Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

[C6Bill]

He's a good boy, he knows to stay away from my food lol

 

[5698k]

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First steaks on the 32”, prime ribeyes, SPG, seared at 700.


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[remi]

Finally mobile enough after breaking my leg to venture into the backyard… have spent the last 3 days tidying the front yard and backyard. Our house no longer looks abandoned! Unsurprisingly am completely shattered with exhaustion- but did manage to fire up the KK for a nice mixed grill tonight… corn, vege basket with potato, sweet potato, broccoli and asparagus, beef sausages, chicken satay skewers, marinated lamb ‘lollipops’ and a couple of eye fillet steaks. A big hit with the family after a long hiatus!

[MacKenzie]

Remi, sorry about your accident but I am glad that things are looking up for you. That was an awesome cook.👍👍

[MacKenzie]

5698K, just look at that juice.

[tony b]

@remi - sorry for the accident, but glad that you're back in the KK saddle. Nice cook!

@5698k - Robert, that steak looks PERFECT!

[5698k]

Beef plate ribs from Costco, coffee cardamom rub..


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[C6Bill]

Great looking ribs !!!!

[C6Bill]

We had Thanksgiving early, so i cooked up a small Butterball, the skin rendered out nicely if i do say so myself 🤣 

And bread of course, one extra tangy sourdough and one cranberry cinnamon honey sourdough. I also made a caraway seed rye not pictured. And Cranberry walnut loaf. 

[MacKenzie]

Decided to do a batch of chicken drumsticks today, rain or not!

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2024 by MacKenzie

[MacKenzie]

The weather here has been miserable for more than 2 weeks, no sun, just rain, wind and cold. I don't care I'm lighting my KK anyway.

 

[tony b]

Way to go @MacKenzie !!

[Tyrus]

A nice rainy day meal I'd say, but don't fret Mac at least it's not snow.

[Tyrus]

27 lb Turkey citrus brinded & finished on the KK 23. Covered with AL for the first half and then released to char to the end. A bird of this size generally requires 6 1/2 hrs in a conventional oven, so at 5 hrs I took the precaution to temp the bird and found it @ 170, way ahead of time. Intuition or luck the bird was pulled from the fire, saved. Cooked at 310 as to the teltru, but it didn't disappoint.

[MacKenzie]

Looks lovely, Tyrus.   

[C6Bill]

@Tyrus Great looking bird !!!! Where did you get it ? I need a 24 pound one for Christmas to go with my brisket.

[Tyrus]

On 11/30/2024 at 7:18 AM, C6Bill said:

Where did you get it ? I need a 24 pound one for Christmas to go with my brisket.

Hey there C6Bill, sounds like your home will be a happy destination point for Christmas. As to where I got it,... the wife went out on a mission and she discovered while in her favorite store "Market Basket" that all the 20lb birds were gone, all that remained were the giants. I found no draw back to cooking this bird, nor any quality differences as far as taste and texture were concerned that one might think to expect in a larger bird. You could say it was a myth buster experiment settled. Best of luck with the cook, are you feeding an army lol? 

[C6Bill]

Thank you, i'll try Market Basket tomorrow. And there is always an army at my sisters house for Christmas, her husband comes from a large family too  

[Pequod]

Spinning a chook.

[jonj]

I smoked / grilled a 7.5 pound turkey breast(s) for Thanksgiving. Kind of a strange cook as the outside temperature was in the 30°s F and getting the KK temperature up took longer than I anticipated*. I dry brined the breasts overnight then basted using melted butter with Simon & Garfunkel rub. I put it in the KK23 with apple wood chunks while the temp climbed from 200° to 320°F over about an hour, then cooked it for another hour and 15 minutes to 159°F beast temperature. Rested for 20 minutes before carving.

I used the new ThermoWorks RFX wireless probes / RFX Gateway just to try them out and also used them to control the Billows fan (again, just for fun). The RFX stuff worked very well, but the ThermoWorks app had each probe and the pit on a separate screen, which is different than when using the wired Signals system. They all show up on one screen but to adjust the individual device (probe/pit) settings means clicking on its own screen then returning to the "all devices" screen. It turned out to not be a big deal; just different. Very good connectivity. I'll probably reserve the RFX for those occasions when wireless probes are beneficial or when I need more probes than the 4 available on Signals.

The turkey turned out great, very moist, tender, and with excellent flavor (according to those eating), so I was pleased with the results.

Turkey with and without probes:

Plated with potatoes, dressing, Brussels Sprouts, and green beans; accompanied with a 2019 DuMOL Finn Pinot Noir.

*The temperature issue was my fault because I had the Billows fan choked down too much. I had last used it for a long 225° smoke and didn't adjust its damper so I wasn't getting sufficient volume of air to get the KK up to 325° quickly with the cold external temperature. Lesson learned.