CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 Howdy KKers! Today was one of those days. I decided some comfort food was in order and I didn't want to go to great lengths to get it. I had some ham steaks in the refrigerator from a hog that my brother and i bought and custom butchered. So I decided that nothing would taste much better than breakfast for dinner. The ham steaks had not been cured, so the first thing I had to do was lay some smoke on them. I chose hickory. Here are the ham steaks right out of the cryovac packaging and on the KK's grate. You can see some hickory smoke wafting over the steaks. Here the steaks are after about 30 minutes on smoke with a grate temp of 225F. Another 15 minutes on smoke and these bad boys are ready for for the eggs to meet the pork. [NOTE: I took the hickory wood out of the KK as I don't really like smoked eggs. Eggs soak up smoke in a BIG hurry!] A few minutes later and here is dinner, ready to plate! And another shot before plating. Finally, here is the money shot. Ham and eggs, breakfast for dinner! You can see Pete The Salt Pig's feet at the top of the picture. He chose for obvious reasons not to participate in this evening's cook! This was a simple little cook that was really quite tasty. The ham steaks were about 45 minutes on hickory smoke and were delicious. The eggs didn't take more than about 7 minutes to cook. I'll do this cook again simply because it is so simple to do, no cleanup to speak of, and its great comfort food. Thanks for looking! Have a happy and safe 4th of July holiday! Happy Birthday, America!
MacKenzie Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 CC, that breakfast for dinner looks very tasty and sure is low on prep. and high on flavour. 1
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 @MacKenzie - you hit the nail squarely on the head - low on prep, easy on cleanup, and really high on flavor!
Aussie Ora Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 They look great good idea throwing the egg on top Outback Kamado Bar and Grill♨ 1
Shuley Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 That looks mighty tasty. Ham was probably spectacular. 1
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 @Aussie Ora - I'm a bachelor and I wasn't in the mood to scrub pots and pans, hence the steak platter. Necessity is the Mutha of Invention! 1
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 8 minutes ago, Shuley said: That looks mighty tasty. Ham was probably spectacular. @Shuley - thanks! It's a much better dish with fresh eggs ... they don't spread so much as these did. The ham was absolutely wonderful. I'm getting low on this hog ... time to talk to the Brother and see if we want to do another.
tinyfish Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 Ken that is some definite comfort food with easy cook and clean up, it doesn't get much better then that. 1
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 2 hours ago, tinyfish said: Ken that is some definite comfort food with easy cook and clean up, it doesn't get much better then that. @tinyfish - Tony, that's the whole concept! Make it easy, clean it easy, enjoy the rest of the evening! Life is good. How ca you beat that?
Bruce Pearson Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 wow eggs on a ham plate looks great! you guys are so inventive I would never have thought to use ham as a pan to fry my eggs how cool is that. Hey guys have a happy and safe 4th of July.
Sanny Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 Try doing an individual pizza and cracking an egg on it near the end of the cook. Surprisingly tasty! (sorry, guys. I'm out of KK Forum practice!) 1
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 @Sanny - that is a nice tip and I'll see how it works. It's much like @MacKenzie has done with her breakfast pizzas. Welcome back! I look forward to your posts.
KevinD Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) Have to agree, nothing much better than breakfast for dinner...but, where are the hash brown potatoes? Will have to try this when my new 23" KK arrives! Edited July 9, 2016 by KevinD 1
MacKenzie Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 What a beautiful setting you have for your 23 iinch KK.:)
CeramicChef Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Posted July 2, 2016 @KevinD - welcome aboard and welcome to The Obsession! Nice digs for your KK. 1
MacKenzie Posted July 2, 2016 Report Posted July 2, 2016 Kevin when do you expect to receive your KK and what colour did you order?:
KevinD Posted July 3, 2016 Report Posted July 3, 2016 Hi MacKenzie, TerraBlue is the color and I'm not sure yet when it will arrive. I sat on the fence for a few days making up my mind what to order so it wasn't even finalized until 7/1. Dennis was right on top of the process and we confirmed everything just before 1PM which meant it was likely too late to be transmitted to his warehouse for pulling that day. When combined with our 4th of July Holiday here in the U.S., I feel I will be lucky to see it @ 7/8, but more realistically by perhaps @7/11. If that really is the situation, I will be lucky to unpack and set it up, only to leave on a mini-vacation that will have me gone from home for several days so my first cook won't happen until 7/18 - ugh! 1
MacKenzie Posted July 3, 2016 Report Posted July 3, 2016 Kevin, you just never know you might very well get it in time to at least fire it up before your mini vacation if not you will really have something to look forward to when your vacation ends.:)
KevinD Posted July 3, 2016 Report Posted July 3, 2016 20 hours ago, CeramicChef said: @KevinD - welcome aboard and welcome to The Obsession! Nice digs for your KK. Thank you CC! My backyard is my oasis of calm and with the KK arriving soon I won't have to go out in search of BBQ anymore! 1
