Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Just to add to @canefan remarks, which I completely agree with, make sure you buy a meat thermometer as unless you are highly skilled at the touch test, you will likely over cook it
Absolutely. Even better buy a dual probe model that measures the ambient temperature in the bbq as well, because the ones that come in the bbq are usually not accurate. I use a maverick 2 probe and a thermopro TP20.
Not expensive but it will take your bbq to the next level.
I love to serve the beef with some chimichurri sauce. Delish
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I hear you @canefan but for the first time a simple meat thermometer will do to check after a couple of hours. When I took the BBQ fishing I left the dual probes at home and took a standard stab and read thermometer and the meat turned out perfect.
an in any case, when cooking slabs like this, perfect has a massive degree of variance as you can overcook it slightly and it will still be juicy and tender and most importantly, tasty!
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I hear you @canefan but for the first time a simple meat thermometer will do to check after a couple of hours. When I took the BBQ fishing I left the dual probes at home and took a standard stab and read thermometer and the meat turned out perfect.
an in any case, when cooking slabs like this, perfect has a massive degree of variance as you can overcook it slightly and it will still be juicy and tender and most importantly, tasty!
Oh yeah. I did a wagyu scotch over Xmas and cooked it accidentally to medium. As long as the meat is good it will still be tender.
I am a big Aaron Franklin fan. If you can get your hands on a turkey, his technique is easy and awesome. Guaranteed to turn even the hardened anti-turkey eaters
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Ha! I brought a turkey after Chrissy when they were cheap to throw in the freezer just for what you have post!
#metoo. Got a little one because the little CFs don't like it. But I love it, I also inject the breast with olive oil before cooking
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I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was!
Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it!
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@taniwharugby said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was!
Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it!
Good turkey is really hard. The best you get is 'mildly moist in places' -- and to cook it properly you probably need to chop it into pieces, in which chase why bother having a turkey in the first place
Personally, I far prefer 2-3 good chooks to a turkey. That, and plenty of good crispy skin with succulent moist meat...
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@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@taniwharugby said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was!
Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it!
Good turkey is really hard. The best you get is 'mildly moist in places' -- and to cook it properly you probably need to chop it into pieces, in which chase why bother having a turkey in the first place
Personally, I far prefer 2-3 good chooks to a turkey. That, and plenty of good crispy skin with succulent moist meat...
I am sorry but I totally disagree with this! Done correctly it isn't too hard to do a perfectly moist turkey through out in a standard over. I find Delia Smith's Christmas Turkey unbreakable for a perfectly cooked Chrissy Turk
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@taniwharugby said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was!
Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it!
Good turkey is really hard. The best you get is 'mildly moist in places' -- and to cook it properly you probably need to chop it into pieces, in which chase why bother having a turkey in the first place
Personally, I far prefer 2-3 good chooks to a turkey. That, and plenty of good crispy skin with succulent moist meat...
I am sorry but I totally disagree with this! Done correctly it isn't too hard to do a perfectly moist turkey through out in a standard over. I find Delia Smith's Christmas Turkey unbreakable for a perfectly cooked Chrissy Turk
Fair enough - but I have found it rare to get a decent turkey from people. Maybe I'm too influenced by Meathead - see link below on his thoughts. Have done a few in my time, but I find they are never as good as a well cooked chicken.
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@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@taniwharugby said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I won a Turkey at an Xmas Cheer Golf Tournament, farking huge M/f it was!
Never did turkey before, and didnt do a good job of it!
Good turkey is really hard. The best you get is 'mildly moist in places' -- and to cook it properly you probably need to chop it into pieces, in which chase why bother having a turkey in the first place
Personally, I far prefer 2-3 good chooks to a turkey. That, and plenty of good crispy skin with succulent moist meat...
I am sorry but I totally disagree with this! Done correctly it isn't too hard to do a perfectly moist turkey through out in a standard over. I find Delia Smith's Christmas Turkey unbreakable for a perfectly cooked Chrissy Turk
Fair enough - but I have found it rare to get a decent turkey from people. Maybe I'm too influenced by Meathead - see link below on his thoughts. Have done a few in my time, but I find they are never as good as a well cooked chicken.
I think the bigger they are the harder to get even cooking, but it is possible. The father in law cooks the traditional bird with stuffing every Xmas. He's like a machine, perfect every time. I have done Franklin's method a couple of times and it was great each time. Worth exploring
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@Tim said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo With the jars I was wondering what kind of tops to get, for avoiding spills or explosions.
I hear you but Briscoes and Warehouse do fermenting jars of all sizes and they do the job.(tops included)
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The stakes have been raised paleo dieters. Your move.
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Right, so newbie here. I've only ever barbecued to typically cook bangers, steaks, burgers etc - most often on gas.
Finally getting a backyard after over 4 years without and seeing the stuff on here has me inspired to do it proper. I'll be on a fairly tight budget, but basically I'm looking for advice on where I want to start! Wanting to do the typical stuff I mentioned above, but look to get going on the slow/smoke cooking whatever you guys have been showing off on here. Open to getting a couple of different bbq's to be able to do the different stuff at the same time.
Help! Or do I just get meatheads book and use that?
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Right, so newbie here. I've only ever barbecued to typically cook bangers, steaks, burgers etc - most often on gas.
Finally getting a backyard after over 4 years without and seeing the stuff on here has me inspired to do it proper. I'll be on a fairly tight budget, but basically I'm looking for advice on where I want to start! Wanting to do the typical stuff I mentioned above, but look to get going on the slow/smoke cooking whatever you guys have been showing off on here. Open to getting a couple of different bbq's to be able to do the different stuff at the same time.
Help! Or do I just get meatheads book and use that?
You still SW London? IF so, go to Longacres garden centre in Bagshot. They have a massive BBQ selection. Ring ahead, and find out when the Weber guy will be onsite. He's a wealth of knowledge, and usually has some tasters there ...