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Stan_Lite · 4 Jul 2015 at 18:56

Off for a bath and then I'll be firing up the BBQ to cook this bad boy.

That's 18 1/2 ounces of prime Scottish, 28 day dry aged sirloin I picked up in Edinburgh yesterday.

I'll post after pics if I manage to get some before I stuff my face

Maccapacca · 4 Jul 2015 at 20:44

Looks a lovely colour

Stan_Lite · 4 Jul 2015 at 21:35

My word that was good.

Served with white asparagus, tomatoes, courgette, onion and tattie salad.

Lovely bit of steak.

GSVBagpuss · 5 Jul 2015 at 07:59

Asparagus looks amazing!

My overnight smoke was on a perfect 228 with the meats stalling at 160-170 when my 4 year old woke at 5:30. I foolishly don't check the fuel level as it had gone out by 7:30 when we woke up again (although I wasn't expecting the extra sleep!). Into the oven now - lamb feels nice a soft but pork and ribs needs a fair bit more

CJonny · 5 Jul 2015 at 13:11

So been lurking in this thread for a while and finally took the plunge and turn my weber into a smoker for the day do some pulled pork. Bought a 2kg butt, which took 12 hours to smoke. Here are the results.

GSVBagpuss · 5 Jul 2015 at 18:38

Rrrrrrrrright you 'orrible lot, stand to for some meat action

Night time smoking is awesome fun (although pro tip - always get your thermometer set up before it gets dark ...)

Meat

Yarp, I think ribs > brisket

One day late cheat pudding

ganesh · 7 Jul 2015 at 21:42

Ok so my 30th birthday present this weekend, I was absolutely ecstatic.

Used it for the birthday cook and it performed fantastically, can't wait to use it some more. It feels strange not constantly looking over at my maverick.

randomshenans · 8 Jul 2015 at 09:54

Ah that's the one I want! Worth it?

ganesh · 9 Jul 2015 at 16:48

randomshenans said:
Ah that's the one I want! Worth it?

Great bit of kit, was attached and networked within minutes. Am having a problem with the temperatures being a bit lower than set and vary a bit, on a cook at at 135c over a few hours it varied between 126-135.

Though I'm putting this down to a slight air leak and crappy fuel.

byeo · 10 Jul 2015 at 06:57

Stan_Lite said:
My word that was good.

Served with white asparagus, tomatoes, courgette, onion and tattie salad.

Lovely bit of steak.

Looks too well done for me, sorry, take it back.

FrenchTart · 10 Jul 2015 at 08:12

I bet it was perfect - nice char on the outside and medium-rare/rare inside.

Stan_Lite · 10 Jul 2015 at 09:12

FrenchTart said:
I bet it was perfect - nice char on the outside and medium-rare/rare inside.

Exactly right. Medium-rare, nice charring and fat rendered perfectly. Asparagus was a little more charred than I intended (only got distracted for a few seconds but that was enough). Slightly bitter but still edible.

randomshenans · 10 Jul 2015 at 10:48

Asparagus does super fast on the bbq as well, few minutes and you're done.

HazardO · 10 Jul 2015 at 11:18

randomshenans said:
Asparagus does super fast on the bbq as well, few minutes and you're done.

It cooks very quickly, I like it to still have a little bite to it, if it's all floppy it's overdone IMO.
Tenderstem broccoli is good too, but it needs to be blanched first otherwise it comes out quite dry

randomshenans · 10 Jul 2015 at 11:26

agreed. It has to have bite. Yea, I'd love to have some of that broccoli, but we never see it here.

Kemik · 10 Jul 2015 at 15:07

Hoping to do my first smoking next week. I have a decent thermometer for the meat but need one for the BBQ - any recommendations? Do I really need to spend £45?

Same question for the wood, Amazon all seems to be chips and the guides are saying I need small balls for the long cook of pulled pork.

Cheers

ganesh · 11 Jul 2015 at 16:01

Trimmed 3kg short rib ready for the smoker tomorrow, just salt, pepper and garlic rub. Cooking at 250, and reckoning it could take 10+ hours means an early start!

Using walnut for the first time, supposed to be strong and good for beef, anyone with any experience with this wood?

A big part of me is excited just to use the cyberQ again haha.

randomshenans · 11 Jul 2015 at 20:19

That beef looks the nuts!

ganesh · 12 Jul 2015 at 14:17

Thanks, it's from my local butcher, Walter Rose & son, always high quality produce.

A pic of the gadget in action today -

I love that wind is no longer a problem, that was my main bugbear.

markwombat · 12 Jul 2015 at 20:49

I hosted a BBQ for 20 people yesterday, and star of the afternoon was 6kg of pork shoulder and 3.5kg of beef short ribs.

The beef ribs were started in the oven for the first 3 hours due to lack of space on the grill, then foil wrapped and placed on the grill for the final 5 hours. The pork was also wrapped after 3 hours.

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