Monday, February 18, 2008

Smoked Pulled Pork

3.5 lbs bone out as a tester. Next time I am doing twin 5lb ones. Came out unreal. Let it start for 1 hour then did a mop every 30-45 until it was done. Double foil, towel and into the cooler for 1 hour. :drool:












Sunday, February 17, 2008

Smoked Steak Part II

From tonight:


Picked up 3 1.5 inch thick Rib Eyes from a butcher and they were awesome!












Thursday, February 14, 2008

Smoked Meatloaf

Been dying to try a smoked meatloaf so I made two tonight. One is 3.5 lbs of ground and 1/2 lb of sausage and the other is 4 lbs of ground with a maple syrup glazed ham, mushroom and provolone chees stuffing. They were smoked with maple wood and have a bbq, ketchup and honey glaze.










This one is the one with sausage



This is with the stuffing in it.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Smoked Streak

Today was the first try at a good steak.


Went to Costco and bought 4 1+ inch thick Ribeye steaks. I drizzled olive oil and rubbed around, then put a nice layer of magic dust and then topped them with Montreal Steak seasoning and rubbed and patted everything. I wrapped them in cling rap for 1.5 hours.




I put them on the smoker at 225 starting with an internal temp of 45. At 70 I flipped them and pulled them off at 90 degrees internally. I then transferred them to the gas grill and seared the first side for 1 minute and flipped them over doing the crosshatch and left until 115. At that point, turned over and cross hatched and left on until 135. Pulled them, let them sit in a dish with a foil tent and served. The pics were not that good as my good digi had a dead battery but the center was bright bright pink all the way through. I smoked them with applewood and the flavor was awesome. All in all they were only smoked 45 minutes then grilled the rest so there was a nice hint of the smoke but not overpowering so you could really taste the spices. Also, by far the juicest steaks I have ever made.


Lets just say we all agreed that there is no place around here that can top this steak. I have tried Mortons Steak house and all the local chains and I will put these up against them any day.