What's for Dinner?

[ibglowin]

I think those are awesome and can produce some fantastic BBQ. My FIL has one and he did a pork butt and ribs one day when we were out for a visit. Turned out great. I like the design, multiple shelves and configurations. Ability to add a water pan. Ease of adding fuel.

Where do you put a WSM in that lineup?

 

[ibglowin]

That is definitely a lower quality build than the OK Joe. Char-Griller does have a higher quality build these days. Looks similar to the OK Joe.

The Big Blue Box store is carrying OK Joe these days if things ever go back to a new normal you might want to check out the build quality.


https://www.chargriller.com/products/competition-pro-a-8125-charcoal-grill

The highland looks to be a better quality than what I have. The way the lids are built will choke off more air than mine it is really heavy though.

 

[geek]

 

[Doug’s wines]

Or just Buy a Big Green Egg. Everything comes out amazing!

 

[Doug’s wines]

Finished pork butt. Perfectly pullable.

Smoke to 155, wrap in foil with bourbon or beer to avoid the stall (Texas crutch), smoke to 195+, rest 20+ minutes And walla. If you want bark (which the misses doesn’t like), then wrap at 155, unwrap at 180. Finish to 195+ then rest. 8# butt done in 12 hours.

Finished product.

 

[Amanda660]

It has been a minute since I posted - Shrimp with avocado salsa ~ delicious, fresh & easy!

 

[GreginND]

I've been eating pretty well these days and the COVID waistline is a real thing. I think I'll be cutting back on the calorie dense carbs and getting in more fresh vegetables.

Pizza, Fried Rice, Pan fried Baozi buns with a mushroom filling.

 

[Johnd]

Well, maybe not dinner tonight, but soon! Last year we did and F1 steer (50/50 Wagyu/Angus), this year, finally, we have some F2’s (75/25 Wagyu/Angus) on my buddy’s farm. This dude was almost 2, weighed 958# on the hoof, 551# once quartered, half is mine, half my buddy. He’s hanging in the cooler for three weeks before cutting / vacuum packing. He was kept in a half acre pasture and fed a prescribed diet since he was a calf, it changed three times as he put on weight, and boosted to a “finishing” mix for the last two months. The meat looks to be better marbled than the F1, but we’ve still got some room for improvement. Looking forward to getting him home and into the freezer.

 

[mainshipfred]

Well, maybe not dinner tonight, but soon! Last year we did and F1 steer (50/50 Wagyu/Angus), this year, finally, we have some F2’s (75/25 Wagyu/Angus) on my buddy’s farm. This dude was almost 2, weighed 958# on the hoof, 551# once quartered, half is mine, half my buddy. He’s hanging in the cooler for three weeks before cutting / vacuum packing. He was kept in a half acre pasture and fed a prescribed diet since he was a calf, it changed three times as he put on weight, and boosted to a “finishing” mix for the last two months. The meat looks to be better marbled than the F1, but we’ve still got some room for improvement. Looking forward to getting him home and into the freezer.
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Do you eat that much beef?

 

[geek]

Well, maybe not dinner tonight, but soon! Last year we did and F1 steer (50/50 Wagyu/Angus), this year, finally, we have some F2’s (75/25 Wagyu/Angus) on my buddy’s farm. This dude was almost 2, weighed 958# on the hoof, 551# once quartered, half is mine, half my buddy. He’s hanging in the cooler for three weeks before cutting / vacuum packing. He was kept in a half acre pasture and fed a prescribed diet since he was a calf, it changed three times as he put on weight, and boosted to a “finishing” mix for the last two months. The meat looks to be better marbled than the F1, but we’ve still got some room for improvement. Looking forward to getting him home and into the freezer.
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Holy cow

 

[geek]

 

[Johnd]

Do you eat that much beef?

Over the course of a year, we’ve nearly eaten the last one, he was bigger, like 1200# on the hoof. I have a family of 6 (two teenage boys), so we go through some food, and typically put 2 deer per year in the freezer as well. When you get right down to it, my half is 275 lbs, probably end up with 225# meat, 100# of which is usually ground meat in 1# packs. One brisket, 10 - 12 filets, 8 strips and 8 ribeyes, a 4 bone rib roast, some shanks and short ribs, plus 6 - 8 roasts and some misc. steaks like a tri-tip, flat iron, etc., you can go through it faster than you think.

 

[Boatboy24]

Wow! In one post, we went from vegan @GreginND to full-on carnivore @Johnd .

Beef looks good! Please share some pics of the steaks, roasts, once portioned out. I'd love to see the marbling.

 

[Boatboy24]

Just finished up a batch of breakfast burritos, then put a 7 bone rack of beef ribs into a water bath for tomorrow's dinner.

 

[geek]

Just finished up a batch of breakfast burritos, then put a 7 bone rack of beef ribs into a water bath for tomorrow's dinner.

 

[geek]

What’s for breakfast

 

[ceeaton]

I apologize in advance: I am posting WAY too many pix of this quotidian meal. But what the hell, electrons are cheap, no? And it is not like you all have somewhere else to go right now!

Ho-made baked bread (very plain); Cannelloni beans (za'atar spice seasoning); frozen green beans (due to the lockdown) with Cambazola cheese and slivered almonds; roasted head of cauliflower (cumin, garlic, butter); a small, sous-vide cooked chuck roast (30 hours at 135F, then seared in cast-iron pan, seasoned with marjoram, herbs de Provence, and S&P); a pan sauce of reduced beef stock, the sous-vide blood juices, and Amarone; sauteed 'shrooms and shallots (thyme, garlic). All washed down with a 5-yr-old CC Showcase Amarone.


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Paul, damit! You made me look it up! Arrrgh!

Thank you!

quotidian
adjective

quo·tid·i·an | \ kwō-ˈti-dē-ən \
Definition of quotidian

1: occurring every day quotidian fever
2a: belonging to each day : EVERYDAY quotidian routine
b: COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY quotidian drabness

 

[ceeaton]

Nice enough to get the Weber Bullet out of the garage. Doing a Diet Dr Pepper Can (Gluten Free) Chicken with some hickory smoke. Hoping it turns out well!

 

[geek]

 

[ceeaton]

Varis, that looks wonderful! Nice pink in the middle, looks perfectly done to me. Wish I could teleport myself up there, but I'm low on minutes.