This practice cook was done on a cool morning with a temperature of about freezing. Was also doing some rub trials.
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The Jumbo Joe heating up for the steak.
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I have a Stainless Steel charcoal basket that matches the size of my Grill Grates and also my Weber cast iron griddle. I start with a full chimney of lump and pour about 1/4th of it cold into my charcoal basket. I fire up the remaining lump and add it to the basket and add a chunk of hickory.
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Add the grill grates and let it heat up for about 20 minutes.
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Get my tools ready as it goes pretty fast.
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I let the meat warm up for about 45 minutes. The full size steak is prepped with my favorite steak rub and and would be the steak I would turn in at a contest. The two half steaks are part of my on going rub trials.
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Checked the cooker after the 20 minute warm up and found it at about 625 degrees on the Grill Grates and this should be perfect for the char marks.
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Cooked my turn-in steak to medium as required and it looked pretty good coming off of the cooker.
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I think the competition steak looks pretty good and did come out quite well.
I love that setup with the custom basket and the accessories to fit perfectly. Just awesome.
That steak looks perfect medium too. Really nice job.
looks perfect to me!
Really nice job. I like how the grill marks aren't super black like you see with some grill grates. Did you cook with the lid off?
Nice set up, and great looking steak!
Are you practicing for anything in particular?
mattmountz94,
I had the lid on as much as possible considering the steak had to be serviced every 2-1/2 minutes.
WNC,
I am practicing for the SCA events.
I'll bet it is pure hell practicing for those things.
"Honey, I'm sorry I can't watch 'Dancing With The Stars' tonight with you. I have steak cooking practice!"
Great method...great looking steak!
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Very cool...Nice looking chunk of beef
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