Official 2018 BBQ, Smoking, Grilling, Baking and Beer thread

[ctrav]

Rob it takes thought and effort to make a bologna samich...Oh the joy of cooking! I will admit I like cooking and experimenting much more being retired

 

[Arizonarob]

Hey, I like to cook too, but I guess burgers are not high on my yum factor. I’m more into the toppings and sides with said burger, then going nuts on the burger itself.

 

[Brentr]

Rob it takes thought and effort to make a bologna samich...Oh the joy of cooking! I will admit I like cooking and experimenting much more being retired

Congrats on being retired. I want to be just like you when I grow up [emoji847]

 

[Brentr]

Hey, I like to cook too, but I guess burgers are not high on my yum factor. I’m more into the toppings and sides with said burger, then going nuts on the burger itself.

But the burger is where the beef is [emoji848]

 

[ctrav]

Totally get it and thus my approach are simple smash burgers with the special blend I get from the grocery store. Great sides always make the dish...

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Careful what you wish for Brent...with a pool, yard work, cooking and raising the grands I’m much busier than I was before

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Totally get it and thus my approach are simple smash burgers with the special blend I get from the grocery store. Great sides always make the dish...

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Careful what you wish for Brent...with a pool, yard work, cooking and raising the grands I’m much busier than I was before

There are days that I sometimes wish I were back at an office job....but I’m not really “retired”, I’m the stay-at-home parent ....

 

[ctrav]

Yes some days...very few days...ok almost never but would love to get more golf in

 

[pooldv]

Personally I reverse seer everything, as I feel it gives me more time to drink beer.

Best reason ever!

 

[Brentr]

Gotcha joyful the old Maillard reaction..

Personally I reverse seer everything, as I feel it gives me more time to drink beer.

You just can’t make this stuff up[emoji2]

 

[Arizonarob]

Oh yes they can, give em a few more beers!!

 

[ctrav]

I know its not BBQ and I did have wine with it but I totally stepped outside my normal cooking box to try something new.
Stir fried Napa Cabbage with Asian spices plated as the bed instead of rice. Topped that with my crockpot pork (so juicy and tender). Then topped it off with a fried duck egg which was cooked in butter with red pepper flakes. It was yummy...

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[Brentr]

I know its not BBQ and I did have wine with it but I totally stepped outside my normal cooking box to try something new.
Stir fried Napa Cabbage with Asian spices plated as the bed instead of rice. Topped that with my crockpot pork (so juicy and tender). Then topped it off with a fried duck egg which was cooked in butter with red pepper flakes. It was yummy...

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Hate to say this but it may be better than my Sams cheese burgers [emoji20]

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I know its not BBQ and I did have wine with it but I totally stepped outside my normal cooking box to try something new.
Stir fried Napa Cabbage with Asian spices plated as the bed instead of rice. Topped that with my crockpot pork (so juicy and tender). Then topped it off with a fried duck egg which was cooked in butter with red pepper flakes. It was yummy...

The fact that pork was involved is the only saving grace...I imagine you were eating that meal with a side of Brie on toasted baguette while wearing your raspberry ascot and matching beret and whispering - “mon petit chou, tu es si humide et délicieux”

You can only make up for it by cooking up a healthy serving of thick cut bacon and topping a juicy burger with it while downing a few beers...jalapeño poppers would restore you to our full graces....until then, off to the dog house with you!

 

[ctrav]

Being grounded is worth it as this was an exceptionally tasty dish. It seems to me you were speaking French and we don’t do French in these parts In fact even when the wife and I went to France I asked “ donde esta el bano”.

 

[Arizonarob]

The fact that pork was involved is the only saving grace...I imagine you were eating that meal with a side of Brie on toasted baguette while wearing your raspberry ascot and matching beret and whispering - “mon petit chou, tu es si humide et délicieux”

You can only make up for it by cooking up a healthy serving of thick cut bacon and topping a juicy burger with it while downing a few beers...jalapeño poppers would restore you to our full graces....until then, off to the dog house with you!

Seriously Cliff, did you sip your wine with your pinky raised properly?!!

 

[ctrav]

Yes sir and with pride

 

[pooldv]

wife and I went to France I asked “ donde esta el bano”.

 

[pooldv]

Here are 4, yes 4!, pork tenderloins butterflies and stuffed with ground pork chorizo, white cheddar cheese, smoked paprika, ancho chili powder, onion, gahlic and cilantro. Cooked in oven to internal temp 145f.

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[ctrav]

Get on down then pooldv...

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Smoked Chicken

So normally I throw chicken on the rotisserie but today I felt like smoking some birds. What I do is buy a two-pack of roasting chickens (~10 lbs) and then split the birds in half. Splitting chickens is super easy to do as long as you have a nice sharp pair of kitchen shears. I split the chickens and seasoned them with salt and McCormick Cuban Spice blend. Then I setup the smoker and added some pecan wood chips. Here they are after an hour -

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After another hour, they’re at 165F internal temp and done -

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As for me, I’m a thigh meat and chicken wing man so here’s my plate -

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Super moist and juicy chicken with a nice bite of smoke to it...yum!