Good start yesterday and I'm sure things will start snowballing as we get closer to the 4th...
Keep the pics coming guys! 8)
Quote from: Matt_T on July 02, 2015, 04:23:24 AM
@SixZeroFour I am definitely going to be grilling up some of those apples they look great!
@Matt_T - You really should! They are sooo good :o
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Breakfast - French Toast and sausage links on the griddle
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French toast batter = equal parts milk and eggs a little vanilla, sugar and cinnamon
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Plated - Dad get overly done(burned ones) cooking on the kettle temp control was an interesting challenge, I basically shut all vents down to get the griddle where I wanted it.
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Syrup is from
@MrHoss best stuff to come out of Ontario since Rush.
Quick brisket, egg and chedder on sourdough breakfast sandwich before a 430 mile drive.
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Kind of a Day1/Day2 cook, but wrapped it up today, and it's the first of three I'll have in the next few days. Today's cook: Habanero BBQ Baked Beans. Of course, it's kind of a twofer as I needed to smoke a pork shoulder to get the drip action in the beans. Began with the layout:
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Now for the shoulder rub: (sucks that I don't live down the street from The Spice House in Chicago anymore!)
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And the magic bean dust
@OoPEZoO provided:
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Bacon fried up and veggies taking a hot bath in the grease:
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Meanwhile, the WSM is reaching temp, so the beans go into a CIDO and take their position in the basement:
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Shoulder takes the top bunk. (Don't tell the butt that it's not the star of this show!)
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3 1/2 hours in, and the beans come upstairs and let the shoulder have the run of the WSM for the rest of the day:
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I could make a meal of this stuff! (Oh, wait, I just did…)
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Beans will be center stage again on the 4th. I have a couple other cooks to plan now. Can't wait to see what everyone else cooks up!
Marty
How's about some lunch
I decided to forego the griddle and went with the grill grates for a panini grilled cheese.
Ingredients: Sourdough bread, smoked turkey, salsa cheese(holy cow delish), Piri Piri sauce (another gift from
@MrHoss) mixed with mayo
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Going on the Mini 18 OTG
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The Press
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There we go
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This sandwich was so amazingly delicious, Grill grates if anything else are perfect for making panini type sandwiches.
MacEggs and I had a traditional family dish of mine for brunch today, bacon mushroom sandwiches:
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Crisped bacon get wrapped in paper towels:
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I drain some of the bacon fat out of the pans leaving some for the mushrooms to cook in. If after adding the mushrooms you notice the bottom of the pan dry add in some reserved fat:
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When the mushroom have cooked through they will release water. When this happens place contents of pan in several layers of paper towels to dry the mushrooms then return to the pan to cook:
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What you are looking for is to crisp up the outside of the mushrooms a bit:
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Do the paper towel wrap on the mushrooms at the end too.
Toast 2 pieces of white bread, butter them and put bacon and mushrooms on with salt and pepper:
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Looking good today! I regret making my tuna melt inside today but timing necessitated it. I've got some pork chops brining in the fridge for dinner, more on that later.
I simply love seeing
@LightningBoldtz cooking so bloody much. Fine looking food Jeff....those grillgrates do look handy for pannini style finish. Only one real problem with cooking so much though L.B. - I think you need another cooker or three to handle it. Seriously.
@LightningBoldtz Once you've got a few cooks and a good coating of grease in the kettle you should be able to dial in those temps 8) She's too clean! ;)
Love the French Toast idea - especially cooked on a red beauty AND outfitted with the slick griddle!
Pulled Beef - 7 bone Chuck Roast
Some BBQ beef for the 4th
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Olive oil and rub , let it sit for a few hours .
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Carrots, onions and celery , beef broth for the Ju
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Smoked with hickory for about 2 hours then placed into a foil pan for roasting
Added one pack of Lipton onion soup mix on top of the meat for more flavor .
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Here it is before it hits a cooler to rest.
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Just the wife and I tonight and although no one is too hungry..still gotta cook...
Here I am getting the Performer ready
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Charcoal ready, time to put the lid on and wait for her to come up to temp
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Looks like she is ready
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Time to put a burger for me and a small bacon wrapped chicken breast for the wife
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Chicken done
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Toasted bun and melted cheese on the burger
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Final products
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Ok here's my entry for day two. Nothing fancy but here goes..
