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How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 5:49:58 PM   
khmark7

 

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Status: offline 		Just for fun. I know a good number of us really enjoy grilling out. Curious what you use and what you most enjoy grilling?

Here i have an old pieced together 3 burner Weber grill. It's been going strong for 15+ years. Although grilling out is typically only 8-9 months of the year, i always look forward to March when the days are longer and the snow has melted.

My favorite on the grill is pork loin, paired with Bordeaux.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 6:13:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		I prefer charcoal, but usually use gas for the ease of it. We have friends with Green Eggs and I would love to get one but it is as time intensive, or more, than an egg.

And we grill year round in these parts.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 6:14:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great thread topic. I'm hoping a kamado/green egg aficionado will chime in. I've been interested in those for a while but haven't acquired one... yet. Not sure if it's worthwhile given what I already have.

My primary grill is a Traeger, which I love. I love the flavor imparted to the food from the wood smoke, and I enjoy the convenience of having a thermostat.

I've done all sorts of things on it: bbq brisket (both traditional low and slow, as well as my heretical sous vide approach), ribs, roasted chicken, Cornish game hen, apple pie, cedar plank salmon, eggplant for babaganoush, etc., but my specialty is teriyaki chicken. I make my own sauce, then marinate the chicken for a minimum of two days, with three or four days being better. When cooked, the meat carmelizes a bit with it being so infused with the sauce, then with the wood smoke flavor... it's like crack.

My one complaint with the Traeger is that it does not get hot enough to do a proper sear. When I'm doing something like steak or pork chops, I fire up an old school Weber charcoal grill to do the finish, normally after cooking sous vide to a perfect medium rare.



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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 6:38:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		two green eggs ( XL and L ), one side box wood smoker, one 50 lbs capacity electric saw dust hot plate smoker and one DCS gas grill. Pretty much have it covered.

I love the Green Egg. Use it as a smoker with wood/charcoal on the side and as a traditional charcoal grill. As a smoker it can hold a set temp pretty much anywhere between 225 and 300 for 6-8 hours without adjustment. It also makes a really good paella fire/oven.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 6:44:12 PM   
DoubleD1969

 

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Status: offline 		I’ve never used gas or pellet. Prefer lump charcoal versus briquettes. Always use chimney starter. Coals ready in 30 min or less. No sous vide. Prime rib eyes from Costco.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 8:03:16 PM   
CranBurgundy

 

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Status: offline 		Our grilling is simple: we buy the meat, take it to my sister's house, and let my brother-in-law smoke it / grill it. I should get a picture of his set-up because I know very little about grilling. (The lawn care gene is also recessive.)

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/22/2019 8:08:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Love my BGE! Best bbq book: Charred and Scruffed. We grill year round in Seattle. Favorite cut of steak: Beast Mode (double rib eye) paired with Barolo.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 3:53:24 AM   
RedRedMoreRed

 

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Status: offline 		Standard Weber kettle charcoal for me. Chimney starter works great and I prefer lump charcoal over briquettes. I do have a Charbroil gas grill for when I'm feeling to lazy. Also use the gas if it's raining as it works better under the lanai.


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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 5:15:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		We also love cooking things on the barbecue. We have a normal (medium sized) Weber kettle, works very well. And we grill at all times of year and weather, up to and including duck, pheasant and guinea fowl for Christmas dinner. To the amusement of our neighbours we sometimes even clear snow to make space for the barbecue.

It's just a big outdoor charcoal oven really. Always real charcoal and not briquettes. Chinmey starter. We sometimes add wood chips in a smoke box, depending on what we're cooking.

It sounds quite boring but a whole roast chicken is one of our favourite things, brined and then marinated in spices and grilled hot and fast. It just takes on so much flavour from the barbecue. Also great is roast cauliflower, aubergine, those long pointy peppers. Tomorrow we have a beer can chicken planned.


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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 6:28:59 AM   
rlp805

 

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Status: offline 		Weber 4 burner with sear burner. Favorite grilling is either Pizza (with stone) or Tri-tip sous vide then cooled in an ice bath then seared on the grill. I pull the flare guards in the middle and put in a pan of water and add a couple of foil pouches with wood for a make shift smoker. Not nearly as good as a real smoker but gives a pork shoulder enough smoke for me with a decent bark. I must admit I am eyeing a pellet smoker.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 6:51:50 AM   
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ORIGINAL: mtpisgah

I prefer charcoal, but usually use gas for the ease of it. We have friends with Green Eggs and I would love to get one but it is as time intensive, or more, than an egg.

