And since the coals were still hot, there was a bonus round of Korean BBQ chicken for leftovers this week.
This thread needs more smoking/grilling pics from the other pitmasters here.
I’ll try, but I’m not sure how to attach a pic in here, 'cause old.
I put my new Weber together almost two months ago, and I still haven’t broken it in.
Things have come up, and it’s been a bit cold.
First up: gonna try to reverse-sear a tri-tip, one with my marinade overnight, the other salted overnight. Then, taste test.
It worked!!
I should start grill again.
Here is the recipe I used as the template for the shrimp tacos: Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Salsa - Once Upon a Chef
I recommend and it will definitely make the rotation of things I do periodically
It’s Friday and nice, so the grill is going. I went Spanish tonight: pinchos morunos (spanish style pork skewers) and asparagus on the grill, patatas bravas in the kitchen.
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That looks like a Weber Genesis II S-335. I just bought a Genesis II SE-335 an hour ago. Mine has a black lid and the 9mm stainless grates instead of a stainless lid and the 7mm grates.
I didn’t really need a new grill as my 12 year old Weber Spirit 3 burner still works mostly fine (has some hot spots), but our new house has a natural gas hookup, so figured that was a good excuse to buy a new grill and ditch the propane tank. Plus a bigger cooking area is good for the soon to be teenage boy and his friends.
So when you say ‘smoker’, do you mean like a charcoal affair? Because that looks like what I’d call a BBQ that uses charcoal.
My smoker looks more like this:
That Bradley is $900 Canadian. Check out this Kalamazoo smoker: $14,975 U.S.
https://kalamazoogourmet.com/products/freestanding-smoker-cabinet/
Or this handcrafted Texas smoker, a bargain at only $8,500
I have a Weber Smokey Mountain. It’s a charcoal bullet style smoker that can also function as a grill. So the wings were smoked then seared over coals
It is the 345 via Costco only. I believe it is the same as the 335, except it comes with a cover and four thermometer iGrill probes, an exclusive package from Costco.
This one, though the in-store price is $130 below this:
https://www.costco.com/weber-genesis-ii-s-345-3-burner-gas-grill.product.100523600.html
Made some tri-tips over the weekend to break it in. They were fabulous, according to the tongue-witnesses. (Or maybe they’d always say that.)
Is there a consensus on pellet grills/smokers? Are they considered “cheating” in the BBQ world?
These Traegers look like you just dump in the pellets, set a temperature, and throw on some meat. There doesn’t seem to be as much “art” to it?
I think it’s only “cheating” if you claim to be some expert.
Most people should only be concerned with the taste of the finished product and not the process.
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I’d say some people look down on pellet smokers. “Gatekeeping” is pretty much always a silly activity though. Go with whatever you want.
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