Meatgistics Podcast: Gimme' 3 Steaks

[johnsbrewhouse]

Fat_Bob I’ve lots of apple and cherry wood from pruning my trees pushed down by the creek. Got some walnut too, that stuff is terrible to smoke with, but will heat a house well.

[Fat_Bob]

johnsbrewhouse You are absolutely right about the walnut. Great for heat but bad to smoke with. Pecan is my favorite but Apple is close for flavor.

[Jonathon]

Tex_77 Youre out of your mind thinking a pellet grill can’t cook a great steak! We will settle this during the meatgistics meatup!

[johnsbrewhouse]

Jonathon It just takes forever to get it done, the Charbroil infrared will grill my steak in less than 10 minutes, the Traeger take 20 plus minutes. They comes out smokey on the Traeger, but drier.

[Midwest_kc]

I love the ease of my pellet cooker, and there’s some things that I swear by it for, but not steaks. If you’re not cooking a steak over charcoal, you should just cook it on the stove in a cast iron pan (which is a delicious steak, not knocking it).

I am always amazed that people consider charcoal too much work. Light a fire. Fire hot? Cook. Done, shut it down. Fire out? Take it inside. What’s so hard about that?

[Tex_77]

Jonathon

[PapaSop]

Tex_77 said in Meatgistics Podcast: Gimme' 3 Steaks:

johnsbrewhouse see I look at as, using charcoal gives me time outside with the kids and a chance to drink a few beers and listen to some tunes.

You just gave the definitive answer.

[johnsbrewhouse]

Charbroil, turn the knob, push the button, grill the steak, turn the knobs off, take inside and eat. Easy peasy, Japaneasy. Tonight’s Rib-eyes via the Charbroil. Seven minutes to done and yum.

[Midwest_kc]

johnsbrewhouse No one said propane wasn’t easy. People are saying that charcoal is too hard for them, and that’s why they don’t use it. I am simply pointing out that it is not, in fact, too much work.

[ND Mike]

Jonathon have you guys come up with a date for a Meatgistics meatup? I would be very interested in coming down to Kansas.

[Tex_77]

@ndmike Is officially assigned as Team Blue’s Head of Security for the Meat Up! Austin Jonathon

[ND Mike]

Tex_77 hahaha…maybe not if there are beers involved. I’m pretty sure we won’t need security!

[Midwest_kc]

I will chime in again, though, to mention that there was a guy who won an SCA comp last weekend on a pellet. It’s not common, but it can happen. The Smokin Brothers pellet Smokers are a really good grill, made in America (Missouri, actually), and their heat wave system will allow a good sear directly on the grates with no side burners, etc.

[Tex_77]

Midwest_kc I have used their pellets before and they left a ton of ash compared to Treager pellets or Lumberjack. I also hadn’t seen there new line of grills until I just checked out there website.

[Midwest_kc]

I’ve never used their pellets, I generally use bbqers delight, but their grills really are a good product. I don’t own one, but I work part time at a dealer, and we have a burn unit we use to cook on, and I would like to trade in my GMG for one, if my wife ever relents, lol.