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Title: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: Efkay on July 07, 2017, 02:26:59 PM
I have a couple of 'gigots de chevreau' in my freezer - hind legs of Roe Deer - and from past experience when cooked in a conventional oven, they need either long, slow cooking at around 140C (approx 285F), or cut up and casseroled, again long and slow.

As I'm now fired-up (excuse the pun!!) to try cooking them on my 22" OT, I'd really appreciate some thoughts on the best way to go about it.
Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: 1buckie on July 08, 2017, 10:10:09 AM
@Efkay

Geez....no answers here?

Were you actually "fired up"?

...as in coals lit?

Get as close to the temp/ setup as what you're used to with using the oven.....that way you're on  familiar ground starting out.....

I would guess here:

(http://pics.weberkettleclub.com/images/2017/07/02/9-2016026.jpg)
(this is after it burned for quite awhile)

Drip pan, whichever seasonings/ marinade works right, then either banked coals on one side ~~ a bunch UN-lit & maybe 10~12 lit at one end of the pile. OR....


A fat snake to get a slightly higher heat than one normally would using that setup....something like this:

(http://pics.weberkettleclub.com/images/2017/07/04/7-2017015.jpg)

(http://pics.weberkettleclub.com/images/2017/07/04/7-2017017.jpg)

(http://pics.weberkettleclub.com/images/2017/07/04/7-2017018.jpg)

Set the food opposite the burn & rotate the grate a few rimes, a little bit during cooking.....

Either set, get a grate temp right next to the food....

(http://pics.weberkettleclub.com/images/2017/07/02/9-2016034.jpg)

..hope this helps..... ;D



Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: Efkay on July 13, 2017, 02:36:22 AM
Serious apologies for the delay in responding 1bucklie but have been hospitalised for a few days following a car accident.

Heck knows when I'll get to use that technique you kindly illustrated with photos seeing as I now have a wired jaw! Soup and milkshakes suck! Or more correctly, all I can do is suck soup and milkshakes!!!

It'll be about 6 weeks before I'm 'released', so for the moment all I can do is dream about luscious Weber cooked food and watch from a distance.

Sincere thanks once again.
Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: kettlebb on July 13, 2017, 04:29:16 AM
Deeply sorry to hear about your accident but thank God your still here to talk about it. Prayers for a good recovery for you. Hang in there.


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Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: jcnaz on July 13, 2017, 05:12:24 AM
Efkay, I am sorry to hear about your accident. Hanging out here with all of our nonsense might make the time pass easier. Get well soon!

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Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: Madpap on July 13, 2017, 05:40:01 AM
Sorry to hear about your accident. Praying for you and your family.


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Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: mhiszem on July 13, 2017, 07:24:14 AM
@Efkay As everyone else has said. Praying for you and your family for a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: EricD on July 13, 2017, 08:23:35 AM
Sorry to hear about your accident. That sucks!  (see what I did there) 
Get well soon!  Let us know how grilled venison shakes taste!
Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: Efkay on July 13, 2017, 12:14:15 PM
Awww folks, I'm quite choked to read all your messages of support - no family - just me and my shadow - but thanks to each and every one of you. I get a kick out of following the various posts here, albeit a steep learning curve when you consider I often have to decipher our common language!

When I'm a little more mobile I'm proposing to build a table to sit alongside my 1989 red 22" kettle.

Thanks again folks!
Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: Mkrause on July 13, 2017, 05:29:27 PM
Hoping for a speedy recovery... make sure it's a large table to accommodate your post-recovery feast!

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Title: Re: Suggestions please on how to cook venison
Post by: bbquy on July 14, 2017, 05:49:14 PM
So sorry to hear about your accident! I hope you recover quickly!