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!
Topic: First cook on a birthyear Aristocrat (Read 1568 times)