Tip for cooking steak

[Spooky]

He's so very proud...

[Phyll33]

  Pearl you just created a monster.

[Eric]

I'm not expecting much.  I got distracted with work and trying to find a thermometer piece that I threw the $30 pair of steaks on there without washing off the salt.  I tried brushing it off just now, thus getting that nice stuff all over the grill.

At this point, I'm ready to go back to hotdogs in the microwave. :p

[Eric]

Some days I just want to blame a sitting president for all my missteps.

[AdmiralDigby]

We tried this ~ and it turned out pretty good. I ate the whole steak.

But what about your dog ?

The dog was stringy.

Wow, did I ever miss this .



So ....

[Eric]

One less dog around the neighborhood; two more medium steaks.

Steaks were a bit salty, but not by much -- hopefully with a good wash-down before the grilling it'll be about right.  The reverse-sear was interesting and made for a very tender piece cooked medium(we split one, and will have another for another meal).  Tomorrow I get to tear down the grill and get that yucky sodium chloride off my metalstuffs.

Pearl said, "We could totally host all our friends." Hmm... a week of grilling, smoking and general drinking. Not sure I could handle that.

(btw, I could never give up grilling  )

[TinkTanker]

Dude, I am so happy you can do this, the grilling and smoking and all. Yeah, washing the salt off and patting them dry is a key step. But we learn from our misteaks. 

[Eric]

I went from grilling or smoking weekly to not at all for a whole decade. 

There is this point where the meat is almost done smoking--perhaps an hour from being taken off -- that just a whiff from the top vent sends me into this moment of Zen-like calmness just before hitting me with endorphins.  I probably literally am addicted to it.

I share because I hope you guys might learn something new as I do, but even more so because I wish we could literally share both food and the experience of friends gathering around the grill.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm being obtuse; that it comes across badly. Tonight's thick ribeyes were a splurge, not the norm; and even then we'll get another meal or so out of it.

At any rate, this makes me want to go out and fire up the smoker.  I could use another hit.

[TinkTanker]

I understand completely. It is something that you are passionate about and I for one enjoy reading about that passion. Literally, the first thing that Ann asked when I told her that you guys bought a home was does this mean you would be able to smoke and grill. She wanted to know if you would have a deck or patio where you could grill. Just as with Spooky's MMA, we are glad you have something that brings you so much obvious joy. And as I say, shared joy is doubled, shared sorrow halved.

[Eric]

Thankfully, my documentor was around with her camera (she cooked the sides dishes):