday, 8 May 2005 09:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 30 May 2005 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
We did a pork shoulder this weekend - 3 hours on the smoker and an hour wrapped in foil in the oven, very tender but not quite pull-apart tender - I need to make a few tweaks to our kit (drill holes in the fire tray for extra ventilation) so I can get a higher temperature. Tasted great though - pics to follow
― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link
and three shots of the meat - Vegematarians look away now
http://photos13.flickr.com/16709943_053bc917a5.jpg
http://photos11.flickr.com/16709941_77fda37b10.jpg
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― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Besides, its now winter here. Poo :(
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 3 June 2005 03:00 (eighteen years ago) link
It's time to whip out the Weber and get my smoke on. I'm going to start with some Vaguely Vietnamese Baby Backs -- I don't have a bucher in Switzerland yet, but I do at the place in Austria, and he's always psyched to learn new (to him) cuts.
Also Porkpie, some advice a year later -- you don't want to smoke hotter -- your briskit would have been better if you'd left it in another hour or so. Briskit is a lean cut, and an absolute bastard to get right.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, speaking of Europe, does anyone know a website where various (American) cuts of meat are pictured and explained? What Austrians call "spare ribs", for example, are mini riblets, and I fear explaining briskit without pictures.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 6 April 2006 07:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 6 April 2006 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Here's one for Beef hindquarter cuts: http://www.askthemeatman.com/hind_qt_cuts.htm
And for Beef forequarter cuts: http://www.askthemeatman.com/front_qt_cuts.htm
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 6 April 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
also, anybody have any good veggie ideas for the grill? my standbys are corn still the husk, soaked for an hour or so in cold water, and asparagus or eggplant marinated in a little oil and garlic + kosher salt... nice and easy but getting a little dull.
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link
If you like mushrooms, grilled portobello caps with a brush of olive oil + salt & pepper are great.
― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 4 June 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
I think beets, rutabagas, and parsnips would grill up nicely, though they would take longer than asparagus.
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 5 June 2006 02:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Green beans work nicely -- you need to build little rafts with bamboo skewers to keep 'em from falling in, but the results are good. Peppers are a standby at our house -- get them nice and burned on each side, skin them, make a yummy salad. Tomatoes are nice as well -- slice them in half, put the cut side on the grill first, then flip them and season the open side with oil and garlic (and parmesan, maybe).
I did my first beer-can chicken of the year on Saturday -- it's the closest thing to fool-proof that I know in grilling. Rub bird, shove half-filled beercan up bird, place in smokey barbeque for an hour and a half. Gorgeous. We've got a good supply of plum wood, which is nice -- heavier smoke flavor than most fruit trees, but lighter than hickory.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 8 June 2006 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 8 June 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 8 June 2006 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 8 June 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 8 June 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
I started the hot side of the grill on high for about 10 minutes, with the smoker pan on it, until things started smelling of smoking hickory goodness. Then, I turned the heat down and put the meat and drip pan in place, and used a wad of foil to block the hot-side lid vent. After 20 minutes, I added some damp shavings to the smoker pan, just to keep things going. I figure I'll check every 20-30 minutes for a few hours. It's smelling pretty amazing at the moment.
― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 16 June 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 01:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 06:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/63/170936098_f8a3e884d8.jpg
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― stephen rall, Friday, 30 June 2006 02:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 30 June 2006 03:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I never wait 'til May anyway, but did less winter bbqing this year than usual (nothing after Christmas, when I did my smoked bacon and egg bagel sammiches) because of health and master's thesis issues. But beautiful weather today, and it was time, so: had a bunch of char (freshwater fish similar to trout but a little finer in flavor and bigger as well) and stuffed them with chopped up bacon that I had fried with the Scarborough Fair herbs (in a 3-3-1-1 ratio), some Old Bay and butter; coated them with the herby butter and bacon grease mixture, and smoked them with a mixture of oak and plum wood at 250F for a little over a half hour (basting with the herb buttergrease once at the halfway point). Oh man. Ohmanohmanohman. Will do this again, especially as I erred on the side of caution and took the fish off maybe 5 minutes too early (better than 5 minutes too late!)
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link