The Official Gratuitous Grilling/BBQ/Cooking Thread

[pmartin]

A friend mentioned awhile back that she purchased a "brisket" at some organic, grass fed, free range, hippy dippy farm. She asked if I'd smoke it for her sometime. Sure, no problem.

We were going to hang out with her and her family on Saturday/Sunday at a lake house they're renting. I asked earlier in the week if she'd like to eat that brisket on Saturday. She did and got it out to defrost. I asked how much it weighed, she said 7 pounds. 7 pounds? Ain't much of a brisket. Figured maybe it was just the flat. Anyways she dropped it off Thursday night. I unwrapped it and found this...

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What kind of "butcher" cuts a piece of meat like this and calls it brisket? I've never seen anything like it. Yes, that's a LARGE bone right in the middle.

Oh well, all you can do is throw it on the smoker and hope for the best.

Put it on at midnight at 225. At 8AM it was about 175. Double wrapped in foil and cranked it up to 375. I had to be done by 10. At 9:30 it was 200 and probed like butter. Threw it in a foil pan, covered with more foil, wrapped in a towel and into the cooler.

At 4PM we decided it was dinner time. It was still hot AF. Since there was really no slicing it, I just pulled it by hand like a pork butt. Only got about 2LBS of meat off of it, but it was really good eatin. Reminded me of the meat in some cabeza tacos I've had at a local Messican joint. Tons of rendered fat soaked up into the meat.

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And I don't go to any gettogethers without bringing some armadillo eggs...

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Everybody loses their shit for those.


Dayum :p I'd weigh 300 pounds if I was your neighbor and good friend.

[HTM01]

look at the middle of that brisket pic, looks like a joker face

[ghuns]

look at the middle of that brisket pic, looks like a joker face

I was thinking Ghostrider, but, yeah.

[rdshear]

look at the middle of that brisket pic, looks like a joker face

I see it... LOL  on the raw piece looking to the left...  

[Rstewart]

I'm not sure if this sounds racist?

I'll only eat at taco trucks that I see a lot of Mexicans frequenting.  

That doesn't help the seat of my pants, but you at least know that the food is going to be good.

I topped my tacos with homemade tomatio sauce and diced Ghost peppers outta the garden today.  
I have no seat in my pants left 🌶️

[Leehound]

And I don't go to any gettogethers without bringing some armadillo eggs...

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Everybody loses their shit for those.


I would love to try those, do you have a recipe you can share?

Thanks

[ghuns]

https://heygrillhey.com/bacon-wrapped-armadillo-eggs/">Bacon Wrapped Armadillo Eggs

[neurosis]

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[ghuns]

Reverse seared T-bone with https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/86373/mushrooms-in-white-wine-sauce/">white wine mushroom sauce...

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[neurosis]

I've hardly eaten anything in 5 days, but that looks delicious.

[ghuns]

I've hardly eaten anything in 5 days, but that looks delicious.

You sick?

Or been trying Doug's vegan recipes?

[neurosis]

You sick?

got the rona last week.

[ghuns]

You sick?

got the rona last week.

Bummer.

But probably better than trying Doug's recipes.

[ghuns]

What a weekend. It's nice to come back to work and relax.

Found out Thursday we were getting a surprise visit from the wife's Kentucky hillbilly family and need to feed them. Cooked a pair of ten pound butts overnight. Made armadillo eggs, beans, queso, and mac-cheese on Friday, after I got home from helping to saw 2500 pounds of smoked pork loins into 2900 pork chops for a fundraiser...

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Saturday from 6-3 we cooked those 2900 chops...

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After a shower with Dawn dish soap and a quick nap, I had to get 6 more butts cooking. Two for a wedding rehearsal dinner on Sunday and 4 for a funeral dinner today.

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I'm guessing at this point that I'm forever prohibited from converting to Judaism or Islam.

[pmartin]

I'm guessing at this point that I'm forever prohibited from converting to Judaism or Islam.

I'm guessing at this point you are converting many Jews and Muslims into Que aficionados.