Brick Bungalow Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 With the restrictions on restaurants and bars I've had to do more cooking at home. When the weather gets warm I tend to avoid using the stove. So, bbq season. I've been practicing with both the grill and the smoker. In particular salsa. I just polished off the serrano pineapple. Not its time for bird chiles and mango. Anyone else taking advantage of quarantine to try new recipes? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 The wife got a bread maker, so she has been trying all sorts of different breads. Delicious, but bad for the belt line. I think we have perfected our guacamole through the use of feeding neighbors. Our last kicker for perfection was the Los Calientes Rojo hot sauce we add a bit of. It has a taco sort of flavor while bringing a spot of heat. Our grill died a glorious death by melting the knobs on the front, so we haven't grilled all summer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, PumpkinHead said: Our grill died a glorious death by melting the knobs on the front, so we haven't grilled all summer. Serves you right for using that heretical gas to power your grill. Should have been using wood charcoal, like the most holy God-Emperor intended. And none of that match light stuff, that's the path to madness! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 Taste the meat, not the heat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Sgt. Rock said: Serves you right for using that heretical gas to power your grill. Should have been using wood charcoal, like the most holy God-Emperor intended. And none of that match light stuff, that's the path to madness! Yeah I understand. The convenience was too hard to pass up. It was nice to be able to turn it on a grill a steak, rather then fight with charcoal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted August 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Next up is an elote cheesecake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 For my birthday my family got me a Traeger. One of the Caskcade Locals was selling his yearling Pro. We talked June 30, 2020, he purchased it July 01, 2019. Been having a BLAST grilling and smoking on it! But HATE the price of meat... I go broke SO fast! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Romans832 said: For my birthday my family got me a Traeger. One of the Caskcade Locals was selling his yearling Pro. We talked June 30, 2020, he purchased it July 01, 2019. Been having a BLAST grilling and smoking on it! But HATE the price of meat... I go broke SO fast! Yeah it's been a disappointing time watching meat prices... Get some pecan pellets, cast iron pans and start baking cookies and or muffins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted August 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 One of my roommates has been supplying us with wild game. Best bbq ever. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Oh hell yeah!!! Great idea @VonVilkee That's quite the blessing @Brick Bungalow Super jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynMM Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 I picked up a sous vide and have been working on taking my steak game up a notch 😉 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Also, if you have a grill with a thermostat you can rig it up as a smoker. Smoked chili peppers are a game changer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 3 hours ago, RobynMM said: I picked up a sous vide and have been working on taking my steak game up a notch 😉 “Any decent chef will tell you, you don't even want to let those things touch the grill. Make it dryer than a fart. What ya wanna do, pan sear it, both sides, finish her off in the ovens.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Yeah, mean and Gordon Ramsey are both morons. Personally I like the pan sear, oven finish method (alternatively I also like mine rare enough that I am done when I finish my sear unless it is really a thick cut). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 You want to have the low, slow, indirect heat of the ovens to bring out all the best flavors. Gotta use a cast iron pans too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Just picked up a Tri-Tip. Going to follow https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/spice-rubs-and-pastes/big-bad-beef-rub-recipe https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/beef-and-bison-recipes/santa-maria-tri-tip-recipe Recipe! It's all salted up for the night... will put the rub on tomorrow about an hour before 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/6/2020 at 4:23 PM, Romans832 said: For my birthday my family got me a Traeger. One of the Caskcade Locals was selling his yearling Pro. We talked June 30, 2020, he purchased it July 01, 2019. Been having a BLAST grilling and smoking on it! But HATE the price of meat... I go broke SO fast! Costco and Cash N Carry are your friends for big cuts. Find a Hispanic meat market near you. They have great cuts for the grill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 If you have space for it, a big dedicated chest freezer is your best bet. Then you can go to a good butcher and just buy a whole sheep, whole goat, whole pig, or half a cow. You’ll have to pay a lot in one lump sum, but it usually works out to be half (or less) the dollars per pound you’d be paying for individual packages at the supermarket. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'm on the carnivore diet so all i do is bbq the meats; however my seasonings are extremely limited. I only use charcoal. Ribeyes get the most grill time. I'll do carne asada from the meat market in Independence. The marinade they hook you up with is amazing. I also like tossing bacon on the grill to put over my roasts. I'll slow cook the roast in the instapot then toss it on the grill for some smoke flavor and let the bacon fat drip all over it. I don't add water to the roast and just let the big piece of fat create the juice needed. The cast iron gets used on the grill a lot. I'm a huge fan of cast iron cooking. Al pastor, steaks, etc. Cast iron cooking is my favorite way of cooking and the smoke flavor from the grill makes it more delicious. I love cooking and bbqing is the best! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ish said: If you have space for it, a big dedicated chest freezer is your best bet. Then you can go to a good butcher and just buy a whole sheep, whole goat, whole pig, or half a cow. You’ll have to pay a lot in one lump sum, but it usually works out to be half (or less) the dollars per pound you’d be paying for individual packages at the supermarket. A good quality cow will run roughly $1,500.00 for half a cow. I pick mine up next month. Cant wait!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesselowe Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 I second this. My family does it every year; we just got through a quarter cow, and we do a regular salmon share through Iliamna Fish Company. We also used to buy lots of 20 chickens from a farm out near Yamhill, but they stopped doing it... Word of warning, though: with the current supply chain problems, even whole or half animals are getting a little more difficult to find; we've been trying to source half an organic (etc.) hog, and have had some delays because of more demand than usual. Also, if you've never been to Gartner's Meat Market on Northeast Killingsworth, you owe it to yourself to visit. They're great. (Not cheap, but great.) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobynMM Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 13 hours ago, MexicanNinja said: A good quality cow will run roughly $1,500.00 for half a cow. I pick mine up next month. Cant wait!!! I’ve been looking for where to locally buy cow portions(?) is there a word for that? Cowshare? I’ve found some meat csa’s but they were waaaay overpriced (nope - not paying 10$/lb on chicken). I’d love more info on a reasonable source. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanNinja Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'll do some research. We get ours from a ranch in burns. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Fixed some fencelines for an old farmer years ago. He was tight on cash so we worked for a half-side of beef. Split the side with my co-worker, farmer butchered it up for us. Best paid job I've ever done. Totally worth it. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 5:43 PM, jesselowe said: Anyone ever roast an animal whole? I've done the pig and have had the chance to partake in venison, beef, lamb and goat done this way. This seems like the bbq crown jewel. We smoked a couple pork butts this week an I have a rack of lamb up next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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