Looks good

 

That does look good. Sorry to hear about the gout though.

 

Gout is a bitch. My father and brother have it.


And that food looks delicious.

 

Thx. It does suck, haven't had a beer in almost 5 weeks (tomorrow). This is officially the longest I've gone w/out beer since I was 19 y/o.

 

Made baby backs on the smoker on the 3rd, first I made my own dry rub, rubbed them heavily with a drizzle of olive oil and then rubbed the rub on by hand


The dry rub consisted of roasted garlic and herb seasoning, cajun seasoning, crushed red pepper, black pepper, oregano, a dash of garlic salt, and a few other odds and ends.


Here they are all rubbed up


I then covered them in foil and let them marinate over night in the fridge (made my fridge smell awesome for days)


I pulled them out of the fridge, and let them sit in room temperature for about a half hour before putting them on the smoker. While they were sitting out torturing my dogs with their smell, I got the coals going. I used Cowboy hardwood charcoal from Home Depot.


I got the coals going nice and evenly and even gave them some encouragement with my leaf blower I also picked up mesquite wood chips and soaked them for a good 20 minutes or so.


After I made sure that all the lighter fluid had burned off and that I had a good hot coal bed, I assembled the racks and started the ribs with plenty of mesquite smoke. This pic is about 2 hrs in I believe


I smoked them for a solid 4 hrs, I'm sure the landscaping guys working next door were dying from the smell. Since I had the coal bed going good, the temp gauge stayed at "Ideal" the entire time. Here they are smoking away on the smoker


After 4 hrs, lots of smoke, and a few flips I pulled the ribs out and basted them with sauce and wrapped them in foil.


I then let them smoke for another 25 mins or so with the foil on, then pulled them off and threw a light coat on them to finish them off. The meat was extremely tender and fell right off the bone, you can see the bone in this pic, it was totally clean


I only did 2 racks because I was worried about having enough space in the smoker, once I got them on there, I realized that I could have done another rack, however I have another rack in the freezer to try round 2. Been a few years since I used the smoker, but it was well worth the time and effort. Total time was about 6 hrs when it was all said and done.

 

So when are you hosting the AZine BBQ?

 

Looks great

 

I need to get me a smoker....I just wish I wasnt the only one in the house that will eat pork or beef

 

Whenever your ass comes to Pgh

 

That looks amazing

 

Thanks gents, I just picked up a new 4 burner gas grill, but I'm already itching to use the smoker again. Thinking brisket this time around

 

Absolutely loving the new Weber grill. I've made filet twice now, here are two separate pictures.




And this is from a separate time:


I get the grill to 500-550 degrees and cook for 4 minutes on each side.


Had some friends over for a Packer game

 

That looks really tasty

 

 

Finally got to see pics of your steaks vas, my gawd that looks good

 

Braised Eggplant with ground pork in spicy garlic sauce:

 

Made Ribeyes for my buddy's bday. Marinated in Garlic/Peppercorn marinade Served with Zataran's Red Beans and Rice and Asparagus, and a bottle of Jameson.

 

Garlic, lime and tequila Tilapia filet with green beans.

 

Gonna make some roasted garlic tuna noodle casserole tonight

 

 

That looks filling. Good job.

 

Thanks, it was very filling, and a lot for just me to eat so I froze some, but it was damn good!

 

Made soft tacos the other day

Going to make greek dip for a party this weekend

 

"We're done with our bathroom remodel" celebratory dinner tonight:


This is amazing

 

Salmon looks amazing, I would have paired it with wine though myself

 

I bought a new smoker/grill last week and wanted to have everyone over as a good excuse to use it. Did a bring your own meat thing and we provided the sides and booze.

I made crab mashers for the first time and they came out ballerific. I used 11 medium sized potatoes skinned. 2 sticks of butter, about a half cup of chives, and about a half cup to a cup of milk. Then added a pound of crab meat and a big spoon full of sour cream. I put a little garlic powder, Salt and pepper but just enoygh to make it almost nuetural sp everyone could add what they wanted. Deliciousness.

Baked zucchini squash and asparagus in butter and garlic.

The wife and I had some thick cut ribeyes that I covered in soy sauce and worchestersire sauce. The rub was garlic cumin pepper salt chili powder and a small amount of brown sugar. I know I'm forgetting something


Overall it was a success an a fun night last night. Ill remember to take pics next time. I always forget about this thread

 

Short ribs last night
Seared>Braise (onion, garlic, fish sauce, red wine, demiglace) in crock pot to render the fat
Served with spagetti aglio e olio

Meat was amazingly tender and the crust from the sear was awesome

 

That sounds really good.

Haven't done anything fancy in a while. I'm on a mango/pork chop kick at the moment.

 

 

Made catfisha and I my marinated tuna steaks on Monday

 

Watching the masters and grilling today. The wife and I are doing beer can chicken, smoked corn and baked asparagus, zucchini and squash.

 

Finished product. Had too many beers to post it last night





Ive never made beer chicken before and found variying temps to cook it at so i just winged it and did my own thing. I cooked the chicken at 350 for 40 min then had it at about 225-250 for almost 2 more hours. Melted in your mouth and had a about a half inch smoke ring on some parts.

 

Ground turkey seasoned with garlic powder mixed with sautéed onions (soy sauce). White corn, yellow corn and black bean mix. Used a teriyaki sauce on the wraps. Quick and easy

 

Went to Wurstkuche last thursday. Its a pretty popular sausage place in LA.

I had a rattlesnake&rabbit, my friend had the duck&bacon. I've been here about 4 times, the first two times i got a chicken/turkey one. But I now decided to try their exotics. And I had the duck and bacon which was my favorite up till I had the rattlesnake. Sooooo gooooood. ALso their fries with truffle oil is amazing!! With chipotle Aioli sauce

 

Devon House Stout ice cream tonight!

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Stout-Ice-Cream

 

Philly cheesesteak add bacon an jalepenos.

 

Made applewood smoked bacon wrapped strip steaks on Saturday night, wrapped with thick cut aws bacon



By far one of the best steaks I've ever made

 

bacon

 

Bacon + Steak =

 

Chicken Piccata

Didn't have capers, had olives. Swap was made.