Applewood smoked Mac N Cheese along with some country style ribs. We are still on "weeknight mode" here. The serious stuff is yet to come.
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Finished pics to come
Mushroom stuffed with stems, shallots, garlic and blue cheese:
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I drain off the liquid before stuffing.
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Had some dough left from yesterday's cookup but did not have Mac and his Kettle Pizza attachment. I made do with L.B.'s upper rack from his kamado......using it to elevate my stone to a inch or so from the lid vent:
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Spent more time with my family and friends tonight and less time taking pictures but managed to take two of the preparation & grill set up.
Lightly seasoned and EVOO on the bone in chicken breasts & drums - locally grown yellow squash and onion skewers on firewire - twice baked chopped potatoes. The wife made pie too but that didn't hit the grill so it's not featured. You'll have to take take my word for it but, it looked as good as it tasted.
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If the rain holds out tomorrow there will be more to come. Good times
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Pork chops brined in 2 cups water, 2 Tbsp salt, and 2 Tbsp brown sugar for about 8 hours
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Got a light dusting of "mystery rub" - which is the dregs of 3 or 4 batches that weren't enough to cover anything. Heavy on brown sugar, salt, garlic and onion, and assorted additives, including coffee and ground dried mushroom.
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No pics of potatoes on the grill :( but they look good
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Chops, asparagus, and a jalepeño on the grill over direct heat
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Not a bad looking plate of food. And not bad tasting either 8)
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Here is our dinner for tonight, I fired up the SJ for Marinated chicken from our local Carniceria with some Mexican rice and refried beans that they make in house.
SJ heating up
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Chicken
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On the grill
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Done and waiting to be chopped!
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All wrapped up!
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Ok so it was overstuffed, oh well it was good!!! :)
Made myself a few wings tonight...
Kosher salt and some fresh cracked.
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Indirect at 375ish, for about 30 minutes. Then two applications of sauce over the next half hour, indirect the entire time.
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TASTY!
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Whoa! Pizza was just so dang good, I fell asleep in the chair before I could post these pics. Chicago style: Used the weber griddle insert as the pan. Layer of cheese, sausage, meatball, and onion, another layer of cheese, sauce, coarsely shredded parmesan/romano, and then pepperoni. This time instead of lifting the pizza off the grate with my unused basket, I took my vortex, turned it upside down in the middle and placed the griddle insert over it. Temps peaked at 460, but pretty much stayed between 400 and 425 for the thirty minute cook. I didn't add any wood to the cook, since I'm not a big fan of smoked cheese, but the KBB still added just the right amount of texture and the Missus and I agree that this is the best pizza I've made yet!
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Dinner after a long drive. Grilled some shrimp up in the CI for a snchove, shrimp, pasta concoction. Also grilled up some bone in pork belley slices.
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Some awesome cooks again today guys!! Here's my offering...
- Bacon Wrapped Johnsonville Chili Cheese Smoked Sausage - @indy82z your cook yesterday looked so good it forced me to make these!! 8)
- Good Old Fashion Double PRO WKC Gus'
- Prosciutto wrapped peach slices - Stolen from the cover of the prosciutto package!
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I've always like Johnsonville products but these chili cheese smoked sausages are just awesome. Has anyone else tried these out?
The peach slices in my opinion were very good, and in my wife's opinion out of this world! She LOVED these things and ate 6 herself - lol ;D
Can't wait for more BBQ tomorrow!! Now that we've got the ball rolling I'm excited to see what everyone has in store for the July 4th Weekend Main Event!
8)
Keep em' coming!
Prosciutto wrapped peaches look awesome 6.....and the pictures are magazine worthy dude. Thanks for putting this event together.
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Weather etc, has sucked here...
Simple wings and burgers. The wings got a dusting of bone suckin sauce seasoning and rub. This is a nice commercial rub. Wings done indirect using some trimmings from the pear tree from my mom's house.
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Hamburgers finishing indirect. Nice thing about rural Oklahoma is the local grocery store still has a real butcher - meat is fresh ground.
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Another nice evening in Oklahoma!
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I'm late back to this thread! All OUTSTANDING cooks!
@LightningBoldtz I love seeing the griddle in action! Its addicting.