First time smoking steaks

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stlsmoker85

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Aug 13, 2014
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Texas
Picked up a couple of ~14 ounce strip steaks earlier, going to try them out on the smoker and finish on the grill. The plan is to smoke with hickory to an IT of 110 and then sear for roughly 30 seconds/side, hopefully finishing up a shade over rare. They are seasoned with just some salt and pepper.

Thinking about throwing some chopped onion and zucchini in there as well.

Will post some pictures of the completed product.

 
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You've got a good plan! I like to run the smoker as cool as possible so I get a good amount of smoke, the take the steak to 110, them crank the heat and sear! The Mini-WSM is the best smoker for it!
 
I did that with a tri tip last night it should turn out great for you. I love New York strips;).
 
Stlsmoker , hope they turned out good , however , we need Q-view for our drooling addiction.
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 It's too late now for Plated shots , but you did have the fresh product shown . We will forgive "this" time...
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Have fun and as always . . .
 
Crap I forgot! The steaks were done just now I like them, but I managed to get a little too much smokiness in them. I was also surprised by how quickly they got to 110 in the smoker (about 30 minutes). I think next time I just need less wood chips in there.

 
I smoked a 2" New York steak on my MES until internal temp. was 110 degrees about 1 1/2 hours and then seared it on the grill. Best steak i've ever eaten!!! MES rocks!! Thanks to all the fellow cookout junkies for all their advice.
 
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