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September 4, 2019 | #31 |
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I usually do my pulled pork on the pit.
October 27th, 2013 Dutch Oven Pulled Pork An Eight pound Boston Butt Fridge to table in under 5 hours. I love my pit but sometimes there's just not enough time to to fire up the pit and have dinner on the table in time. I have done Picnics, Loins, Butts in a crock but it takes even longer in a crock pot than my pit, one nice thing about a crock pot is you can set it and forget it, so if you have time, you can pop a butt or picnic in your crock pot with some onion slices before you go to bed with no worries. But what if you forgot about that butt and woke up the next morning an said shoot!, I forgot to throw the butt in the crock. You had promised everyone pulled pork for dinner at 5:00 but its almost noon. You may be able to squeak it out in 8 hours if you toss it on the pit and run the temps 275°+ but then that means you will be eating at 8pm at the earliest. Well that's exactly what happened to me this past weekend, we were running like crazy as we were running the Cub Scout Halloween party and when we got home after cleanup we were exhausted so we just went to bed. So the next morning I woke up and figured I would do this Butt in the Dutch Oven.
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September 4, 2019 | #32 |
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August 1st, 2013
Ribeye, Parmesan Roasted Potatoes, Asparagus and Garlic Bread Who says you have to rough it when camping. This was my son, Stephens first year at Boy Scouts Summer Camp, so I decided to tag along and help out, plus I'm the Official Unofficial photographer. The meals were fairly good at camp, but then again I can eat anything. A buddy of mine that has a son in the same troop decided to go as well so we prepared a bunch of meals and brought a 5 day cooler with the meals, hoping they would stay cold 5 - 6 days. The cooler held up great, still had Ice on the seventh day (two days after we got home) Here is one of our meals.
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September 4, 2019 | #33 |
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December 30th, 2014
DO Roast Pork Sandwiches For my Roast Pork Sandwiches, I usually brine the loin for 48 hours, rub with Montreal Steak Seasoning and cook on the pit until an internal temp of 138-140° foil, then the loin will rest overnight before slicing. I picked up a 10 pound loin and planned on three recipes in the crock pot, i made two of the recipes, Buffalo Style Pork Loin and Pineapple, Peach, Habanero pork loin. The third was going to have an Asian flair. The wife says to me, what are you going to do with the rest of that loin, I told her my intentions and she said, "You should make Roast Pork Sandwiches for the New Years Eve Party tomorrow night". I thought well it's too late for a brine, but figured it's going in gravy so no worries. I said, "OK, I'll do it in the Dutch oven", she nods in agreement, then I said, "I'll hit it with my Philly Style Rub"... well she rolls her eyes and I'm like... WTF... I said you love that rub, and she says, "OK give it a shot". I still don't know why she rolled here eyes!
The opinions were all the same, this was my best to date Roast Pork Sandwiches, I think it has to do with overcooking it slightly, all my loins almost never go over 145°, which is perfect for deli type cold pork sandwiches. I gotta say that the texture is much better cooking at a higher internal temp if serving in a gravy. My daughter BF who doesn't like pork, couldn't get enough of this, he always says he don't like pork and I say your cooking it wrong. I wasn't even going to document this cook, but the results were so good, I figured it would be a good idea to jot it down and compare to some more cooks. |
September 4, 2019 | #34 |
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Meatzapalooza Chili
Got the hankering for some chili Used my Lodge Cast Iron Dutch oven and Cast Iron skillet.
Then the spices were added
I ladled off the grease during the smoke. Chili is always a fun recipe and a good way to recycle some scraps and leftovers, I love making Gumbo, Chili, Soup and Stew on the smoker, gives me something to snack on throughout the smoke and the longer its in the smoker, the better!. |
September 4, 2019 | #35 |
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OK, This is an extremely long post and is broken into sections because of the 30 image limit, hopefully you can get through it, lol.
January 31, 2014 SQWIBS Prime Rib I finally got a chance to stop in at the new Restaurant Depot earlier this week. I walked in and scanned my card and the gentleman at the desk said, "Excuse me sir, your card has expired"... my heart dropped. My RD card is my most cherished possession, anyhow, he's fiddling with the computer but not saying anything and I'm thinking I'm screwed well after the longest two minutes of my life he says, "here you go". Wow, that was close. Apparently your card will expire if not used in a certain amount of time. Now I have an excuse to use it more often.
There are quite few methods for doing a (Boneless Rib Eye) Prime Rib. I always panic when trying something new with a $100.00 piece of meat. I have tried several different methods before and all have been good, but one stood out as the best, this is the 2nd half that I cooked, shown later in this article.I wanted to get an understanding of how this meat cooks before I attempt smoking one. Many of the folks on this site whom I admire seem to be very happy with their results, (I wont mention any names as their too many to mention) My fears have been set aside when it comes to this piece of meat and I am just as comfortable preparing this cut as I would something as simple as a Pork Loin.
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September 4, 2019 | #36 |
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SQWIBS Prime Rib Continued
Sunday as I was prepping everything for Dinner, I decided to play some more.
