Grilling Thread

[FelixRex]

Pretty obvious update here, but just wanted to officially confirm that medium rare burgers made with ground beef mixed with bacon and sharp cheddar cheese are emawzing and beautemaw.

TIP: cook bacon first. Trichinosis is not just a gypsy disease anymore.

[ksu_FAN]

Great thread.

I'm a Weber Genesis Silver man myself.  Great grill, and while there is a diff flavor with charcoal, IMO its way overrated and more work.  Especially if you are just using some Kingsford with a ton of lighter fluid; a lot of the "flavor" is all the chemicals in that crap. 

A few things;

a) anyone feeling the need to marinade a quality steak (strip, ribeye, filet, etc.) OR cook it past medium is silly.  I can even do the newer tri-cut or flat iron steak and they turn out pretty good for a bit cheaper price.

b) you can do a lot with indirect heat on the grill after a good sear; very underused grilling technique.

c) new recipe I learned in the past month: Armadillo Legs...  Take a boneless chicken breast and partially slice.  Stuff with a slice of peach and a slice of jalapeño.  Wrap entire thing in bacon.  Grill evenly on direct heat on both sides until the bacon gets crispy, then set on the side on indirect heat at around 300 degrees and let cook.  Pull off in 30 minutes and you have some good stuff.

[powercatmiller]

Tried the corn on the cob with mayo and parmesan cheese. GOOD &@#%ING GOD A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

[slucat]

Bought some nice KC strips at dillons last week, drizzled them with some EVOO, and sprinkled on some steak dust.  They were just horrible, tough, and terrible. Worst. Steaks. Ever.

Cheddarbrats last night-

[willie83]

Tried the corn on the cob with mayo and parmesan cheese. GOOD frackING GOD A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

'clams is smiling down on you from above....

[Iceberg]

All rump roasts selections.... blah

The best seceret to meat is selecting a good cut before you grill it. The more marbling the better. It drives me crazy when my friends will try to tenderize a steak with hardly any marbling... (intramuscular fat.... that white stuff) The marbling is what makes it tender, not salt or any other mix.

Another seceret...If you have to use A1, you might as well quit....becuase you suck

[Pike]

Great thread.

I'm a Weber Genesis Silver man myself.  Great grill, and while there is a diff flavor with charcoal, IMO its way overrated and more work.  Especially if you are just using some Kingsford with a ton of lighter fluid; a lot of the "flavor" is all the chemicals in that crap. 

A few things;

a) anyone feeling the need to marinade a quality steak (strip, ribeye, filet, etc.) OR cook it past medium is silly.  I can even do the newer tri-cut or flat iron steak and they turn out pretty good for a bit cheaper price.

b) you can do a lot with indirect heat on the grill after a good sear; very underused grilling technique.

c) new recipe I learned in the past month: Armadillo Legs...  Take a boneless chicken breast and partially slice.  Stuff with a slice of peach and a slice of jalapeño.  Wrap entire thing in bacon.  Grill evenly on direct heat on both sides until the bacon gets crispy, then set on the side on indirect heat at around 300 degrees and let cook.  Pull off in 30 minutes and you have some good stuff.

Exactly what I do. Sear it at 500-700 degrees, then take the temp way down and or use indirect heat. Only way to go

[FelixRex]

Just got a house recently, and haven't added a deck, so I'm holding off on the purchase of the kick-ass grill. In the meantime, I am rocking a $25 Smoky Joe in the driveway. Doesn't give you near the same options, but makes you raise your game to max out what it can do. 

I romanticize it by thinking of it as a little parrilla (parrillita).

[steve dave]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/09/eggheads.irpt/index.html

 

[FelixRex]

Big Green Egg people are like the annoying, uppity Mac users of the grilling community.

[steve dave]

Big Green Egg people are like the annoying, uppity Mac users of the grilling community.

I know someone with a BGE AND a Mac 

[FelixRex]

Big Green Egg people are like the annoying, uppity Mac users of the grilling community.

I know someone with a BGE AND a Mac 

Does have trouble fitting his BGE into the back of his Prius?

[steve dave]

Big Green Egg people are like the annoying, uppity Mac users of the grilling community.

I know someone with a BGE AND a Mac 

Does have trouble fitting his BGE into the back of his Prius?

No, but his name is Clams