Using 80% full Weber Rapidfire chimney of KBB in the charcoal baskets situated in the middle of the kettle. Placed the wings around the edges for indirect high heat cooking. Vents wide open with a chunk of hickory over the coals.
We will check em in 30 minutes.
Here’s they are in all their crispy on the outside-juicy on the inside goodness!
So after perusing the offerings at The East Gloucester Stop and Shop Meat Department, the deals were a little thin outside of the petite sirloin for $3.87LB. Normally I’ll only buy a Ribeye or a Porterhouse but these petite sirloins had decent enough marbling (sirloins aren’t known to have the luxurious marbling that a Ribeye has), and they were cut about an inch and a half thick.
So the plan was to smoke them on the Kettle around 225 degrees til they hit 130 internal and then take the lid off and sear the smoked sirloins over the coals to finish.
I took the sirloins out of the package, coated them with EVOO and then gave a coating of coarse salt, black pepper and Montreal Steak Seasoning and let them sit out to come up to room temperature while I prepped the kettle.
The Weber Kettle was set up using the snake method of charcoal arrangement and I dumped about 8 semi lit coals on the left hand end of the trail of charcoal looking to build the temps to 225. Used one chunk of mesquite and a handful of cherry wood for smoke.
Once the probe read 130 internal temp, I took off the lid and placed two steaks at a time over the glowing orange coals for about 2 minutes on each side to sear them.
I was skeptical as to how they would turn out with such little fat compared to a Ribeye but they were fantastic. Excellent flavor, cooked perfectly!
And if you’re asking about the veggies on the plate, well uhmmm, There are none!
Step one was to place the scallops on a paper towel to dry them off.
Then season them with a generous coating of Sea Salt.
Put a half a chimney of coals into the Weber Charcoal baskets and then get your Lodge skillet heated up.
Next put a couple of turns of EVOO and a couple of tablespoons of clarified butter in the skillet and place your scallops down flat onto the skillet surface.
The key is to not move the scallops on the skillet to let them develop that golden browning effect. Resist checking the bottom for at least two minutes. Once you see good color, flip em over-
Let them develop the same color on the other side. The smaller ones will cook faster so if you need to, leave the larger scallops on for a minute longer. (You could also cut them in half)
Buttery goodness!
Smoker has been running between 264 and 300.
Did not check the lid til 11:06, she’s looking niiiiice
She has stalled at 167 internal for about an hour or so. Gonna spritz her and open the vents a little, temps have settled in at grate level at 250.
The stall lasted just over a hour. Broke out at 1:15PM.
Just gonna kick back, drink a beer and let all that fat render down into succulence.
At 2:00PM she got double wrapped in foil and transported to the house where the oven was preheated for 275.
Temps started to climb slowly and at 4:15PM she hit 203 internal. A ten hour session! Wrapped the butt in a towel and placed it in a cooler to rest for an hour.
When we unwrapped her at 5:15PM the results were worth the wait-
Nephew BJ and BIL Barry as well as The Kimberley’s came over to enjoy some wings and pulled pork.
It was a Sweet Baby Ray’s kinda day-
Nephew BJ approves
Pulled-
Sauced-
Always a winner. They come out crispy like they were fried by cooking them indirect.
Fire up your charcoal in the charcoal baskets which concentrates the heat and flame in the center of the grill then place the lightly coated in peanut oil and rubbed wings along the perimeter for indirect high heat grilling.
So cheap, so delicious, so easy you gotta add it into your BBQ repertoire.
First Pierce the russet potatoes a bunch of times and toss them in the microwave for three minutes. then flip them over and put them in for another three minutes.
Carefully take them out and use a paper towel or basting brush to brush on some EVOO. Next crush some Atlantic Saltworks coarse salt on top(this will create a nice crust).
Fire up the pit and let the coals get good and hot vents wide open.
Tear off a piece of aluminum foil to place the potatoes on so they don’t burn and leave them on for about 45 minutes.
The outside skin will be nice and crispy and the inside fluffy just waiting to bathe in butter and/or sour cream and/or cheddar melting cheese and/or bacon bits and/or chopped up jalapenos and/or… you get the picture.
Last night it was brussel sprouts, mushroom and onion skewers and ribeyes on the 2009 Weber Performer Deluxe.
Decided to swap out the standard Weber grates for the cast iron ones on the STOK. Worked out well using the STOK veggie basket insert to grill the brussell sprouts which were lightly coated in evoo , Atlantic Saltworks Salt and crushed black pepper.
4:40AM Light The Chimney with about 12 Kingsford briquettes and set up the pit for snake method smoking using mesquite chunks and cherry wood chips.
Outside conditions 39 degrees with a light drizzle.
I’m trying a little something different as the beef ribs are so rich and I wanted to cut back on the salt so I put together a beef rub consisting of-
3 tbsp restaurant grind black pepper
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp granulated garlic
2 tsp ancho powder
1 tsp cayenne powder
At the dollar store I picked up this $1 sugar shaker to use to disperse the rub.
First a light slather of yellow mustard for the rub adhesive and then I applied ground Himalayan salt to the ribs as if I was seasoning a steak ( a lot less salt than the 50/50 pepper salt ratio I was using before). Once the salt was on I shook on the rub using the sugar shaker.
5:20AM Ribs Hit The Kettle-
6:57 Update: Temps have fluctuated from 250- 325. I’m not sweating the temps, they’ll be done when they’re done.
9:40AM. Probably the first time ever that I didn’t lift the lid once start to finish. The temps within the first hour varied from 250-325 but after exactly two adjustments she settled into a much tighter range of 270-289.
They were fantastic but probably could have benefited for spritzing at 20 minute intervals during the final hour. I also will absolutely use this rub again as they had a much better pepper/salt flavor.
Northeast BBQ 