OK back to the Boneless Rib Eye
Preheated the oven to 550°
Put the thermometer away
The meat is always outstanding but this last cook stood out, the meat had a more even doneness throughout. It was also much easier to carve and the juice loss was minimal. I just cant get over the flavor that this cut of meat has. The gravy was outstanding!
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September 4, 2019 | #37 |
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SQWIBS Prime Rib Continued
This Prime rib has gone a long way, we had some more PR for dinner and snacks throughout the week I shaved some PR fried up some onions, tossed in some shaved meat and made an awesome cheese steak with fried onions and topped with pickles (no other condiments needed). Yesterday I decided to slice the rest of the PR on the slicer and make some Prime Rib French Dippers. Man... were these good, the meat was so dam tender. The dippers are my favorite way of enjoying the prime rib. The price of the meat pales in comparison to the value you get, factoring in how many meals this hunk of meat has provided.
Hmmm still have some leftover, what shall I make
Still more left
Dang these were freaking good! |
September 4, 2019 | #38 |
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Christmas Prime Rib Every year for the last several years, my brother Jim and I have been cooking beef for my moms traditional Christmas dinner at her house, since the family's appetites have grown so has the menu. Jim usually does the Beef tenderloin and I do the prime rib. I do the prime Rib at home and Jim does the Tenderloin at Moms... the way he does his loin and the way I do my Prime Rib, there's just no way to utilize the oven for both.
The beef tenderloin was great but the first few outside cuts tasted gamey, Jim's gravy was awesome as well as the rest of the tenderloin. The prime rib was great but a little too rare in the center 1/3rd. Most of it went but it was a tad too rare for my family but not me. I think next years roast will be 6 minutes a pound instead of the 5 minutes per pound The crust was freaking incredible and the gravy blew my mind... musta been all that Knob Creek...lol. I could have added more liquid to the DO as it pretty much cooked off. |
September 4, 2019 | #39 |
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SQWIB Meets Bette Crocker "Apple Butter"
Nothing says "Fall", to me more than.... ... Apple butter. Need I say more? Ingredients
Preparation see step by step photos
The last few days I have been eating the apple butter on everything.
Thoughts, I am an apple butter addict I LOVE going to local farms and purchasing their home made apple butter and figured this year I would make my own, I searched the internet and picked the first recipe I saw by Bette Crocker and figured I would add a twist by smoking the apple butter. ..aaah, just the smell of it cooking makes my mouth water, this was pretty good for my first time. I think I may do two batches next time and not mix the apples, probably wine-saps and a batch of golden delicious or granny smiths. The apple butter had a little kick to it which was nice. I "canned" a few for Friends and Family in a hot bath and it should keep at room temperature for storage. The rest went into an empty apple sauce container. After a 24 hour rest in the refrigerator it mellowed a bit so I tried a few tablespoons on wheat toast with butter and wheat toast with cream cheese, man... this stuff is simply amazing. That's all I had for dinner last night was apple butter on toast. I did not leave the lid off much to try and acquire some of the smoke flavor, because I was afraid of ruining the whole batch, you can barely smell any smoke flavor and can not taste the smoke at all, next batch I will leave the lid off for an hour or so halfway through the cook when it starts getting that soupy consistency. The apple butter holds up well, it does not separate or get runny when it sits. The jalapeno batch was awful, the problem was that the smaller dutch oven I had was a little oily inside and the oil flavor permeated into the apple butter, I had to toss it. I probably would have kept it if I didn't have the original batch to compare it too! Got the following Suggestion from Bassman on Smoked-Meat.com. For another taste treat, try adding in a cup or so of red hots (cinnamon candy) |
September 4, 2019 | #40 |
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I have been wanting to do a Sweet and Sour Rib cook for a long time and decided to give it a shot.
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September 4, 2019 | #41 |
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This is the heaviest Pizza I ever made, the post is in two parts, first the Fattie being made and smoked then the pizza.
Part 1 Supreme Pizza Fattie WOW!! Its been 3 years since I made one of these. I used ground beef for this, I think the sausage is a bit overpowering. This is actually a two stage project, the fattie needs to be cooked but will be used for a Priazzo type pizza. Mix
You can Make this the day before your cook. Preparation
The next day
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September 4, 2019 | #42 |
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Part 2 Supreme Pizza Fattie Going a step further with the fattie.
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September 4, 2019 | #43 |
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September 4, 2019 | #44 |
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Nice cooks Sqwibb!
I have one skillet for eggs that's just like that. I had an egg & cheese omelette for breakfast with homemade blackberry jelly. Eggs taste better on cast iron or it seems that way to me.
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September 4, 2019 | #45 |
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Rajun, I have to agree they do seem to taste better.
Awesome omelet. Folks think I'm crazy when I say that hot dogs coming off of a hot dog roller are the best I have eaten. I'll do dogs on the skillet too, a few tablespoons of water in the pan, roll the dogs around until the water evaporates and keep rolling the dogs, don't brown or blister just to slowly cook through.. |
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