3/31/2022 – Today bought about a 2 lb. chuck roast at So. Ala. Custom Meats. Salted it to dry brine for a few minutes, added our fresh ground black pepper, and Meat Church’s Garlic & Herb rub. 3:20 PM – … Continue reading
Category Archives: Beef
2/14/2022 – These Valentine steaks turned out great. It was good that they were great pieces of 1″ thick beef…that happened to come from Rouses. After the smoke/grill process, the center was near pink with a gradual color change to … Continue reading
8/6/2021 – The Tiburon Poblano Peppers from our garden were stuffed with this cheesy spicy ground beef and were great. This recipe was inspired by one at the Certified Angus Beef website. 1 pound 80/20 ground chuck1/3 cup jasmine riceKosher salt … Continue reading
3/2/2021 – Kelley and the girls are arriving in 12 days and will be here for Spring Break week. She talks often about the Rueben Sandwiches we made with my homemade Pastrami in Houston. So, this prep will follow the … Continue reading
8/22/2020 – This cook was good with the pecan coins from our firewood in the kettle with the SNS and lower tray. Tried to follow the similar smoke in March 2017. Dry brined and shook on a good amount of … Continue reading
1/13/2019 – This cook was inspired by Ina Garten’s recipe at Food Network. It was our first time to make stuffed cabbage and turned out great. This made 19 cabbage rolls from leaves from a smallish cabbage. The rolls filled the … Continue reading
This first time ever to cook in new oven was a reverse sear of a Choice T-bone Steak. Put the cold steak seasoned with cracked black pepper into the small oven preheated to 250 convection bake with the oven’s probe … Continue reading
7/2/2018 – Dry-brined a 1-1/2″ thick Prime Steak from HEB 48 hours ago. This reverse sear turned out great largely due to a good Prime steak. Pulled from refer an hour ahead to warm a bit and to add a good … Continue reading
6/3/2018, Sunday – Both pieces of meat turned out good. The meat was moist likely due to the long dry brining. The combo rub of Jeff’s Texas Rub and 5POGS–different on each–added good flavor. Added more Jeff’s between the smoke … Continue reading
5/29/2018 – We had put a vac-packed frozen, 2-bone Prime Rib Roast in the refer to thaw two days ago. Removed it this morning and salted with Kosher salt and let set out in the vacuum bag for about an … Continue reading