And we grill year round in these parts.


This pretty much sums up me at this stage of life.



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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 8:38:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Charbroil 2-burner that does a great job. Perfect size for 4-6. Not allowed charcoal/open flames on the decks per HOA nazis.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 1:22:24 PM   
bretrooks

 

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Status: offline 		The weather is pretty good here year-round, and I tend to grill once or twice a week through about 2/3 of the year (from March through October or so). I love grilling (mostly on weekends), but I also enjoy braising and other sorts of cooking too, so when the weather cools off I tend to shift over to other things.

We've gone through a few less-expensive grills over the last 15-20 years, but earlier this summer we bit the bullet and picked up a three-burner Weber Genesis, and it's been great. I've grilled a little over charcoal too and can get ok results out of a Weber kettle, but it is more time and effort, and I've learned to love the control you have with gas.

For beef (tri-tip, sirloin caps, sometimes steaks) and pork (mostly thick chops), I do a lot of two-zone cooking - I put wood chips in a smoker box on right side with only the right burner going, set meat on the left side to pick up indirect heat and smoke, leave it for 20-30 minutes, open the top and crank heat on the right side, and then sear.

Chicken is more straightforward - usually just seasoned thighs over medium heat. Fish typically gets set on a grill mat (or occasionally a cedar plank) over moderate and/or indirect heat. Asparagus gets grilled regularly when it's available. I like to roll my own seasoning blends, although less so for fish than anything else.

That's the large majority of it, but now and then burgers, shrimp, sausages, garlic bread, corn on the cob, and other things do make their way out there as well. I'd like to do more low-and-slow pork shoulders and such, but again...time.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 1:38:10 PM   
wadcorp

 

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Status: offline 		Just sold our Weber 4-burner.

No room on the back deck of the new place for something that large.

Have a smaller unit already there. Gas, as I'm too paranoid about charcoal going next to the house.

Not that I don't really appreciate a good charcoal-cooked steak!

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 2:42:44 PM   
Eddie

 

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Status: offline 		We have both a gas grill and a charcoal grill. I'll grill just about anything, but what we grill most often are ribeyes and New York strips.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 3:22:22 PM   
brettlaurvick

 

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Status: offline 		I grill a lot. Have a decent built in gas grill on the lanai...or so I thought.
The grill is as hot as Chernobyl. But I know my grill and how to cook on it. Cast iron pans help.
All the inside parts have burned up multiple times. 800 degrees is typical.
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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 3:57:23 PM   
Old Doug

 

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Status: offline 		Don't grill a ******* thing. There is a grill, but it's 4 floors below and I can't be bothered. Sous vide and then sear in a really hot pan, maybe a little avocado oil in it (really good for high heat) or butter if the burning/browning thing is desired. Or, roast the outside in the oven a little while to brown it. Good grief there are some divine cuts of meat....

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 4:37:33 PM   
khmark7

 

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Status: offline 		I have to admit, i only really started grilling chicken in the last year or so.....much prefer beef, lamb & pork. I do occasionally use wood chips on the grill, apple wood is really nice.



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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 4:37:57 PM   
khmark7

 

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ORIGINAL: musedir

Charbroil 2-burner that does a great job. Perfect size for 4-6. Not allowed charcoal/open flames on the decks per HOA nazis.


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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 5:54:13 PM   
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Don't grill a ******* thing. There is a grill, but it's 4 floors below and I can't be bothered. Sous vide and then sear in a really hot pan, maybe a little avocado oil in it (really good for high heat) or butter if the burning/browning thing is desired. Or, roast the outside in the oven a little while to brown it. Good grief there are some divine cuts of meat....


