Title: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Mr.CPHo on June 01, 2020, 01:16:49 PM
Post by: Mr.CPHo on June 01, 2020, 01:16:49 PM
This cook is for Kneab who not only made me a great deal on this Aristocrat, but who also generously contributed to a passion project of mine. Thank you so much Kneab!
I celebrated my 40th this past week. I chose to celebrate with dry aged steaks from our local butcher, a bone-in ribeye for myself and a NY strip for the wife.
I believe 1980 was the last year of the Aristocrat and this was the first time the "B" code Aristocrat gets the call. I also used a little red SJ as my chimney station. I've been using Stump Chunks at the bottom of my chimney as my starter; it's a little smokey to begin with, but really gets lump going pretty quickly and holds up those smaller pieces from falling through.
I followed a biftek pôelé au beurre recipe which recently ran in the WSJ, essentially a pan seared steak sumptuously finished by basting in high fat content European butter. Yeah, it tasted as good as it sounds... pretty easy recipe to transfer to the grill.
Seared 3 minutes each side on a smoking hot carbon steel pan, moved over to indirect until about 10 degrees shy of my desired temp, and then basted in garlic and butter while still off heat. While the steaks rested a full 10 minutes, zucchini and squash joined the party.
Thanks for looking!
I celebrated my 40th this past week. I chose to celebrate with dry aged steaks from our local butcher, a bone-in ribeye for myself and a NY strip for the wife.
I believe 1980 was the last year of the Aristocrat and this was the first time the "B" code Aristocrat gets the call. I also used a little red SJ as my chimney station. I've been using Stump Chunks at the bottom of my chimney as my starter; it's a little smokey to begin with, but really gets lump going pretty quickly and holds up those smaller pieces from falling through.
I followed a biftek pôelé au beurre recipe which recently ran in the WSJ, essentially a pan seared steak sumptuously finished by basting in high fat content European butter. Yeah, it tasted as good as it sounds... pretty easy recipe to transfer to the grill.
Seared 3 minutes each side on a smoking hot carbon steel pan, moved over to indirect until about 10 degrees shy of my desired temp, and then basted in garlic and butter while still off heat. While the steaks rested a full 10 minutes, zucchini and squash joined the party.
Thanks for looking!
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: randy on June 01, 2020, 02:00:26 PM
Post by: randy on June 01, 2020, 02:00:26 PM
You had me at butter
Looks amazing and happy birthday Charlie!
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: CatskillSmoker on June 01, 2020, 02:24:20 PM
Post by: CatskillSmoker on June 01, 2020, 02:24:20 PM
Happy Birthday Charlie. Cook looks awesome. Oh, so does the Aristocrat.
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: cigarman20 on June 01, 2020, 03:06:03 PM
Post by: cigarman20 on June 01, 2020, 03:06:03 PM
Bone-in dry aged ribeye...Now that's a steak! Looks like you cooked to perfection. Happy birthday
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: HoosierKettle on June 01, 2020, 04:28:26 PM
Post by: HoosierKettle on June 01, 2020, 04:28:26 PM
Spectacular all around!! Incredible cook. I haven't tried dry aged yet. How would you describe it? I've looked into that and that's a completely different art. Happy birthday!
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Darko on June 01, 2020, 06:00:04 PM
Post by: Darko on June 01, 2020, 06:00:04 PM
That looks great Charlie! Happy belated birthday.
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: michaelmilitello on June 01, 2020, 06:38:09 PM
Post by: michaelmilitello on June 01, 2020, 06:38:09 PM
Happy birthday 
. Beautiful cook and grill.
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Kain on June 02, 2020, 02:22:20 AM
Post by: Kain on June 02, 2020, 02:22:20 AM
Happy bday. That feed looks amazing
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: JEBIV on June 02, 2020, 02:34:51 AM
Post by: JEBIV on June 02, 2020, 02:34:51 AM
Wow, Charlie all of this post is awesome, now that your 40 you better watch the fat intake LOL
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Kneab on June 02, 2020, 04:59:49 AM
Post by: Kneab on June 02, 2020, 04:59:49 AM
Happy belated birthday Charlie. Those steaks look great.
And that Aristocrat has found a great forever home. Looking forward to seeing some more cooks come off of it.
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And that Aristocrat has found a great forever home. Looking forward to seeing some more cooks come off of it.
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: kettlebb on June 02, 2020, 05:55:46 AM
Post by: kettlebb on June 02, 2020, 05:55:46 AM
Happy birthday Charlie! What an amazing dinner.
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Bluegrass Boiler on June 02, 2020, 11:42:01 AM
Post by: Bluegrass Boiler on June 02, 2020, 11:42:01 AM
Happy birthday! Good look steaks on that beautiful grill. 
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: bear on June 02, 2020, 01:27:02 PM
Post by: bear on June 02, 2020, 01:27:02 PM
Nailed it!
Happy Birthday mate
Happy Birthday mate
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Mr.CPHo on June 02, 2020, 04:39:08 PM
Post by: Mr.CPHo on June 02, 2020, 04:39:08 PM
Quote from: HoosierKettle on June 01, 2020, 04:28:26 PMThank you for the kind words. I do like the more pronounced flavor of dry aged steaks. A couple weeks ago we compared NY strips in a blind taste test between Costco prime and dry-aged and the latter was both more tender and more flavorful.
Spectacular all around!! Incredible cook. I haven't tried dry aged yet. How would you describe it? I've looked into that and that's a completely different art. Happy birthday!
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: WeberKell11 on June 02, 2020, 04:58:50 PM
Post by: WeberKell11 on June 02, 2020, 04:58:50 PM
Happy birthday brother... looks amazing!
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Pezdogs on June 02, 2020, 05:03:36 PM
Post by: Pezdogs on June 02, 2020, 05:03:36 PM
Happy Birthday and looks like a great cook
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: DougWilsonsSlapper on June 03, 2020, 03:32:45 AM
Post by: DougWilsonsSlapper on June 03, 2020, 03:32:45 AM
Looks perfect. I have to try this method, and soon. My "winter" indoor cast iron steaks are my favourite, and so combining with charcoal just seems like the best of both worlds. It's on.
Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: bladz on June 03, 2020, 05:01:51 PM
Post by: bladz on June 03, 2020, 05:01:51 PM
Nice cook, nice grills, nice guys! Happy 40th Charlie.
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: Bertl on June 04, 2020, 10:57:06 AM
Post by: Bertl on June 04, 2020, 10:57:06 AM
Like your cook Charlie and also your grills. Happy 40th. We're in the same age sir.
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Title: Re: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat
Post by: jdorn on June 04, 2020, 11:24:38 AM
Post by: jdorn on June 04, 2020, 11:24:38 AM
Happy Birthday Charlie!!!
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