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July 2016 Cooking Challenge - On the grill

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#1 ·
Summer time is grilling time!

The rules of this months challenge is simple: One component of the food needs be be grilled.

Charcoal, gas, firepit or grillpan, anything goes.

The most mouth watering picture shall be the winner.

While i'm out of the competition, I go first, with a seamless transition from June's challenge, my favourite, grilled vegs.

Grill on!

 
#7 ·
Great, I am just starting to get back into grilling because I just obtained a 3 burner weber. I'm also working on converting my 2 burner weber into a charcoal smoker.

Needless to say; this is going to be fun. Expect multiple entries from the 4th and on!

Best luck to all!
 
#8 ·
Ok, so I'll be the first to throw something into the arena.

Pork spare ribs, cooked with charcoal and smoked with oak pellets using the amazin smoker

Coffee Rib Rub... equal parts brown sugar, black pepper & kosher salt with granulated garlic, granulated onion, smoked paprika, chili powder and a couple coffee scoops of Peet's Italian roast.

Onto the grill for approx 3 hrs at around 275 then glazed with three coats of bbq sauce.





 
#9 ·
Well, I'm out!

We're renting an apartment for about 5-6 months while our new home is being built.

No grilling apparatus of any kind here and ALL of my stuff is packed away in storage.

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*sniff*

BUT!


One of my favorite things to grill ...

Half-sized Chicken Teriyaki Skewers, maybe 3 bites.

Now mind you @JAH42 this is NOT an entry, because this photo

is from awhile back, but I just love this shot and wanted to share it.

Made this platter of goodness for a Cocktail Party a couple of

Summers ago...they were gone just as soon as I put them down!
 
#10 ·
@chefbuba:

Did you first grill the ribs and then smoke them with the pelletsmoker? Or how did you do this?

That's a coldsmoker isn't it?

I got the proQ cold smoker and I was looking at combining it with a hot plate for hot smoking/bbq, but if I can make it work with charcoal..... So much the better!
 
#11 ·
I just used my grill as an off set smoker, coals on one side and meat on the other. Now it just acts as a big oven. I use the pellets as a source of smoke.

When the ribs were done, I put them directly over the coals to glaze the sauce on.

Amazen pellet smoker

Your pro q works on the same principal. As long as you have a heat source and smoke, you can make some bbq. Some purists will say otherwise, but if it tastes good, eat it!
 
#12 ·
I just used my grill as an off set smoker, coals on one side and meat on the other. Now it just acts as a big oven. I use the pellets as a source of smoke.

When the ribs were done, I put them directly over the coals to glaze the sauce on.

Amazen pellet smoker

Your pro q works on the same principal. As long as you have a heat source and smoke, you can make some bbq. Some purists will say otherwise, but if it tastes good, eat it!
For years, before I got my smoker, I used my Weber kettle grill as a smoker, for BBQ. It worked well and I still use it occasionally for making BBQ.
 
#13 ·
@kane
Ok, so I'll be the first to throw something into the arena.

Pork spare ribs, cooked with charcoal and smoked with oak pellets using the amazin smoker

Coffee Rib Rub... equal parts brown sugar, black pepper & kosher salt with granulated garlic, granulated onion, smoked paprika, chili powder and a couple coffee scoops of Peet's Italian roast.

Onto the grill for approx 3 hrs at around 275 then glazed with three coats of bbq sauce.

Damn that looks good!
 
#14 ·
Well, I'm out!

We're renting an apartment for about 5-6 months while our new home is being built.

No grilling apparatus of any kind here and ALL of my stuff is packed away in storage.

/img/vbsmilies/smilies/crying.gif

*sniff*

BUT!


One of my favorite things to grill ...

Half-sized Chicken Teriyaki Skewers, maybe 3 bites.

Now mind you @JAH42 this is NOT an entry, because this photo

is from awhile back, but I just love this shot and wanted to share it.

Made this platter of goodness for a Cocktail Party a couple of

Summers ago...they were gone just as soon as I put them down!
Grill pan allowed :)
 
#22 ·
Just for the halibut hahaha puns


Turmeric bouillabaisse - fennel, halibut head thats the cheek meat you see, onions, pepper, bay leaf into stock. GRILLED the tomatoes and the cherrystones. Started some fennel and onion in a pan, splash of pernod, add some of the fumet and there you go!
That is right up my street. I don't know what cherrystones are but I will google that bit. They look like clams which I love!
 
#23 · (Edited)
@morning glory they are clams. Our native species has many names here in New England. The names roughly describes size littlenecks are the smaller ones, cherrystones mid size, quahogs the biggest all the same species. Bigger ones are tougher and used for chowder, smaller is actually the most expensive by weight.

Also charring tomatoes is one of the hardest things to do. You need screaming hot wood fire or charcoal to have a chance. Propane would just make soggy mush.
 
#25 ·
Grill pan allowed :)
Mate, I don't even have that here in our rental, NOTHING!

I wanted to make BBQ Chicken for July 4th, but all I could manage was BAKED BBQ Chicken


luckily I brought a quarter and half sheet pan with us and a coupla

utensils and my best chefs knife, otherwise, it would be 2 saucepans,

a 12" skillet, a manual crank can opener and a corkscrew, that's all

that the landlord provided!
 
#26 ·
Mate, I don't even have that here in our rental, NOTHING!

I wanted to make BBQ Chicken for July 4th, but all I could manage was BAKED BBQ Chicken


luckily I brought a quarter and half sheet pan with us and a coupla

utensils and my best chefs knife, otherwise, it would be 2 saucepans,

a 12" skillet, a manual crank can opener and a corkscrew, that's all

that the landlord provided!
Well that looks delicious! Re the grill pan (we call them griddle pans in the UK) I can get a cheap non-stick one here for about $12. Granted it won't last forever, but it does the job.
 
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