RE: [CH] Smoking/Smoking
green (green56@PioneerPlanet.infi.net)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:30:05 -0500
I, too, got my Brinkman orig for peppers... Did one batch and that was it!
But I use my Brinkman 2-4X a week in the summer for meat; it's my summer
stove. I've even gotten a 19" pizza pan with holes in it to do scallops,
clams, fish, shrimp, etc. Fits over the grate and the holes in the pan
allow all the smoke/air to circulate and flavor!
My newest joy is two bone-in rib-eyes, but instead of seperated/cut into two
steaks, I get them in one hunk, like a standing rib roast. Sometimes I
marinate, sometimes I don't. It's a HUGE piece o'meat with two good sized
bones, and takes about 1.5 hours (+/-) to get to rare/medium rare in the
middle... But worth every single second.
Some tricks I've found (gleaned mostly from "The Steak Lover's Cookbook") is
to have the coals (LOTS of them) HOT, HOT, HOT as well as the grate; slather
oil all over the meat; remove all coals to the outside of the coal pan
leaving a 'hole' in the middle with no coals; sear very quickly all sides
o'the meat on the hot grate close to the coals; then raise from heat for
indirect cooking for however long it takes. Juicy, succulent meat every
time even without a drip pan. You get lots of smoke from the fat dripping
down onto the hot metal in the 'hole'.
I agree, there's nothing that can't be done on a grill/smoker!
green, CH #2156
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
[mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Matt Prerost
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:32 PM
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: Re: [CH] Aji Amarillo/PB/Almost Hot Luck
Right after I bought mine I thought to my self how often am I going to
use this thing? After all I only bought it to smoke peppers. I am
yet to smoke any peppers, but I use at least 2 to 3 times a month. I
smoke pork loin at least once a month. You can buy $1.50 blocks of
cheddar cheese that when smoked will taste every bit as good as a
blocks that cost 4 or more dollars. Use the smoker to cook up meat
for Gumbo!! Cook cornish hens, chickens or maybe a turkey, the list
goes on and on.
Matt