I'd do sous vide/cast iron pan sear more if it didn't set off so many smoke alarms in my house. The exhaust fan in my kitchen leaves something to be desired.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/23/2019 6:04:22 PM   
KPB

 

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Status: offline 		I invite Bruno over, and let him grill. Bruno is from Brazil, plus is a specialist in beef (a large animal vet who built his career around breeding better cattle). Nobody grills like Bruno.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 8:22:31 AM   
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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 8:44:26 AM   
DrBad

 

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Status: offline 		4 burner Vermont Castings hooked up to natural gas. Got a sous vide for Christmas so SOP is to sear in a cast iron pan, sous vide, then sear again on the grill. Comes out perfect every time.

Without the sv I use the dual side spin and flip method: get both sides super hot, lay the steaks diagonally then turn down that side to med-low, spin 90 degrees to the hot side of the grill while heating back up the original side. Repeat when flipping the steaks. This gives them nice cross hatching and keeps them from drying out.

Preferred steaks are filet mignon / beef tenderloin and New York strip. Current favorite recipe is coffee butter marinade while in the sv and on top after.

And Cali cabs of course :)

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 9:01:23 AM   
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ORIGINAL: DrBad

4 burner Vermont Castings hooked up to natural gas. Got a sous vide for Christmas so SOP is to sear in a cast iron pan, sous vide, then sear again on the grill. Comes out perfect every time.

So, dinner will be ready in 3 hours?

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 9:22:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ha! Yes, even longer for a tenderloin which will take about 3 hours in the sv so another hour or so of prep time. Not typical weekday endeavor. This would be weekend family dinner or dinner party with friends. With 4 kids with significant others, parents in town and friends/relatives seems like we're entertaining about every other weekend for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc. Our formal dining setup gets used a lot. MrsBad enjoys setting up a formal place setting, lots of family china and silver, flower, candles, the works.



The sous vide also does a perfect job on scallops. I've never been able to get them just right but cooking them in the sv then quick seared they come out perfect. We've borrowed out parent's sv a couple of times to do surf-n-turf.


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ORIGINAL: DrBad

4 burner Vermont Castings hooked up to natural gas. Got a sous vide for Christmas so SOP is to sear in a cast iron pan, sous vide, then sear again on the grill. Comes out perfect every time.

So, dinner will be ready in 3 hours?



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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 9:41:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry, I don’t get the sous vide thing on tenderloin and scallops. Aren’t they already tender?

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 10:01:15 AM   
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Sorry, I don’t get the sous vide thing on tenderloin and scallops. Aren’t they already tender?

It's not about tender, it's about perfectly cooked through, then marked.
Great cooking method for many things. Did beef Wellington for 30 and souvided the tenderloins to medium rare mostly and 1 quite rare. Then add the duxelle on top, then put together. In the time to get the puff to rise, there is no way to be sure of even doneness on the meat.
Sorry to hijack to a sous vide comment.


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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 11:38:46 AM   
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Ha! Yes, even longer for a tenderloin which will take about 3 hours in the sv so another hour or so of prep time. Not typical weekday endeavor. This would be weekend family dinner or dinner party with friends. With 4 kids with significant others, parents in town and friends/relatives seems like we're entertaining about every other weekend for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc. Our formal dining setup gets used a lot. MrsBad enjoys setting up a formal place setting, lots of family china and silver, flower, candles, the works.



The sous vide also does a perfect job on scallops. I've never been able to get them just right but cooking them in the sv then quick seared they come out perfect. We've borrowed out parent's sv a couple of times to do surf-n-turf.


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ORIGINAL: DoubleD1969


quote:

ORIGINAL: DrBad

4 burner Vermont Castings hooked up to natural gas. Got a sous vide for Christmas so SOP is to sear in a cast iron pan, sous vide, then sear again on the grill. Comes out perfect every time.

So, dinner will be ready in 3 hours?





Looks great!

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 11:42:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Pitts & Spitts 24x36 log burning smoker - Living in CA, it is very very hard to find proper Texas BBQ, so I make it myself. Love this thing.

Weber 5-burner natural gas grill

I had a charcoal grill, and was pretending to be a purist (charcoal is way better than gas!) but it wasn't practical when I wanted to do steaks mid-week. So it went in the trash after it rusted out and I haven't looked back.

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RE: How do you grill? - 8/24/2019 12:53:38 PM   
Wine Gopher

 

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Status: offline 		I've got a BGE and Weber gas with 3 burners + searing burner and cast iron grates. What I use depends on the meal and the amount of time.

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